Privacy policy

GENERAL STATEMENT

By means of this privacy policy you are being informed on how University processes your personal data presented to University. Furthermore, University guarantees that your personal data is processed with accordance to the Regulation, the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Legal Protection of Personal Data as well as the other legislation regulating the protection of personal data.

University has a right to change the rules described in this privacy policy partly or completely. Information on the changes made will be provided in University website by announcing the latest edition of updated privacy policy.

Institution: Klaipeda University, Public Company (hereinafter referred to as University), legal entity identifier 211951150.

Website: www.web.ku.lt

Regulation: 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EB (General Data Protection Regulation).

Personal Data is regarded to any information about a natural person who has been identified or who could be identified (data subject); a natural person who could be identified is a person who could be identified directly or indirectly, first of all, by identificator such as name and surname, ID number, location site data, and Internet identificator or according to one or several features of a natural person attributed to physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

Data processing is regarded to any operation or sequence of operations performed using personal data or sets of personal data by automated or non-automated means, such as collection, recording, sorting, systematisation, saving, adapting or changing, abstraction, familiarisation, usage, sharing by forwarding, distributing or, in any other way, creating a possibility to use it as well as its comparison or merging with other data, limiting, deleting or destroying of it.

PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

Personal data is processed with respect to following principles:

Only those ways and means of personal data processing should be applied that guarantee its security. Personal data should be protected from its illegal processing as well as from its processing without the consent provided. Consequently, all of this should be implemented with the application of appropriate technical and organisational means that provide an opportunity to guarantee the security of data processing including its protection from unintentional loss, destruction or damage.
Personal data is stored only for a period of time that is necessary for the aims to be reached with regard to which it has been collected. In exceptional cases, when personal data is processed with the aim of archiving for the sake of public interest, scientific or historical research or statistics, data could be stored longer.
Personal data should be accurate and, in case of inaccuracy, it should be updated. Reasonable means, whether technical or organisational, should be taken in order to specify or delete inaccurate data.
The scope of personal data collected should meet the necessity with the aim to reach the goals planned.
The aims for personal data collection should be legal, clear, and defined.
Personal data concerning a subject should be processed only in a fair, legal, and transparent way.

DATA COLLECTING AND USE

Data of the following types is collected, stored, and used in the University websites:

Your computer data, data on your visits of this Internet website as well as on the use of this website (your IP address, geographical location, browser type, and location to which you were directed, the duration of your visit and the number of page views)
All the data presented to University by filling in the variety of data collection forms provided in the University websites, by sending e-mails and/or newsletters
Any other data sent to University voluntarily.

Personal data presented in the University websites will be used with the following aims:

Sending of University newsletters (with your consent received)
Adjusting University websites to the personal needs of users
Delivering statistical information about the number of visitors in University websites to the third parties (without personal information included).

USE OF COOKIES

A cookie is a tiny text file saved in your computer while you are visiting the University website. Cookies provide a possibility to store information on your browsing habits, actions, and settings enabling you to use all the functions of a website. Furthermore, cookies provide an opportunity to collect basic statistical information about a person as well as provide a person with individualized advertisements concerning your browsing habits.

In order to provide you with a better understanding on which cookies are collected by University, the purpose of each cookie, its category, and expire time, please, familiarise yourself with the following description of cookies and the table containing the cookies we actually use.

Cookies grouped on the basis of categories:

Necessary cookies are those that are necessary for the website to function properly.
Functional cookies are those with a purpose to recognise a user visiting the website repeatedly. These cookies help personalize the content provided within the website as well as to save the settings chosen
Statistics cookies are the cookies used to perform the statistical analysis of navigational methods applied by website users. Data collected by means of such cookies is used anonymously
Advertising cookies are the cookies used to show offers or other information that could potentially interest a visitor.

Cookies grouped on the basis of their duration:

Session cookies are the cookies with the existence limited only within the duration of a visit in a website. Session cookies allow a website to remember the settings chosen while visiting a previous page; therefore, you will not have to share this information repeatedly when moving to another website
Persistent cookies are the cookies left in your device after your visit in the University website. When you return to the University website these cookies help you to be recognised as a unique user.

