Astronaut for a day Luxembourg is a competition organised by the Luxembourg Space Agency foundation (hereafter “the Organiser”, “We””).

This Privacy Notice details how we collect, use, store and disclose personal data collected from the users of our Website (“users” or “you”).

1. An overview of data protection

The Luxembourg Space Agency foundation is committed to ensure the highest standards of data protection in compliance with the national applicable legislation and with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (hereafter “GDPR”).

The present notice aims at illustrating what personal data we collect about you, the reason why we use your data and, as the case may be, share your data and the applicable retention periods. Additionally, the notice also provides you with information regarding your rights, how to exercise them and whom you can contact in case of any query.

2. Scope of the notice

The present notice is directed to:

- users or visitors of the Astronaut for a Day – Luxembourg’s website (hereafter the “website”),

- users registering for the Astronaut for a Day – Luxembourg’s contest (hereafter the “contest”),

- individuals who contact us by any means in relation to Astronaut for a Day – Luxembourg,

Hereafter together “you”.

3. Identity of the data controller

In the framework of this the Luxembourg Space Agency act as the controller and is responsible for collecting and processing your personal data in relation with the contest.

LSA, incorporated under the laws of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade Register under number G254, whose registered office is at 19-21 Boulevard Royal L-2449 LUXEMBOURG, acts as data controller[1].

This Website is provided by the Ministry of Economy of Luxembourg and located in Luxembourg.

LSA and has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO). In case of need, you can contact our DPO using this e-mail address:  personaldata@space-agency.lu

[1] « "controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or the law of a Member State, the controller may be designated or the specific criteria applicable to his designation may be provided for by the law of the Union or by the law of a Member State »: https://cnpd.public.lu/fr/legislation/droit-europ/union-europeenne/rgpd/chapitre-1.html#article4.

4. How your personal data is collected

We may collect personal data from the following sources:

From you:

- when you send your application to the contest,

- when you communicate with us,

- when you complete our feedback forms,

- when you use or visit our website.

5. Categories of personal data we collect

The categories of personal data that we collect about you may vary depending on your use of the website.

Please find here below a detailed list of personal data we may collect and process. Those may at times include:

a) Competitors, some of whom are minors (under 18 years of age)

• Identification data: First name(s), last name(s), nationality, gender,

• Contact data: telephone number, email addresses,

• Educational data: school attended, current academic program, native language

• Your image, sound, and appearance (as captured for the purposes of the competition)[1].

b) Legal representatives/parents

• Identification and contact information: First name(s), last name(s), nationality, gender, telephone number, email addresses,

 • Parental authority (degree of relationship with the competitor, e.g., mother, father, etc.) or any court order regarding the legal guardianship of the minor child.

In addition, due to the conditions of the parabolic flight planned for the competition winners, LSA must also collect sensitive data relating to the students' health.

[1] Should you not accept to have your image published in any media (including but not limited to, through the internet on the event’s website, the organiser’s websites and newsletters, intranet, on social media channels and/or used during scientific fairs, please inform the organisers at info@astronautforaday.lu

6. Purpose and legal basis for processing

Please find here below a list of the purposes for which we collect and process your personal data:

- To communicate with you (and/or your parents/legal representatives)

- To manage your application to the contest (including emails informing you of the status of your application),

- To ensure a proper management of the contest (this may, at times, include distribution of badges, managing of dietary requirements , distribution of satisfaction forms),

- To take photographs and/or videos of the Event,

- To provide you with communications in relation to the Space Resources Week and its future editions sent by the Organiser,

- To ensure and improve the functioning and the security of our website and network,

- To manage complaints, feedback and queries,

- To comply with applicable laws and regulatory obligations,

- To establish and/or defend our legal rights,

- To perform analytics evaluation on the participants.

Please find here below a list of legal basis on whose grounds we collects and processes your personal data:

- Your consent, for instance we shall require your consent to send you communications to future editions of the Space Resources Week,

- Performance of a contract to which you are party when you register to an Event,

- The protection of the vital interests of a natural person,

- Our legitimate interest, which may consist of ensuring the management of the contest or having records of the Event we organised, as well as promoting it in the future with photos or videos taken at the Event.

