The Burundi Education and Research Network (BERNET) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of our academic community. This notice outlines how your data is collected, processed, and secured when using our web conferencing platform.
1. Information We Process
To provide a high-quality real-time conferencing service, we temporarily process:
- Account Profile: Your display name, email address, and assigned institutional role.
- Media Streams: Audio and video feeds transmitted in real-time. (These are only stored if the moderator records the meeting).
- Session Data: Public chat messages, shared notes, and uploaded presentations.
- Session Data: Public chat messages, shared notes, and uploaded presentations.
2. How Your Data is Used
- We do not sell, lease, or share your personal data with third-party advertisers.
- We do not sell, lease, or share your personal data with third-party advertisers.
- Live media streams are used only to facilitate the active meeting and are discarded immediately upon meeting termination unless a recording is intentionally made.
3. Session Recordings
- Recorded sessions are stored securely on our servers.
- Access to recordings is limited strictly to authorized students, researchers, or faculty members belonging to the respective virtual room.
4. Data Retention Policy
- Unrecorded Meetings: All temporarily cached presentations and whiteboard data are cleared automatically shortly after the meeting ends.
- Recorded Meetings: Kept according to your institution’s educational retention policy.
5. Your Rights
You have the right to request access to your stored personal logs or request account deletion by contacting your home university’s IT Helpdesk or BERNET Support.