TRANSFORM2 is bound to protect the privacy of everyone who uses its website and to treat any personal data provided in the strictest confidence. This data is used solely for the purposes indicated in each case and is not forwarded to any third party.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.transform2-project.eu/
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
When visitors subscribe to the Newsletter mailing list via the form currently available on the homepage of our website (as of May 2025), only their email address is collected. Additional information—such as first name, last name, and institutional affiliation—may be requested through this or other similar forms, in the future.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
This data is not shared with third parties and is used exclusively by the Project Management Board members for the distribution of the Newsletter and related communication and dissemination purposes. The data retention period shall not exceed five (5) years following the conclusion of the program, and may be used for continued dissemination activities.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Right to information
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, or submitted your data via our forms, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
Right to Data Deletion and Withdrawal of Consent
Users of our website, have the right to request the deletion of their data from our records at any time and/or to withdraw their subscription from our mailing lists. Such requests can be submitted by sending an email to transform2@upatras.gr, or by using the automated opt-out feature, where available. ou can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Our contact information
Dr. Panagiotis Eliass (coordinator)
Assistant Professor
University of Patras
Department of Geology
26504 University Campus
Rio Patras, Greece