Our privacy policy
Privacy Policy for the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit
This privacy policy applies for all the activities under the frame of the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit. Our objective is to make sure that your privacy is respected and that your personal information is processed correctly by the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit team. MSF Sweden takes responsibility for how personal data are processed, ensures that it is for the intended purpose only and that it is protected from unauthorized access.
It applies to all those whose personal information the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit collects and processes, for example when you:
Visit the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit website or use our digital channels (such as our social media platforms)
Register to receive the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit newsletter
Apply to positions announced on the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit website
Contact members of the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit team via mail, email, phone or submit the contact form on the website
Others as may apply
In those situations, the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit is processing personal data about you to the extent this data is needed for us to carry out our work and not retained for longer than needed for the specific purpose for which the data was originally collected.
When do we collect information about you?
We collect information about you:
When you give it to us directly, for example by register for MSF SIU Newsletter
When you use our website through cookies
What information do we collect?
We collect, use and share diligently and in strict compliance with the applicable laws the personal data that you freely choose to share with us when you register for the MSF SIU Newsletter or submit the contact form
Name
Email address
How do we use your information?
As a general rule, your personal data will not be used for any other purpose than those for which they were voluntarily provided to us. Your personal data are shared or transferred to third parties if such sharing or transfer is authorized by you or required to achieve the purposes for which you have provided them to us. It means that we may share your personal data with service providers, who help assist us in fulfilling our purposes. Finally, we may share personal data if we are obligated to do so by law, court order or if such sharing is needed to fulfill a legal investigation.
We process your personal data to be able to (amongst other):
Keep in contact with you as interested individual, to share information and provide good support etc. via mail and our digital channels. Out digital channels are email, text messages, forums/chats on our website, our social media platforms, including but not limited to X (Twitter), LinkedIn and YouTube.
Others as may apply
The MSF Sweden Innovation Unit team operates globally and may have a need to transfer certain data to MSF entities located in countries outside the EEA. In the event the country where the data is transferred does not provide an adequate level of protection, we make sure to implement technical and organizational measures to protect your data.
Who has access to your data?
Your information is only accessible by trained staff. We regularly review who has access to your information. As a general rule, your personal data will only be accessible insofar as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. We do comprehensive checks on any contractors before we work with them. We always put a contract in place that sets out how they manage the personal data they collect or have access to.
We use other companies to help us manage and store personal data and to carry out certain activities on our behalf (e.g. name and email for our newsletter) and we make sure to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures.
How do we keep your information safe?
The MSF Sweden Innovation Unit team has taken technical and organisational measures to secure personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to personal data transmitted, stored, or otherwise processed. To secure that personal data is processed in a secure and confidential manner, the MSF Innovation Unit team uses data networks which are hacker secured with fire walls and password safe per industry standard. To secure the privacy of the personal data that you share over internet, we may use encryption techniques when we save that data in our own systems.
How long do we keep your information?
We keep your information for as long as it’s necessary in connection with the purposes defined. For instance, and as a general rule, we keep your email for the purpose of sending you a newsletter until you unsubscribe.
Our legal basis for processing personal data
The information we collected about you is intended for the MSF Paediatric Team and third parties mandated by MSF to process and keep track of your registration.
We would like to stay in touch with you and to send you communications about actions carried out by MSF in humanitarian paediatrics and to invite you to further related events. We believe we have a legitimate interest to do so. You may choose to stop receiving such information at any time; simply tell us by email at admin.siu@stockholm.msf.org.
How can you change your information and what are your rights?
Contact us at via email if you'd like to change or update your personal information. You can request any information we hold on you. Just email us at admin.siu@stockholm.msf.org and ask for it in writing. You may be asked for proof of identity.
You have a number of rights under data protection legislation:
You have the right to ask us to stop using or to restrict the processing of your personal data.
If you believe our records are inaccurate you have the right to ask for those personal records to be updated. To update your records please get in touch with us using the details above.
In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation, you have a right to erasure (“to be forgotten” i.e. to have your personal data deleted from our database) or transferred to another organisation (“data portability”).
If you have any concerns about the way your data is being used or if you’d like to make a complaint, please contact us using the details above. You're also entitled to make a complaint to the relevant data protection authority.
Changes to this policy
The MSF Sweden Innovation Unit team reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy when needed.