Acceptable use policy

When you applied for studies at Mid Sweden University, you
informed us of your name, your Swedish personal ID number,
and your name. The university needs this data to register
your studies. The handling of personal data is automated
and in accordance with the Swedish regulation on the
presentation of studies etc. at universities and university
colleges (1993:1153).

To facilitate your studies, you are given a user identity for e-
mail, conferences, printouts, storage of files etc., as well as
an entrance card for Mid Sweden University. For the
handling of the card and the account, Mid Sweden University 
uses Ladok data to register user identities and entrance card
data. The user account data include your name, your Swedish
personal ID number and e-mail address, and the entrance
card data include your name, your Swedish personal ID
number, e-mail address as well as the course or programme
code.

The aim is to facilitate a secure handling of the user identity
and the entrance card. Your contact information can also be
found in Moodle or other learning platforms, so that you can
access the content of the courses. This data will only be used
in the context of your studies at Mid Sweden University, but
all employees can get access to that data in different ways.
In the case of a suspected crime, data from the system may
be handed over to law enforcement agencies.

Mid Sweden University is responsible for the students´
personal data. The university is also a Swedish authority,
and therefore, it is obliged to follow certain regulations,
such as the rules and regulations for public records,
authorities´ archives and public statistics. This way, the
university will also handle the personal data in line with
the legislation in force. If a person requests a copy of a
public record containing your personal data, Mid Sweden
University may approve. This is the case if the data are
considered public records and not classified.

By submitting a written request, you have the right to know if
personal data about you are used by Mid Sweden University,
and, among other things, be given the opportunity to look at
the personal data Mid Sweden University has registered 
about you. Reasons for this could be to check if the
information is correct, or to decide if you would like to ask
for a change, or part of the information to be deleted, if
possible. Please send your request to registrator@miun.se
or to Mid Sweden University, the Registrar´s Office,
SE-851 70 Sundsvall.

You have the right to submit a complaint regarding the
handling of your personal data to the Mid Sweden University
Data Protection Officer or directly to the Swedish Data
Protection Agency.

The contact information of the Mid Sweden University Data
Protection Officer can be found on the website, search for
”Data Protection Officer”. More information about the
Swedish Data Protection Agency can be found at
Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten

Here you will find the latest version of Mid Sweden University's data rules.

General description of SAML2 WebSSO

The service provides authentication of users which have an electronic idenitity at Mid Sweden University , together with release of attributes pertaining to the authenticated user. The provider of the service/centre of learning is a member of SWAMID, the Swedish identity federation for Research and higher education. The service has been deployed in accordance with SWAMID’s policy and encompassing rules and guidelines which have been laid down by SWAMID.

Policy for personal integrity

The service adheres to the policy for the handling of personal data which has been published by Mid Sweden University in accordance with Swedish law.

The service and limitations of service

Mid Sweden University undertakes to guarantee the availability of the service in accordance with Mid Sweden University’s requirements and expectations. The process for creation, deletion and maintenance of electronic identities at Mid Sweden University is described here . Mid Sweden University follows SWAMID’s recommendations for release of attributes based upon entity categories. Mid Sweden University reserves the right to change the actually released attributes, having communicated such with a service provider, regardless of the recommendations from SWAMID concerning the entity category the service provider has been placed in.

Service and support

Questions and faults regarding Mid Sweden University and it’s SAML2 WebSSO service should be directed to the following local support channels: 

Tfn: 010-142 80 00
E-post: itsupport@miun.se
Webb: www.miun.se/itsupport