Privacy Policy

GRUDE is part of the Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu Oy. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We collect data and process data when you register or login online in our website admin panel. Registered user must provide email. Email is used to identify users and to send password renewal link.

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

How do we store your data?

GRUDE securely stores your data at our private secured server. Data is stored in secure database.

GRUDE will keep your personal data for 4 years after last login. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data by manual database clearing.

What are your data protection rights?

GRUDE would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request GRUDE for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that GRUDE correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request GRUDE to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that GRUDE erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that GRUDE restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to GRUDE’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that GRUDE transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email:

Email: mikko.pajula (at) lapinamk.fi

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

GRUDE uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

On entering the site, we will set a cookie to remember your preferred language setting. This cookie contains no personal data. This cookie will last for one year.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Google analytics cookie

On entering the page, we use third party tool Google Analytics to track website traffic. Service provider is Google LLC (https://www.google.com/contact/). Tracking service’s IP-address anonymization feature is set on. Your personal IP-address is never saved on any server. Further information on anonymization from this link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052

How to manage your 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 a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

The GRUDE website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

GRUDE keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 11.5.2020.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about GRUDE’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email: mikko.pajula (at) lapinamk.fi