Privacy Policy

MyDepartment, Department of Informatics and Telematics, Harokopio University of Athens

1. About this application

MyDepartment is the internal management application of the Department of Informatics and Telematics of Harokopio University of Athens. It is used by faculty, administrative staff, associates and other authorised users of the Department.

2. Data controller and Data Protection Officer

The data controller is Harokopio University of Athens. This notice supplements the University's official Privacy Policy, which governs all processing of personal data by the University:

Data Protection Officer: dpo@hua.gr. For technical questions about this application: thkam@hua.gr.

3. Data we process

Depending on your role, the application stores identification and contact details, professional and academic information, and, for staff, administrative and HR information needed for the Department's operations (for example leave, timesheets, theses and projects). Access is restricted to authorised users according to their role.

4. Signing in with Google

You can sign in with your Google account as an alternative to your university or application password. When you do so we receive only your name, email address and confirmation that Google has verified the email address. We do not access your Gmail, Drive, Calendar, contacts or any other Google data, and we do not receive or store your Google password. The email address is used to identify your account in this application.

5. Cookies and logs

We use only strictly necessary cookies: the session cookie that keeps you signed in, a security (CSRF) cookie and the language preference. We do not use analytics or advertising cookies. For security and support purposes, actions of signed-in users (user, page, time) are logged.

6. Legal basis, retention and recipients

Processing is based on the performance of the University's public-interest tasks, compliance with legal obligations and, where applicable, contract. Data are kept as required by the legislation on public-sector records and are not sold or used for advertising or profiling. See the University Privacy Policy for recipients and retention periods.

7. Your rights

You have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability under the GDPR, and the right to lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr). To exercise your rights contact the Data Protection Officer at dpo@hua.gr.

8. Changes

This notice may be updated; the current version is always available at this address.


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