The European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This statement outlines our practices in relation to information about yourself, which you submit to us in order to register with the ECTA, and use the ectaportal.com website.
Whilst we strive to protect users' personal information with secure forms and encryption, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure and thus the ECTA cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information it may process as part of the site.
Data Collected
To operate our website it is essential to collect and process some data, such as:
- · Forms filled out on our website allow us to collect information provided by you;
- · Data collected from communications from you (e.g. via email);
- · When registering for the ECTA Membership or events we obtain the relevant data necessary to process your order and provide the agreed services. Required data fields are indicated with an asterisk.
How we will use your data:
- · To provide agreed services including but not limited to membership services (if applicable) invoicing, tickets, event communications, newsletters;
- · Event advertising;
- · Market research purposes;
- · Event related service offerings from selected partners/third parties (if you have opted to receive such communications).
We do not share your personal information with any third party (including advertisers).
The information collected on our website is with your active participation and consent.
Please note that if you have explicitly agreed to receiving contact from us from some other form (e.g. having sent us an email or written correspondence, or by producing your contact information at a conference or exhibition) then you may be added to our Newsletter email list (from which you can opt-out/unsubscribe).
Newsletter subscriptions are stored securely with our Campaign Email service provider who, themselves, are fully GDPR compliant.
Otherwise, personal data held by us is stored on secure computers in our offices and in the Cloud with our database host and service provider.
Cookies
This website uses cookies to provide basic functionality during your visit.
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
It is possible that small amounts of data may be left on your computer / device after you have visited our site. Such data is inactive and can be deleted, if required.
All computers can block cookies by activating certain browser settings but please note that if you decide to decline or disable cookies you may experience more limited access to certain parts of our website.
We make no use of advertisers on our site so have no need to enable the collection of any data to support them.
How to block cookies:
In Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking Tools > Internet Options > Privacy and select > Block all cookies.
In Firefox you can block all cookies by clicking Tools > Options and un-check "Accept cookies from sites" in the "Privacy" box.
In Chrome you can block cookies by going to Preference > Advanced > Privacy & Security > Content Settings > Cookies.
In Safari you can block cookies by going to Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies.
Blocking cookies may impact on the usability of our website.
Deleting Cookies
All web browsers provide a facility for you to review and delete cookies - please note that this action may also have some impact on the usability of our website.
Social media
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms used by the ECTA are subject to the privacy policies of those platforms - we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting these.
Neither this website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms. We encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to make contact through our primary communication channels such as telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page through your own social media platform account.
Third Party Links
Our website contains links to the website and published documents of other organisations.
Please note that we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned. Please review the privacy policy of such websites if you visit them.
Information Access
We have taken all reasonable steps to ensure this information is held securely. The Data Protection Act 1998 provides you with rights to access any information we may collect and store about you.
If you wish to have access to this information it may be subject to a €10 payment fee, used to cover our costs regarding the information you requested. If you wish to access this data please provide contact details below.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or would like to change any information we may hold about you please email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or write to:
ECTA, Rue de Trèves 49-51, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
