The Department of Examinations takes data protection in a serious manner and endeavours to ensure that all personal data is protected through processes that are by design targeted to keep personal data private, safe and secure. The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By means of this data protection declaration, the Department is informing visitors to this website of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection policy declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

Data Controller

As the data controller, the Department takes all the technical and organizational measures necessary, to ensure that the personal data is processed in the most correct, complete and accurate manner. To contact the Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other provisions related to data protection, please contact us as follows:

Email: myexams@gov.mt

Collection of information

The Department may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

1. The Department may collect information about the user’s computer and the visits to this website such as the IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and the number of page views. The Department may use this information in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability, and for marketing purposes.
2. Any information provided for the purposes of registering with the Department and/or subscribing to the Department’s website services and/or email notifications.

Use of cookies

This website uses cookies. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The text file is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the webserver to identify and track the web browser.

The Department may send a cookie which may be stored on by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The Department may use the information obtained from the cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability and for marketing purposes. The Department may also use that information to recognize the computer used when visiting the official website and to personalize the website in user-friendly ways.

Most browsers allow a user to refuse to accept cookies. (For example, in Microsoft Edge a user can refuse all cookies by clicking “Settings”, “Settings”, “Cookies and site permissions”, “Manage and delete cookies and site data”, and selecting “Block third-party cookies” using the sliding selector). This may, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this website.

Use of personal data

Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in other relevant parts of the website. In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, the Department may use your personal information to:

1. Improve the browsing experience by personalizing the website;
2. Send information to user which may be of interest to him/her by post or by email or similar technology;
3. Send user marketing communications material relating to Department’s business (or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties) which the Department feel may be of interest to the user by post or, where as specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (user can inform the Department at any time if s/he no longer requires marketing communications to be sent by emailing the Department.
4. Provide other companies with statistical information about website’s users, but this information will not be used to identify any individual user.

Your rights

As the data subject, the General Data Protection Regulation provides you with the following rights:

1. The right to be informed
2. The right of access
3. The right to rectification
4. The right to erasure
5. The right to restrict processing
6. The right to data portability
7. The right to object
8. Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, the Department may disclose information about user to the extent that the Department is required to do so by law in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, except as provided in this privacy policy, the Department will not provide your information to third parties.

International data transfers

Information that the Department collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which the Department operates to enable effective use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Security of personal data

The Department takes reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of all personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and the Department cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Policy amendments

The Department may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on the website. Users may wish to check this page occasionally to ensure changes are satisfactory.

Third party websites

This website may contain links to other websites. The Department is not responsible for the privacy policies (or content) of third party websites.
Inquiries on personal data processing may be addressed to the Department on myexams@gov.mt

Contact us:
Email: myexams@gov.mt