Personal Data

Identity data (name, social security number, address, telephone number and e-mail) is stored in the registration register NyA, and information about eligibility, basis of selection, obligation to pay registration fee or tuition fee as well as admission. Your data is processed by the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) and BTH when we try to determine if you are eligible for admission and when we value your qualifications for the selection.

In the study register Ladok, for each student, identity information (name, social security number, address, telephone number and e-mail) is stored and in addition to the data processed in NyA, information about participation in education and tests, study results, grades, accreditation of education other accredited activities and degree. In addition, the study register must contain the information required for BTH to provide data to Statistics Sweden (SCB).

Provisions for the registry NyA and Ladok are stated in the Regulation (1993: 1153) on the accounting of studies, etc. at universities. The disclosure of data from the registers may be made to third parties, such as other universities, SCB and CSN, as listed in the Regulation.

Some arrangements include photography and filming. As a participant or visitor, you can therefore be photographed and filmed on behalf of BTH and the material may be used in print and / or digital form, such as on the web, in advertisements, in brochures, as press images or by university partners. The pictures and movies may also be used for future use. The material will be removed and filed when it is no longer deemed relevant.

For communication in social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube, in many instances, there are no necessary safeguards between social media and EU / EEC, or directly with BTH. Therefore, BTH does not have full discretion about how images and films published in these media are used.

If you do not want to be photographed and filmed or have questions, contact the BTH Communications Department, which at our events are wearing black vests or call the switchboard at: +46 455 – 38 50 00.

The legal basis for personal data processing is to fulfill a task of public interest.

The purpose of personal data processing is to be able to conduct library activities such as issuing of library cards, administering loans, handling notifications for courses, receiving orders for material and contacting questioners.

The collected personal data will not be processed for any other purpose and will not be disclosed to any party outside of BTH.

Exceptions can be made if borrowers do not return books after the loan period, as late payment fees may be required, and personal data may be disclosed to debt collection agencies.

When you as a student at BTH want to become a lender at the university library, personal data will be retrieved from your student account. If you are inactivated as a lender or wish to delete your personal data from the library system, BTH will limit the processing of your personal data in the library system. The information in your student account may still be needed to be used for study administrative tasks.

The personal data processed to manage loans and reservation of materials in the library’s lenders register is saved as long as the lender intends to be an active lender at the library. An active lender is defined as having active loans or reservations. If you do not use your library card, your account will be deactivated after five years. Logging of the use of the library’s digital environments is deleted after one year.

For library activities, privacy is governed by Chapter 40. § 3 of the Swedish Publicity and Secrecy Act (2009: 400) for registration of an individual’s loans, reservations or other form of order and for an individual’s use of information technology.