Your privacy is essential

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.

The objective of this policy is to inform you how we handle your personal data. Our goal is to protect the personal information you provide us whenever you contact us, visit or use our 42 Tirana website. By visiting or using this website, you agree to these policies and practices.

42 Tirana may amend or update this Privacy Policy in the future. Any amendment to our Privacy Policy will become effective upon its publication on 42 Tirana website.

OUR PRINCIPLES REGARDING USER PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

• We believe user privacy and data protection are human rights;
• We take protecting your privacy seriously, and we recognize we have a duty of care to the people whose data we hold;
• We will only collect and process data when it is absolutely necessary, and when we do, we will make it clear why we are doing so and how it will be used;
• We will not share your personal information with anyone else without your consent.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT?

We collect and process personal data from individuals only as necessary in the exercise of 42 Tirana’s legitimate interests, functions and responsibilities as a private, non-profit organization governed by a Board of Trustees, whose mission is to facilitate the development of a sustainable private sector economy and a democratic society in Albania.

We collect the following data:

• Website access: When visiting our website, the browser automatically transmits data that is saved in a log file. 42 Tirana itself processes only the data that is technically required in order to display the website correctly and to ensure its stability and security. We only process data as follows: IP address, page you visited on the website, how long you stayed on a specific page.

• Statistical and analytical information: We also may collect information about your online activity on our website. This statistical and analytical information is collected on an aggregate and non-individual specific basis of all browsers who visit the website, unless you choose to provide to us your individual information. No personal data shall be collected by 42 Tirana without visitors’ consent. One of our goals in collecting the above information is to help us monitor traffic on the website so that we can manage the website’s capacity and efficiency, for security purposes as well as to customize your user experience. This type of non-personal information and data can be collected through the standard operation for Internet servers and logs, and other technical mechanisms.

• Contact: When users of our website contact us for a relevant request, personal data provided through the following options are processed for purpose of being able to contact or respond the enquiry. 42 Tirana will store and process such personal data only to the extent necessary for contacting the user and processing his/her request.

• • the name and address of the requested content,
  • the date and time of the query,
  • the description of the web browser and operating system used,
  • the referral link, which indicates from which page you have reached ours,
  • the IP address of the requesting computer, which is shortened so that a personal reference can no longer be established.
  • Website contact form (full name, e-mail, phone)
  • Email;
  • Phone;
  • Letter;

• Other online services: For accessing other online services through our website, such as application for admission questionnaire, primarily to carry out the application process and to decide on admission to the study program it is necessary to enter personal data for further processing. In case of an application for admission questionnaire, the corresponding data privacy policy shall apply.

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.

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.

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. For online services we provide on our Website, the corresponding data privacy policies shall apply for that respective service.

We may share statistical aggregate or anonymous information (such as the number of visitors of our website etc.) with third parties. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop and improve 42 Tirana website and its content.

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.

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.

You may exercise these rights at any time by sending a written request to 42 Tirana at the address: Pyramid of Tirana, level -1, Boulevard Dëshmorët e Kombit 5, 1001 Tirana, Albania. If you make a request, we have 30 (thirty) days to respond to you. This period may be extended by 60 (sixty) further days where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. We will inform you of any such extension within 30 days of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay.

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, except for personal data collected and processed under other online services, for which the respective policies apply. Thereafter, your personal data identifying you shall be automatically deleted or anonymized.  
     

COOKIES

• What are cookies? Cookies are small data files that a website can use in order to recognize visitors who revisit a website, for example by assigning a unique number to the visitor, so as to facilitate their ongoing access to and use of the website.
• How do we use cookies? We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
  • Keeping you signed in, when applicable;
  • Understanding how you use our website;
  • Understanding where you access the website from;
• What types of cookies do we use? 42 Tirana website uses only necessary and preference cookies which are essential for providing necessary website functionality, improve your experience and analyze our traffic.
• How to manage cookies: You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as well.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

If any part of our website links you to other websites, those websites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We recommend you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

42 Tirana is a member of several third-party community and social networks like Meta and LinkedIn. It manages a presence on their platforms and our website contains links to these networks. These companies also process personal data, and you should check their privacy policies before sharing personal information:

CONTACT US

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, 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.