Privacy Policy

About EU_AMRI

EU-AMRI, the European Alliance of Medical Research Infrastructures, is the collaboration between the European research infrastructures BBMRI-ERIC, EATRIS-ERIC, and ECRIN-ERIC.

BBMRI-ERIC is a European Research Infrastructure for Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources, bringing together all the main players from the biobanking field – researchers, biobankers, industry, and patients – to boost biomedical research. BBMRI-ERIC’s registered office is at Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 2/B/6, 8010 Graz, Austria.

EATRIS-ERIC is a European Research Infrastructure for Translational Medicine, providing services for biomedical innovation or translational medicine, from target validation to early clinical trials. EATRIS-ERIC’s registered address is at De Boelelaan 1118, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

ECRIN-ERIC is a European Research Infrastructure facilitating multinational clinical research, through the provision of advice and services for the set-up and management of investigator or SME led clinical studies in Europe”. ECRIN-ERIC’s registered office is at 5 rue Watt, 75013 Paris, France.

The three research infrastructures work in parallel, providing complementary services to researchers in the field of biomedical sciences and support the development of personalised medicine and new treatments.

Who is responsible for your personal data?

EU-AMRI has been created to offer a comprehensive workflow for researchers in biomedical science, a one-stop-shop for industry and academia, to conveniently choose from a range of services according to their needs. You can access the services provided by BBMRI-ERIC, EATRIS-ERIC and ECRIN-ERIC through the EU-AMRI website. By selecting a certain service or tool under either the Services or Tools and Resources directory, you will be redirected to either the BBMRI-ERIC, EATRIS-ERIC or ECRIN-ERIC website. BBMRI-ERIC, EATRIS-ERIC and ECRIN-ERIC aim for the highest standards for data privacy in line with the GDPR. Your personal data will be handled and processed with the outmost care in accordance with the privacy policy of either the BBMRI-ERIC Privacy Notice, the EATRIS-ERIC Privacy Policy or the ECRIN ERIC's Data Privacy Policy, depending on your selected choice, which will take you to a particular website.

EU-AMRI contact page/e-mail

You can contact us via the EU-AMRI contact page on the EU-AMRI website (contact(at)eu-amri.org) and request further information or access to any of the EU-AMRI services. Personal data that you share via the EU-AMRI contact page will be processed by EATRIS-ERIC in accordance with the EATRIS-ERIC Privacy-Policy.

Your basic personal data will be needed in order to provide you with the information you request from us and will not be shared with third parties for commercial and marketing purposes. Your personal data may only be shared in the context of your request (i.e. with BBMRI-ERIC or ECRIN-ERIC). Certain personal information may also be shared with third-party service providers (such as web hosting, software provider etc.) only for the purpose of delivering their services. Your personal data may be shared with the competent authorities only if required by law.

Use of cookies on EU-AMRI website

The EU-AMRI website uses cookies. You can accept or reject the cookies on the EU-AMRI website by selecting one of the following options: “I accept cookies”, “I reject cookies”.

What are cookies?

Cookies are short text files placed on your device through the web browser you use. They collect standard information such as the browser type, browser language, your Internet Protocol (IP) address and your interaction with the website. This information is anonymous. In practice, the information gathered is not capable of directly identifying you or tracking your web-browsing activities outside the domain of EU-AMRI. Also, cookies are not able of infecting your device with viruses or installing unwanted or security-threatening software.

How do we use cookies?

Cookies assist us in improving your experience and interaction with our website. The information gathered enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as language, font size and other display preferences) for a period, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. The data, when collected, is automatically transferred to Google Analytics. Google Analytics performs web analysis and helps us monitor the behaviour of visitors and how they engage with our services or applications. By visiting and using our applications on our website, you consent to the further processing of the data created and recorded by Google Analytics. To receive more insights about how you can control the information collected by Google you can visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners or any other link that Google may periodically provide.

How long cookies persist on your browser?

The period that cookies remain on your device may vary depending on their type. Transient cookies (including session cookies storing the session-IDs and offering the functionality of recognising your device when returning to the website) are automatically removed when you exit your web browser. Persistent cookies are usually not automatically removed when you exit your web browser but after a definite period that may vary depending on their type. Persistent cookies can always be manually removed from your web browser.

How do I control/reject cookies?

You can control and/or delete cookies by deleting all cookies that are already on your computer or disabling the use of cookies from your browsing application for this website and others. In that case, please be aware that possibly you may not be able to access the same functionalities for this website.

Links to other websites

The EU-AMRI website contains links to other websites. When you follow the links to such other websites, we advise you to be aware of and read their privacy policy.

Embedded content from other websites

In some places, content from other websites is embedded in the EU-AMRI website. Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website so you may wish to consult the policies of these third-party websites for information regarding their use of cookies.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

From time to time we may update the EU-AMRI Privacy Policy. If we make any substantial changes, these will be posted on our website so please check our Privacy Policy on a regular basis.