Privacy Policy

European Conference on Information Literacy website (Site) is managed by the Conference organizers. The Conference organizers are the Information Literacy Association (France), Hacettepe University (Turkey) and the University of Zagreb (Croatia). These institutions are data controllers of your personal data.

We have adopted this Privacy Policy, which determines how we are processing the information collected by us, the Conference organizers of the European Conference on Information Literacy, which also provides the reasons why we must collect certain personal data about you. Therefore, you must read this Privacy Policy before using any of the European Conference on Information Literacy websites on the ilconf.org domain.

We take care of your personal data and undertake to guarantee its confidentiality and security.

Personal information we collect:

When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the installed cookies on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

The information collected for the purpose of conference contributions submission, registration, bulk email contacting, conference marketing1, conference program publishing, the review process and conference fee payment is managed by a separate Privacy Policy which you will be prompted to accept should you register an account with our Conference management system.

1 The purpose of conference marketing refers to the publishing of any textual information you provide as a part of the conference registration, contribution submission and review processes, as well as to any photographs, audio or video materials of you taken during the event.

Why do we process your data?

Our top priority is customer data security, and, as such, we may process only minimal user data, only as much as it is absolutely necessary to maintain the Site. Information collected automatically is used only to identify potential cases of abuse and establish statistical information regarding website usage. This statistical information is not otherwise aggregated in such a way that it would identify any particular user of the system.

You can visit the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any information, by which someone could identify you as a specific, identifiable individual. Users who are uncertain about what information is collected are welcome to contact us via ecil.ffzg@gmail.com.

The Names, Surnames and Country of Origin data published in the Standing, Program, and Local Organizing Committee lists are not collected via this website and the agreement to publish this information publicly has been collected by other means. Users who wish to access, update or request erasure of this information are welcome to contact us via ecil.ffzg@gmail.com.

Your rights:

If you are a European resident, you have the following rights related to your personal data:

  • The right to be informed.
  • The right of access.
  • The right to rectification.
  • The right to erasure.
  • The right to restrict processing.
  • The right to data portability.
  • The right to object.
  • Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling.

If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that we are processing your information to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information might be transferred outside of Europe, including Canada and the United States.

Links to other websites:

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for such other websites or third parties’ privacy practices. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our website and read the privacy statements of each website that may collect personal information.

Information security:

We secure information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We keep reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification, and personal data disclosure in its control and custody. However, no data transmission over the Internet or wireless network can be guaranteed.

Legal disclosure:

We will disclose any information we collect, use or receive if required or permitted by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process, and when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.

Contact information:

If you would like to contact us to understand more about this Policy or wish to contact us concerning any matter relating to individual rights and your Personal Information, you may send an email to ecil.ffzg@gmail.com.