Terms of Service
University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest and Global International Studies AG. (the
international recruitment service for the University) is committed to protecting and
respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it)
sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide
to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our
views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. We keep
certain basic information when you visit our website and recognize the importance of
keeping that information secure and letting you know what we will do with it.
For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the joint data
controllers are University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest (address: 1071 Istvan utca
2, Budapest, Hungary), and Global International Studies AG. (address: Landoltsrasse 4,
8006, Zürich, Switzerland).
This policy only applies to our site. If you leave our site via a link or otherwise, you will
be subject to the policy of that website provider. We have no control over that policy or
the terms of the website and you should check their policy before continuing to access
the site.
INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
Our data processing shall be based at least one of on the followings:
1. you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific
purposes;
2. processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order
to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract;
3. processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
4. processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of you or of another natural
person;
5. processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in
the exercise of official authority vested in us;
6. processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a
third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights
and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular
where the data subject is a child.
If data processing is based on your consent please be informed that you can withdraw
the consent at any time but withdrawal shall not affect the lawfulness of processing
based on consent before its withdrawal.
We receive your personal data when you apply directly for our study program via our
website; when you apply directly to be a student for whom we can facilitate a ’student
contract’; when you apply via a third party when you respond to a ’study program ad or
promotion’ placed by us or by our representatives on online sites, in print or in any other
promotion materials; when you contact one of our representatives directly regarding
your studies for a particular education program; or when you send an application (with
your personal data, copies of your documents, your declarations and sensitive data
records) directly to us or to our representatives.
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site apply.univet.hu, this includes
information provided at the time of registering to use our site, or requesting further information.
We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site.
We may collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by
your teachers, school, parents, etc. We will seek this information only for your application and
studies with us and we will inform you that we are doing so.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you
do not have to respond to them.
Details of your visits to our site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs,
operating system, browser usage and other communication data, whether this is required for
our own billing purposes or otherwise and the resources that you access.
If your application is unsuccessful, University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest and
Global International Studies AG. may keep your personal data on file in case there are
future education opportunities for which you may be interested.
We will not share your information or CV or any personal data or record with any third
party without your explicit consent.
STUDY PROGRAM ALERTS
We may on occasion contact candidates stored in our database who are not actively
looking for a study program. When you apply for a study program through our website
or a third party ad, you are providing consent for University of Veterinary Sciences,
Budapest and Global International Studies AG. to store and process your personal data,
and are also providing consent for us to contact you if we receive details of a study
program which specifically matches your plan. We will only do this where you, the
potential candidate, meet a new study program of ours, and where you have provided
explicit consent to us storing and using your data.
IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP
address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report
aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our visitors and
students browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual and we will
not collect personal information in this way. We may obtain information about your
general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your
computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalized service.
They enable us:
To estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customize our site according
to your individual interests.
To speed up your searches.
To recognize you when you return to our site.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which
allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may
be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser
setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to
our site.
WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Data will be stored in a range of different places, including your record on our CRM
system, in applicant tracking systems and on other IT systems (including email, own
and rental servers), all of which are completely confidential. The data that we collect
from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European
Economic Area ("EEA"). By submitting your personal data, you consent to this transfer,
storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your
data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given
you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts
of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not
to share a password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.
Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the
security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once
we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to
try to prevent unauthorized access.
USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
We use information held about you in the following ways:
To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for
your computer.
To provide you with information or services that you request from us or which we feel may
interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
To notify you about changes to our service.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your
personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any
legal obligation, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other
companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise.
YOUR RIGHTS
As a data subject you can:
Access and obtain a copy of your data on request.
Request for University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest and Global International Studies AG.
to change incorrect or incomplete data.
Request for University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest and Global International Studies AG.
to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for
the purposes of processing.
Object to the processing of your data where University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest and
Global International Studies AG. are relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for
processing.
You can exercise these rights at any time by contacting us at Univet: Istvan utca 2,
1071 Budapest, Hungary or GIS: Landoltsrasse 24, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland or via
email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you do wish to be deleted from our database, please
make it clear that you wish to be removed rather than simply marked as no longer
potential student.
On your request we provide information without undue delay and in any event within 1
month of the receipt of the request.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (Nemzeti
Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság - Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 22/c 1125
Budapest, Hungary, phone nr: +36-1-391-1400, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,
website: www.naih.hu).
As at the moment we don’t carry out automated decision making including profiling the
right to data probability is not relevant.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner
networks, main campus and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites,
please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not
accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies
before you submit any personal data to these websites.
NOTIFICATION OF BREACHES
We are aware of our responsibility as an education service provider to protect your
information and to only share details with third parties upon receipt of your explicit
consent. All of our systems are protected and only University of Veterinary Sciences,
Budapest and Global International Studies AG. staff and consultants working for
University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest and Global International Studies AG. have
access to the personal information stored in your registration.
In the unlikely event that our computer systems are compromised and there is a
potential loss of confidentiality we will report this breach to you within 72 hours of being
notified and take any action necessary to restore security of your personal data.
RETENTION OF YOUR DATA
Your data will be retained for no longer than is necessary and in accordance with our
Data Retention Policy.
WHAT IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA
You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to University of
Veterinary Sciences, Budapest and Global International Studies AG. during the
application process. However, if you do not provide the information, we may not be able
to process your application properly or at all.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this
page. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like delete or rectify your
information please email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and
should be addressed to University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest (address: 1071
Istvan utca 2., Budapest, Hungary), and Global International Studies AG. (address:
Landoltsrasse 4, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland) or via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
17 March 2021, Budapest, Hungary