1. Introduction
We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. We collect and further process personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by Union institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies and on the free movement of such data (repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001).
This privacy statement explains the reason for processing your personal data, how we collect, handle, and ensure the protection of all personal data provided, how that information is used, and what rights you have in relation to your personal data. It also specifies the contact details of the responsible Data Controller with whom you may exercise your rights.
2. Why and how do we process your personal data?
Purpose of the processing operation: This assessment supports the development of quality education policies. The skill assessment part (SELFIE) was originally developed as a specific action of the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions on the Digital Education Action Plan COM(2018) 22 final.
This specific tool is aimed at teachers in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system in Ethiopia. It’s a self-reflection tool where users register voluntarily to answer a series of mainly pre-determined questions, which then automatically generate (through the SELFIE tool) a tailor-made report showing the aggregated results in a visual and interactive way for the users to help them with the use of digital technologies for teaching, learning, and assessment. The findings can help individuals to see where they stand and, from there, start a conversation on technology use and develop an action plan.
These results are fully anonymized. Individuals replying to the demographic and the SELFIE questions cannot be identified personally in these reports. It does not measure or compare the knowledge or skills of teachers and is not designed to assess or benchmark schools.
The solution provider can:
- Download aggregated and anonymized data into other systems for analysis.
- Produce public reports and presentations based on aggregated and anonymized data and its analysis.
Individual participants will never be identified in these reports and analyses. At no time will individual responses from the school ever be shared or made public, nor will any aggregated data be shared that might allow individual students or staff members to be identified.
In particular, the replies to the questions provided through our website are anonymous. Therefore, individuals replying to the questions cannot be identified personally. All data supplied in our questionnaire and during associated sign-up processes will be used for the purpose of analyzing responses overall to inform research and policy, not for marketing.
Your personal data will not be used for automated decision-making, including profiling.
3. On what legal ground(s) do we process your personal data?
We process your personal data because you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes according to Art. 5(d) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. Participation of the data subjects is voluntary.
We do not process special categories of data; therefore, Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 does not apply.
4. Which personal data do we collect and further process?
To carry out this processing operation, we collect the following categories of personal data:
- Login data: user ID, email address, name, and surname (if present in the email).
- For research purposes, we gather only anonymized data from the tool, namely: age group; highest level of education; total years of work experience; subject area; geographic region; institution type; classroom characteristics; confidence in using technology.
5. How long do we keep your personal data?
We only keep the login data until the individual himself/herself requests deletion or until 31 December, 2024.
6. How do we protect and safeguard your personal data?
All personal data in electronic format (emails, documents, databases, uploaded batches of data, etc.) are stored on the servers of Hetzner Cloud, Hetzner Online GmbH, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany.
To protect your personal data, we have implemented a number of technical and organizational measures. Technical measures include appropriate actions to address online security, risk of data loss, alteration of data, or unauthorized access, taking into consideration the risk presented by the processing and the nature of the personal data being processed. Organizational measures include restricting access to the personal data solely to authorized persons with a legitimate need to know for the purposes of this processing operation.
7. Who has access to your personal data and to whom is it disclosed?
Access to your personal data is provided to the staff responsible for carrying out this processing operation and to authorized staff according to the “need to know” principle. Such staff abide by statutory, and when required, additional confidentiality agreements.
The information we collect will not be given to any third party, except to the extent and for the purpose we may be required to do so by law.
8. What are your rights and how can you exercise them?
You have specific rights as a ‘data subject’ under Chapter III (Articles 14-25) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, in particular the right to access, rectify, or erase your personal data and the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Where applicable, you also have the right to object to the processing or the right to data portability.
You have consented to provide your personal data for the present processing operation. You can withdraw your consent at any time by notifying the Data Controller. The withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out before you withdrew consent.
You can exercise your rights by contacting the Data Controller. Contact information is given under Heading 9 below.
Where you wish to exercise your rights in the context of one or several specific processing operations, please provide their description (i.e., their Record reference(s) as specified under Heading 10 below) in your request.
9. Contact information
The Data Controller
If you would like to exercise your rights under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, or if you have comments, questions or concerns, or if you would like to submit a complaint regarding the collection and use of your personal data, please feel free to contact the Data Controller, writing an email to Samu Nagy at samu@creatit.hu