Privacy

This notice covers the beta sign-up form on validatehe.org and e-mail about the beta. How models and documentation shared for a review are handled is described under How your material is handled.

Last updated: 30 October 2026

Controller

Benjamin P. Geisler, acting in a personal capacity, is the controller for the data described here. Contact:

What is collected

When you submit the sign-up form, it sends exactly these fields:

  • Name (required)
  • Work email (required)
  • Organization
  • What would you like? (required): We run it for you, I run it myself, or Not sure yet
  • Model type: Markov, Decision tree, DES, Partitioned survival, Microsimulation, or Other
  • Anything we should know? (free text)
  • Consent confirmation (required)
  • Hidden field _subject with the fixed value "validateHE beta sign-up"
  • Hidden field site with the fixed value "validatehe.org"
  • Hidden spam trap _gotcha, which people leave empty

If you write to us by e-mail, we receive your address and your message.

This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics.

Purpose

To respond to your request for a spot in the validateHE beta, to arrange the review, and to send you the short evaluation survey.

Legal basis

Your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation), given with the checkbox on the form. You can withdraw it at any time by e-mail. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before it.

Who processes your data

Formspree, Inc. receives the form submissions and stores them in our Formspree account. Formspree runs its service on infrastructure in the United States, so your sign-up data is transferred to the United States. We plan to move the form to a service hosted in the EU. If you prefer not to use Formspree, e-mail us instead of using the form.

E-mail to the contact address is delivered through the University of Oslo's e-mail system.

This site is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub, Inc. logs the IP address of every visitor for security purposes, as described in the GitHub Privacy Statement; GitHub decides how long these logs are kept.

Retention

We keep your sign-up details and e-mail until you ask us to delete them or withdraw your consent. We then delete them from our Formspree account and our e-mail.

Your rights

The General Data Protection Regulation applies, in Norway through the Personal Data Act (personopplysningsloven). You can ask for access to your data, for correction or deletion, for restriction of processing and for a copy of your data, and you can object to processing. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

You can complain to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, Datatilsynet, or to the data protection authority where you live or work.

Contact

Questions about this notice or your data: