Privacy Policy

Data processing is the responsibility of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Postal adress:

Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 36 + 40, 53113 Bonn

Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1–5, 65760 Eschborn

 

Contact:

[email protected]

 

Contact details of the data protection officer:

[email protected]

 

General

openIMIS is a joint initiative between:

  • Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (DEZA), Bern

  • Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ), Bonn/Berlin

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn/Eschborn

The initaitve is led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. GIZ is a public-benefit federal enterprise for international cooperation. We work as a federal enterprise under private law. Our aim is to achieve the development-policy objective of improving the living conditions of people worldwide and conserving the natural resources on which livelihoods depend.

 

Website Analytics

For statistical purposes and to improve our service, our website uses the web analysis service Matomo (former PIWIK). No other use is made of the data, and the data are not passed on to third parties. The following information is stored for each page you view and each file you download:

 

  • Technical details of the browser used

  • Anonymous IP address

  • Date and time

  • Page opened/name of the file downloaded

  • Quantity of data transferred

  • Notification of whether viewing or download was successful

To carry out this web analysis, Matomo uses temporary session cookies each time you view an individual page, to make navigation easier. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in your browser cache. Session cookies do not include any personal data and expire at the end of each session, or after the completion of a user survey, which is conducted as a rule every two years.

The information generated by these cookies, such as time, place and frequency of your visits to our site, including your IP address, are transmitted to our Matomo server and stored there. As part of this process, your IP address is immediately anonymized so that you as user remain anonymous to us. Session cookies do not include any personal data and expire at the end of each session, or after the completion of a user survey, which is conducted as a rule every two years. We do not use methods such as Java applets or ActiveX controls that make it possible to track your browsing behaviour.

You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the settings on your browser software accordingly. You should be aware, however, that by doing so you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of our website.

Data is processed based on Art. 6 paragraph 1 f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with the legitimate interest of analysing usage to improve the company’s website. 

Should you be unwilling to have this data about your use of the site stored and analyzed, you may at any time subsequently withdraw your consent to it being stored and used with a click of the mouse. A so-called opt-out cookie is then placed on your browser, and as a result Matomo will no longer collect any data on your visits.

Please be aware that, should you delete cookies from your browser settings, the opt-out cookie from Matomo may also be deleted and will need to be reactivated.

 

Notes regarding objection

Should you be unwilling to have the data about your use of the site stored and analyzed, you may at any time subsequently withdraw your consent with a click of the mouse. A so-called opt-out cookie is then placed on your browser, and as a result Matomo will no longer collect any data on your visits.

In order for the objection to take effect, the cookie must be stored on every device used. As the cookie is stored in specific browsers (internet programs), the cookie must be stored in every browser if several browsers are used on one device (e.g. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox). Please also note that, if you delete all cookies, the objection cookie will also be deleted and will need to be stored again.

 

Contact form

When you use the contact form, we process your title, first and last names and email address. The data is processed based on Art. 6 paragraph 1 b) of the EU GDPR for the purpose of receiving the query formulated in the contact form.

 

Newsletter / Mailing lists

Any personal details collected as part of the press mailing list subscription will only be used for the purpose of processing the subscription and dealing with your enquiries. Your details will not be passed onto third parties. No use will be made of your details for consulting purposes, for advertising or for market research.

If you cancel your subscription, all your personal details will be deleted from our database. Postal addresses and email addresses that you provide when you make an enquiry or order information materials are used exclusively for correspondence or delivery purposes. When you use other web-based services that require the submission of more extensive personal data, such as online job applications or registration for training courses, the data protection declarations adapted to those services will also apply.

 

Duration of data retention

Personal data are regularly deleted when

  • they are no longer needed for contractual purposes (e.g. for employment, top-ups, rental, sale or service contracts)

  • when the individuals concerned have not given any separate authorisation

  • when statutory data storage obligations and periods have expired 

Reference to user rights

You are entitled:

  • to object to data processing,

  • enquire about your personal data and its processing

  • to have this corrected if necessary, or to request restriction of processing or the erasure of the data

The data will then be erased.

If you have any questions or complaints about this website, please direct your enquiry to the following e-mail address: ([email protected])

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible data protection supervisory authority. The responsible authority in this case is the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).

 

 

Privacy Policy openIMIS software

 

The protection of your privacy and your personal data (as defined in Article 4(1) of the Data Protection Basic Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("DSGVO") is very important to openIMIS ("us", "our" or "we"). It is extremely important for us that openIMIS users ("users") feel secure when using our services.

