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Which personal data do we collect and further process?

The type of personal information collected on the platform depends on how visitors are interacting with the platform and services used.

  • Public content of the website is accessible without giving any personal information.
  • Personal data are required in order to provide specific e-services.

In order to carry out the processing operation the Data Controller, i.e. EC JRC S.2 collects the following categories of personal data:

EU Login - needed to create an account on the platform

personal data provided by creating an EU Login account (managed by data protection record DPR-EC-03187 for the Identity & Access Management Service - IAMS)

Community platform - any other personal data provided voluntarily by creating an account on the platform
•    First and last name*
•    Profile image
•    Contact details (e-mail address*, education institution [type], country)
•    Expertise, interests, languages, educational background, professional background and experience (like role/ function in education, education level/sector)


The provision of personal data as marked with an asterisk (*) above is mandatory to meet co-designed community requirements of being able to identify peers transparently in a trusted and safe environment.


If you do not provide your (mandatory) personal data, possible consequences are that your account on the platform will be frozen after 1 reminder that is not followed up with appropriate action, i.e., provision of mandatory personal data, within a month.  

Otherwise, the provision of personal data is not mandatory and visibility preferences can be set.