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This document informs you about privacy issues such as the collection, storage, use and disclosure of Personal Information received from users of this site.
1. About us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or if you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact the Company at:
Terkko Health Hub, Do Company
2726969-1
Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki, Finland, 00100
admin@helsconnect.org
2. What data do we collect?
If you are a website visitor, we may collect your:
- Name
- Email
- Cookies
- Professional information, such as CV-related and work history
If you are a customer, marketing contact, or job applicant we may collect your:
- name
- address and contact details
- personal number
- professional data
- bank information for payments
- electronic contact details
- survey and feedback from answers
- event interests or interests related to partners
If you are an employee, or corporate-related member of Terkko or the University of Helsinki, this statement does not apply to you. Please contact the HR department of Terkko or the University of Helsinki for the relevant privacy notice.
3. What is the purpose of our data collection
If you have submitted your data during our website visit, or made a profile, we’ll use your data to:
- provide you access to our platform and connect you to the relevant partners via our platform partners
- establish connections and relationships between commercial partners and professionals in the field of Life Sciences
- reply to any of your inquiries
- inform you about our services,
- Send you our marketing campaigns or newsletters if you have submitted your email to us
- analyze our website traffic, and improve our website tools, if you have provided your consent
Data we have obtained when we provide our services or have established our business relationship, such as with our customers, or marketing contact, will be used:
- to keep providing our services,
- inform you about special offers and relevant events
If you are a job applicant, student or trainee, we will keep your information for future positions upon consent, or until the completion of the recruitment process.
4. Our automated marketing tools
We are making use of the following marketing partners:
- Google Analytics
(for which you need provide your consent separately. If you believe you have not done so, or you wish to withdraw your consent – we refer to the section “Your Data Protection Rights”)
- Social media plugs
(for which you need provide your consent separately. If you believe you have not done so, or you wish to withdraw your consent – re-set your social media settings in your browser, and we refer to the section “Your Data Protection Rights”)
- Mailchimp
At any time, you have the possibility to not be subject to the use of any of these tools via settings in your browser, the ‘unsubscribe’ button in your email or contact us directly.
5. Cookies
We collect cookies whenever you visit our website to understand the traffic behavior to our platform. Upon your first visit you are asked to provide your cookie settings and preferences. We collect all types of cookies you provide consent for, such as necessary cookies and marketing cookies. Also, third parties, linked on our platform, collect cookies from your visit.
At any time, you have the possibility to change these settings in your website browser. If you have further questions about which of your cookies are collected by us during a given time, please contact us.
6. Sharing data
We may share your data with our marketing partners which are related to our services.
This data will be related to special events you have signed up or are related to services, offers or events of which we think you or your company will specifically benefit from.
At all times you may object to further sharing of your data. We refer to the section “Your Data Protection Rights” for more information.
We do not have control over data that is shared by our marketing partners or tools. However, we will assist you to the best of our ability when making use of your data protection rights.
Please note that providing your personal information by making a profile allows the platform to connect your profile to relevant partners of the platform for the purpose of providing startups and commercial partners with specialist connections and stimulating relationships between researchers and other professionals in the field of Life Sciences.
7. How is your data protected
The website and platform are maintained by a vetted IT company which ensures all technical and organizational security measures are taken to provide a safe as possible platform for all of its visitors and users.
If you feel at any given moment that your data is unprotected or the platform provides suspicious activity, please notify us promptly at: admin@helsconnect.org
We vet other parties prior to sharing data, and make sure it won’t leave the EU, unless safeguards are in place.
In the event we use a service where you are re-directed to another hosting location of a Third-Party vendor, you are advised to read the privacy policy of these partners. We have no control over the policies of these parties.
8. Automated decision-making
The process of making an account is done via automated tools. If you feel this tool does not serve your best interest, or you have any objections or questions, please contact us.
9. Your Data Protection Rights
You, a website visitor, customer or other party, have at all times the right to:
(i) access your data and request copies of all processing activities concerning your data;
(ii) rectify information concerning any data about you that you believe is inaccurate;
(iii) request to be forgotten, to which the Company under certain conditions cannot comply, such as when it is following a legal obligation from a National Authority, or reasons for public interest or public health;
(iv) request to restrict or object to processing, to which the Company under certain conditions cannot comply, such as when it is following a legal obligation from a National Authority, or reasons for public interest or public health;
(v) request a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format to transfer the data to another controller or directly to you (portability).
10. Complaints and Updates
Please feel free to consult us about your data protection rights, or any privacy matter related to you. Should you feel we have not addressed your concerns in a satisfying manner, or you wish to report a complaint, you may contact the Data Protection Authority in Finland or in your country of residence.
This policy was last updated November 2021. We will keep this privacy policy continuously under review and reserves the right to modify this document. We advise you to regularly consult this document for the latest updates.