Privacy & Cookie Policy

Introduction

This privacy notice explains how the this website (ISAPA2025.com) and MTU (the ‘University’) collects, uses and shares your personal data,

and your rights in relation to the personal data we hold. This privacy notice concerns our

processing of personal data of past, present and prospective students of the University and visitors to this website.

The University is the data controller all personal data that it holds and processes and is

subject to the Data Protection Acts 1998 to 2018 and to the General Data Protection

Regulation (GDPR).

 

Individual Rights

Individuals whose personal data and sensitive personal data/special category data is held by

the University have the following rights regarding their data:

• The right to be informed

• The right to request access to their personal data held by the University.

• The right to rectification – to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data rectified.

• The right to erasure of personal data – this will only apply where there is no legitimate

reason for the University to continue to process the personal data. If you exercise

your right to erasure, we will retain a core set of personal data which, for alumni, will

include: name, subject(s) studied, graduation details, date of birth and unique

identification number so that we do not contact you inadvertently in future, and to

maintain your education details for archive purposes. We may also need to retain

some financial records about you

• The right to restrict the processing of personal data – individuals have the right to

block the processing of their personal data by the University in specific situations.

• The right to data portability – students have the right to request provision of some

elements of their information (for example academic progress details) in digital form

in order to provide it to other organisations.

• The right to object – students can object to the processing of their personal data by

the University in certain circumstances, including the sending and receipt of direct

marketing material.

• The right to object to automated decision making and profiling – individuals have the

right to object to decisions taken by automatic means without human intervention in

some circumstances.

Where the processing of personal data or sensitive personal data/special category data is

based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting the

department or service who obtained that consent or the Data Protection Officer.

If you are unhappy with the University’s handling of your personal data or believe that the

requirements of the Data Protection Acts or GDPR may not be fully complied with, you should

contact the Data Protection Officer in the first instance. The University’s formal complaint

procedure can be invoked if appropriate, and you also have the right to submit a complaint

to the Data Protection Commissioner.

 

Data Retention

Any data we collect from you will be stored confidentially and securely as required by

 

University Policies. The University is committed to ensuring that processing of University-

controlled data is performed in a secure manner.

 

In keeping with the data protection principles, we will only store your data for as long as is

necessary and in accordance with the University Records Retention Schedule.

We store your personal data primarily on the University premises and secure IT platforms

within the European Economic Area (‘EEA’) which are also subject to European data

protection requirements.

We will hold some of your data indefinitely in support of your lifelong relationship with the

University, or until you ask us to do otherwise. If you exercise your right to erasure, we will

retain a core set of personal data which, for graduates, will include: name, subject(s)

studied, graduation details, date of birth and unique identification number so that we do

not contact you inadvertently in future, and to maintain your education details for archive

purposes.

We may also need to retain some financial records about you for statutory purposes.

We will always respect a request by you to stop contact by any or all methods of

communication, or for any specific purpose.

 

Contact Details

If you have any queries about this privacy notice or how we process your personal data, you

can contact our Data Protection Officers by email: dataprotection@mtu.ie

 

Cookie Policy - Cookies Used on this site

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience. Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a site visitor's browser. They are typically used to keep track of the settings users have selected and actions they have taken on a site.

In accordance with data privacy regulations, we must inform visitors that we are using cookies on this site. 

We uses cookies for important reasons, such as:

• To provide a great experience for visitors and customers.

• To identify our registered members (users who registered to our site).

• To monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of our website.

• To ensure our platform is secure and safe to use.