Personal Data Controller Information Clause: contest for best Bachelor or Master thesis organized as part of the international project “Visegrad Group Cooperation within the EU: Challenging the Rise of Euroscepticism” financed by the International Visegrad Fund:
Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC, the General Data Protection Regulation, referred to as the GDPR (OJ L of 2016, No. 119, item 1, as amended), we hereby inform you that the lawfulness of the processing of data fulfills the following conditions set forth in Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR (consent), Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR (necessary for the performance of a contract), Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR (compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject) or Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (legitimate interests pursued by the controller) and that:
- the University of Economics in Katowice with its registered office at ul. 1 Maja 50, 40 – 287 in Katowice is the controller of your personal data referred to in point 4), and hereinafter is referred to as “the Controller”;
- the Controller appointed the Data Protection Officer for supervising the accuracy of personal data processing, who can be contacted by e-mail: iod@ue.katowice.pl;
- the Controller will process the personal data of the persons from the categories: undergraduate or graduate students/ex-students who applied for the contest in question, supervisors of the submitted theses;
- the necessary personal data of persons from the categories referred to in point 3) specified in the applicable legal regulations will be processed, including: first name, surname, name of thesis supervisor, university where the thesis was defended, details about the defense, title of the thesis, field of study, contact details of the participant (mobile, home address, e-mail) and other personal data required under law necessary to process them in order to achieve the objectives referred to in point 6);
- providing personal data within the scope required under applicable legal regulations is obligatory and necessary for the achievement of the objectives referred to in point 6), in other cases providing personal data is voluntary, the refusal to provide specified personal data may render the objectives in question not fulfilled;
- your personal data referred to in point 4) will be processed for, inter alia, the purposes of: arranging all activities related to the organization and participation in a competition of the Controller, in the scope defined by applicable legal regulations, the performance by the Controller of information, archiving and statistical obligations, direct contact, carrying out all activities related to the implementation of these objectives and the protection of the Controller’s interests (including possible claims that may arise in connection with the implementation of the objectives in question or defense against such claims), as well as keeping records required by applicable law;
- the possession of your personal data referred to in point 4) by the Controller is a requirement resulting from the provisions of law in force in this respect and from the implementation of the objectives referred to in point 6);
- no processing of personal data referred to in point 4) is envisaged, for a purpose other than that for which the personal data were collected, referred to in point 6;)
- the recipients of your personal data referred to in point 4), include authorized employees of the Controller, the organizers and co-organizers of the contest in question and any entities processing personal data on behalf of the Controller and entities authorized to obtain personal data on the basis of applicable laws;
- your personal data referred to in point 4) will be processed and stored until the expiry of the legal obligation resulting from the applicable provisions of the law, i.e. for the period of time necessary to achieve the objectives referred to in point 6) and for the period of time specified in the applicable provisions of the law for handling potential claims;
- you have the right of access to the content of your personal data referred to in point 4), as well as the right to correct, erase (if legally permissible), restrict processing, transfer, object to processing, as well as withdraw the consent at any time, which shall not affect the lawfulness of processing if the consent of the person who gave his or her consent is the legal basis for processing personal data;
- you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (i.e. the Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data), if you think that the processing of your personal data referred to in point 4) violates the GDPR regulations;
- your personal data referred to in point 4) shall not be processed by automated means, including in the form of profiling;
- your personal data referred to in point 4) shall not be shared with any third country / international organization, unless this is required due to legal obligations of the Controller.