innotrepp.ee terms of use

General terms and conditions

Within the framework of the PPP project (public, private and third sector), services are provided through the portal innotrepp.ee in accordance with the legislation in force in the Republic of Estonia.

The Employers’ Confederation administering the Portal shall not be liable for any loss or damage or loss of profit that may arise from the use or non-use of the Portal. For services for which the portal acts only as an intermediary, the responsibility for the provision of the specific service lies with the institution or company providing it (the service controller).

The use of all the services offered by the Portal is free of charge, unless certain services are subject to a fee charged by the Portal’s service providers.

The Portal User undertakes to use the information and services published through the Portal in a purposeful manner, avoiding any damage to the interests of the parties involved in the project and third parties. The User shall comply with the obligations imposed on him/her by the Terms of Use and shall act in compliance with the applicable legislation.

If the Portal User identifies or suspects the occurrence of a circumstance during the use of the Portal that may be detrimental to the interests of any of the parties or is contrary to the applicable legislation, he/she is obliged to immediately inform the Portal Manager thereof.

Improper use of the Portal, submission of false information or any other activity that is contrary to applicable law or is intended to harm the interests of the State or any party, or to interfere with the operation of the Portal , shall be considered an offence.

Security

When making enquiries, submitting documents and providing other services in the innotrepp.ee portal environment, the portal identifies the user and the company associated with the user on the basis of the data obtained when the user logs in to the portal. The fact of identification of the User of the Service, the personal identification code and the data obtained from databases on the basis thereof may be transmitted by the Portal Manager only to the Provider of the respective Service and only with the User’s knowledge.

Forms filled in by the user of the Service and requests submitted will not be considered as signed documents unless they have been digitally signed in accordance with applicable legislation.

If there are requirements for the provision of a particular service that differ from these Terms of Use, such as special agreements, special requirements resulting from legislation, the user will be asked for additional consent for the use of this service.

Personal data

In compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act, personal data is stored in the Portal’s information system only with the User’s consent and only to the extent necessary for the operation of the Portal and the services it provides. By submitting his/her personal data at the time of logging in, the User consents to the following:

● His/her personal data is processed and stored in the Portal’s information system and in the online environments provided by the Portal.

● Queries to databases based on his or her personal identification number, if this is necessary to ensure the services or functionality of the portal.

The data held on the Portal is only accessible to the Portal Manager and the service provider offering it for the purpose of providing a specific service.

Company details

Only registered users will be able to take the Innovation Capacity Test on the Portal. The Business Register data is used to create a company account, which can be created by a member of the company’s management board. The company representative can later add other Portal users to the account.

Data stored by companies in the portal’s information system (including the company’s innovation performance test score) will only be shared with third parties with the company’s consent (by adding a company account and confirming “I agree to be contacted by partners of the innovation ecosystem”).

Public data from the Business Register are kept as company data:

• company registration code
• activity of the enterprise EMTAK code
• the size of the company’s turnover
• number of employees in the company

System operations and data sharing:

1. The result of the Innovation Audit, or score, is shared in the digital gateway (www.eesti.ee)* when the account is created on the company’s data card.
2. The company’s data and the audit score are shared with an external consultant if the company has shared access to the innovation capacity test with the latter.
3. The company’s details and audit score are shared with the service provider if the company has made a direct request for a service of interest.
4. The company’s data and the audit score may be shared with public service providers (universities, the EAS/Kredex Joint Agency, the Environmental Investment Centre, etc.) if the company has given permission to the eco-partners to be connected**.

* When the digital gateway project is completed, probably in 2024. second half of 2014

** The data may be used for the research-based development of the innotrep model (University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology), for inviting companies to international research and/or cooperation projects and for designing national innovation policy measures and/or grants (EIS, MKM, KIK).

Technical data

The technical data stored in the portal information system will not be made available to third parties in personalised form. Cookies are used to identify the user session. The technical data stored are:

● user IP address

● user browser identifier

● URL of the webpage prior to accessing the portal.

● URL of the portal page the user accessed.

● authentication method (internet banking, ID card, mobile-ID, Smart-ID)

● the data necessary for the electronic identification of the user (personal identification code, first name and surname; company name and registration code).

Copyright

Copyright belongs to the person who is the source of the information (the author), subject to the following restrictions:

● references to all the Portal’s materials and services are allowed; if the reference is made in an incorrect context, the Portal’s Content Manager and the Author have the right to request the removal of the reference or change the context.

● partial and full reproduction of the Portal’s information is permitted, provided that the presentation of the information in the context accepted by the Portal’s content manager and the author is guaranteed.

Guide to the use of e-services and the allocation of access rights

To access the e-test offered by the portal, you must be logged in. Registered users can take the innovation capacity test. The Business Register data is used to create a company account, which can be created by a member of the company’s board of directors. A company representative can add other users to the account.

