Who we are
Our website address is: https://democracylabs.info. The democracylabs.info website is hosted on servers located in Estonia.
Data Protection Policy We Follow
In accordance with the GDPR, we inform you that we have adapted our communications to comply with the regulations on the protection of personal data. Your personal data will only be processed for the purposes with which you expressly consent. Consent to the transfer of personal data is voluntary and you can also withdraw your consent at any time in the same way as you gave it. If you do not provide personal data or withdraw your consent, democracylabs.info will not be able to fulfil the purpose for which the data was collected. In addition, you have the right to access the data, the right to rectification, the right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”), the right to restriction of processing, the right to contract and the right to data portability. To exercise the aforementioned rights or in the event of a complaint, please contact the Personal Data Protection Officer, otherwise contact the address for: Data Protection Officer, Tallinn University, Narva Mnt 29, Estonia.
If you believe that the processing of personal data violates provisions on the protection of personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner.
The data will be kept until your withdrawal or for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose for which the data was collected.
The controller, the company democracylabs.info, undertakes to process and protect the data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act and the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
We may share limited technical data with trusted service providers who assist us in operating and maintaining this website, such as hosting providers and cookie consent services. These service providers process data only on our behalf and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.