This Privacy Policy forms the basis on which personal data are collected from you. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand the categories of personal information we collect from you, the circumstances in which we may disclose it to third parties and your rights regarding the personal information you provide to us.

 

When you use our mobile applications "openIMIS Policies Demo" or "openIMIS Claims Demo" (the "App") or openIMIS web-based application ("Web-embed") (together the App and Web-embed referred to as the "Services"), you might be asked to confirm that you have read and understood the information described in this Privacy Policy.

 

 

Who we are

 

This Privacy Policy applies to the processing of personal data by the openIMIS software as well as the openIMIS Initiative. The copyright for the openIMIS software is held by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and is licensed as open-source software using the AGPL3 licence. Details on the license can be found in openIMIS Software License. The openIMIS Initiative, to promote and streamline the further development of the software, is currently financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and is managed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

 

Questions, comments and inquiries regarding this data protection and privacy declaration are welcome and should be directed to openIMIS Service Desk.

 

 

 

General overview of our data processing activities in connection with the Services

 

openIMIS will collect and process the following data from you:

 

  • Last Name, Other Names
  • Address
  • Date Of Birth
  • ID number
  • Phone, Fax, Email
  • Geo Location
  • Photo

You are asked to provide us with the above listed information when you:

 

  • Create an account on the "Web-embed"
  • Create or update a family on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"
  • Create or update a family member on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"
  • Create or update a policy on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"
  • Create or update a contribution/payment on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"
  • Create or update a claim on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"

We highly recommend and expect that the data entered in the openIMIS Apps or Web-embeds is not your real personal data, but is fictitious.

 

 

 

Specific processing activities and the nature and purpose of data use

 

If you create an account on the "Web-embed"

  • Categories of data: language, names, e-mail address and password, user id, main health facility (optional), location of works, phone (optional), permanent address (optional), date of birth (optional) and time and date of registration.
  • Purposes of processing: to grant access to the "app" and "Web-embed", to generate reports for the enrolment officer(s) and the claim administrator(s), and to perform audits.
  • Legal basis: legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR): processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests.
  • Storage period: as long as the user is registered in the "Web-embed" and not more that one week after the account is created.

If you create or update a family or a family member on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"

  • Categories of data for a family: id, head of the family, region, district, municipality, village, poverty status (optional), confirmation type (optional), family group type (optional), and time and date of registration.
  • Categories of data for family members: photo, id, insurance number, names, date of birth, gender, marital status (optional), beneficiary card (optional), region (optional), district (optional), municipality (optional), village (optional), current address (optional), profession (optional), education (optional), phone (optional), email (optional), identification type (optional), identification number (optional), first point of care (optional) and time and date of registration.
  • Purposes of processing: to validate claims generated by the health facilities on behalf of the family and its members.
  • Legal basis: legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR): processing is necessary for the performance of a contract.
  • Storage period: as long as the user is registered in the "Web-embed" and not more that one week after the family or family member is created.

If you create or update a policy, contribution/payment on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"

  • Categories of data for policy: id, enrolment date, product, start date, expiry date, enrolment officer, policy value and time and date of registration.
  • Categories of data for contributions/payment: id, payer (optional), contribution category (optional), amount, receipt no., payment date, payment type, and time and date of registration.
  • Purposes of processing: to activate a (insurance) contract with the family.
  • Legal basis: legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR): processing is necessary for the performance of a contract.
  • Storage period: as long as the user is registered in the "Web-embed" and not more that one week after the creation of the policy.

If you create or update claim on the "Web-embed" or on the "app"

  • Categories of data: health facility, claim administrator, diagnoses, insuree number, claim date, care dates, visit type, claim id, claim number, services and items claimed, guarantee number (optional).
  • Purposes of processing: to calculate of the amount to be reimbursed to the health facility based on the service provided (claim valuation and capitation on claim number/amounts); also for auditing.
  • Legal basis: legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR): processing is necessary for the performance of a contract.
  • Storage period: as long as the "Web-embed" is active and not more that one week after the creation of the claim.

 

 

Where is your personal information stored

 

When you submit data using the Apps or the web interface, the data collected from you will be stored the "Web-embed" server.

If collected via the app, they will be:

 

  • stored on the IMIS folder in your root directory for the photos and connection tokens
  • in the application database located in the application folder for the other information (not accessible for non-root user)

Those data are erased after synchronisation with the service of generation of an export archive (encrypted via password, stored in the IMIS folder).

