This page contains GISMA's Legal Notices. This page is updated regularly, so please check the relevant section for the most up-to-date version. This page was last updated on: Friday; 24th January 2020.
Thank you for visiting the GISMA Business School website. The website is to be used by individual persons for their own personal use only. Your use of this website is subject to the terms and conditions set out below and your accessing and use of the website constitutes your agreement to abide by such terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms you should leave the website immediately.
GISMA reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify, alter or otherwise update these terms and conditions and its web pages at any time without further notice and you agree to be bound by any modifications, alterations or updates to these terms and conditions.
If you have any questions concerning the terms and conditions please write to GISMA Secretary at the address specified in paragraph 3 above.
GISMA Business School is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights, including copyright ©, in our website, and in the material published on it. the website and its contents are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. all such rights are reserved.
You are permitted to view, copy, and print any page(s) from this website subject to your agreement that:
No part of GISMA Business School's website or any material appearing on the website may be reproduced, stored in or transmitted on any other website or medium without the prior written permission of GISMA Business School. Requests to republish any material may be sent to the Webmaster: privacyprotection@gisma.com
Although every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within the pages of GISMA Business School's website we cannot guarantee that the content or 'facilities' of the website will always be current, accurate or complete.
Whilst GISMA Business School shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that this site is normally available 24 hours a day, GISMA Business School will not be liable if for any reason the site is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to this site may be suspended temporarily and without notice in circumstances of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond the control of GISMA Business School.
GISMA Business School does not guarantee that this website will be secure or free from bugs and viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse our website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
GISMA Business School shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising in contract, tort or otherwise from the use of this website or from the inability to use this website, or from the use of any information contained in it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this website or any such information.
GISMA Business School reserves the right to remove, vary or amend any of the content of its website at any time and without prior notice.
GISMA Business School website may include links to third-party websites and information. while links and information are only added if they are deemed to be of relevance to our website users, GISMA Business School does not accept responsibility for the content or operation of external websites. References and links to any such websites shall not be taken as an endorsement by GISMA Business School of opinions expressed or services provided at those sites.
You may link to any page(s) of this website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. we reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
These Terms and Conditions of Use constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter. These Terms and Conditions of Use and any disputes arising under it shall be governed by the laws of England/Germany and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English/German courts.
GISMA Business School is the data controller and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).
GISMA Business School has a Data Protection Officer who can be contacted through privacyprotection@gisma.com
GISMA Business School will collect the following personal information – name, contact details, date of birth, work details, financial data and information relating to individual requirements.
Special category personal information is also collected in the form of equality monitoring data
When individuals use our facilities, enrol on our courses and events GISMA Business School has to collect, store, use and otherwise process personal data for purposes connected to:
*Where an individual has indicated that they would like to receive further information from GISMA Business School, this information is processed with their consent.
** GISMA Business School holds basic contact details of professionals working in businesses who could have an interest in the services and facilities available within GISMA Business School and ‘GUS’. This information is processed on the basis that it is necessary for the legitimate interests of GISMA Business School’s Commercial Services Department and that the processing could be of mutual benefit to all parties.
Where necessary personal information will be shared internally with individuals who need access to the information for operational purposes. Such sharing will be subject to confidentiality protocols and access restrictions.
In certain circumstances, GISMA Business School may use the services of a third party to process data on its behalf. Any organisation processing personal data on our behalf will be bound by obligations to process personal data in accordance with data protection legislation.
Personal data will be stored in line with our retention schedule.
GISMA Business School retain your personal information for only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. A copy of our retention schedule can be made available by contacting privacyprotection@gisma.com
Data Protection legislation requires us to keep your information secure. This means that your confidentiality will be respected, and all appropriate organisational and technical measures will be taken to prevent unauthorised access and disclosure.
Only members of staff who need access to relevant parts or all your information will be authorised to do so, and regular trainings regarding their obligations in ensuring the security of your personal data provided.
We also have procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
Personal data, where possible will be processed within the European Economic Area. However, in certain circumstances there may be a necessity to transfer your data outside the EU.
In certain circumstances, GISMA Business School may use the services of a third party to process data on its behalf. Any organisation processing personal data on our behalf will be bound by obligations to process personal data in accordance with data protection legislation.
Some of our third party service providers are also based outside the EU, for example, India.
Where a processor is based in the US, data may be transferred to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield framework and are thus compliant with data protection requirements.
However, to ensure that your personal information does receive an adequate level of protection we have put in place contractual obligations to ensure that your personal information is treated by those third parties in a way that is consistent with and which respects European Union and local laws on data protection.
If you require further information about these protective measures, you can request it from our Data Protection Officer at : privacyprotection@gisma.com
Where GISMA Business School is relying on consent to process personal data, individuals have the right to withdraw their consent and can do so by contacting privacyprotection@gisma.com
Individuals have a right to access their own personal information, to object to the processing of their personal information, to rectify, to erase, to restrict and to port personal information.
Further information can be found in relation to individual rights on our website at: https://www.gisma.com/privacy-policy
Any requests or objections should be made in writing to GISMA Business School Data Protection Officer: -
GISMA Business School
Goethestraße 18, 30169
Hannover, Germany.
Email: https://www.gisma.com/privacy-policy
Where individuals are unhappy with the way in which their personal data has been processed, they may in the first instance contact GISMA Business School Data Protection Officer using the contact details above.
In the event that any complaint is not resolved then the issue may be taken to the Supervisory Authority for a decision. The Supervisory Authority can be contacted at: -
Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen
State Commissioner for Data Protection Lower Saxony
Barbara Thiel
Postfach 2 21 oder: Prinzenstraße 5
30002 Hannover 30159 Hannover
Telefon: 05 11/120-45 00
Telefax: 05 11/120-45 99
E-Mail: poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de
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Blocking third party cookies
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What we do with the information
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries and our ultimate holding company and any of its subsidiaries, as defined in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 2006; and other associated companies and affiliated institutions.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
GISMA undertakes to deal promptly with complaints about the content pages on its site. Comments or complaints about this site should be addressed to privacyprotection@gisma.com in the first instance.