We collect the following cookies:

No	Cookie name	Category	Purpose	Storage duration
1.	PHPSESSID	Necessary	Stores user session data from all page requests.	Session
2.	test_cookie	Necessary	Used to check whether the use of cookies is supported by a user’s browser.	1 day
3.	TiPMix	Necessary	Registers the cluster server providing services to a visitor. Used to regulate the flow in order to optimise user satisfaction.	1 day
4.	x-ms-routing – name	Necessary	Registers the cluster server providing services to a visitor. Used to regulate the flow in order to optimise user satisfaction.	1 day
5.	qtrans_front_ language	Functional	Sets the language preferred by a user. Enables a website to set the necessary language when a visitor is back.	1 year
6.	_ga	Statistics	Creates the unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how a visitor uses a website.	2 years
7.	_gat	Statistics	Used by Google Analytics to reduce the frequency of requests.	1 day
8.	_gid	Statistics	Creates the unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how a visitor uses a website.	1 day
9.	_fb_chat_plugin	Advertising	Used to track user interaction with Facebook Messenger controller.	Persistent
10.	_cX_atfr	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Persistent
11.	_cX_expires	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Persistent
12.	_cX_G	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Persistent
13.	_cX_P	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Persistent
14.	_cX_S	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Session
15.	_gcl_au	Advertising	Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertisement efficiency in websites when their servers applied.	3 months
16.	ads/ga-audiences	Advertising	Used by Google AdWords for the repeated engagement of users that could become buyers, on the basis of user behaviour in several websites.	Session
17.	cX_cint_set	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	6 days
18.	cX_cint_set	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Persistent
19.	cX_G	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	1 year
20.	cX_lastP1Time	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Persistent
21.	cX_lst	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Persistent
22.	cX_P	Advertising	Creates a unique ID, an identifying device, used by a returning user; this ID is used when creating targeted advertising.	1 year
23.	cX_S	Advertising	Creates a unique ID, an identifying device, used by a returning user; this ID is used when creating targeted advertising.	Session
24.	cX_T	Advertising	Creates a unique ID, an identifying device, used by a returning user; this ID is used when creating targeted advertising.	1 day
25.	cX_T	Advertising	Creates a unique ID, an identifying device, used by a returning user; this ID is used when creating targeted advertising.	1 day
26.	gckp	Advertising	Creates a unique ID, an identifying device, used by a returning user; this ID is used when creating targeted advertising.	1 year
27.	IDE	Advertising	Used by Google DoubleClick to register and send notifications regarding user actions after viewing or clicking on one of advertisements in order to both assess advertising efficiency and apply targeted advertising.	1 year
28.	pagead/1p-user- list/#	Advertising	Tracks user interest in particular products or events in several websites and identifies website browsing habits of a user; it is used to assess advertising efficiency and facilitate payments for directing among websites.	Session
29.	Repo/rep/gif	Advertising	Collects data on user behaviour in several websites; this information is used for advertisement optimisation in a website.	Session

Additionally, it should be mentioned that your browser could always be configured to reject some cookies or all of them; also, you could be asked for a permission every time before allowing the use of cookies. We would like to direct your attention to the fact that by deleting or disabling cookies in the future you could be unable to reach particular parts or functions of the University website.

Please, find all the necessary information on how to change your browser settings and reject cookies by visiting the following websites: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org .

PERSONAL DATA SHARING WITH THIRD PARTIES

University could share your data with third parties if that helps implement or administer service provision. Otherwise, University provides a data processor only with the amount of data that is necessary for a particular assignment to be implemented or a particular service to be provided.

Your data could also be shared with social network providers that process data according to their privacy policy.

Your data could be shared with competent authorities or law enforcement institutions as well as auditors, courts, and bailiffs on demand in accordance with legislation.

Furthermore, if necessary and with a legitimate interest, your data could be shared by University with third parties as well, including the transmission of data outside the European Union. In such data transmission cases University makes a commitment to implement the obligations identified within the Articles of BDAR 44-49.

DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

You have a right to:

know (be informed) about Your personal data processing
be familiarised with your personal data
ask for your personal data to be corrected
ask for your personal data to be deleted (right ‘to be forgotten’)
restrict your personal data processing
disagree with your personal data processing
your personal data transferability
disagree with the decision made only on the basis of automated data processing, including profiling.

An application to University should be submitted in written form using the contact information provided in Contact Information. University undertakes to reply to your application in 20 calendar days starting from the date when your application was received. This term could be extended for 2 months taking into account the complexity and number of applications received.

In addition, we would like to direct your attention towards the specific criteria, defined in BDAR regarding the implementation of particular rights, providing information on cases when your rights are not implemented or the conditions are provided concerning data processing for a particular right to be implemented.

If you disagree with the reply we have provided, you have a right to submit a complaint to a relevant official institution State Data Protection Inspectorate or court.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions or complaints regarding personal data processing, please, do not hesitate to contact University data protection officer by sending an e-mail to sauguspasirinkimas@gmail.com.

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