Privacy Policy

This privacy notice informs about the information we collect when you register to the EUFGIS Portal.

We are the European Forest Institute (EFI), and we are the data controller. Our address is Yliopistokatu 6 B | 80100 Joensuu | Finland. email EUFORGEN@efi.int

When you submit the registration form to create a profile and to have access to the EUFGIS Information System, we ask you for the following information: Your name, surname, ⁠email address, affiliation, position and ⁠country. You will also create a password for logins.

We use this information to know who is accessing EUFGIS and which actions are taken in the system, as well as to provide us with statistics on use. The information is stored on our database which is hosted in European Union. The grounds for processing is that it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by EFI.

You can delete your profile at any time, but we will continue to process information related to your activities in the system for a period of 5 years.

You can ask what information we hold about you and to correct it if it is inaccurate.

Please address any enquiries and requests regarding data protection to dataprotection@efi.int

Data protection at EFI is regulated by the EFI Data Protection Rules.