Policy for the management of personal information within the scope of the Identity Provider (IdP) as determined by SLU

General description of SAML2 WebSSO

The service provides authentication of users which have an electronic identity at SLU, together with release of attributes pertaining to the authenticated user. The provider of the service/higher educational institution is a member of SWAMID, the Swedish Identity Federation for Research and Higher Education. The service has been deployed in accordance with SWAMID’s policy framework.

Policy for personal integrity

The Identity Provider performs authentication at the request of a service which SLU recognises, either via metadata provided by the SWAMID identity federation or because the service and SLU has a specific agreement. Depending upon the type of service involved, the purpose of the service and what relationship the service has to the SLU’s identity provider, one or more pieces of personal data are transferred from SLU’s catalogue and authorization system to the requesting service. This procedure follows the intent of the Swedish personal data protection legislation.

Services that are categorised in SWAMID’s metadata with entity categories receive attributes in accordance with SWAMID’s recommendations, see below.

Services whose primary purpose is for the benefit of research and education have access to approximately the same personal data which are automatically sent with an everyday email, which being name, email address, user identity, if the user is a student or employee (or similar active role) and that the user has an account at SLU. Registered services that via REFEDS Data Protection Code of Conduct, and the older GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct, adhere to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) get access to the same information.

Services whose purpose is for students to process admissions, course registrations, examination sign-ups, degree applications, internships, grant applications, self-service account administration and for employee's self-service for SLU’s HR system have access to the user’s Swedish personal identity number or Swedish higher education interim personal identity number for foreigners.

The service adheres to the policy for the handling of personal data (Processing of personal data at SLU) which has been published by SLU in accordance with Swedish law.

The service and limitations of service

SLU undertakes to guarantee the availability of the service in accordance with SLU’s requirements and expectations. SLU follows SWAMID’s recommendations for release of attributes based on entity categories. SLU reserves the right, in agreement with a service provider, to change the actually released attributes for the current service, regardless of what is recommended by the entity category for which the service provider is approved.

Service and support

Questions and faults regarding SLU and its SAML2 WebSSO service should be directed to the following local support channels, see Contact below.