Processing of Personal Data

Page reviewed:  19/10/2026

When you register for the WIFORCE Annual Meeting 2027, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) will process your personal data to administer your participation in the event. Below you can read how your personal data is handled and what rights you have.

Data controller

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) is the data controller for the processing of your personal data. Your contact for this processing is: Anke Carius

Purpose

We need your personal data to be able to organise the WIFORCE Annual Meeting 2027, including providing information about the meeting, accommodation and offering food.  

SLU will also process your personal data as required for SLU to comply with regulations on public documents and the archives of public authorities.

Legal basis

You are agreeing to the processing of your personal data voluntarily to be able to participate in this meeting.

The principle of public access to information 

As a public authority, SLU must apply the principle of public access to official documents. This means that all official documents, including personal data, that are not considered working material are public and can be released to anyone who requests them. However, if a document contains data that is subject to confidentiality, the document will not be released.

Transfer of personal data

Relevant information will be shared with the conference venues if necessary.

No international transfer of personal data will happen within this collection of data.

Storing data

Your personal data will also be stored for as long as required by the Public Access to Information Act and the regulations on the archives of public authorities.

Your rights

You have the right, under certain circumstances, to have your personal data erased, corrected or limited. You also have the right of access to the personal data being processed, and you have the right to object to the processing of your data. To exert your rights, contact dataskydd@slu.se.

Withdrawing your consent

If SLU’s processing of your personal data is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent.

Obligation to provide personal data

If you want to participate in the scientific meeting, you must provide the requested data, otherwise you will not be able to participate.

Comments

If you have any comments on the processing of personal data at SLU, contact dataskydd@slu.se.

If you are not happy with the answer provided by SLU, you can take your complaint to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, imy@imy.se or 
08-657 61 00.

Read more about the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection here.