Once you are logged in to the portal, you can choose in which role you want to use the service and as a representative of which institution. Two different roles are defined in the portal:

● company innotrepp.ee to assess user innovation capacity

● company innotrepp.ee service provider to increase innovation capacity

○ service providers can apply for the right to consult on the assessment of innovation capacity and to carry out testing.

Adding access rights to e-services for a staff member

An administrator (a member of the company’s management board when logging in for the first time) can add rights to a company employee to use the e-service.

Administrator (within the company):

● can use all services

● change the access rights of all company employees (administrator, user or consultant).

● Add and remove new administrators and users.

User (within the company):

● cannot modify the access rights of administrators and service managers to services

● cannot add or remove new administrators and users.

● Cannot change users with special rights (consultant)

A person with sole rights of representation for a company listed in the business register is automatically granted the right of administrator for that company when logging in to the portal.

A company that has a special right of representation indicated on its B-card can appoint an administrator in the portal by submitting an application. The request must be signed by the members of the board of directors with joint powers of representation and sent to info@innotrepp.ee.

How to share service rights with employees

If you want to grant your company’s employees the right to use the e-services, your company administrator must select SETTINGS (in the menu on the right) on the innotrepp.ee company desktop.

The page that opens will display the company employees who already have rights to use some of the e-services.

To add a new user, press the “Add user” button. Enter the title of the employee’s position in the “Position” field, the employee’s e-mail address in the “E-mail” field, the employee’s ID in the “ID” field and tick the box to indicate the specific rights – standard user or administrator. Then click on the “Submit” button. An invitation to join the portal will be sent to the employee by e-mail.

To change the employee’s details, click on the employee’s name, make the desired changes and press “Save”.

How to remove permissions

Administrator and Service Manager administrator rights can only be removed by the company administrator.

In order to terminate the rights to the services on the Innotrepp.ee portal, you need to open the user view and remove the user by clicking on the “Remove” button.

Submitting an application for a service provider

If you want to offer your company’s services on the Portal or submit a request to add a consultant function to the user, your company administrator must select SETTINGS (in the menu on the right) on the innotrepp.ee company desktop.

The page that opens displays the Provider Request and the Consultant Request.

To submit a request, click on the “Submit provider request” or “Submit consultant request” button. Fill in the required fields and then click on the ‘Submit Request’ button. The new user functionalities will be added to the company once the request has been validated by the Portal administrator.

To modify the company details, make the desired changes and press “Save”.

Accessibility

The website in front of you has been built and designed to comply with the WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility guidelines. This means that certain technical tools and content design principles have been used to make the content of the website accessible to a wide range of people with disabilities. Disabilities include, for example, blindness and partially sightedness, deafness and hard of hearing, learning disabilities, cognitive disabilities, mobility disabilities, speech disabilities, photosensitivity and combinations of these disabilities.

In addition, it is possible to improve accessibility by configuring your computer at browser and operating system level. Below is an overview of the main tools available.

For a more comprehensive guide, please visit https://mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/.

We are moving towards WCAG 2.1 AA compliance

Keyboard navigation

This website can only be navigated using the keyboard. Navigation is done using the Tab key. Each press moves the focus to the next item. The currently active element is indicated by a colour change and a box around it. To activate a link in focus, press the Enter key on the keyboard.

Increasing content

Web browsers

To increase the content, we first recommend using the built-in functionality of the browser.

In all popular web browsers, it is possible to zoom in and out of a page by holding down the Ctrl key (Cmd key in OS X) while pressing either the “+” or “-” key. Another handy option is to use the mouse: holding down the Ctrl key while moving the mouse scroll wheel. To return to normal size, press the Ctrl and 0 keys simultaneously.

Separate programmes

All major operating systems include settings to increase the amount of content displayed on the screen.

In Windows 7, you can find a program called Magnifier by clicking on the “Start” menu button on the bottom left, typing Magnifier (the first few letters are enough) and pressing Enter. A small window will open with everything magnified. By default, the program keeps track of the mouse cursor position.

In Windows 10, to open it, click on the Windows logo button in the bottom left and press the plus (+) button on your keyboard as many times as you want to increase the content. To reduce the size of the content, simultaneously press the Windows logo button and the minus (-) button on the keyboard.

On Apple computers, to use the zoom, navigate as follows: Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accessibility (or Universal Access) > Zoom.

Browser extensions

For web browsers, there are plug-ins that can be added to the existing functionality of the browser. For example, Zoom Page WE for Firefox, which allows you to enlarge the whole page as well as just the text; Zoom for Google Chrome.

Using the screen reader

A screen reader is a program that tries to interpret what you see on a computer screen and convey it in other forms – for example, sounds, audio commentary. In particular, it is a tool for the visually impaired.

