Come and chat!
Do group situations, small talk, or speaking in front of a class make you anxious? Over a third of students experience social anxiety – so you’re not alone! In this group chat, you can share your experiences, receive peer support, and discuss practical ways to manage social situations more easily.
Join in a warm and accepting environment where everyone is free to be themselves.
To ensure that everyone feels comfortable and safe sharing their perspectives, we follow the principles of a safer space in all Nyyti’s activities and events. These principles aim to create practices that allow each participant to contribute to equality and safety.
These principles may also be complemented based on specific activities.
Together, we create safer spaces
With respect and confidentiality
- We give everyone the space to be themselves. We avoid making assumptions or generalisations about other people or groups.
- We do not discriminate or treat anyone unequally based on factors such as gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, appearance, disability, health status, or any other personal characteristic.
- We respect each other’s boundaries, privacy, and right to self-identification.
- We show kindness and acceptance towards both ourselves and others.
By allowing space for growth and learning
- We remember that it is okay not to know or have all the answers. Making mistakes and asking questions is encouraged. We strive to approach mistakes with understanding.
- We give each other constructive feedback and are open to receiving feedback. When necessary, we are willing to apologise and adjust our actions.
With shared responsibility
- We ensure that everyone is heard in discussions and has the opportunity to participate.
- We make an effort to understand others and help others understand us.
- We strive to recognise and be aware of our own positions of power in relation to others.
- If possible, we address any situation that violates the principles of a safer space. Concerns can also be reported to the event organizers or Nyyti’s harassment contact persons.
Additional Guidelines for Participants in Nyyti’s Chats
- We keep in mind that it can be harder to identify tone and reactions in written messages.
- We share our own experiences to the extent that feels comfortable to us. However, we do not share identifying information, such as addresses or contact details.
- You may delete your own messages if you wish.
- If the discussion or chat gives rise to concerns about an urgent case of emergency, the welfare of a minor or the preparation of a serious crime, we are obliged to contact the emergency response centre, the child protection services or the police. In order for us to help you appropriately, we need to hand over the chat log data as well as your IP address, should the police ask us to do so. In such a situation, we strive to tell you transparently about our approach and to co-operation.
At Nyyti, we have appointed four harassment contact persons. They offer support and advice in any situation where the Principles for Safer Spaces are violated, such as bullying, discrimination, sexual or gender-based harassment or other inappropriate treatment. Any part of the situation occurred, may get in touch.
The harassment contact persons offer professional secrecy. You can get in touch with them confidentially and also anonymously.
What is inappropriate treatment, discrimination and harassment?
Inappropriate treatment is undesirable behaviour, that violates another person’s physical or mental integrity. The term inappropriate treatment is often used as a kind of umbrella term for various kinds of insulting, hurtful behaviour and/or conduct that violates someone else’s boundaries. Inappropriate treatment can occur face-to-face or online; verbally, in writing or through non-verbal communication (gestures, facial expressions, non-consensual touching). Discrimination, harassment and other improper conduct may also violate the law, and there may be grounds for filing a criminal complaint.
The Discrimination Act defines discrimination as unequal and disadvantageous treatment based on a person’s age, origin, nationality, language, religion, belief, opinion, political activity, trade union activity, family relationship, state of health, disability, sexual orientation or any other personal characteristic. The Equality Act prohibits discrimination based on gender, gender identity or gender expression as well as sexual and gender-based harassment. Harassment is conduct that violates a person’s human dignity and creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive atmosphere.
Harassment may occur intentionally or factually. Insulting, hurting or humiliating someone else may be an intended and chosen action. Sometimes one’s conduct may have friendly intentions, but the chosen words or action have still been hurtful for one or more of those present. Be it on purpose or not, addressing and talking about the incident can help everyone involved and ensure safer activities in the future.
Not all conflicts between persons constitute harassment, bullying or other inappropriate treatment. We want to encourage everyone to bravely address conflicts. The ability to face and resolve conflict situations is an important interpersonal skill and a process, for which you may also ask for support.
What Should I Do, if I Am Exposed to or witness Inappropriate Treatment?
- Try to inform the person behaving inappropriately, that their conduct is not okay. Try to express yourself clearly, e.g. “That joke is not okay”.
- If you find it difficult to intervene, you can ask for help from someone else present, from Nyyti’s staff members or from a harrasment contact person. You can also contact the harassment contact persons afterwards.
- If the same person’s inappropriate behaviour is repeated, if possible, make notes about where and when the events occurred and who was present. Also, save any other relevant evidence, such as social media messages, emails or pictures.
- You can contact Nyyti’s harassment contact persons at any time and in confidence.
- You may also contact Nyyti’s harassment contact persons, should you have concerns about your own conduct at an event or occasion organized by Nyyti. Together, we can think about how to deal with one’s emotions and/or how to resolve a situation where one realize having acted in a way that may have hurt someone.
What Does the Harassment Contact Persons Do?
The harassment contact persons strive to offer support and advice in order to solve situations where someone has acted inappropriately. They can, for example, offer conversational support or help to find different forms of support to deal with reactions caused by the situation occurred. They can also facilitate dialogues between those involved or help to create action plans to improve the situation. The harassment contact persons do not take matters further without the consent of the person who brought the case to their attention.
The harassment contact persons are not an authority. They cannot resolve the situation on behalf of those involved or hand out judgements or punishments. Their goal is to act as a neutral, external party in support of resolving the situation.
All parties have the right to be heard, should the case lead to action. Together with the person who brought the case to our attention, we discuss and agree on the best way to proceed with the matter.
