Information on the processing of personal data by EFSA as contracting authority in charge  of the present procurement procedure is available in the Privacy Statement on the EFSA  website as well as in Article II.9.1 of the draft contract in Annex 2. Please note that your personal data as a tenderer or selected contractor may be registered  in the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) if you are in one of the situations  mentioned in Article 136 of the Financial Regulation. The relevant Privacy Statement is  available on the Europ ean Commission’s website, here: http://ec.europa.eu/budget/explained/management/protecting/protect_en.cfm#BDCE.  In case tasks and activities under this call relate to the processing of personal data, Article  II.9.2 of the draft contract in Annex 2 shall be observed. In case the contractor involves  subcontractors for the delivery of services, the same obligations with regard to processing  of personal data shall be imposed. The processing of personal data may especially be at  issue concerning the delivery of trainings and workshops in the context of the contract. For further information on data protection, please refer to the  EFSA guidance for  tenderers  on the EFSA website, page 13.  EFSA will disregard general statements that the whole tender or substantial parts of it  contain confidential information. Tenderers need to mark clearly the information they  consider confidential and explain why it may not be disclosed. EFSA reserves the right to  make its own assessment of the confidential nature of any information contained in the  tender.  The contractor, any consortium partners or subcontractors shall duly observe the  confidentiality requirements laid down in Article II.8 of the draft contract (Annex 2). This  pertains to any information or documents provided by EFSA in the implementation of the  scientific data management, analysis and consultancy tasks under the contract. Any person  involved in the implementation of these tasks, shall exercise utmost discretion and must  not in any way disclose documents or information to third parties not involved in the  contract, or render these public in any way. Processing of personal data by the selected contractor Confidentiality 1.7 IT SYSTEMS The objective of this procurement procedure includes the acquisition, development,  implementation of an IT system for use by EFSA. Accordingly, and where applicable, EFSA  will provide the awarded tenderer with an approved Security Plan developed by the EFSA  IT Security Officer.  14 