Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will help you understand how Stavanger Region European Office uses and protects the data you provide to us when you visit and use https://stavangerregion.no.

We reserve the right to change this policy at any given time, of which you will be promptly updated. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to frequently visit this page.

What data do we collect?

Our Company collects the following data:

  • Your email address

How do we collect your data?

We collect and store your personal information only when this is voluntarily shared by you through one of the forms on our Website.

Forms we have that collect personal data include, but is not limited to:

  • Newsletter registration form.

How will we use your data?

Our Company collects your data so that we can:

  • Email you with our latest news via our newsletter.

How do we store your data?

Our Company securely stores your data on Mailchimp.

We do not keep personal information for longer than is necessary. While we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. That said, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and cannot guarantee absolute data security. If necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal obligation or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

Retention of your personal data 

We do not keep personal information for longer than is necessary. While we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. That said, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and cannot guarantee absolute data security. If necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal obligation or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

Retention of your usage data 

We will retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

International transfers of personal information 

The personal information we collect is stored and processed in Belgium, or where we or our partners, affiliates and third-party providers maintain facilities. By providing us with your personal information, you consent to the disclosure to these overseas third parties.

We will ensure that any transfer of personal information from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, for example by using standard data protection clauses approved by the European Commission, or the use of binding corporate rules or other legally accepted means.

Where we transfer personal information from a non-EEA country to another country, you acknowledge that third parties in other jurisdictions may not be subject to similar data protection laws to the ones in our jurisdiction. There are risks if any such third party engages in any act or practice that would contravene the data privacy laws in our jurisdiction and this might mean that you will not be able to seek redress under our jurisdiction’s privacy laws.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information.When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Understanding how you use our website

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

  • Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember yourpreviously selected These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
  • Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company don’t share your data with third

Third party cookies 

We use these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. 

Third-party cookies we use include those of: 

  • Google Analytics
How to manage cookies 

You can set your browser not to accept cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies but, if you do not want to receive cookies, you can change your browser settings to notify you when cookies are sent, or you can reject the cookies altogether. To do so you may, for example, consult: 

You can also revoke your consent of having third party cookies through our cookie consent configurator. Click here to open the cookie consent configurator. 

It is important to note that if you change your settings and block certain cookies, you will not be able to take full advantage of some features of Stavanger Region services, and we might not be able to provide some features you have previously chosen to receive.

Privacy policies of other websites

The Our Company website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so ifyou click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacypolicy was last updated on 9 December 2021.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like toexercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: post@stavangerregion.no

Or write to us at: Stavanger Region European Office, Rue du Luxembourg 3, 4th floor, 1000 Brussels, Belgium