This website is dedicated to the dissemination of the MENTOR Project – More Than a Joke.
The MENTOR Project is funded by the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme under the Grant Agreement No. 101196805.

The website is managed by ASPON Consulting Ltd, on behalf of the MENTOR Project consortium, coordinated by Instituto IKIGAI (Spain).

1) Who does this policy apply to?

This policy applies to all users of the MENTOR Project website (https://mentor-eu.com/) and its goal is to communicate how we, the MENTOR consortium, collect and process your personal data.

2) When are your personal data collected and used?

We may collect and process your data in the following ways:

• When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address.
• When you contact us via email or through a contact form, we may collect your name, organization, country, email and your message, which will be used only to respond to your inquiry.
• When you participate in surveys, we may collect demographic and opinion-based data, which is anonymised or aggregated for analysis.
• When you visit the website, we may collect information such as IP address, browser type and pages visited via cookies.

 

3) Who is the controller of your personal data and how can I contact them?

This website is managed by ASPON Consulting Ltd on behalf of the MENTOR Consortium. ASPON is the designated controller of any personal data collected through the website.

ASPON Consulting Ltd
12 Menandrou Str., 1st Floor, 1066, Nicosia, Cyprus

+357 22 270 897
info@aspon.com.cy

For any GDPR-related questions or concerns, please contact our designated Data Protection Contact Point at the above email address.

 

4) How do we use your data?

We process your personal data to:

• Send you newsletters and updates (if you subscribe)
• Respond to messages submitted through the contact form or email
• Improve the performance and usability of our website via aggregated data
• Support research and dissemination objectives of the MENTOR project (e.g. surveys)

We may also process your personal data to comply with legal obligations or requests from competent authorities in accordance with applicable EU law.

 

5) What is the legal basis for collecting and using my data?

• If you subscribe to our newsletter, your explicit consent is the legal basis (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time.
• If you contact us directly, we process your data based on our legitimate interest to respond to your message (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
• For website performance monitoring and surveys, we rely on legitimate interest and, where applicable, your consent (e.g. cookies or survey participation).

6) Are we sharing your data?

We may share your personal data with:

• MENTOR project partners only when required to address your inquiry or for research purposes.
• European Commission when necessary for project reporting.
• Governmental or judicial authorities, if required by law.

We will not sell or use your data for commercial purposes. Data may be shared with project partners located outside the EEA (e.g. if applicable) only with appropriate safeguards, as required under GDPR (Art. 45–46).

7) How long do we keep your data?

We process and store personal data as long as it necessary for the fulfilment of our contractual obligations under the Grant Agreement of the project. When this data is no longer necessary for the above purposes, it will be regularly deleted.

All personal data we collect to send you our newsletter we will keep for as long as you remain subscribed to our mailing list.

8) What are your rights as a data subject?

You enjoy a number of rights which you can exercise in the manner described below. You have the right:

• To ask us whether we process personal data on you, and if so, to obtain access to your personal data processed by us. You can also obtain a copy of your data.
• To correct/ update your personal data. If possible, please specify the context in which we use your personal data (e.g. to send you newsletters or to respond to a request), so that we may assess your request swiftly and accurately.
• To request deletion of your data, where applicable. For example, this right could be exercised in cases where the personal data is no longer necessary, the personal data processing in unlawful, or you withdraw your consent.
• To request restriction of the processing of your personal data, where applicable. This could for example be a temporary measure in the case where you contest the accuracy of the personal data of you object to the processing, pending our review of your request.
• To receive the personal data, which you have provided on the website, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the us (data portability). However, this right only applies to personal data you have provided to us and if they were provided on the basis of your consent or because they were necessary for the execution or the performance of an agreement with you.
• To object to processing of your data. You can exercise this right when we process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests, i.e. you have not given us your consent and we do not need them for the execution or performance of an agreement nor to comply with legal obligations. When our interest relates to direct marketing, we will grant you your request immediately. For other interests, e.g. our security interests, we will ask you to describe your specific circumstances giving rise to request. We then need to balance our interests against your circumstances. If this balancing exercise results in your circumstances outweighing our interests, we will cease processing your personal data.
• To withdraw your consent for the processing of personal data when we have collected your personal data on the basis of your consent. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise your rights, please email us at:
📧 mentoreuproject@gmail.com

If you believe your rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority. In Cyprus, this is the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection (www.dataprotection.gov.cy).