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Privacy Policy

Personal Information shall not be used or disclosed for purposed other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or corporation, or as required by law.

The collection of personal information shall be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by the organization, and shall by collected by fair and lawful means.

Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

Personal information shall be as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as us necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.

Personal information shall be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

Upon request, an individual shall be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of his or her personal information and shall be given access to that information. An individual shall be able to challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information, and have it amended as appropriate. In certain situations, the organization may not be able to provide access to all the personal information it holds about an individual. Exceptions to the access requirement should be limited and specific, and reasons for denying access should be provided to the individual upon request.

An individual shall be able to address any concerns, regarding compliance, with the principles of the organization or a designated individual.

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site.

Microsoft Guest Accounts

When accessing or interacting with MTE Microsoft services (such as Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, or related collaboration tools), a Microsoft guest account may be created for external users to enable secure access and collaboration.

The creation of a guest account may involve the collection and processing of limited personal information, such as name, email address, and authentication identifiers, solely for the purposes of identity management, access control, security, and collaboration.

This personal information is used only for the purposes for which it was collected, is protected by appropriate security safeguards, and is retained only for as long as necessary to support authorized access. Guest access may be revoked and associated personal information removed when it is no longer required, subject to legal or operational retention requirements.

Personal information associated with Microsoft guest accounts is processed in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable privacy legislation.