PRIVACY POLICY 

Application for the entrepreneurial scholarship
'ÅForsk Entreprenörsstipendium'

This Privacy Policy informs you of how we process the personal data which is submitted to us in relation to the application for ÅForsk Entreprenörsstipendium (The entrepreneurial scholarship awarded by ÅForsk in collaboration with Swedish Incubators & Science Parks). 

As of May 25, 2018, the new legislation in the EU on the processing of personal data is in force; the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (“SISP”) will at all times comply with applicable privacy laws and will not disclose any personal data to third parties without prior consent, unless specifically stated herein.

SISP is the controller of the personal data, which is submitted in your application, and SISP will process this as follows. 

The following personal information may be processed by SISP: 

• Name
• Title
• Company/Employer including company registration number
• E-mail address
• Telephone number (mobile and/or land line)
• Bank-account (where applicable)
• Any other personal information that is submitted by way of a CV, personal letter or the like

Purpose and legal basis for processing
SISP will process your application and the personal information contained therein in order to determine which of the applicants are eligible for the scholarship, and in order to determine who will be awarded the scholarship. 

If you are one of the individuals awarded with the scholarship, we will store and process your application in its entirety for the purpose of conducting yearly surveys regarding your ventures and development since receiving the scholarship, in order to evaluate the scholarship and possible effects thereof. 

We will also store and process your name, e-mail address and telephone number for the purpose of including you in the alumni network for everyone awarded with the ÅForsk entrepreneurial scholarship, and to provide information and marketing on SISP.  

The processing described above is necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests pursued by SISP, and those interest are not overridden by your interests as applicant for and holder of the ÅForsk Scholarship (GDPR, Article 6.1 f).

If you are not chosen to be one of the candidates to be awarded the scholarship, we will solely store and process your name and e-mail address, for the purpose of sending information and marketing regarding SISP. 

SISP has a legitimate interest in processing your personal data in order to provide information or marketing regarding SISP and the activities carried out by SISP. You are always entitled to unsubscribe from our promotions by contacting us as stated below, or by using the “un-subscribe button” which is always provided in electronic communication. 

SISP will also process your personal data to the extent that SISP is obliged to do so by law or in accordance with decisions made by public authorities (GDPR, Article 6.1c).  

Recipients of personal data
Your application will be sent to ÅForsk in order for ÅForsk to evaluate the applicants. ÅForsk is the controller of their process of personal information in regard of the ÅForsk Scholarship.  Your personal information may also be sent to a bank, for the purpose of administering the awarded scholarship. 

SISP further allows data processors to process all personal data submitted by you. Sub-processors may also read, structure and distribute personal data as instructed by SISP. The data processors will only store your personal data on servers that are within the EU/EEA border.

Storage and processing

Holders of the scholarship
SISP will store and process the application in its entirety for a time period of five (5) years from the date of awarding the scholarship for the purpose of conducting surveys. 

SISP will store your contact details in order to administer the alumni network and arrange events and information in relation to that network, until you inform us that you want to resign from the network.

All applicants
SISP will store data if required by law to do so, during the time stipulated by law, such as the Book-keeping Act. 

SISP will store contact information for information- and marketing purposes for a period of 2 years after the last contact, unless you inform you SISP that you no longer want to receive such information or marketing, whereby SISP will immediately delete the personal data processed for this purpose.

Your rights
You have the right to request information on whether SISP processes your personal data, as well as access to the personal data as laid out in the GDPR. 

You also have the right to request rectification of your personal data, as well as the deletion of personal data or the limitation of processing (to the extent stipulated in the GDPR). Further, you have a right to receive the personal data that you have provided in a structured, widely used and machine-readable format (portability).

You also have the right to lodge complaints regarding our processing of your personal data to the supervisory authority, www.datainspektionen.se.

Please note that we will carry out an identity check upon request as above to ensure that any requested measures are correct and in accordance with law.

Security
SISP processes your personal data in a way that complies with the principles set out in the GDPR (Article 5). SISP processes your personal information in such a way as to ensure that appropriate technical and organizational measures are taken to protect your personal data from unauthorized access or unauthorized processing and against loss, destruction or accidental damage.

SISP limits access to personal data within the organization. Authorization to access personal data is only given to individuals within the organization, as well as to the data processors and any subcontractors, for the sole purpose of carrying out their duties.

SISP, or, if relevant, the data processor, will only transfer personal data to third countries if the recipient of the personal data has signed the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses, or other appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable law are ensured.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
SISP reserves the right to amend this privacy policy as necessary, for example to comply with changes in laws and regulations. Information regarding any such change will be published on www.sisp.se.

Contact information
Swedish Incubators & Science Parks
Box 7534, 103 93 Stockholm
E-mail:

Johan Ödmark, CEO
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