Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

1.1. We at Talentwise value your integrity. This privacy policy explains how we collect, store, and share your personal data.

2. Data Controller

2.1. Talentwise AB is the data controller for the processing of your personal data in connection with us verifying your education.

Company name: Talentwise AB
Organisation number: 556956-0351
Postal address: Götgatan 11, 411 05 Göteborg
Email: info@refapp.se

3. Data Processed

3.1. As the data controller, we process the following personal data:

• Degrees
• Grades
• Educational institution
• Periods of study

4. Purpose of the Processing

4.1. We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• To verify your education on behalf of the client.
• To compile a report for the client as a basis for assessing your qualifications.

5. Legal Basis

5.1. The processing of personal data is carried out based on the legal ground of legitimate interest according to Article 6.1 f of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

6. Sources

6.1. The personal data we process may come from various sources:

• The Diploma Registry (Vitnemålsportalen). If your educational information is available in the Diploma Registry, you can log in to the Diploma Registry and share your study results with us from there.
• Educational institutions where you have studied. If your educational information is not available in the Diploma Registry or if you do not share the information from the Diploma Registry with us, the information may be collected directly from the relevant educational institution.
• Directly from you. In some cases, for example, if your educational information is not available in the Diploma Registry, it may be necessary for you to provide us with information about your education yourself.

7. Who Receives Access to the Data

7.1. We share your personal data with:

• The client. The client is usually an organization with which you are considered for a position, and which has ordered a background check.
• The educational institution. In cases where we need to contact the educational institution to verify information you have provided to us. We only share the data required to enable the verification.
• Our service providers. Service providers who process personal data on our behalf, such as IT providers for the operation/hosting of our systems. These parties may only process personal data in accordance with our instructions.

8. Storage Period

8.1. The client has access to your personal data for 14 days from the date the report is delivered (unless otherwise agreed). After this, the client’s access is automatically removed. Talentwise AB stores the personal data processed within the framework of the education verification for up to 24 months after the report has been delivered. This longer storage period is needed, among other things, to be able to handle any objections and complaints.

9. Transfer to Third Countries

9.1. Our services normally do not involve any transfer of personal data outside the EU/EEA. In some cases, such a transfer may still be necessary, for example, when we verify education issued by educational institutions in countries outside the EU/EEA. If the country to which the data needs to be sent lacks an adequacy decision from the European Commission, we only carry out the transfer after you have given explicit consent according to Article 49.1 a of the GDPR. Before you consent, we inform you about the risks that may be associated with the transfer. The transfer takes place solely for the specific purpose of verifying your education and with the minimum necessary amount of data.

10. Your Rights

10.1. You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access. According to Article 15 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive information about what personal data we process about you and to receive a copy of it.
• Right to rectification. According to Article 16 of the GDPR, you can request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data about you.
• Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"). According to Article 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to restriction of processing. According to Article 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to request that the processing of your data be restricted under certain conditions.
• Right to data portability. According to Article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us yourself in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Right to object. According to Article 21 of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data based on our balancing of interests (Article 6.1 f). We will then cease the processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights, and freedoms.

11. Automated Individual Decision-Making

11.1. Talentwise AB does not use automated individual decision-making as defined in Article 22 of the GDPR in the processing of your data within the framework of education verification.

12. Contact Us

12.1. You are welcome to contact us if you have questions about this privacy policy or how we process your personal data:

Postal address: Götgatan 11, 411 05 Göteborg
Email: info@refapp.se
Website: www.refapp.com

13. Complaints

13.1. If you believe that we have processed your data incorrectly, please feel free to contact us at info@refapp.se. According to Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. For our business, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, IMY) is the supervisory authority. Below are the contact details for IMY:

Postal address: Box 8114, 104 20 Stockholm
Email: imy@imy.se
Website: www.imy.se

If you wish to contact the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet), their contact details are as follows:

Postal address: Box 458 Sentrum, 0105 Oslo
Email: postkasse@datatilsynet.no
Website: www.datatilsynet.no