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GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR STUDY PROGRAMME AT IU INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ("IU")

In connection with your study programme at IU, it is necessary for IU to process personal data about you. This document informs you about the processing of your personal data regarding the enrolment and administration of your studies or training with IU.

If you enter into an employment relationship as a student worker with IU, you will receive separate information concerning data processing in this context.

Details on data processing relating to the use of our website are provided in our website's privacy policy available online. Data processing when using online tools is explained within the respective tools.

IU Group N.V., Square Ambiorix 10, BE-1000 Brussels ("IU Group") processes your personal data jointly with other group companies depending on the subject matter (all headquartered at Mülheimer Straße 38, 53604 Bad Honnef, unless specified otherwise). Activities related to the operation of IU International University are conducted under joint responsibility with IU Internationale Hochschule GmbH, Juri-Gagarin-Ring 152, 99084 Erfurt ("IU"), including its study programmes, contacting prospective students, and providing information materials. Central administrative services within the group, such as controlling, financial accounting and HR management, office management, process and quality management, purchasing and sales, as well as central services, are supported by IU Corporate Services GmbH, which is also responsible for the respective data processing; IU IT Services GmbH, Ridlerstr. 57, c/o IU Group NV, 80339 Munich, regarding the provision of the operational IT infrastructure including hardware, software, telecommunications, and electronic communication; IU Examination Service GmbH, responsible for exam monitoring services; IU Marketing Service GmbH and IU Sales Services GmbH, Ridlerstr. 57, c/o IU Group NV, 80339 Munich, responsible for marketing and sales services (including marketing via this website and operation of the applicant portal for students); IU Commercial 1 GmbH for managing the online campus; IU Commercial 2 GmbH for managing campus locations and campus programs; IU Student Services GmbH jointly with the respective GmbH responsible locally, named after their respective cities (e.g., IU Dortmund GmbH or IU Bonn GmbH), responsible for advising prospective students and enrolled students, especially for student counselling. We will gladly provide excerpts from our joint controllership agreement upon request. Please contact datenschutz@iu.org .

IU has appointed Dr. Annette Demmel, SPB DPO Services GmbH, An der Buche 4, 13465 Berlin, annette.demmel@spb-dpo-services.com as the data protection officer for these aforementioned companies. You can contact IU either in writing or by email at datenschutz@iu.org .

Your personal data will be processed for the following purposes:

student administration, including enrolment, implementation of study programmes, issuance of ID cards and similar documents, assessment and collection of tuition fees, attendance tracking and keeping corresponding records, organisation of teaching activities (online and virtual events), registration and participation in courses, participation in research projects, surveys, and academic cooperation projects, provision and distribution of instructional materials, collection and evaluation of academic coursework including plagiarism checks, conducting exams, issuing exam transcripts, certificates or similar credentials, and other general administrative and HR-related processes required for the proper operation of academic programmes;