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Personal data protection

The Skills Panorama and Cedefop processes all personal data and information in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) N° 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regards to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (an update to Regulation 45/2001, aimed at ensuring alignment with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is currently pending final approval).

The Skills Panorama web portal processes personal data to enable users to create user accounts, log in, edit their personal data, favourite skills panorama content and subscribe to the newsletters. The Skills Panorama uses cookies to store user preferences (such as login, language, etc.). Newsletters and email marketing activities of the Skills Panorama are implemented with the Sendinblue cloud solution. The Skills Panorama transfers to Sendinblue necessary personal data such as email address and newsletter subsribed to. The contact us form enables users to communicate directly with Cedefop Skills Panorama Team.

  • Data controller

    Head of Department for skills and labour market (DSL)

  • Purpose of processing

    Enable users to register, create an account, log in to their account, edit their personal data under My Profile, bookmark Skills Panorama content and subscribe to the newsletters (ie. Skills Panorama, Skills Panorama Communications, Blog Articles, Analytical Highlights, News and Events, Resources, Indicator Dashboards). The contact us form enables users to communicate directly with Cedefop Skills Panorama Team.

  • Data subjects

    Skills Panorama registered users, including internal stakeholders of the Skills Panorama and external users such as policy makers, social partners, information, advice and guidance (IAG) experts and practitioners, education and training providers etc.

  • Type of data processed

    Skills Panorama registered user account: username, password, E-mail address (required), Accept Terms & Conditions of Use (required), Bookmarks (Skills Panorama content selected by the user), Newsletter/s subscription. Skills Panorama “Contact Us” form: name (required), surname (required), email address (required), message related to (section of web site) (required), Text of message (required), Please tell us who you are (with options: policy-maker, policy analyst, policy expert, researcher, career guidance practitioners, student, other), Accept Terms & Conditions of Use (required).

  • Legal basis
    1. Cedefop Work Programme 2018
    2. Cedefop Framework Contract No 2016-FWC6/AO/DSL/AZU-JBU/SkillsPanoramaUXIOO4/16 “User experience (UX), support and development services for the Skills Panorama”
  • Recipients of the data processed

    Cedefop staff members and/or contractors directly involved in the Skills Panorama project. Newsletters and email marketing activities of the Skills Panorama are implemented with the Sendinblue cloud solution (https://www.sendinblue.com/). The Skills Panorama transfers to Sendinblue necessary personal data such as email address and newsletter subscribed to.

  • Lawfulness of processing

    The lawfulness of the processing is defined by Article 5 (a) and (d) of Regulation (EC) 45/2001. Processing is performed after the specific authorisation given by the users to the controller (upon registering in the Skills Panorama portal).

  • Rights of data subjects

    Data subjects have the right to access their personal data at any time by logging into their account in the Skills Panorama.

    Data subjects can rectify / modify their personal data at any time by logging into their account in the Skills Panorama web portal.

    Queries and concerns regarding the processing of your personal data may also be addressed to Cedefop’s Data Protection Officer at the following email: data-protection-officer@cedefop.europa.eu

    Data subjects are also entitled to have recourse at any time to the European Data Protection Supervisor: http://www.edps.europa.eu

  • Time-limits for storing the date

    Generally, the data will be stored for a retention period corresponding to the duration of the mandate granted by the European Commission to Cedefop for the management of the Skills Panorama portal. However, user registration data is kept as long as user wants to maintain his/her account. Registered users can cancel their account any time from the account settings screen. Skills Panorama Contact us form data is kept as long as needed for communication with the user.  

  • Contact information

    If you have any further questions concerning your data, please contact the Skills Panorama Team: Skillspanorama@cedefop.europa.eu

    Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
    P.O. Box 22427, Thessaloniki 55102 Greece

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