privacy policy

Thank you for visiting our website. PandeVITA works on providing a platform and smartphone app for a more efficient knowledge transfer between society and science in pandemic crises on a global level.

PandeVITA is being implemented by a multidisciplinary consortium coordinated by Bilkent University (Turkey). iserundschmidt GmbH (Germany) is responsible for the hosting and management of the website of PandeVITA. In this context, your privacy is important for us and we are committed to protect it in accordance with the European Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of individuals with regards to the processing of their personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation, hereafter referred to as the "Regulation") as in force. To this end, we provide this Privacy Policy that applies to the PandeVITA website (the “Website”) and governs personal data collection and usage by the Website only.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time. With that in mind, you should periodically check this Privacy Policy.

Personal data that we process

The amount and type of data we process depends on your activities and use of the Website. Certain data is collected simply from your use of the Website, where as other data is submitted by you voluntarily in your communications with us or to receive requested services. Below, we explain the data we process for our various services.

Legitimate reasons for processing your personal data

Legitimate reasons for lawful processing your personal data is the legitime interest of the PandeVITA consortium to promote the PandeVITA project outcomes as more specifically described in the Introduction, to meet contractual obligations in that context.

Storage and deletion of personal data

Any personal data you are providing us through the Website or by directly contacting us via e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by completing the online form is securely stored only for as long as necessary for us to comply with our contractual obligations to the funding authority of PandeVITA namely the European Commission, and no longer than 2 years from PandeVITA project’s completion unless otherwise required for the defense of legal claims arising from the PandeVITA project contract or as otherwise required by compulsory law.

Security of personal data

iserundschmidt GmbH, as the responsible party to host the website, applies all appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure safe processing of personal data and to prevent the accidental loss or destruction and unauthorized and / or illegal access to, use, modification or disclosure thereof. In assessing the appropriate level of security and in the process of selecting and implementing suitable technical and organizational measures, iserundschmidt GmbH takes into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing, as well as the risks that are presented by processing, in particular from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed, and additionally, the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons.

Your rights as a user

You have a number of rights, which you can exercise at any time. In particular, you have the:

• Right to information: You have the right to be informed about the processing and use of your personal data, including the purpose for which we are processing this data, the period that we will retain it and with whom we will share it.

• Right to access: You have the right to ask from us to confirm whether or not we are processing personal data concerning you. Where that is the case, you can access your personal data that we are processing and relevant supplementary data.

• Right to rectification: You have the right to request from us modifications, corrections or update to your personal data in case you believe that it is not up to date, complete or accurate.

• Right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal data that we are processing, subject to specific restrictions.

• Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request from us to restrict the processing of your personal data, with a view to limiting the way that we use this data.

• Right to data portability: You have the right to ask for your personal data to be provided back to you or transferred to a third party.

• Right to object: You have the right to object to us processing your personal data at any time for reasons related to your particular situation.

• Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling), which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. To exercise your rights, please contact PandeVITA or send us a notice to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please keep in mind that you also have the right to lodge a complaint a supervisory authority (e.g. the Data Protection Authority within your region or country), should you wish so.

Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to or the ability for you to access third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those third parties, nor are we responsible for the information or content their websites contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to data collected by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third parties before proceeding to use their websites.

Questions?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via this Website, or send us an e-mail (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).