Freysta

Freysta Portal

Privacy Policy

A clear overview of how Freysta Portal handles personal data.

Last updated: 16 March 2026

Privacy in short

Quick summary

Freysta Portal helps Freysta members explore jobs and communities and allows municipalities and employers to connect with them. To provide this service, we need to process some personal information. Below is a clear summary of what that means for you.

Who controls your data

Freysta AS is responsible for how personal data is processed in Freysta Portal.

Contact: post@freysta.com

What data we process

We process account details, profile information you choose to add, messages, uploaded documents, and preferences used for jobs and community recommendations.

Who can see your information

Your information is available to you, the municipalities or employers involved in your interactions, and Freysta administrators when support or operations require it.

Freysta never sells personal data to third parties.

How communication works

Communication in the portal happens between Freysta members and municipalities, and between Freysta members and employers.

Users cannot send direct messages to other users outside those flows.

Your main rights

You can ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, and data portability under applicable data protection law.

How to contact Freysta

Freysta AS, Ovre Holen 24B, 5163 Laksevag, Norway

Organisation number: 929 913 477 MVA

Email: post@freysta.com

1. Data Controller

Freysta Portal is operated by Freysta AS.

Freysta AS, Ovre Holen 24B, 5163 Laksevag, Norway. Organisation number: 929 913 477 MVA. Email: post@freysta.com

Freysta AS is the data controller responsible for processing personal data through the portal.

2. Who Uses the Portal

Freysta Portal is used by Freysta members exploring jobs and communities, employers presenting businesses and job opportunities, municipalities working with settlement and integration, and Freysta administrators who operate and support the platform.

Different roles have access only to the information necessary for their interaction with the service.

3. Personal Data We Process

Depending on how you use the platform, we may process the following categories of data.

Account information

  • name
  • email address
  • authentication identifiers
  • account status information

Profile information

Information you choose to provide, for example:

  • year of birth
  • education and work experience
  • language skills
  • interests and preferences
  • personal description

Communication data

When you communicate with municipalities or employers through the platform:

  • message content
  • message attachments
  • thread participation
  • read status

Case and document data

When municipalities use the Ferd module:

  • case metadata
  • tasks and notes
  • journal entries
  • uploaded documents

Notification data

To manage notifications we process:

  • notification preferences
  • notification delivery status
  • technical identifiers used to deliver messages

System and security logs

To operate and protect the service we process limited technical data such as:

  • audit logs of administrative actions
  • system error logs
  • notification delivery logs

These logs are limited to what is necessary for system operation and security.

4. Purpose of Processing

Providing the service

To create user accounts, manage profiles and enable interaction between Freysta members and municipalities or employers.

Communication

To allow Freysta members to communicate with municipalities and employers within the platform.

Recommendations and matching

The platform may recommend job opportunities and communities or villages.

Recommendations are based on user preferences and job metadata.

These recommendations are informational only and do not involve automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Case management

Municipalities may use the Ferd module to manage cases, documents and tasks related to integration work.

Security and system operation

We process technical and audit data to:

  • ensure system reliability
  • investigate errors
  • prevent misuse

Support

Freysta administrators may access user accounts when necessary to assist with support requests.

Such access is logged.

6. Service Providers

Freysta uses external service providers to operate the platform.

Examples include

  • Hetzner - Hosting infrastructure for servers and databases.
  • Clerk - Authentication and identity management.
  • Google SMTP relay - Email delivery for system notifications.
  • Azure Translator / Apertium - Translation of job listings and other public content.

These providers process personal data only on Freysta's instructions.

7. International Data Transfers

Some service providers may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

When this occurs, Freysta ensures appropriate safeguards are in place, such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent legal mechanisms.

8. Cookies and Sessions

Freysta Portal uses a secure session cookie to maintain user authentication.

The session cookie stores a signed session identifier, allows the platform to recognise logged-in users, and is not used for cross-site tracking.

Security settings include HttpOnly, SameSite protection, and secure transmission when HTTPS is used.

9. Data Retention

Personal data is retained only as long as necessary.

Examples include

  • user accounts: until deletion or inactivity
  • notification delivery logs: approximately one year
  • system logs: limited retention through log rotation
  • audit logs: retained for accountability and security purposes

Where possible, data may be anonymised or deleted when no longer required.

10. Your Rights

Under applicable data protection laws, you have the right to:

  • access your personal data
  • correct inaccurate data
  • request deletion of your data
  • restrict certain processing
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests
  • receive your data in a portable format

Requests can be sent to post@freysta.com.

11. Security

Freysta Portal implements several security measures, including:

  • role-based access control
  • database row-level security
  • audit logging of administrative actions
  • secure authentication
  • encrypted network connections

Access to personal data is restricted to what is necessary for each role.

12. Updates to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated if the service changes or if required by law.

Users may be informed of significant changes through the platform or by email where appropriate.

13. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal data is handled, please contact Freysta AS.

Freysta AS, Ovre Holen 24B, 5163 Laksevag, Norway. Email: post@freysta.com