STUDENT RIGHTS CONCERNING GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)
General Description This notice describes how your personal data may be processed by Hodges University (“Hodges,” “We,” “Our,” and “Us”) and what your rights with respect to your personal data if the GDPR applies to you and your data. Please review it carefully. This Notice is being provided to you in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation
“special categories” of Personal Data includes processing of: (i) Personal Data that reveals; (A) racial or ethnic origin, (B) political opinions, (C) religious or philosophical beliefs, or (D) trade union membership; or (ii) (A) genetic data, (B) biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, (C) data concerning health, or (D) data concerning a natural personal’s sex life or sexual orientation.
(EU) 2016/679, or the “GDPR”). What is “Personal Data” and “Processing”?
Under the GDPR, “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable Data Subject; specifically including, but not limited to, name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that Data Subject. A Data Subject is a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to Personal Data. Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction. “Process” and “processed” have a corresponding meaning. The GDPR prohibits the processing of “special categories” of Personal Data” unless certain exceptions apply, because this type of data could create more significant risks to a Data Subject’s fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, an unauthorized disclosure of “special categories” of Personal Data may put Data Subjects at risk of unlawful discrimination. For this purpose, processing of
How and When Do We Collect Your Personal Data?
We may lawfully collect your Personal Data in a number of ways for legitimate purposes. For example, we may collect your Personal Data: (i) from the information you provide to us when you interact with us before applying (e.g., when you express your interest in studying at Hodges); (ii) when you apply to study at Hodges and complete enrollment forms or other admissions documentation; (iii) when you communicate with us by telephone, email or via our website (e.g., in order to make inquiries or raise concerns); (iv) when you interact with us during your time as a student at Hodges, for one or more of the purposes set out below; and (v) from third parties (e.g., from recruitment organizations, government agencies in connection with financial aid, and student visas, or from your previous or current school, university, or employer(s), who may provide records or a reference about you, or who may sponsor or pay for your studies).
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