Legal notices
Disclaimer
Eurofound maintains this website to enhance public access to information about its initiatives and its policies in general. Our goal is to keep this information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them.
However, Eurofound accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to the information on this site.
This information is:
- of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
- not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date;
- sometimes linked to external sites over which the Foundation services have no control and for which the Foundation assumes no responsibility;
- not professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional).
It is our goal to minimize disruption caused by technical errors. However some data or information on our site may have been created or structured in files or formats that are not error-free and we cannot guarantee that our service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. The Foundation accepts no responsibility with regard to such problems incurred as a result of using this site or any linked external sites.
Privacy and data protection
Eurofound is committed to user privacy. The policy on 'protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions' is based on Regulation (EC) No. 45/2001 (pdf, 234KB) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000. This general policy covers the European Union's family of institutional websites, within the 'europa.eu' domain. For more information, see Eurofound's policy on personal data protection.
Although you can browse through the Eurofound websites without giving any information about yourself, in some cases, personal information is required in order to provide the services you request.
The European Union's family of institutional websites, within the 'europa.eu' domain, provides links to third party sites. Since we do not control them, we encourage you to review their privacy policies.
How do we treat emails you send us?
Many of our web pages have a 'Contact' button, which activates your email software and invites you to send your comments to a specific email address.
When you send such a message, your personal data is collected only to the extent necessary to reply. If the management team of the mailbox is unable to answer your question, it will forward your email to another service. You will be informed, via email, about which service your email has been forwarded to.
If you have any questions about the processing of your email and related personal data, do not hesitate to include them in your message.
Site usage information
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics uses 'cookies', which are text files placed on your computer, to help the web team analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Cookies do not contain any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify an individual user.