Legal notice & privacy
Legal notice
Information pursuant to Section 5 DDG (German Digital Services Act)
Nils Krischan Mertens
Garnisonkirchplatz 2
10178 Berlin
Germany
Contact
Email: krishen.mertens@googlemail.com
Responsible for content under Section 18 (2) MStV
Nils Krischan Mertens, address as above.
Note
EU CAN Innovate is an independent, private initiative at concept stage. It is not affiliated with the European Union, its institutions or the Government of Canada, and it is not run on behalf of any employer.
Liability for links
This website contains links to external websites. Their providers are solely responsible for their content. No legal violations were apparent at the time the links were set.
Image credits
The photographic motifs were created with the help of AI image generators and edited for this website.
Privacy policy
1. Controller
Nils Krischan Mertens, Garnisonkirchplatz 2, 10178 Berlin, Germany. Email: krishen.mertens@googlemail.com
2. Hosting and server log files
This website is hosted by Vercel, a service of Vercel Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave
This may involve transferring data to the USA. According to Vercel, it is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. More information is available in Vercel's privacy policy.
3. No cookies, no tracking
This website sets no cookies, stores nothing in your browser and uses no analytics or tracking services. All fonts, images and documents are loaded directly from this website; no third-party content is embedded.
4. Contact by email
If you get in touch by email, your details are processed to answer your request. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, and Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for enquiries about a collaboration. The data is deleted once it is no longer needed for this purpose, unless statutory retention obligations apply.
5. External links
The LinkedIn link is a plain link. No data is sent to LinkedIn unless you click it; from then on, LinkedIn's privacy policy applies.
6. Your rights
You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and to object to processing (Art. 21). To exercise these rights, contact the email address above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, for example the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
Last updated: October 2026