Sensitive information exchanged between your browser and our website is transmitted in encrypted form using Transport Layer Security ("TLS").

 

 

 

Recipient of your personal data

 

In order to provide and maintain the services, the data recipient is the entity managing the openIMIS server the mobile app is configured to connect to. By default, the mobile apps are configured to connect to the openIMIS demo server. The data in this demo server is available to anyone accessing it, however, all data is erased every week.

 

 

 

How long we store your personal data

 

openIMIS will retain any, including personal, data entered into the openIMIS demo server for a maximum period of one week.

 

 

 

Your rights

 

According to the basic data protection regulation (EU) 2016/679, you have various rights with regard to your personal data.

These rights can be exercised by sending a service desk request.

 

  • Verification: To verify your request, we will take reasonable steps, such as asking you to send us confirmation from the email address associated with your account so that we can verify that you are the owner of that email account. If no email address is associated with your account, we may ask you for a copy of your ID.
  • Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us by email to [email protected] . A revocation of your consent does not affect the legality of the processing based on your consent up to the time of revocation.
  • Right of objection: You have a right of objection under the conditions of Article 21 DSGVO. You will find more detailed information on this below:
    • Right of objection in case of processing based on legitimate interests: As a data subject, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you carried out pursuant to Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) FADP, including profiling based on these provisions. In the event of an objection for reasons arising from your particular situation, we shall no longer process the personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing is for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
    • Right to object to processing for statistical purposes: If we process your personal data for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 9 (2)(j) GDPR, § 27 (1) BDSG, you have the right to object to such processing for reasons arising from your particular situation. In the event of such objection, we will no longer process the personal data concerned for this purpose, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or if the discontinuation of the processing is likely to make the achievement of the statistical purposes impossible or seriously prejudice them and the continuation of the processing is necessary for the fulfilment of the statistical purposes.
    • Right to object to direct marketing: Where personal data are processed for the purpose of carrying out direct marketing activities, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you for the purpose of such marketing activities, including profiling, insofar as it relates to such direct marketing activities. In the event of an objection to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, we shall no longer process the personal data concerned for those purposes.
    • To exercise your right of objection, you can contact us at any time by e-mail at [email protected].

 

  • Right of access: As a data subject, you have a right of access under the conditions of Article 15 GDPR. This means in particular that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing personal data relating to you. If this is the case, you also have a right of access to this personal data and to the information listed in Article 15 (1) GDPR. This includes, for example, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed.
  • Right to delete/"right to be forgotten": As a data subject, you have a right of deletion ("right to be forgotten") under the conditions laid down in Article 17 GDPR. This means that you are in principle entitled to demand that we delete personal data relating to you without delay and we are obliged to delete personal data without delay if one of the reasons listed in Article 17 (1) GDPR applies. You can do this at any time, for example, by deleting your account. If we have made the personal data public and we are obliged to delete them, we are also obliged, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to take reasonable measures, including technical measures, to inform other data controllers who process the personal data that a data subject has requested that all links to these personal data or copies or replications of these personal data be deleted (Article 17 (2) GDPR). The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") does not apply by way of exception if the processing is necessary for the reasons listed in Article 17 (3) FADP. This may be the case, for example, if the processing is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims (Article 17 (3) (a) and (e) FADP).
  • Right to restrict processing: As a data subject, you have a right to restrict processing under the conditions of Article 18 GDPR. This means that you have the right to demand that we restrict processing if one of the conditions listed in Article 18 (1) GDPR is met. This may be the case, for example, if you dispute the accuracy of the personal data. In this case, the processing will be limited for a period of time that allows us to verify the accuracy of the personal data (Article 18 (1) (a) FADP). Restriction means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing (Article 4 (3) GDPR).
  • Right of rectification: As a data subject, you have a right of rectification under the conditions of Article 16 of the GDPR. This means in particular that you have the right to demand that we correct incorrect personal data relating to you without delay and complete incomplete personal data.
  • Right of appeal: As a data subject, you have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority under the conditions of Article 77 of the GDPR. The responsible authority in this case is the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).

 

If you request us to stop processing your personal data or to delete them, this will mean that you will no longer be able to use our services or at least those parts of the services which require the processing of the types of personal data you have asked us to delete, which may mean that you will no longer be able to use the services as a whole.

 

 

 

Changes to this privacy policy

 

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email or by notification via the App. Therefore, we encourage you to check this page from time to time so that you are kept informed of how we are processing your information.