eTwinning is an initiative of the European Union. It is part of the Comenius strand of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). It is steered by the European Commission and implemented by its Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA).
The various tools present on the eTwinning Platform allow users to submit information in order to participate to eTwinning activities. When registering online and submitting other information, the data is collected and further processed for the purposes detailed hereafter under point 2. The relevant processing operations thereof are under the responsibility of the Data Controller, which is the head of the “Lifelong Learning: Comenius, ICT and Languages” unit at the EACEA.
(b) Other data: Registrants may also participate in project TwinSpaces, eTwinning Groups, Teachers’ Rooms and Learning Events and develop a Project Diary. In these cases, registrants can submit information for the purpose of participating in such initiatives. Access to such platforms is restricted to their registered members only.
The collected personal data and all related information are stored on secured servers of the service provider (European Schoolnet). The operations of the service provider’s computer centres contractually abide to the European Commission’s security directives and provisions established by the Directorate of Security for these kinds of servers and services.
Data related to the profile of the user, as described in point 2, are kept for one year after the user’s last login. After one year from the last login, the user profile will automatically be set to inactive, i.e., no longer visible to other users or the outside world. A notification is sent to the user to inform her/him that her/his profile has been set to inactive and that he/she can re-activate his/her account by logging in again. A second and final reminder is sent after an additional year informing the user that, 2 years after her/his last login, his/her profile will be deactivated permanently. All personal information is then made anonymous.
Should the conflict not be resolved by the Controller or the Data Protection Officer you may lodge a complaint with the European Data Protection Supervisor at any time: website – http://www.edps.europa.eu; email – edps@edps.europa.eu.