Privacy Policy

At Hackerspace, we are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about data processing. We want to ensure that your personal data is processed in accordance with applicable laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Our organization aims to be transparent about the processing of personal information and IT security measures. There are always procedures in place at Hackerspace to ensure proper processing of personal data.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect your personal data when you visit, use or interact with our website. It also contains information about your rights regarding your personal data.

Who is responsible for your data?

Hackerspace NTNU
Høgskoleringen 5, 7034 Trondheim, Norway
hackerspace-dev@idi.ntnu.no

We are the entity responsible for the processing of your personal data.

What data do we collect?

To make Hackerspace able to provide the services available on this website, as well as to maintain an updated membership register, we need to collect personal data specified in this Privacy Policy.

The personal data is primarily intended to create a complete profile to link the user account to an individual. By having a full name, we can get a good overview of our members and users, and it enables us to offer services such as participation in events, providing item loans and more.

We collect the following personal data:

• Contact information: If you decide to register an account at Hackerspace, we will collect your name and email address. Optionally, if you choose to provide it to us, we will collect your telephone number for contact purposes.
• Usage data: Information about how you use our website, such as your interactions, device type, browser type, and time of visit.
• Cookies: We use cookies to improve your user experience on the website. This may include preferences, visit history and other technical information.
• Other data: We may collect data that you voluntarily provide to us, for example by filling in forms or sending emails.

How do we use your data?

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide services: Process orders, respond to inquiries, handle events, manage item loans, provide support and more.
• To improve the user experience: Understand how the website is used, improve content and functionality.
• Security: Protecting the website and users against fraud or unauthorized access.

How do we protect your data?

We use modern security measures to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or unauthorized access. This includes encryption, firewalls and access controls. In case of additional questions regarding our security measures, please contact the DevOps Team at Hackerspace.

Your rights

According to the Norwegian laws and the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right to access: You have the right to request what information we have about you.
• Right to retrification: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data about you.
• Right to deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data.
• Right to object to data processing: You have the right to request that we stop processing your data.

Please be aware that it is voluntary to consent to the data processing and that you can withdraw your consent at any time. If the consent is withdrawn, your user account will be deleted and you may lose access to our internal services that depend on the information you provide, as well as physical access to the organization's premises.

To exercise your rights, you can contact us at: hackerspace-dev@idi.ntnu.no

We respond to all requests to the best of our ability, and we will do so within one month of receiving your request.

Cookies

We use cookies to improve the user experience on our website. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your device. You can manage cookies in your browser. We use both necessary and functional cookies, as well as third-party information for analysis.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be published on this page and the change date will be updated. We encourage you to regularly read the statement to stay informed about how we protect your privacy.