The content presented on this website has been created according to standards that are understandable to screen readers and so that each type of visual content can be reproduced in a different format. For example, images are accompanied by textual descriptions, video is accompanied by a description of what is happening in the video, and the layout and order of the structural elements takes into account the screen reader’s movement on the screen and allows the information to be consumed in a logical sequence.

A selection of popular screen readers:

JAWS (Windows)

VoiceOver (OS X, free, built-in)

NVDA (Windows, free)

SystemAccess (Windows)

Cookies

In order for this website to work properly, to analyse your use and to provide you with the best user experience, we place cookies in the browser(s) of your device (computer, smart device, etc.).

What is a biscuit? A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or other device (such as your phone or tablet) when you visit a website.

The text file contains information that is used to recognise the user and improve the user experience of the website.

Cookies help to ensure that the website managed by the portal better meets your needs, for example, to make it easier to find the information you need and to make it safer to use.

Cookies do not read information from the user’s device or transmit it to the web.

Types of cookies

● Temporary, or session, cookies are deleted by your computer after you close your browser. Temporary cookies are used, for example, to remember the language selection of a web page.

● Persistent cookies are saved on the user’s computer after closing the browser. They are used by websites, for example, to store a username and password so that the user does not have to log in every time they visit a particular website.

● Third-party cookies, such as those from advertisements on other websites that are located on the website visited by the user.

● Analytical cookies, which collect information about how the website is used. For example, which online pages are visited the most and whether users receive error messages from online pages. These cookies do not collect any information that would directly identify the user of the website. However, analytical tracking of computer usage can lead to indirect identification of the user.

● Technical cookies, which are necessary for the user to be able to navigate the website and use its functions.

● Authentication cookies, which allow the website to remember choices made by the user (such as name, language or region). These cookies are used by websites, for example, to identify the logged-in user (on an online banking website), to allow users to authenticate themselves over successive visits to the website and to access content such as account balance, transactions, etc. They can be used to identify the user’s preferences and to allow the user to access the website’s content. Authentication cookies are mostly temporary cookies.

● Advertising cookies, used by online newspapers to provide advertisements targeted to the user’s interests. These cookies regulate the number of times a user sees a particular advertisement and also help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

● Cookies used for multimedia playback, which store technical information necessary for the playback of video or audio material, such as image quality, network connection speed and buffering parameters. Such multimedia cookies are commonly known as flash cookies, as the most widely used video technology on the internet today is Adobe Flash. As multimedia playback is generally of a temporary nature, these cookies should expire at the end of the session.

● Social networking cookies for content sharing Many social networking sites offer social plug-in modules that can be applied to the service logic of a website by website administrators. These plug-ins allow social network users to share content they like with their friends. Such plug-ins store cookies on the user’s terminal device and have access to them so that the social network can identify its members who interact with such plug-ins.

Cookies used on this site

Strictly Necessary cookies (cookies)

These cookies allow you to navigate around our website. These cookies do not collect any information about you that could be used for marketing purposes, nor do they remember where you have been online. The website will not work properly without these cookies.

These cookies cannot be disabled.

Analytical cookies (Statictics) These cookies are used to collect information about how you use this website.

Marketing cookies These cookies are used to track visitors to websites.

No such cookies are used on this site.

Unclassified cookies These are cookies whose type is not specified.

No such cookies are used on this site.

Cookies from third party websites This website may use content from other websites (e.g. Google Maps) or, when you use it, you may be redirected to other websites that may use their own cookies. We have no control over the placement of cookies by other websites, even if you are directed to them from this website.

Third party data collection services will operate on their terms.

● Google’s terms and conditions for cookies

● Terms and conditions for meta cookies

● X cookie terms and conditions

How to manage and delete cookies in your browser The cookies used on this website can be enabled or disabled in your browser. Disabling a cookie or cookie category does not automatically delete the cookie from your browser.

How to manage cookies: Chrome, Firefox, Edge.

Restricted access Data exchange is encrypted via the HTTPS protocol.

In addition to us, access may also be available to our contractors’ knowledge workers who analyse, maintain or develop the website.

How can I control the use of cookies and delete cookies? Most web browsers automatically allow the use of cookies.

If you do not want cookies to be stored on your devices, you can change the privacy settings of your browser. From there, you can change your cookie notification settings, block or delete all cookies. You can also see which cookies have been stored on your device and from which websites, and delete all or some of the cookies stored on your device.

Please note that the privacy settings must be changed separately for each browser you use.

In case you have deleted cookies from your browsers, the website will treat you as a new visitor.

Who can I contact with questions? If you have any specific questions about the cookies used by innotrepp.ee and the data they collect, you can contact info@innotrepp.ee.

The general terms and conditions of Innotrepp.ee correspond to the terms and conditions of use of the state portal created by the State Information Systems Agency. The terms and conditions of accessibility and cookies have been drawn up on the basis of the corresponding terms and conditions on Eesti.ee.