The sole purpose of the collection of data is to verify the eligibility of the proposals, identify the best teams or assess the quality of the achieved MVP. Only for the purposes of the execution of the competition will participants provide their name, postal address, email address and telephone number (“personal data”). EIT Digital & Climate KIC will process the submitted material according to Belgian law.
The ClimaTech Connect Selection Panel members are the only individuals who may have access to the submitted information. All necessary steps are taken to limit access to the submitted information.
The Selection Panel will consist of people used to dealing with confidential material on a regular basis. If some part of the submitted information is confidential, applicants will have to clearly mark that information as “CONFIDENTIAL,” and the ClimaTech Connect Committee will retain that legend in any copy of the material provided to the Selection Panel. However, even if candidates mark their information as confidential, there will be no confidentiality obligation by any recipient of the summary for information which:
Is publicly available prior to the time of its disclosure to the ClimaTech Connect program becomes publicly available thereafter through no wrongful act of the recipient, or
Was known to the recipient prior to the date of disclosure or becomes known to the recipient thereafter from a third party having an apparent bona fide right to disclose the information, or
Is disclosed by the recipient in accordance with recipient’s approval, or
Is disclosed by the recipient or any member of his/her team without restriction on further disclosure, or is independently developed by a recipient; or
The recipient is obligated to disclose to comply with applicable laws or regulations, or with a court or administrative order.
By applying to the ClimaTech Connect, applicants consent that EIT Digital & Climate KIC will collect, transfer, process, store and delete their data under the above-mentioned conditions.