Data Privacy Notice

Consent to Use YOUR Application Data

Ensuring your personal information is safe with us

 

42 Tirana (hereinafter referred to as “us” “we” or “our”) is committed to respecting your privacy and to complying with all applicable data protection and privacy laws.

This Data Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) aims at informing you of how 42 Tirana will use the data you submit when applying for Studies and Admission to Studies via our Website (“Application Data”).


WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT AND PROCESS?

This Privacy Notice applies to the following Application Data you submit via our Website:

  • Name, surname, date of birth, email address, mobile number, identification number;
  • Information provided in your application form, personal statement and other submitted documents;


HOW WILL WE USE YOUR APPLICATION DATA?

We will use the Application Data you provide us to:

  • identify you as a 42 Tirana applicant;
  • assess your application;
  • respond to any queries, you might have on the application process and contact you during and after application process;
  • deliver the relevant information about you to the partner institutions, in order to facilitate your placement and carry out our rights and obligations under the terms and conditions applying upon your award of a 42 Tirana;
  • track and assess your progress during and after your participation in the program;
  • analyze and improve 42 Tirana program;
  • comply with our legal or regulatory obligations.


42 Tirana will not collect or keep your personal data unless it is necessary for the purpose(s) outlined above, nor will we keep your personal data for longer than is necessary. Thereafter, your personal data identifying you shall be permanently deleted or anonymized. However, if we consider that it is necessary and reasonable to use your personal data for another purpose, we will notify you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data during the application process. However, if you choose not to provide all the data that is requested by us on our call for application, please note that our ability to consider you as a candidate may be limited.


HOW WILL WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Your personal data will be stored on your application record, in our internal management systems or other ICT systems (including email) and on hard copy.


WHAT ARE OUR OBLIGATIONS IN RELATION TO HOW WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

When processing any of the Application Data, we ensure such data is:

  • Collected only for the purposes provided above;
  • Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way;
  • Kept securely.


WHAT ARE YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS?

Your rights in relation to your personal data provided to us include but are not limited to the following:

  • Right of access;
  • Right to rectification and erasure;
  • Right to restriction of processing;
  • Right to data portability;
  • Right to object.


The erasure of your personal data shall be subject to applicable laws and retention periods in accordance with 42 Tirana policies and procedures. 


PERSONAL DATA DISCLOSURE

42 Tirana does not give, sell or disclose your personal information to any third parties for purposes or services you have not requested or for marketing purposes without your consent.

You acknowledge and explicitly consent that in order to participate in the 42  program, 42 Tirana in its capacity of owner of the program, has the right to share your personal data with host campuses, in which you have chosen to perform your studies/program.

We reserve the right to share your personal data with other companies and organizations in response to any claims or legal proceedings to establish or exercise our legal rights, to defend against any claims or as may be otherwise required by the law, as well as for the purposes of fraud protection.

We may share statistical aggregate or anonymous information (such as the number of visitors of our website, applications per field of study/program, age group etc.) with third parties. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop and improve 42 Tirana program and its content to better achieve the program objectives.


HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

We will retain your data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected for, as well as to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations. 

If your application is successful, the data gathered during the application process will be transferred to our internal file and retained for 5 years after completion of your scholarship program, in accordance with 42 Tirana personal data protection regulations. 

If your application is unsuccessful, the data gathered during the application process will be automatically deleted from the system and any other data storage locations 5 years after completion of the selection process.


PASSWORDS

Where you have created an account, which you may access through a password you have chosen, to access certain parts of this website, you are responsible for keeping this password safe and confidential. You must not share a password with anyone. 


PERSONAL DATA SECURITY

Protection of secrecy and confidentiality of your personal data is of crucial importance to 42 Tirana. For this reason, we have implemented the necessary organizational, technical and physical security procedures to protect the personal data you provide to us. Only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they may do so only for permitted functions as explained to you above. We use encryption when transmitting your sensitive personal information between your system and ours, and we employ firewalls and intrusion detection systems to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your information.

We do not and will not, at any time, request your login name or password in an insecure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication. We will only call or e-mail you in response to your inquiry or application.


CONTACT US

If you have questions about this Privacy Notice, please e-mail us at contact@42tirana.org or write to us at the address: Pyramid of Tirana, level -1, Boulevard Dëshmorët e Kombit 5, 1001 Tirana, Albania.


YOUR CONSENT

By submitting your Application Data, you are granting us your consent to the processing of that information in accordance with this Privacy Notice.