Legal Notice & Privacy Policy

This website (brandbrief.eu) is published, organised and operated by The European Federation of Creative Economy (Creative FED), a project of the European Creative Business Network (ECBN), a foundation (Stichting) registered in the Netherlands.

Legal entity

European Creative Business Network (ECBN) — Stichting under Dutch law

Project

Creative FED / European Federation of Creative Economy (EFCE)

Postal address

PO Box 753, 1000 AT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chamber of Commerce (KvK)

53145658

Banking

IBAN NL09 RABO 0140 0987 39 · BIC RABONL2U

General contact

info@creativefed.eu · creativefed.eu

Brand.Brief contact

brand.brief@creativefed.eu

Data protection contact

GDPR@ecbnetwork.eu

Accuracy of information

Creative FED strives to provide accurate and up-to-date information on this website. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the content. The information provided is for general informational and advocacy purposes only and should not be considered as professional or legal advice.

External links

The inclusion of external links or references does not imply endorsement of the linked websites, their content, or any products or services they offer. We have no control over the content of external sites; users access them at their own risk.

Limitation of liability

Creative FED and its representatives are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, losses, or consequences arising from the use of or reliance on the information provided on this website.

Supporter contributions

Supporters and contributors may submit organisation names, statements and country information through our sign-on form. Where consent has been given, these may be displayed publicly on the supporters list. The views and statements of supporters represent the supporters themselves and do not necessarily reflect those of Creative FED or ECBN.

This privacy policy explains what personal data we process on brandbrief.eu, on what legal basis, who receives it, how long we keep it, and what your rights are under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

We deliberately keep data processing minimal. Site analytics are first-party and stay in your browser. The only place we collect identifying personal data is the sign-on form — and only with your active consent.

If you sign on as a supporter or subscribe to the Brand.Brief newsletter, we process the data you submit (such as name, organisation, e-mail and country) to register your support and — only if you tick the corresponding consent — to send you brand.brief and creativefed newsletter updates.

How we handle it

• Newsletter system: The sign-on form sends your data to our own Listmonk instance, self-hosted in the European Union (Hetzner, Germany). The list uses double opt-in: you will receive a confirmation e-mail and only then become an active subscriber.
• Mail delivery: Confirmation and newsletter e-mails are dispatched via Brevo (Sendinblue SA, Paris, France) as our SMTP provider. Brevo processes e-mail addresses solely for delivery.
• Public supporters list: If you tick the “publish my name and organisation” box, your name, organisation and country may appear on the public supporters list at brandbrief.eu. You can withdraw this at any time by writing to brand.brief@creativefed.eu.

Legal basis

Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)) — given actively via the consent checkboxes in the sign-on form. You can withdraw consent at any time; withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before withdrawal.

Retention

We keep your sign-on data for as long as the Brand.Brief campaign is active, or until you ask us to delete it — whichever comes first. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe at any time using the link in every e-mail, which removes them from the active list immediately.

Under the EU GDPR you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectify — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erase — ask us to delete your data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Restrict — limit how we process your data.
• Object — object to processing based on legitimate interest.
• Data portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
• Withdraw consent — at any time, without affecting prior lawful processing.
• Lodge a complaint — with a supervisory authority, in particular the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl) or the authority in your country of residence.

To exercise any of these rights, write to GDPR@ecbnetwork.eu or brand.brief@creativefed.eu. We respond within one month, as required by Art. 12(3) GDPR.