Privacy Policy

Welcome to Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (“MBZUAI”) privacy policy.

MBZUAI respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below.

Please also use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy policy.

1. Important information and who we are

Purpose of this privacy policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how MBZUAI collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website and web services provided or managed by MBZUAI (collectively, “Services”), including any data you may provide through this websitewhen you submit your application, sign up to our newsletter, or sign up to or use our Services.

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.

 

Controller

MBZUAI is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy.

MBZUAI is the controller and responsible for this website and our Services.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact info@mbzuai.ac.ae using the details set out below.

 

Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact MBZUAI in the following ways:

Full name of legal entity: Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence Email address: info@www.mbzuai.ac.ae

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on 23 June, 2023.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

 

Third-party links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites or social media platforms and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website and social media site you visit

 

2. The data we collect about you

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data:includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, date of birth and gender.
• Contact Data:includes residence address, email address and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data:includes bank account and payment card details.
• Technical Data:includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Profile Data:includes your username and password, feedback and survey responses, your interests and preferences.
• Usage Data:includes information about how you use our website and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data:includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data; such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy. We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences. Please do not submit sensitive personal information to us. If you have inadvertently or intentionally shared sensitive personal data, you will be considered to have explicitly consented to us processing it for the purpose of its deletion.

 

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with services). In this case, we may have to cancel your application or restrict/stop your access to our Services, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

 

3. The data we collect about you

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

Identity Data:includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, date of birth and gender.
Contact Data:includes residence address, email address and telephone numbers.
Financial Data:includes bank account and payment card details.
Technical Data:includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Profile Data:includes your username and password, feedback and survey responses, your interests and preferences.
Usage Data:includes information about how you use our website and services.
Marketing and Communications Data:includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data; such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy. We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences. Please do not submit sensitive personal information to us. If you have inadvertently or intentionally shared sensitive personal data, you will be considered to have explicitly consented to us processing it for the purpose of its deletion.

 

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with services). In this case, we may have to cancel your application or restrict/stop your access to our Services, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

Purpose/Activity	Type of data	Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest
To register you as a new student	(a) Identity (b) Contact	Performance of a contract with you
To process your application including: (a) Manage payments, fees and charges (b) Collect and recover money owed to us	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Financial (d) Transaction (e) Marketing and Communications	(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)
To enable you to use our Services	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Marketing and Communications (f) Technical	Necessary legitimate interests to study use of the services to enable enhancement and efficiency.
To manage our relationship with you which will include: (a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy (b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Marketing and Communications	(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation (c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how users use our services)
To enable you to take part in a survey	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Marketing and Communications	(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop and grow our business)
To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, hosting of data and provide technical assistance, other support to help keep this site working, safe and secure)	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical	(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) (b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To deliver relevant website content to you	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Profile (d) Usage (e) Marketing and Communications (f) Technical	Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how users use our services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform of our marketing strategy)
To use data analytics to improve our website, services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences	(a) Technical (b) Usage	Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of users for our services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To make suggestions and recommendations to you about our services that may be of interest to you	Lorem ipsum	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical (d) Usage (e) Profile (f) Marketing and Communications
To disclose data to selected third parties	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Technical (d) Transaction (e)Profile	See ‘ disclosures of your personal data’ , ‘ transfers’ and ‘ data retention’ sections below.