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I. Description of the Open Learning Virtual Learning Environment Service

open.ktu.edu/ditech is an virtual open learning environment (hereinafter - VLE) - for the provision of educational content and open content. VLE helps to better integrate formal and non-formal learning scenarios, and also makes users of this environment more motivated to take responsibility for their own learning outcomes.

II. Policy coverage (for whom this document is intended)

The privacy policy defines the terms:

• data subject - means a natural person whose personal data are collected, stored or processed (see also the definition of user below);
  
• data controller -  means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data, where the purposes, conditions and means of processing are laid down in Union or member state law;
• processor - means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;
  
• personal data - means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject); a person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more specific physical, physiological, mental, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social characteristics of that person;
  
• processing of personal data - means any operation or operations carried out on personal data by automated or non-automated means, such as collection, recording, sorting, storage, adaptation or modification, reproduction, retrieval, use, disclosure, transmission, distribution or other making available; as well as comparison or merging, blocking, deleting or destroying;
  
• supervisory authority - means the independent public supervisory authority established by a member state in accordance with Article 51 (Reg. UE 679/2016); (Reg. UE 679/2016);
• „third party"  - means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body, other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and persons directly authorized by the controller or the processor to process personal data;

This policy also uses the following terms:

• website - means an online resource accessible through domain names;
• user or data subject - means an internet user of a website whose identity is known or can be directly or indirectly established.

Purposes and legal basis

The VLE collects and processes your personal data for the following purposes and on this legal basis:

• to give you access to and use of the VLE platform;
• to verify your identity, register, create and maintain your user account;
• to enable the use of the platform for security purposes to be monitored;
• to promote the development of distance learning and learning technologies and methodologies that enable teachers and students to develop digital skills.

Legal basis:

• We collects and processes personal data for the specified purposes and representing the interests of the data controllers directly concerned, based on the GDPR and with due regard for the legitimate interests of itself and other project participants.
• In fulfillment of contractual obligations: to provide access to a distance learning platform.
• Consent: when children are under the age of 16, personal data will be processed if and only to the extent that the consent has been given or authorized by the child's parents or guardian.

III. What personal data is collected?

In order to provide you with access to the VLE training platform, we have a legitimate basis for processing the following personal data about you:

• For registration and user account
  • Role (Student or Teacher);
  • Name or Alias (or Account Name);
  • Email address;
  • School / Institution and class / level;
  • Photo or Video;
• Platform support and for security reasons
  • IP address;
  • Login time and date;
  • EdupersonTargertID;
  • Journal data;
• During login and use of the website
  • IP address;
  • Cookie information with navigation data on the website.

IV. When and how do we share personal data?

If necessary, we may share your personal data with environmental authorities, who also follow the same provisions and adhere to the strictest security and data protection requirements to ensure proper protection of your personal data.

Due to the collaboration features of the VLE platform, some personal data may be visible to other users of the platform.

V. Retention of personal data

Your personal data will be processed until you use the VLE platform or until the scheduled end of your studies. After this period, your personal data will become anonymous and will only be used for statistical calculations, unless you renew your consent to the processing of personal data while continuing the learning / study process.

VI. Security

To ensure the security of your personal data, we use the following tools:

• Minimizing the amount of personal data collected;
• Pseudo-anonymous personal data - edupersonTargetID;
• A firewall is used to prevent unauthorized external access;
• Controlled, restricted and controlled access to personal data;
• Backups and backups;
• Regular tests of the effectiveness of the tools used;
• Security and encrypted communication channels.

VII. Your rights

Under the GDPR (Article 15 et seq.), You have the following rights with regard to personal data:

• You have the right to request access to your personal data;
• You have the right to request correction of the information;
• You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data;
• You have the right to data portability;
• You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information for one of the reasons set out in Article 17;
• You have the right to complain to the supervisory authority about your personal data processing activities if you believe that your data is not being processed as described in this Privacy Policy;
• You also have the following rights with respect to the data we process with your consent:
• You have the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing of personal data based on the consent prior to the withdrawal.

VIII. Complaints / Termination

If the User has any objections or complaints regarding the processing of his / her personal data, he / she has the right to submit a free-form request or complaint to the University Data Protection Officer, e-mail. by e-mail moodle@ktu.lt or at K. Donelaičio st. 73-110, Kaunas, as well as to the State Data Protection Inspectorate, e-mail: by e-mail ada@ada.lt, at J. Juozapavičiaus st. 6, Vilnius.

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Limits of service

No guarantee or warranty is expressed or implied.

Privacy

This site is open to everyone, and as such, any data you post in forum discussions or elsewhere can be seen by anyone, and may be quoted, copied or used elsewhere.  It is your responsibility not to post data that you want to keep private.

We respect your privacy, and as a participant, you do not have to use your real name to sign up.  However, be aware that any badges you earn will display your name exactly as you entered it here.

An email address is required for this site to work correctly. Again, we respect your privacy and your email address will not be shared or sold to any third party. We may send you follow-up emails after the course to ask for your evaluation and inform of you future training options, new open courses dates or other resources. You will always be able to opt out using the 'unsubscribe' link in the email.

Please refer to our Privacy notice for more information.

Code of conduct

Users are expected to act responsibly and respectfully on this open VLE site.

Please:

• Do not post unsolicited advertisements or spam.
• Do not harass other users.
• Do not upload or post materials that are unsuitable for people under 13 years old.
• Do not abuse the limits of this free service by uploading gigabytes of videos or other files.
• Do not upload anything that you don't have copyright for.

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What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the site or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. 

Cookies are common web browsing practices that make it easier to use the website. The user can always view the cookies used in their browser, and change their usage settings there as well. The VMA only uses technical support cookies that store information about the browsing session (session identifier). No other information is stored in cookies and cookies are not used for any other purpose.

To ensure the ability to respond to digital incidents, the records the IP addresses and actions of visitors ’computers in server logs. An IP address is a unique code that identifies a computer on networks. This is not an unusual practice.

How Moodle uses cookies?

When you use and access the site, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser.

VLE Moodle uses or may use cookies and/or web beacons to help us determine and identify repeat visitors, the type of content and sites to which a user of our site links, the length of time each user spends on any particular area of our site, and the specific functionalities that users choose to use. To the extent that cookie data constitutes personally identifiable information, we process such data on the basis of your consent.

We use both session and persistent cookies on the site and we use different types of cookies to run the site:

• Essential cookies. Necessary for the operation of the site. We may use essential cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of user accounts, or offer site features.
  
• Analytical/performance cookies. Allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around the site when using it. This helps us improve the way the site works.
  
• Functionality cookies. Used to recognise you when you return to the site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  
• Targeting cookies. Record your visit to the site, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the site more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Third-party cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Site and refine marketing efforts.

• Tracking cookies. Follow on-site behaviour and tie it to other metrics allowing better understanding of usage habits.
• Optimization cookies. Allow real-time tracking of user conversion from different marketing channels to evaluate their effectiveness.

What are your choices regarding cookies?

If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use some or all of the features we offer. You may not be able to log in, store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

Cookies tables

The tables below list some of the internal and third-party cookies we use. As the names, numbers, and purposes of these cookies may change over time, this page may be updated to reflect those changes.

Moodle cookies

Cookie Name	Purpose	Expiration	More Information
MoodleSession	You must allow this cookie into your browser to provide continuity and maintain your login from page to page.	When you log out or close the browser this cookie is destroyed (in your browser and on the server).
MOODLEID	It remembers your username within the browser. This means when you return to this site the username field on the login page will be already filled out for you.		It is safe to refuse this cookie - you will just have to retype your username every time you log in.