Privacy Notices

This privacy notice outlines how and why the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) collects, uses and stores your personal data, and your rights in relation to the personal data we hold. We may modify or amend this Privacy Notice. The most current version will always be available on our Website and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. If you have any questions about such matters you can contact us at [email protected].

Privacy Notice for AUBG Alumni

Privacy Notice for Staff

Privacy Notice for Faculty

Privacy Notice for the AUBG Board of Trustees

Privacy Notice for Career Services

Privacy Notice for Conference Participants

Privacy Notice for Current Students

Privacy Notice for English Language Institute Students

Privacy Notice for Erasmus, Study abroad or exchange programs participants (Students, Faculty members and staff)

Privacy Notice for International Students

Privacy Notice for Job Applicants

Privacy Notice for Prospective Students

Privacy Notice for Students in Masters Programs

Privacy Notice for Students and other guests of AUBG residence halls

Privacy Notice for All Persons on Campus – CCTV, Access Control

Privacy Notice for Library Patrons

Privacy Notice for AUBG Donors

COVID-19 Information

The American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) can implement mandatory COVID-19 testing as part of its measures to prevent/limit the spreading of COVID-19 on the territory of the University and with the aim to protect the life and health of its students, employees and visitors. The mandatory COVID-19 testing is based on the legitimate interest of the controller AUBG – Art. 6, p. 1, (f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Please note that the actual testing is carried out in licensed laboratories by medical practitioners and AUBG does not process personal data at that stage. Once presented with information about the medical status of individuals, the processing of this data by the University is based on Art. 9, p. 2, (b) of the GDPR – processing is necessary for the purposes of carrying out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the controller or of the data subject in the field of employment and social security and social protection law in so far as it is authorised by Union or Member State law or a collective agreement pursuant to Member State law providing for appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and the interests of the data subject.

The AUBG has chosen tests that are most appropriate for the purposes of the testing and expenses for the tests are covered by the University. The AUBG will apply short retention periods by keeping the data related to the tests only for as long as it is necessary in order to make decisions connected with the purposes mentioned above: preventing/limiting the spreading of COVID-19 on the territory of the University and protecting the life and health of its students, employees and visitors. For your as a data subject in relation to the personal data we hold, pease refer to the last section of this privacy notice.

Collection and use by third party vendors

Third-party vendors, such as Google, may use cookies or other technologies to serve ads or deliver content on other websites based on your visits to our website and other sites on the Internet and to provide analytics services. These third parties may automatically collect information about your visits to this and other websites, your IP address, your ISP, the browser you use to visit our Site, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information. They do these using cookies, clear gifs or other technologies.

We do not sell data or data-bases to third parties for any reasons.

Cookies Policy

The AUBG’s website uses cookies in order to ensure best user experience. To review AUBG’s website cookies policy, please check the following www.aubg.edu/cookies-policy

You rights in relation to the personal data we hold

to request an access to your personal data we hold; to rectify or erasure your personal data; to restrict or object to processing concerning your data; to request data transfer to other parties; to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before this withdrawal; to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority – Commission for Personal Data Protection, address – 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592.

You may address your concerns or inquiries to our Data Protection Officer (DPO) – Gugushev and Partners Law Office, Yoanna Ivanova, e-mail: [email protected]; Address: 11A Aksakov Street, floor 5, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, Telephone: +359 2 815 75 10

Please see AUBG Internal Rules for Data Protection for more information.

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