Privacy & cookie policy
Privacy policy IOTA plus
1. Purpose
IOTA plus collects and processes the personal data of individuals who register through the website based on their consent (hereafter: “participants”).
This consent must be freely give upon registration and can be withdrawn at any given moment by the participants.
The personal data collected aims at providing access to the IOTA website, (online and on-demand) courses, events and access to IOTA plus's testing platform that allows for certification.
IOTA plus thus collects and stores the personal data of participants to:
- To build better services concerning the courses provided by IOTA plus, events and providing a certificate to participants in the IOTA plus test;
- To maintain and improve the services provided by IOTA plus;
- To inform participants about upcoming events or courses.
2. Types of data
The following data are collected: first name, last name and e-mail address.
These data are entered by the participant when registering through the IOTA plus website upon which they are asked to give consent for storing their personal data.
3. Access
Anonymous users who are registering for the first time on IOTA plus will be registered in the backend database of site users.
Participants to courses, events or on-demand-course will be registered in the backend database of site users and will be shared will be shared with Skyprep with whom there is a data processing agreement.
Already certified members will receive an activation e-mail after which they consent to store their data in the backend database of site certified members. This consent has to be freely given and can be withdrawn at any given moment by the participants.
4. Sharing data
IOTA plus registered members personal data will only be shared with third parties if this is necessary to perform the services provided by IOTA plus.
Members will give their consent for the sharing of their data with Skyprep to make usage of these platforms possible for the objectives set out under point 1. More specifically, data will be shared with Skyprep to gain access to the modules that then give access to a test where participants can obtain a certificate issued by IOTA plus.
5. Retention
IOTA plus does not retain your personal data longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data are collected.
IOTA plus will retain all data for a period of 10 years for anonymous users (registering on the website) and 20 years for certified users of IOTA Plus (certified users).
In the period of 10 and 20 years, respectively, the data will be retained unless withdrawal of the participants' consent.
6. Exercising your rights and contact details
You are entitled to access or correct your data, or have it deleted. You also have the right to withdraw your consent for, or object to, the processing of your data.
You can send a request for inspection, correction, deletion or transfer of your personal data or withdraw your consent or make an objection to the processing of your personal data. This request can be addressed to Matt Malecki.
You should be aware that IOTA plus may not be required to comply with your request for inspection, correction, deletion or transfer. This is due to legal obligations, for the institution, exercise or substantiation of a legal claim or the justified exercise of the right to freedom of expression and/or information.
If this contact person cannot answer the data subject's question, the question can be addressed to the Data Protection Officer of KU Leuven:
Overview of KU Leuven’s Data Protection Officers (DPO):
- Data Protection Officer for General Processing of Personal Data: Valérie Verbist
- Data Protection Officer for Processing of Personal Data for Research Purposes: Toon Boon
- Data Protection Officer for Leuven University Hospitals Griet Verhenneman
If you have a complaint about privacy at KU Leuven and IOTA plus, you can contact us using this form.
If you feel that your request or complaint has not been satisfactorily dealt with you can contact supervisory authority.