Photographs – Privacy notice
What should you know about the processing of your personal data?
The University of Jyväskylä collects personal data about you to carry out its duties. You have rights to this data, such as the right to access the data and the right to be sure that it is stored securely and only for the necessary time. Above all, you have the right to know the following:
- what information we collect about youand why,
- for how long, and where we keep this information, and
- to whom we share this information.
All of these points are explained in this privacy notice.
How to find the information you are looking for?
We have created this privacy notice to be as easy as possible to use and understand. That is why you will find the key points summarised under each section. If you are interested in knowing more, please follow the links in the sections or contact the data protection officer of the University of Jyväskylä.
Why we process your personal data?
The purpose of processing your personal data is taking photoes and using photoes for communication and marketing purposes of the University of Jyväskylä (later JYU).
What data we process and how long?
The time we store your personal data varies from six months to permanent storage.
What rights you have and how to exercise them?
You have the following rights:
- Right to access your data.
- Right to have any incorrect information corrected.
- Right to have your data erased (right to be forgotten), in certain situations.
- Right to restrict processing.
- Right to have the responsible unit inform the party to which your data is disclosed of your data being corrected, erased, or the processing being restricted.
- Right to object processing, e.g. direct marketing.
- Right to have your data transferred from one system to another, when processing is based on an agreement or your consent.
- Right to be notified of any information security breaches resulting in a high risk.
- Right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority.
You can cancel your consent for personal data processing, without stating any reason for this. This will have no negative consequences to you. If you cancel your consent for the processing of your personal data, the personal data processed, about you up to that point must be deleted as far as their erasure is possible.
You can exercise your rights by sending a request to the university's Registry Office. You can use the form on the Registry Office's website or send your request informally. Keep in mind that withdrawing your consent doesn’t change the processing that happened before the withdrawal.
Who can access your personal data?
At JYU, personal data is processed by the Marketing and Communication Services unit.
In addition, the service providers we use have access to your personal data in their capacity as processors. However, the service providers do not actively process personal data, but they have access to personal data for maintenance purposes.
How to contact us?
If you want more information about the processing of your personal data, do not hesitate to contact our data protection officer via email or phone (+358 40 805 3297).
Contact information of units
Below you find the contact information of each unit. If you wish, you can directly contact the appropriate unit instead of the data protection officer.
If you want to exercise your rights (withdraw your consent for example) you can contact the Registry Office by email:
