Privacy Policy Studyportals B.V.

This Policy was last updated on 12 July 2018.

At Studyportals, we deeply believe in the protection of your data and privacy and we care how it applies to you, as a user of our website(s). In this Privacy Policy (‘Policy’), you can find information about how, whether, and why we collect and use your personal information on all of our Studyportals B.V. websites (collectively, the`Website´), including, but not limited to, Bachelorsportal.com, Mastersportal.com, PhDportal.com, Shortcoursesportal.com, Distancelearningportal.com, Preparationcoursesportal.com, Admissiontestportal.com and Scholarshipportal.com. This Policy applies to any personal information that is gathered when you use our services, visit our Website, or otherwise interact with us. We have divided this Policy into different sections. Please go to the relevant section below for further information. The processing of your personal data complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’), the Dutch GDPR Execution Act and the Dutch Telecommunications Act.

Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Please note that some of the processing described in this Policy we undertake as controller, but for some of the processing we may merely act as processor and the educational institutions and other organisations for which we collected your information or to whom we disclosed your personal information, which will act as controller. Please check the privacy policy of the educational institutions concerned to find out how they process your personal data.

Types of personal data we process

General

We may collect and process, whether or not on our own behalf or on behalf of one or more educational institutions, the following categories of personal information:

• Name, email address and other identifying information
  For example, we may record your name, email address, gender, date of birth, nationality, country of residence, education history, achievements, or language test scores. If you opt to use our Best Fit tool, we may also record your work experience and funding situation.
• Your contact details and personal account/registration details
  Your contact details may include: your address, telephone number, and email address. When you create a personal account or register for a service, we may also record your sign-in details and other information you provide when you create your personal account or fill in a registration form.
• Our communication with you
  When you send us an email, or chat with us online or via social media, we save your correspondence with us.
• Information we collect when you use our Website
  • When you visit our Website or use our services, we may register your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, web-browsing behaviour.
  • We may receive an automatic notification when you open (or open a link from) a newsletter.
• Information in relation to social media
  Depending on your social network settings, we may receive information from your social network provider. For example, when you sign in for our services using a social network account, we may gather publicly available information you give us access to from your social network profile, including your contact details, interests, and social network. For more information on the personal data that we receive from your social network provider, and how to change your privacy settings, please refer to the website and the privacy policy given by your social network provider.
• Information you choose to share with us
  You may also choose to share information with us. For example, when you leave a comment for us on Facebook, fill out a survey, submit a contact or application form, leave a review or submit an entry for a contest or scholarship, you have opted to share personal information with us.

Cookies and similar technologies

When you use our Website for the first time, a cookie notice is shown. Studyportals uses the information collected through cookies strictly for the purposes stated in the Cookie Statement, found below.

How we collect your data

Studyportals collects personal information in a number of ways. Information is obtained, for example, when you visit our Website, register on our Website, communicate with us via social media, or subscribe to our newsletter.

We may also receive personal information from associated educational institutions, subsidiaries, partners, or other service providers.

We collect some information by accessing your publicly available data, such as your Facebook or LinkedIn public profile.

Purposes of processing your data

We process personal information for the following purposes:

Providing services to you

Studyportals processes personal data to provide our services. For example, personal data is processed so, for example:

• Based on the country or field of study that you choose, we can send you programme recommendations that we believe best match your profile;
• To make your user experience easier and more effective, we may assess how you use our services, and combine this data with information collected via your personal account, registration details, cookies, and similar technologies. This combination enables us to, for example, optimize our search algorithms, assess your admission chance or match with particular education opportunities;
• You can contact education institutes through our Website, by means of an electronic form. By sending an enquiry, you also create your own user account, enabling you to view the inquiries you sent.