EFSA online user platforms and portals

Terms of Use & Notices

R4EU and Analytics platforms

EFSA Developers Portal

Scope

R4EU and Analytics

The European Food Safety Authority (“EFSA”) offers some of the models and tools used in risk assessment through the R4EU and Analytics platforms, two services located at https://r4eu.efsa.europa.eu and https://analytics.efsa.europa.eu . Your use of the EFSA R4EU and the EFSA Analytics platforms constitutes acceptance of the present Terms of Use, complementing the information provided in the legal notice on the EFSA website: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/legalnotice

EFSA Developers Portal

The EFSA Developers Portal is intended to provide users with a unique access point to public scientific data in the EFSA’s operational remit in all fields which have a direct or indirect impact on EU food and feed safety in accordance with the EFSA’s Founding Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. The data accessible through the Developers Portal originate from separate platforms and systems within EFSA’s remit.

Some of EFSA’s public data is offered in machine-readable format through Application Programming Interfaces (API) available in the EFSA Developers Portal, a service located at https://developers.efsa.europa.eu. Your use of the EFSA Developers Portal constitutes acceptance of the present Terms of Use, complementing the information provided in the legal notice on the EFSA website: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/legalnotice

Conditions for reuse

R4EU, Analytics, and EFSA Developers Portal

Unless otherwise indicated, the tools and data on the R4EU platform, the Analytics platform, and the Developers Portal is in the public domain and made available with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. You can copy, modify, distribute, reproduce and reuse the data, even for commercial purposes, without asking permission, provided that:

  • EFSA is properly acknowledged as source and you provide a link to the license. As an example of citation: “Data provided by the European Food Safety Authority – (https://r4eu.efsa.europa.eu) /
    (https://analytics.efsa.europa.eu     ) /
    (    https://developers.efsa.europa.eu)”. Please note that the tools and data made available through the R4EU platform, the Analytics platform and the Developers Portal are not necessarily the property of EFSA.
  • You do not distort the original meaning of the tools and data provided through the platform/portal and you indicate when any modification is made;
  • EFSA cannot be held liable for the reuse of the tools and data to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

 

 

Service Discontinuation

R4EU, Analytics, and EFSA Developers Portal

EFSA reserves the right to discontinue fully or partially the R4EU platform, the Analytics platform or the Developers Portal at any time for any reason in its sole discretion. These Terms of Use shall survive such service discontinuation including the disclaimer and limitations on liability.

 

 

 

Changes

R4EU, Analytics and EFSA Developers Portal

EFSA may at any time offer new services and/or features by means of the R4EU platform, the Analytics platform or the Developers Portal and EFSA reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace the present Terms of Use. Your continued use of the EFSA R4EU platform, the EFSA Analytics platform or the EFSA Developers Portal implies the acceptance of any modified terms.

 

 

 

Disclaimer and limitations on liability

R4EU, Analytics and EFSA Developers Portal

EFSA maintains the R4EU platform, the Analytics platform and the Developers Portal to enhance the public accessibility of tools and data about its activities and initiatives. EFSA’s goal is to keep the information timely and accurate. If errors are brought to our EFSA’s attention, EFSA will do its utmost to correct them as soon as possible.

EFSA accepts no responsibility or liability (including, but not limited to, any direct or consequential loss or damage that might occur to you and/or any other third party) arising out of, or in connection with the tools and data made available through the R4EU platform, the Analytics platform and the Developers Portal, including information relating to the documents it publishes. EFSA cannot be held liable for errors, inaccuracies or inconsistencies with regard to texts available through the R4EU platform, the Analytics platform and the Developers Portal being different from the scientific and administrative documents officially adopted, issued or endorsed by its responsible governance bodies. In case of disagreement between the adopted text and the document made publicly available, the official text will always prevail.

Tools and data published:

  • are supposed to reflect the information and state of knowledge available on the date it was adopted or endorsed;
  • are not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date;
  • are not to be interpreted as professional or legal advice (if you need specific advice, you should always consult a suitably qualified professional).

It is EFSA’s goal to minimise disruption caused by technical errors. However, some tools may have been created or structured in files or formats that are not error-free and EFSA cannot guarantee that its service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. EFSA accepts no responsibility with regard to such problems incurred as a result of using the portal and platform or any external sites linked therein.

This disclaimer is not intended to limit EFSA’s liability in contravention of any requirements laid down in applicable national law nor to exclude its liability for matters which may not be excluded under such law.

 

 

 

 

Data Protection Notice

R4EU, Analytics and EFSA Developers Portal

Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, is applicable in the context of the EFSA R4EU platform, the EFSA Analytics platform and the EFSA Developers Portal. In accordance with Article 15 of the Regulation, the following information is provided:

Purpose of data processing:

  • To create accounts to users for accessing the platform or portal and allowing them to use the services;
  • To ensure secure use of the services via the account associated to each user;
  • To produce anonymous statistics on the platform or portal use;
  • To update user accounts on request;
  • To suspend or block accounts for security reasons.

Personal data processed:

  • User name, email and country/region of origin;
  • Encrypted user password as well as subscription key generated by the system and used by the user for every transaction;
  • Log data on sign-in activities, including user name, time of sign-in, user IP address.

Data retention:

  • User log data are kept for 12 months
  • User account data are kept until the User cancels the account. In case an account remains inactive for 2 years, EFSA may proceed erasing it after proper notification to the registered user.

Technical characteristics:

Personal data processed in the context of the EFSA R4EU platform, the EFSA Analytics platform and the EFSA Developers Portal are stored in Microsoft Azure Cloud, using datacentres and similar facilities located within the European Economic Area.

Data controller:

The Corporate Services (CORSER) is the controller for the Microsoft Azure AD B2C cloud platform hosting the EFSA R4EU platform, the EFSA Analytics platform and the EFSA Developers Portal.

Information security:

EFSA has configured Azure AD B2C to allow users to sign in to applications with credentials from external social or enterprise identity providers (IdP). EFSA strongly recommends enabling multi-factor authentication for that account (e.g. https://www.google.com/landing/2step/) and any other security measures recommended by your identity provider.

For best privacy and security, EFSA recommends using multi-factor authentication through a mobile app.

What are your rights and how can you exercise them?

You are entitled to access your personal data and rectify, block or delete these in case the data is inaccurate, incomplete or processed unlawfully by EFSA. You can exercise your rights by contacting the CORSER unit (Data Controller), using this email – servicedesk@efsa.europa.eu

Contact and complaints:

Should you need more information on the processing of your personal data in the context of the EFSA R4EU platform, the EFSA Analytics platform or the EFSA Developers Platform, you may contact the data protection officer of EFSA, writing to DataProtectionOfficer@efsa.europa.eu.

You have the right to lodge a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data in the context of the EFSA R4EU platform, the EFSA Analytics platform and the EFSA Developers Portal with the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) (http://www.edps.europa.eu).