Privacy Policy for
Norwegian Cognitive Center

This Privacy Policy describes the Norwegian Cognitive Center (NCC) policy for the collection, storage, removal of, and updating of your personal data. NCC is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.


DATA CONTROLLER
NCC is the Data Controller for the information that we collect through this website and 3rd party services. 

CONTACT INFORMATION
You can contact NCC at any time to request access to the information NCC stores about you. You can also request correction of this information, or have your data deleted. If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact hello(@)norwegiancognitivecenter.com

PURPOSE OF COLLECTION OF DATA
NCC collects and processes personal data to provide information about the Cluster, upcoming events and services for our partners. Guest lists (Names and company) from our events are reported to our stearingcommittee who is our owners: NCE Media, NCE Finance, NCE Seafood, GCE Ocean and Proptech Inovation. We do not share data with 3rd party entities or services other than the ones listed in this privacy policy.


WHAT DATA IS COLLECTED
We gather both personal and non-personal data. A full overview is listed below. You may request or perform corrections to this data any time.  You can also request deletion of this data, but in order to for us to fulfill membership contract obligations, we require access to this data.  

Newsletter:
We send out periodic newsletters with a 3rd party service, where we store your email, first name and last name. To unsubscribe from the newsletter, click here. For more info on our newsletter email distribution, see further down this page

Website (cookies): 
When you visit our website, we use Google Analytics cookies to collect certain information about each user’s activity: Device, web browser, IP address and time zone. Cookies are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. This data is used for simple web statistics, and your IP address is anonymized. Read more here: For general info on the cookies on this site, see further down this site.

Applications for innovation projects:
NCC works with developing project applications together with our clients. We store contact information (name, e-mail and phone number) of the person who works on the project on behalf of the company. The data is stored in an internal database, accessible only to employees in the NCC organization.

LEGAL GROUNDS
The legal grounds for storing names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses is to fulfill our mandate in accordance with the member agreement and our organizational goals and objectives.

WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA
The data is stored in our internal database, accessible only by employees in the NCE Media cluster organization who is the projectmanager for the center. (5 employees as of June 2020)

YOUR RIGHTS
NCC handles personal information in accordance with the Norwegian privacy laws («personopplysningsloven») and applicable regulations. Members and users may request access to this data, in addition to requesting correction or deletion of information.

INFORMATION SECURITY
NCC ensures that personal information is secured on an internal database, accessible only by employees in the cluster organization. Our systems are secured with password protection and our computers and equipment are not accessible for people outside of the organization.

3RD PARTY SERVICES

Mailchimp 
NCC uses Mailchimp to distribute newsletters. We now collect consent from existing subscribers, and we will delete every subscriber that does not renewed their consent by July 1, 2018.

What is stored
First name, last name, Email address, IP and location data

How is it used
To send out newsletters.

How long is data stored
Until the user unsubscribes or asks for deletion of data. 

Security:
Read MailChimp’s security practices here: 
https://mailchimp.com/about/security/

Cookie Statement
Read MailChimp’s Cookie Statement here: 
https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/

Data Controller:
Norwegian Cognitive Center

Data Processor:
MailChimp. 
The Rocket Science Group, LLC675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE
Suite 5000
Atlanta, GA 30308 USA

Update info:
You can find a link to update your info by scrolling to the bottom of the newsletter. Search for «Norwegian Cognitive Center» in your inbox.

Unsubscribe:
Click here to unsubscribe from the newsletter: 
Unsubsribe from newsletter

Privacy:
Read Mailchimp's Privacy Policy here: 
https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Eventbrite:
NCC use Eventbrite as its event management tool.

What is stored:
When users register for free events we store first name, last name, email address, and name of company. For paid events we also register tax info for invoices. Eventbrite also uses PayPal as their payment processor.

How is it used:
To register attendees for our events and to collect event payment through PayPal

How long is data stored:
Until the user requests deletion of data. If you request NCC to delete your data, we will forward this request to Eventbrite. Users will not be included in future events without registering. 

Security:
Read EventBrite’s security practices here: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/security/

Cookies:
Read Eventbrite’s Cookie Statement here: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-cookie-policy?lg=en_US

Data Controller:
Norwegian Cognitive Center

Data Processor:
Eventbrite
San Francisco, CA
155 5th St, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103

Privacy policy:
Read Eventbrite’s privacy policy here: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-policy?lg=en_US

Cookies used on norwegiancognitivecenter.com 
When you visit our website, we use Google Analytics cookies to collect certain information about each user’s activity: Device, web browser, IP address and time zone. Cookies are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. 

The data is used to analyze the number of site visits, how long the visit lasted, where the visitors came from and which browsers are used. None of the information gathered enables us to connect your user activity to you as an individual. We have added an overview of the cookies that are used on the website. 

For general info about cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. If you prefer Norwegian, go to https://nettvett.no/slik-administrer-du-informasjonskapsler/.

For more info on cookies used by Google Analytics, read here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage