Article 9 of the GDPR applies even stricter restrictions to the processing of special categories of personal data, defined as: ‘personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade-union membership, as well as the processing of genetic data, biometric data uniquely identifying a person, data concerning health or data …
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According to Article 4(1) of the GDPR, personal data is ‘information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (’data subject‘); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to …
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Cybersecurity Competence Center – CyberSec@UPB The Cybersecurity Competence Center of the Bragança Polytechnic University (CyberSec@UPB) aims to provide support services for research and development activities, and scientific and technical training, mainly in the fields of cybersecurity, information security, privacy and other areas in which it has competence and technological resources. Contacts: CyberSec@UPB can be contacted …
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Password Policy The use of most of the services and electronic resources available at UPB requires the user to be assigned a user code and password for authentication and access authorization, hereinafter referred to as an account. The user will be responsible for the security of the account and its use, and must not allow …
UPB reserves the right to make changes to this Technology Infrastructure Use Policy at any time, and such changes will be properly announced.
The UPB assumes no responsibility for the use of its infrastructures when this involves any action contrary to the law, the statutes and regulations and these provisions, and such responsibility rests with the users.
As part of its responsibilities for responding to security incidents and detecting vulnerabilities, the UPB team responsible analyzes cases of non-compliance with these provisions. In each case, it notifies the infrastructure manager, the head of the respective unit and the offender, if identified, and assesses the decision to temporarily suspend access to the technological infrastructure …
In compliance with its legal and statutory obligations, the UPB monitors and records the use of the technological infrastructures under its management, namely with the aim of keeping the records deemed necessary for the correct technical support of the equipment and guaranteeing the security of the Institute’s infrastructures. This monitoring will be carried out in …
As part of the pursuit of its mission and duties, UPB collects some personal data from users when they use its infrastructures. UPB guarantees strict compliance with the legislation in force on data protection and privacy, as well as guiding its activity by guaranteeing the rights and freedoms of users, in accordance with its Data …