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AI Weather Quest Data Protection and Privacy Statement

By registering for the ECMWF AI Weather Quest (“AI Weather Quest” or “the Competition”) and  agreeing to its Terms and Conditions (“the Agreement”), you are entering into a contractual  relationship with ECMWF. To this effect, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal  data by ECMWF, as data controller, under the following rules: 

  1. Purpose(s) of the Processing 
    Your personal data is collected and processed by ECMWF in order to execute the above-mentioned contractual relationship between you and ECMWF with respect to the AI Weather Quest. All the data  will be processed in accordance with the ECMWF Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Protection Policy.
  2. Recipients of the Data Processed 
    The personal data you provide in the registration form will be shared with:
    • ECMWF, headquartered in Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, United Kingdom, and for the  purposes of this Competition also acting through its duty station at Robert-Schuman-Platz 3,  53175 Bonn, Germany, as the data controller. 
    • CommPla S.r.l., via Nino Bixio 25, 56125 Pisa, Italy, as the web developer responsible for  maintaining the AI Weather Quest website, which hosts the registration function. CommPla  may process personal data solely for technical support and maintenance purposes of the AI  Weather Quest website in accordance with ECMWF’s instructions and data protection policies. 
  3. Categories of Data Processed 
    The only personal data collected and further processed is the information you enter yourself in the  registration form. The compulsory fields concern your name and surname; your organisation’s name,  type and location; a valid email account; and your team’s name, if participating as a team. 
  4. Modalities of the Processing Operation 
    You will be asked to enter your personal data to an online registration form. The contents of the  registration form will be automatically stored in a database. 
  5. Right of Access, Rectification, Erasure and Portability 
    You may access a copy of your personal data, as well as rectify any of your data. You may also request  to delete your data, which will result in the termination of your participation in the Competition and  termination of the contractual relationship with ECMWF. Any such request, as well as all further  personal data related requests should be sent to ECMWF PII Protection Officer, Shinfield Park, Reading,  RG2 9AX, United Kingdom (pii-protection-officer@ecmwf.int). 
  6. Data Retention 
    Your personal data will be retained only for the duration necessary to facilitate and manage your  participation in the Competition. Please note that ECMWF will not control any personal data legally  shared with other data controllers.
  7. Concerns and Complaints
    ECMWF does not accept any liability with a view to obligations under applicable personally identifiable  information legislation for any third-party website which are linked to the AI Weather Quest websites.  Please refer to the privacy policy governing each of these websites. 

    If you have a concern or complaint about the way that your personal data has been or is being  processed, please direct it to the ECMWF PII Protection Officer, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX,  United Kingdom (pii-protection-officer@ecmwf.int).