Privacy Policy

i-Learn is a project of imec and KU Leuven, supported by the Government of Flanders.

IMEC vzw (hereinafter ‘imec’), Kapeldreef 75, 3001 LEUVEN, is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Why do we collect your personal information?

1. To reflect about relevant topics:

In order to contribute to the i-Learn program, personalized digital learning in Flemish education, the project partners (Department Economy, Science & Innovation, Department of Education & Training, Department Innovation & Entrepreneurship, imec, and KU Leuven) invite all stakeholders with knowledge and expertise about (1) digital solutions for personalized learning in an educational context, or (2) coaching and training, to participate in our market consultations. Through these consultations, we aim to gain insight into the needs and expectations of both commercial and non-commercial market players with knowledge and expertise about digital solutions for personalized learning in an educational context, as well as training providers that offer additional training to schools, teachers, ICT coordinators and pedagogical mentors.

In order to be able to contact you about our market consultations, we need to collect your personal details.

2. To register for events:

In order to be able to register you and contact you about our events, we need your contact details. Sometimes we also need other information, like dietary preferences, to provide catering during the event.

3. To subscribe to our newsletter:

If you filled in our newsletter registration form in order to receive our i-Learn newsletter, we will also use your contact details to send you this newsletter.

4. To process information provided through our ‘contact’ form:

In order to be able to respond to your questions submitted through our contact form on the website.

5. To register you as co-pilot or implementation school within the i-Learn project:

In order to be able to process your candidacy to become a co-pilot or implementation school within the i-Learn project.

6. To draw our attention to an educational tool:

We provide a form that software providers can fill in to draw our attention to an educational application that we should consider including in the i-Learn platform. In this form we also collect product-specific information.

If you agree to the terms in this privacy policy, you give imec permission to process your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. Your personal details will only be used for the abovementioned purposes. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without having to give a reason. You can exert your rights by sending us an email; we will process your request as soon as possible.

What personal information do we collect?

We collect the following personal information:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Job function
  • Email
  • Company/organization/school
  • Dietary preferences can be collected in order to be able to offer catering services during events.
  • Free input fields (contact form)

Who has access to your personal details?

Your personal data can be shared between the different project partners of the i-Learn project. We only share your personal information with these partners when this is necessary to inform you about our market consultations and i-Learn events, and with your consent, to send you our newsletter.

We are sending out our electronic newsletter and online surveys via Mailchimp and Qualtrics.

In order to organise events, we can transfer your personal information to third parties such as catering services, printers, etc.

We only transfer your personal information to third parties outside the EU when this is necessary to meet our obligations, provide our services and perform research studies. Third parties are always screened to ensure they handle personal information properly.

What are your privacy rights?

According to the privacy legislation, we are required to inform you on what legal grounds we are processing your personal information. This means that we are only allowed to process your personal information if there is a legal basis for doing so.

We collect your personal information on the basis of consent, i.e. when we have received your permission to use your personal information. However, you always have the right to withdraw this consent. You have the right to limit the processing of your data, to transfer your data, and to object.

You always have the right to request access to your personal details. You can let us edit or delete your data. You can do this by sending us an email.

Technical and organizational measures and retention period

Imec has implemented various technical and organizational measures to ensure your information is protected against unauthorized access and non-authorized modification, publication or removal.

Your personal details will be retained for a duration of 3 years after the last contact.

Contact

Should you have any questions related to this privacy policy, please send us an email.

For more information on the way imec deals with your personal information, please find more information here.