Journalism for a Clean Environment Contest Information Note

Protection of personal data. Information on processed personal data and rights.

10.1 We would like to assure you that the Organizer strictly complies with the legislation regarding the protection of personal data, both Law 677/2001 and, respectively, the General Regulation on Data Protection no. 679/2016 and that we take all measures for the practical application of the principles of legality, transparency, minimization and security of the processing of your personal data.

10.2 Your personal data processed during the Competition are: name, surname, telephone and email used for professional purposes and signature. They are processed in physical form (on the slip) and electronically.

10.3 ECOTIC can use photos in which the participants appear for the following purposes: as proof that the prizes have been handed out, to promote the results of the Contest on the ECOTIC website and/or ECOTIC's Facebook social media pages, to be included in materials of presentation of the ECOTIC activity (retrospective type, newsletter, etc.). The use of photos for these purposes is for a maximum of 2 years.

10.4 The personal data operator is the ECOTIC Association with headquarters in Bucharest, Turturelelor str., no. 48, sector 3 and the correspondence office in Splaiul Unirii no. 86, et 4, sector 4, telephone 031 805 57 43, e-mail address office@ecotic.ro.

10.5 The contact details of the ECOTIC data protection officer are dpo@ecotic.ro. Any requests regarding your personal data processed by ECOTIC as part of this Campaign will be sent to this email address.

10.6 We process this data in accordance with your consent expressed when completing the delivery-receipt form in order to ensure your participation in the Contest, according to the Regulation, which is a contract between the parties, exclusively for the purpose of running the Contest and identifying the winners of the Contest, as and for popularizing it and the results, according to art. 10.3. We will not use your data for any subsequent offer or competition.

10.7 Apart from ECOTIC, another associated operator of your collected personal data is the Union of Professional Journalists from Romania (UZPR), which will keep records of the people who have registered in the Contest and who represent an independent operator of personal data. For any information regarding how UZPR processes the data of the participants, please contact this entity directly. UZPR, is authorized by ECOTIC to process your personal data in this Contest and we have ensured through the contract with it that the highest standards of personal data protection are observed. 

10.8 ECOTIC will not transfer your data collected in this competition to any other country or international organization.

10.9 The personal data collected in the contest will be kept for 5 years after the end of the contest, in order to demonstrate its progress and the award, in which the Operator has a legitimate interest. We mention that the environmental authorities check the manner in which electrical and electronic equipment waste is collected, according to the legislation in force (for example, Order 578/2006), and ECOTIC is obliged to present evidence regarding the source and traceability of the collected waste.

10.10 You have the right to request from us, with regard to your personal data, access to them, their rectification or deletion or restriction of processing or the right to object to processing, as well as the right to data portability. You also have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. Unfortunately, in such a case, you will no longer be able to participate in the Contest, given that we would not be able to identify you and contact you to offer a possible prize.

                You can exercise any of these rights by contacting the person responsible for data protection within ECOTIC at dpo@ecotic.ro.