- The fact that the processing is required for LSA to fulfil its public interest missions.

7. Share of your personal data with third parties

In order to fulfill the purposes mentioned in Section 6 (“Purposes and legal basis for processing”), we may transfer your personal data to:

- the Organisers’ internal departments, in order to ensure the proper organisation and management of the Contest,

- External service providers that perform services on the Organisers’ behalf, such as IT service providers,

- Institutional or non-institutional partners, with whom the Organisers collaborate in the context of the Contest’ management and organisation.

In case of disclosure of your personal data to the aforementioned external subjects, the Organisers shall take appropriate steps to ensure that third parties will apply adequate protection to this data as required by the applicable data protection legislation.

Further information about the mentioned transfers and the safeguard measures applied by us can be obtained by contacting us at personaldata@space-agency.lu

8. Ensuring personal data security and integrity

In compliance with the applicable data protection legislation, the Organiser has put in place appropriate technical and organisational measures in order to prevent or act upon any unauthorised and unlawful processing or disclosure, accidental loss, modification or destruction of personal data of competition participants and their parents/legal representatives. These measures are implemented based on the current state of art, an evaluation of the risks derived by the processing activity and the need to protect personal data. Such technical and organisation measures are regularly updated and/or adjusted to new technical developments or any organisational change that may affect the Organizers.

In addition, LSA strictly limits access to personal data to authorized persons with a legitimate need to access such information for the purposes of organizing the Astronaut for a Day competition.

9. Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are sent and stored to your personal computer or device when you visit a website. The information stored may be returned to the website’s servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

Cookies have different functions. In general, cookies are necessary for the website to work in a correct way (for instance, by saving your current session). Cookies can also be used to analyse your browsing behaviour and to optimize your experience.

On this website, we only use essential cookies that are required for the proper functioning of the website.

The present website is hosted by Wix, with whom the Organisers of the Contest have signed the necessary contractual provisions.

10. Data retention periods

The organiser retains your personal data only for the period strictly necessary for the purposes for which we collect your data, without prejudice to the Organizers to keep them for a longer duration for legal and/or regulatory obligations applying to us or due to exceptional situations that would justify them being kept longer (judicial procedure, etc.).

11. Your rights and how to exercise them

With regards to your personal data collected and processed by the Organisers, you may exercise at any time the following rights:

- Right to information : You can send us any questions regarding the recording and processing of your data.

- Right to access: You have the right to receive confirmation about whether or not your personal data is being processed by the Organisers. If that is the case, you have the right to know what data is being collected and processed and to obtain of copy of it;

- Right to rectification: If the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request to have it rectified;

- Right to erasure: Subject to certain conditions specified in art. 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to have your personal data deleted;

- Right to restriction of processing: Subject to certain conditions specified in art. 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data;

- Right to data portability: Subject to certain conditions specified in art. 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data you provided to the Organizers in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to request the transfer of these data to another data controller;

- Right to object: You have the right to object the processing of your personal data when the conditions set out in art. 21 of the GDPR apply;

- Right to withdraw consent: If the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. The withdrawal of such consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD). More information on how to lodge a complaint are available on CNPD’s website: https://cnpd.public.lu.

You may exercise any of these rights by contacting Data Protection Officer (DPO) of LSA:

by e-mail at the following address: dpo@space-agency.lu,

or by post at:

Luxembourg Space Agency Foundation

Attn. Personal Protection Officer

12C, Impasse Drosbach

 L-1882 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG

We draw your attention to the fact that LSA reserves the right to verify your identity before granting your request to exercise the rights provided for under the GDPR. As a reminder, the exercise of your rights does not outweigh the prior validity of the processing applied to your personal data. 

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you have the option of filing a complaint with the Luxembourg supervisory authority:

Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (National Data Protection Commission) ("CNPD"). 

15, Boulevard du Jazz 

L-4370 Belvaux 

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 

12. Link to other websites

Please be aware that this website may contain links to other websites, that are not governed by this privacy notice. We encourage users to review the privacy notice of each website before disclosing any personal data.

We reserve the right to update and modify this privacy policy to reflect any changes in the way we process your personal data or to take into account any changes in legal requirements. Please check this page frequently for any updates.

Last modified: March 2024