Privacy Policy

Legal notice

This website is owned and operated by the VECTOR project consortium that is constituted by the following partners:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam – Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, University College Dublin. SRK Exploration Services Limited, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Satarla, Terranigma Solutions GmbH, Asistencias Técnicas Clave, KSL Kupferschiefer Lausitz GmbH, Sazani Associates, Natural History Museum (NHM), Group Eleven Mining & Exploration Limited (GEME), EIT RawMaterials GmbH, Boliden Tara Mines LTD, Teck ireland LTD, Rio Sava Exploration, INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CHANGE, Terranta GmbH

Contact persons
Coordinator: Richard Gloaguen
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Chemnitzer Strasse 40
09599 Freiberg
Germany

Copyright
Unless specified otherwise, the VECTOR project shall retain the full rights of all images, texts, and other media published on this website.
Images may be used for editorial purpose only. There is no charge for its use, provided the source reference is given. Graphical alterations to the photo – except for highlighting the main motif – are not permitted.
It is hereby expressly permitted – in accordance with the following restrictions – to copy, print, and distribute these webpages as well as the attached documents. The webpages and documents provided herein may only be used for informational purposes. These webpages and documents may not be used for commercial purposes. Each copy (this also applies to excerpts) must include the above mentioned proof of copyright.
The images displayed on this website have kindly been provided by:
Landing Page: Scienseed, graphical abstract of layered arrows.
Partners: VECTOR Consortium partners.
 Graphical illustrations: Leonnidas.

Disclaimer
We cannot assume any liability for the content of external pages. Solely the operators of those linked pages are responsible for their content.
VECTOR project makes every reasonable effort to ensure that the content of this website is kept up to date, and that it is accurate and complete. Nevertheless, the possibility of errors cannot be entirely ruled out. VECTOR project does not give any warranty in respect of the timeliness, accuracy or completeness of material published on this website, and disclaims all liability for (material or non-material) loss or damage incurred by third parties arising from the use of content obtained from the website.
Registered trademarks and proprietary names, and copyrighted text and images, are not generally indicated as such on our webpages. But the absence of such indications in no way implies that these names, images or text belong to the public domain in the context of trademark or copyright law.

Data Protection and Privacy Policy
VECTOR is committed to protecting your privacy. When we process personal data, we observe the rules laid down in the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
This privacy notice explains how we collect and use your personal data and which rights and options you have in this respect.
What information do we collect about you and how will we use it?
We collect information about you when you:
– Contact the project via the website’s contact form.
Data collected: name, email.
Purpose: process your inquiry.
Data retention period: until the end of the project and for two additional years (June 2027), unless you ask us to delete your data.
– Register for an event organised by VECTOR.
Data collected: name, email, email, institution, dietary preferences
Purpose: ensure a smooth organisation of the event.
Data retention period: until the end of the project and for two additional years (June 2027), unless you ask us to delete your data.
– Subscribe to our newsletter.
Data collected: name, email
Purpose: The data is used to email you about project news that we think may be of interest to you.
Data retention period: until the end of the project and for two additional years (June 2027), unless you ask us to delete your data.
– Complete surveys.
Data collected: name, email, institution
Purpose: Depending on the survey’s frame the data is used to analyse opinions in an anonymous way.
Data retention period: until the end of the project and for two additional years (June 2027), unless you ask us to delete your data.

Website usage information is collected using cookies (see section “cookies” below).
VECTOR will not share your information for marketing purposes with companies, institutions or other third parties without your consent.
All data is kept until the end of the project and, for reporting purposes towards the European Commission, for two additional years (June 2027).

Marketing
VECTOR disseminates information about project work and related activities by email. If you have consented to receive email-marketing, you may opt out at a later date. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please send an email to newsletter@vectorproject.eu

Access to your information and correction
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email us at contact@vectorproject.eu
We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. Therefore, you may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.

Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files saved on the users’ computer which enable the analysis of the users’ website use. The information on the users’ website use are usually sent to and stored on a Google servicer in the USA. More information on Google Analytics’ handling of user data can be found in the Google’s data protection report.

Cookies and other website usage information
When you visit the VECTOR website, the following data is collected automatically:
Plugins:
Wordfence:
Data collected: IP addresses
Objective of data collection: record attacks to the web security.
Cookies: We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
The CookieYes plugin that pops up when you first visit our page, allows you to learn everything about the cookies we use and how to deactivate cookies which are not necessary for the functioning of this website.

Other websites
Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy notice only applies to this website, so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

Changes to our privacy policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy notice was last updated in December 2022.

How to contact us
Please contact us by email if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you: contact@vectorproject.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement nº 101058483.

Co-funded by the European Union. 
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

This project has received funding from UK Research and Innovation.

Co-funded by UK Research and Innovation. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of UK Research and Innovation. Neither UK Research and Innovation nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.