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Project coordinator: Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen I Dr. Paul Beenen I Zernikeplein 1, 9747 AS Groningen, The Netherlands. Supported by SPIN I Matthias Guett I Max-Reger-Weg 12, 96450 Coburg, Germany.

EDITORS

Responsible editors are Matthias Guett (SPIN) and Paul Beenen (HANZE) in co-creation with the ECOLAH consortium – individual authorship of single resources may be asked from the editors.

COPYRIGHTS

The content of this website has been developed in co-creation by the ECOLAH consortium. However, individual authorship of single texts, images or resources must be asked from the project coordinator.

Parts of the content of this website are developed in 2021-2024 with EU co-funding. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

It means that you are, in principle, free to share the material in any medium or format, and to build upon the material, as long as it is non-commercial and with appropriate credit provided. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

The ECOLAH consortium grants the user the right to save and copy the text provided on this website completely or in parts. Please use the logos of the ECOLAH consortium as well as the EU logo.

LIABILITY

The ECOLAH consortium has endeavoured to provide correct and complete information on this website but accepts no legal liability or guarantees for the validity, accuracy and completeness of the information presented. The ECOLAH consortium is not liable for direct or indirect damages that may arise in connection with the information provided on this website. The ECOLAH consortium reserves the right to adapt or alter this website at any time without prior notice.

CONTENT

Parts of the content were developed through an EU funded project. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of the content, which reflects the views only of the authors. The Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

In regard to completeness and terminology, it is clear that there are considerable debates as to different approaches, terms and definitions related to the sector or context, and that these might differ in the European countries. However, for the purpose of this webpage, it has been decided not to focus on scientific completeness or delimitable terminology, as it does not detract from the idea of learning for practice. References to persons are not gender specific.

As a consortium we take responsibility for own contents on these sides according to the general laws. However, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored external information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general law remain unaffected. A liability in this regard, however, is only possible from the date of knowledge of a specific infringement. Upon notification of appropriate violations, we will remove this content immediately.

SERVER LOG FILES AND PRIVACY

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

o Browser type and browser version

o Used operating system

o Referrer URL

o Host name of the accessing computer

o Time of the server request

These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. A merge of this data with other data sources will not be done. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively, if we become aware of specific indications for illegal use.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored in order to process the request and in case of follow-up questions. However, we will not share this information without your consent.

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified e-mail address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected. We use this data exclusively for the delivery of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The granted consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Privacy Policy for the use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. For more information on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, see the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Opposition to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website. Disable Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Privacy Policy for Facebook

On our pages plugins of the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button” (“Like”) on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins. When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like-Button” while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. As a result, Facebook can assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages are not aware of the content of the data transmitted and their use by Facebook. For more information, see the Facebook Privacy Policy at http://facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not wish Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Information, Cancellation, Blocking

At any time you have the right to ask free of charge information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and a right to correct, block or delete this data. For further information on personal data you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Contradiction Advertising Emails

The use of any published contact information in the context of the obligations related to the imprint for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby rejected. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

LINKS

The ECOLAH website contains links to external websites of third parties on whose contents we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The ECOLAH consortium verifies links to other websites for possible legal violations at the time of linking but assumes no responsibility for the content of pages linked to directly or indirectly. Illegal content was not recognizable at the time of linking. Visitors follow connections to other websites and homepages at their own risk and are to utilize them in accordance with their respective terms of use.

EU ONLINE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR): http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr Our e-mail address can be found via the contact form.

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EU CO-FUNDING

The information and views set out in this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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