Privacy Statement University of Curacao (UoC)
Current facets (Pre-Master)
The University of Curaçao (UoC) processes personal data and uses cookies for this website. In this Privacy Statement, we inform you of the purposes for which personal data are processed and how you can exercise your privacy rights, and provide other information that could be important for you. The cookie statement explains which cookies are used.
This Privacy Statement applies to all activities of the UoC, including the activities via the website. This Privacy Statement provides the most relevant information on each subject.
The UoC treats personal data with care and acts within the limits of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Controller and responsibility
The UoC is the controller, within the meaning of the GDPR. The UoC regards it as essential that the personal data of its students, researchers, employees and visitors are handled and secured with the greatest possible care. We also want to be open about the way in which we process your data. For that reason, we explain this below. Priority is given to compliance with the requirements of the GDPR in all cases.
For which purposes does the UOC process your personal data?
The UoC uses your personal data that we gather for its business operations and for correct implementation of its statutory tasks and obligations for education and research. The main purposes for which the UoC processes personal data are:
A. Educational administration and support: recruitment & selection of new students, student administration, internal and external information provision, recording results, the issue of certificates, diplomas and degrees, the contracting and execution of agreements with students, customer engagement, relationship management and marketing, health, safety and security, organizational analysis, development and management reports, support for accreditation investigations, advice and supervision, handling disputes and the ability to conduct audits.
B. Personnel matters: determining salary entitlements, implementing employment contracts, regulating benefit claims in connection with the termination of employment contracts, internal and external audits and in connection with occupational health care.
C. Business operations and finance: financial administration, management of the purchasing systems and payment systems, implementation and management of procedures for IT, legal affairs and other business operations. Recruitment & selection of new employees and job candidates, personnel management, internal and external information provision, recording results, the issue of certificates, diplomas and degrees, the contracting and execution of agreements with employees, customers, consumers, suppliers and business partners, customer engagement, relationship management, marketing and market surveys, health, safety and security, organizational analysis, development and management reports, settlement of complaints.
D. Facilities: access and management systems, camera surveillance, management of parking facilities.
E. General processes: Web content management, library system, physical and digital archiving, participation in decision-making and elections, complaints procedure and objections and appeals.
F. Scientific research: the conduct of scientific research, research in both the general interest and for specific interests and social or commercial research.
The UoC processes personal data via its various websites, such as personal data acquired via contact forms. This takes place on the basis of permission or on the grounds of the justified interests of the UoC. All processes in which personal data are processed are recorded in a register of processing activities. This gives the UoC a complete and up-to-date overview of all data processing processes.