CERL provides access to its official legal documents, ensuring transparency and clarity in its governance and operations. These include statutes, rules, regulations, and key policies that guide the organisation’s work and support its mission.

Archived documents have been transferred to the CERL Repository, where they can be searched using specific tags, such as “legal documents.”

Privacy Policy

At CERL, we are committed to protecting your privacy. You can use our website without providing personal information, although some services may require it. We collect personal data such as your name, address, email, and telephone number in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Italian privacy law (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003, as amended). Personal data is any information that can be linked to an identifiable individual.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the measures we take to protect it. For ease of use, each section of the policy, including server data, registering, contacting us, and posting comments, can be expanded or collapsed in an accordion menu. A full downloadable PDF of the policy is also available on the right side bar.

Privacy Policy Overview

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Operated by gbv.de on CERL’s behalf, subscriber details (name and email) are kept private and not shared with third parties. You can unsubscribe at any time via the CERL Secretariat.

The site uses session cookies to recognize returning users and improve usability. They may link to your IP address, and disabling cookies may reduce functionality.

We collect anonymous technical data, for example browser type, OS, referrer URL, visited pages, timestamp, IP address, for statistical analysis and service improvement.

Registration captures data like name, email, language preference, username, and optionally address or institution. We also log your IP and registration time for security. No information is shared with third parties.

Information submitted via emails or contact forms is stored to facilitate communication. Data is not shared with third parties.

On some parts of our website we offer you the opportunity to post comments about individual articles or records. Comments may include your IP address for legal and security reasons to prevent misuse. No data is shared with third parties.

You can opt in to follow-up comments with confirmation sent by email. You may unsubscribe anytime. Data remains private.

Embedded Google Maps sets cookies from Google, which may persist across sessions. You may disable JavaScript to avoid this, but maps functionality may be limited.

Facebook components track which CERL pages you visit if you are logged in to Facebook. To avoid this, log out before visiting. For full details, refer to Facebook’s own privacy documentation.

RESOURCES

Articles of Association – CERL Ireland – 5 January 2021
[PDF – 2.45 MB]
Rules and Regulations 2014
[PDF – 107 KB]
Funding Agreement 2012-2015
[PDF – 28.7 KB]
Complete Privacy Policy
[PDF – 847 KB]