Privacy policy

Last updated: September 19, 2019

Wind Energy Science is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust with respect to your privacy. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use and share your personal information.

About our privacy policy

This privacy policy applies to our websites, apps and other Wind Energy Science Research Platforms, including programs and events, that refer or link to this privacy policy (each, a “Wind Energy Science Research Platform”). This policy may be supplemented by additional privacy statements, terms or notices provided to you. The Wind Energy Science that owns or administers the Wind Energy Science Research Platform, as identified therein, is the primary controller of your personal information provided to, or collected by or for, the Wind Energy Wind Energy Science Research Platform.

Information we collect

We collect information about you in three ways: directly from your input, from third-party sources, and through automated technologies.

Information you provide to us

The types of personal information that we collect directly from you depends on the content and features of the Wind Energy Science Research Platform you use and how you otherwise interact with us and may include:

Contact details, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number and social media handle;
Account login credentials, such as usernames and passwords, password hints and similar security information;
Content that you upload and share or store in your account, such as annotations, comments, contributions and replies;
Information that you communicate to us, such as questions or information you send to customer support;
Data that you provide to us as part of interacting with the Wind Energy Science Research Platform and/or
Communications preferences, such as your preferred language and the frequency, type and format of the alerts you sign up to receive.

Device and usage data

The Wind Energy Science may automatically collect information about how you and your device interact with the Wind Energy Science Research Platform, such as:

Computer, device and connection information, such as IP address, browser type and version, operating system and other software installed on your device, unique device identifier and other technical identifiers, error reports and performance data;
Usage data, such as the features you used, the settings you selected, URL click stream data, including date and time stamp and referring and exit pages, and pages you visited on the Wind Energy Science Research Platform;
For location-aware Wind Energy Science Research Platform, the physical location of your device.

We collect this data through our servers and the use of cookies and other technologies. You can control cookies through your browser’s settings and other tools. However, if you choose to block certain cookies, you may not be able to register, login, or access certain parts or make full use of the Wind Energy Science Research Platform. For more details, visit the cookie notice of the Wind Energy Science Research Platform.

How we use your information

We are committed to delivering a relevant and useful experience to you. Depending on how you interact with us and the Wind Energy Science Research Platform, we use your personal information to:

Provide, activate and manage your access to and use of the Wind Energy Science Research Platform;
Process and fulfill a request, order, download, subscription or other transaction;
Offer you customized content and other personalization to make the Wind Energy Science Research Platform more efficient for you and more relevant to your interests and geography;
Enhance and improve the Wind Energy Science Research Platform, such as add new content and features;
Notify you about changes, updates and other announcements related to the Wind Energy Science Research Platform;
Deliver targeted advertisements, promotional messages, and other information related to the Wind Energy Science Research Platform and to your interests;
Provide technical, product and other support and help to keep the Wind Energy Science Research Platform working, safe and secure; and/or
Identify usage trends and develop data analysis, including for the purposes of research, audits, reporting and other business operations, such as to pay royalties and license fees to third-party content providers, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, evaluate our business performance, or in other ways pursuant to a customer agreement.

We may also use your personal information to:

Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments or concerns;
Invite you to submit or review manuscripts or otherwise participate in our publishing programs;
Conduct and administer user testing and surveys as well as sweepstakes, competitions and similar promotions;
Comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Sharing of your information

We DO NOT SHARE your personal information in any way

Legal reasons

We can disclose your personal information if we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to:

meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other legal obligation;
detect, investigate and help prevent security, fraud or technical issues; and/or
protect the rights, property or safety of Wind Energy Science, our users or others;

Administrator data

If you are an administrator of an institution with a subscription to a Wind Energy Science Research Platform, we will use your details to communicate with you about your subscription and related Wind Energy Science Research Platforms. If you supply us contact information of your colleagues, we may include a reference to you when we contact those individuals with communications about the Wind Energy Science Research Platform.

Your communications preferences

You can customize and manage your communications preferences and other settings when you register with the Wind Energy Science Research Platform, by updating your account features and preferences, by using the “opt-in/out” or subscribe/unsubscribe mechanisms or other means provided within the communications that you receive from us or by contacting us. We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to the Wind Energy Science Research Platform whenever necessary.

Accessing and updating your information

The Wind Energy Science Research Platform may allow registered users to directly access their account information and make corrections or updates at any time.

Keeping such information up to date is solely the responsibility of the user. Registered users may also close their account directly through the Wind Energy Science Research Platform or by contacting the Wind Energy Science Research Platform’s customer support.

You have the right under European and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as may be applicable, to request free of charge:

Access to and correction and deletion of your personal information;
Restriction of our processing of your personal information, or to object to our processing; and/or
Portability of your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the contact address provided below. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable laws. To protect your privacy and security, we may require you to verify your identity.

Data security

We take precautions to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft and misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction through the use of appropriate technical and organizational measures.

Locations of processing

We take steps, including through contracts, to ensure that the information continues to be protected wherever it is located in a manner consistent with the standards of protection required under applicable law. Where personal information is transferred from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland to a country that has not received an adequacy decision by the European Commission, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield Frameworks to transfer the data.

Grounds for processing

When we collect from you any personal information within the scope of European data protection laws, we do so:

where necessary to provide the Wind Energy Science Research Platform, fulfill a transaction or otherwise perform a contract with you or at your request prior to entering into a contract;
where necessary for our compliance with applicable law or other legal obligation;
where necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest;
where applicable, with your consent; and/or
as necessary to operate our business, protect the security of our systems, customers and users, detect or prevent fraud, or fulfill our other legitimate interests as described in the sections above, except where our interests are overridden by your privacy rights.

Where we rely on your consent to process personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, and where we rely on legitimate interests, you may have the right to object to our processing.

Changes

We will update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. If we make any material changes, we will provide notice through the Wind Energy Science Research Platform or by other means.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments, complaints or requests regarding this privacy policy or our processing of your information, please contact:

Wind Energy Science Data Protection Office in the United Kingdom, Greece or Denmark at legal@windenergyscience.com

The data protection representative for our businesses that are processing personal data within the scope of European data protection laws and located outside of the EEA and Switzerland is Wind Energy Science. You can contact the data protection officer of Wind Energy Science through the contact details provided above.