Privacy related to exhibitions and collections

Personal data that is stored

In the collections and associated documentation, NTM stores the following personal data:

• Persons related to the museum object as donors, former owners, users, manufacturers or others connected to the museum object's history.
• The museum's historical archives include personal information related to the business in question, such as overviews of employees, employers and incoming and outgoing correspondence.
• The museum's photo archives include photographs of named people taken in public and private contexts.
• The museum's medical collections include personal information relating to patients and healthcare personnel in the Health Service.

Purpose of the processing

The museum collects and stores the information for museum and archive purposes in the public interest.

The basis of the treatment

The information is archived to document historical development in line with the museum's purpose.

Collection of personal data

The museum collects personal data when taking in museum objects or archives for the collections and in the ongoing management of the museum's existing collection. The information is obtained from various private and public bodies.

Disclosure of information to third parties

Personal information relating to the museum's collections is disclosed in accordance with the Archives Act and other applicable legislation. The museum follows established routines for assessing access to personal data in the archives and collections.

Deletion of personal data

Please note that you can request access to and transfer of your own personal information, as well as, under certain conditions, correction or deletion of information.

Rights of the data subject

We process your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Act and applicable regulations. Complaints can be made to the Norwegian Data Protection Authority about processing in breach of the rules.

Information security

We secure personal information by both physical and virtual access and access control of our data, as well as by encryption of sensitive parts of the information provided. Data processing agreements have been entered into with our suppliers of the museum's catalog systems.

Contact information

Inquiries about which information is registered, correction and deletion can be sent in writing to the following addresses:

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The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology
Kjelsåsveien 143,
0491 Oslo