How we are processing personal data in relation to AI Sweden startup community landscape

4. Privacy Policy in connection with the AI Sweden startup community landscape

Lindholmen Science Park has created a mapping of Swedish AI Startups, an initiative called AI Sweden startup community landscape. In this initiative, we collect data about startup companies in Sweden, which includes personal data. The data is collected by us and we are responsible for the collection of personal data in relation to the AI Sweden startup community landscape.

How Lindholmen Science Park processes personal data in relation to the AI Sweden startup community landscape.

Lindholmen Science Park processes personal data about you when you, or your employer (“Contact Persons”) sign up your organization to be a part of the AI Sweden startup community landscape.

What personal data do we process?

The personal data that we process includes your first and last name, email address, telephone number, address, title/professional position and company affiliation.

What are the purposes of our processing of your personal data and what legal basis do we base such processing on?

We process your personal data for the purpose of providing the offerings of AI Sweden startup community landscape and marketing the organization as an AI Startup as well as to provide the Startup with information, marketing and offerings related to AI Sweden startup community landscape and correlating initiatives, such as AI Sweden’s Startup-program, that we believe is in the interest of your organization. This processing is based upon that the processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests to provide the offerings of the AI Sweden startup community landscape and market the organization as an AI Startup as well as to provide the Startup with information, marketing and offerings related to tAI Sweden startup community landscape and correlating initiatives.

We also process your personal data for the purpose of fulfilling legal requirements in relation to e.g. marketing legislation (keeping record of if you have unsubscribed to receiving our newsletters/marketing material). This processing is based upon that the processing is necessary for compliance with the Swedish Marketing Act.

From where do we collect your personal data?

We collect your personal data directly from you or your employer, or another representative from your organization, in relation to the registration of your organization to participate in the AI Sweden startup community landscape.

Who do we share your personal data with?

We share your personal data with third parties that process personal data on our behalf, so called processors. These processors are, e.g., suppliers of IT-services for the purpose of managing marketing, information and invitations in relation to the AI Sweden startup community landscape and correlating initiatives.

We will also transfer personal data to third parties acting as independent controllers when applicable.

For how long do we process your personal data?

Your personal data will be stored as long as your organization is part of the AI Sweden startup community landscape and correlating initiatives and for the time the responsible representative of your organization deems that your personal data is needed for such purposes.

Personal data processed for marketing purposes will be processed for 12 months from the last time you read our newsletter or other marketing material. If you unsubscribe from receiving our newsletters or other marketing material we will store your personal data for a period of ten (10) years after our receipt of such request in order to make sure that no marketing material is sent to you.

If you want to change the contact information, or if you wish to request any of your other rights as a registered individual, you can do so by contacting us though the contact information provided through the link above.

Transfer of personal data to countries outside the EU/EEA

We strive to only process personal data within the EU/EEA. When we transfer your personal data to third parties acting as our processors, e.g., supplier of the supply-, support and maintenance of IT- and cloud services, these processors may transfer data outside the EU/EEA on our behalf. In cases where our processors are transferring or processing personal data outside the EU/EEA, such processing is based either on a decision from the European Commission establishing that the country in question ensures an adequate level of protection or appropriate safeguards that ensure that your rights are protected such as standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission and supplementary security measures to such standard contractual clauses when necessary.

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