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By registering for the ECMWF Code for Earth and agreeing to its terms of use, you are entering into a contract with ECMWF. Your personal data will be collected and processed by ECMWF, as data controller, based upon the following rules:
The personal data you provide in the registration form will, in case of an unsuccessful proposal, not be redistributed by any means, nor be used for any other purpose. In case your proposal is successful, the personal data you provide in the registration form will be shared with CommPla S.r.l., via Nino Bixio 25, 56125 Pisa, Italy, to organise the submissions via the registration form and Trust-IT Services LTD, Via Francesco Redi 10, 56124 Pisa, Italy to execute the grant payment on behalf of ECMWF.
In case your proposal will require the use of cloud credits, your personal data you provide in the registration form will be shared with ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, United Kingdom or Mercator Ocean International, Parc Technologique du Canal, 8-10 rue Hermes – Batiment C, 31520 Ramonville Saint-Agne, France. ECMWF executes the award of the cloud credits from the European Weather Cloud and Mercator Ocean International executes the award of the cloud credits from the European Union’s Copernicus DIAS reference service WEkEO.
3. Categories of Data Processed
The only personal data collected and further processed is the information you enter yourself in the registration/application form(s). The compulsory fields concern your name and surname, a valid email account, your country of residence during the coding phase and your nationality. You will also be asked to confirm that you are not on the list of EU restrictive measures.
4. Modalities of the Processing Operation
You will be asked to enter your personal data to an online registration form. The contents of the registration form will be automatically stored in a database.
5. Right of Access, Rectification, Erasure and Portability
You may access a copy of your personal data, as well as rectify and erase any of your data. Deletion of the account will terminate your contract with ECMWF. Any such request, as well as all further personal data related requests should be sent to ECMWF PII Protection Officer, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, United Kingdom (pii-protection-officer@ecmwf.int).
6. Data Retention
The information you provide in order to enter the contract will be retained for the duration of this contract. Please note that ECMWF will not be in control of personal data which it legally passed on to other data controllers.
7. Concerns and Complaints
ECMWF does not accept any liability with a view to obligations under applicable personally identifiable information legislation for any third-party website which are linked to the Code for Earth websites. Please refer to the privacy policy governing each of these websites.
If you have a concern or complaint about the way that your personal data has been or is being processed, please direct it to the ECMWF PII Protection Officer, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, United Kingdom (pii-protection-officer@ecmwf.int).
