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Privacy policy of the FH Kufstein Tirol

It goes without saying that we comply with the applicable legal provisions on the protection of personal data. If you use one of our online services (online application, request for information material, registration for events, newsletter, ...), we need your personal data and use it within the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol.

WHAT DATA IS STORED?

General contacts

We store the contact data that we receive from you: Name, e-mail, telephone number, company, function and postal address until your cancellation.

Interested parties

We also collect the date of birth and national insurance number of prospective students for the purpose of counselling and implementing pre-contractual measures. If you do not register for a degree program, these data records will be deleted after two years at the latest.

Applicants and students

If you apply for a study place, you will also need, for example, certificate data and an identification document, which are required to check the admission requirements or fulfilment of the contract. Once you have successfully completed the online application, you will receive a detailed list of the personal data you have provided us with. During the course of your studies, you can view and update the data we have collected in our internal study portal at any time. Your data will be stored in accordance with legal requirements.

Graduates

FH Kufstein Tirol Bildungs GmbH and FH Kufstein Tirol International Business School GmbH use your personal data to send you information material by post and e-mail and for internal market research and marketing purposes.

Applicants for job advertisements at the FH Kufstein Tirol

The FH Kufstein Tirol only processes the data you provide in your application. Your data will only be treated internally and with the utmost discretion. If your application is successful, the data collected will be transferred to the personnel administration of the FH Kufstein Tirol. If your application does not result in an employment relationship, your data will be deleted after six months.

WHAT IS YOUR DATA USED FOR?

Utilisation

We use your contact details exclusively to inform you about topics of interest to you, in particular degree programs and courses, registration dates and deadlines, campus news (in the form of newsletters) and higher education institution initiatives such as specialist congresses and events.

Data processing

Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent or legal obligation. We appreciate the trust you place in us and take the utmost care to protect your personal data. Data processing is carried out in accordance with the statutory provisions (Austrian Data Protection Adaptation Act 2018 - DSGVO; Telecommunications Act TKG 2003) on the basis of your consent or the necessity to fulfil the contract. All data is stored in the IT infrastructure of the higher education institution, which is operated with a high security standard to protect against access by third parties and misuse.

Creation of image/video/audio data for events

As part of marketing, press and public relations work, image, video and/or audio recordings may be made and further used (website, social media, etc.) in the course of events (e.g. Open House, Long Night of Research, specialist congresses, etc.), which may be considered personal data within the meaning of the GDPR. The processing of image, video and/or audio recordings is based on the legitimate interests of FH Kufstein Tirol and is carried out for the duration of their use for the purposes of marketing or press and public relations work.

Changes, cancellation of information services or deletion of the contact

You can revoke, restrict or extend your declaration of consent to our information services at any time. Of course, you also have the option of requesting the partial or complete deletion of your data at any time. We will fulfil your request immediately and cease sending you further information as soon as possible. If we are legally obliged to store your data, the data will not be deleted, but blocked.

Your data subject rights at a glance

  • Right to information
  • Right to rectification

    If you would like to change your details, please contact Datenaktualisierung@fh-kufstein.ac.at 

  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object

    against the data processing of video/audio/image files for marketing purposes, for reasons arising from your particular situation (Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR) and against the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR without further justification. To revoke your consent, please complete the form above.

    The above-mentioned data subject rights can be asserted with FH Kufstein Tirol Bildungs GmbH, datenschutz@fh-kufstein.ac.at as the responsible data processor.

  • Right to lodge a complaint

    Claims can be made to the competent supervisory authority: Austrian Data Protection Authority, Wickenburggasse 8, 1080 Vienna, telephone: +43 1 52 152-0, e-mail: dsb@dsb.gv.at