You can get in touch with the harassment contact persons by email (hairintayhdyshenkilot@nyyti.fi) or by filling in the form. You can also report the incident anonymously. Please note, that anonymous contacts do not lead to the matter being processed further. However, the report is considered in the statistics and in the development of Nyyti’s activitites.
What Happens After a Report?
- All contacts are confidential. The harassment contact persons are under the obligation of secrecy.
- No measures are taken without the consent of the one who made the report, or without their knowledge.
- In further processing of the case, all parties have the right to be heard.
- The incident can be processed in different ways, from case to case. The process is broadly described below:
- Nyyti’s harassment contact persons receive a report by email, via the form or in some other way.
- The harassment contact persons choose a person or persons among themselves, who will handle the case and communicate with the person who made the report.
- The process progresses according to what is agreed upon with the person who made the report, for example by talking with the person who behaved inappropriately.
- The incident is looked into with the parties separately and/or together. If necessary, the harassment contact persons also offer support for the parties to handle the matter and/or refer them to relevant services.
The Harassment Contact Persons
The following employees are currently appointed as Nyyti’s harassment contact persons: Anders Huldén, Emmi Kyyhkynen, Sanni Laurila and Joni Tuokko.
You can contact them via the email address hairintayhdyshenkilot@nyyti.fi or via the form below. If you have submitted your contact details, we strive to get back to you within 1-3 working days.
The data on the form and the email box are only handled by the harassment contact persons. The harassment contact persons are under the obligation of secrecy. Contacts with them are confidential.
The data protection practices described below apply to the nyyti.fi, apuayksinaisyyteen.fi and miestenmielenterveys.fi websites, as well as all Nyyti ry functions and applications in use.
Nyyti takes the appropriate processing of personal data seriously. This includes fair, transparent processing of data as well as recognition of and compliance with data protection principles. The rights of the data subject are respected and the data is processed on legitimate grounds and to the extent necessary for the performance of Nyyti’s activities and tasks.
Nyyti complies with all data protection regulations, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The processing of personal data is transparent so that data subjects have access to information about the processing of their data by Nyyti. Transparency also requires that, where necessary, it is possible to present the decisions, choices and implementations of documents relating to the processing of personal data, with justification.
Nyyti’s security needs and methods for processing personal data are selected on the basis of a risk assessment. In this case, risks are assessed not only in terms of the needs of the activity, but also in terms of the data subjects and the data stored about them.
Nyyti buys services from an external company. When Nyyti’s contractual partner processes personal data on behalf of Nyyti, Nyyti will also ensure that the contractual partner processes the data in accordance with the same principles as Nyyti. The privacy policies of the various personal data registers identify the contractual partners who process the data content of the register in question.
Incidents of misuse or threat of misuse of personal data are investigated, reported and communicated in a manner that is appropriate to the seriousness of the incident.
Processed personal data
In Nyyti’s various functions, different types of personal data may be collected and processed.
The collected personal data may include, for example, the data subject’s contact information such as name, email address, phone number, date of birth, gender, and address details, or background information such as educational institution, place of study, employer, and billing address.
The information described above and other similiar information are voluntarily provided by the data subject to our systems. The legal basis for the collection of the data is consent. The processing of personal data collected based on consent can be influenced by withdrawing consent.
The transfer of data outside the EU or EEA
As a rule, Nyyti does not transfer personal data outside the EU or EEA. However, if data is transferred, the controller shall ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data, e.g. by agreeing on the confidentiality and processing of personal data as required by law.
We use MailChimp for newsletter subscriptions and certain training registers, and data within MailChimp may be transferred outside the EU or EEA. For more information on MailChimp’s privacy policy: mailchimp.com/legal. Your personal data is protected by MailChimp as required by the Personal Data Act and GDPR.
Nyyti adheres to the following data protection principles when processing personal data:
Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
Personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.
Purpose limitation
Personal data must be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and may not be processed later for any other purpose.
Data minimisation
Personal data must be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is processed
Accuracy
The personal data processed must be accurate, correct and, where necessary, kept up to date.
Storage limitation
Personal data will only be stored for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it is collected
Confidentiality and data security
Personal data must be processed in a manner that ensures an appropriate security of the data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.
Information systems
Social media applications such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Discord use their own statistical data to track users and analyse site usage. Nyyti advertises on Facebook and Instagram based on the information provided by the apps. In such cases, we will comply with the app’s own terms of use and other terms and conditions. We also have the Tuudo mobile app. We use the app’s own statistical data to analyse its use and track users.
The Nyyti.fi website uses a third-party application to provide Nyyti’s group chat and bot service to users. The above services are hosted by Ninchat. Nyyti does not collect any personal data from users in connection with chats. The chat conversations are recorded for work guidance, development and research purposes. If anonymous discussion materials are disclosed for research purposes, Nyyti will ensure that they do not contain any identifiable personal data.
Use of cookies
Cookies are used in browser-based information systems for the processing of personal data. A cookie is a small text file that the browser stores on the user’s device. Cookies are used to implement services, to facilitate logging in to services and to enable statistics on the use of services. The user can block the use of cookies in their browser software, but this may prevent the system from working properly.
The website uses cookies and third-party applications to develop the service and improve the user experience. Services provided by a third party or applications provided by a third party on the nyyti.fi website are subject to that third party’s own terms of use and other conditions. Cookies are used to track online behaviour, such as from which pages the nyyti.fi website is accessed, which are the most popular pages and how the pages are navigated. In addition, technical information related to usage is collected, for example on the terminal device and browsers, and whether the user is new or returning. Cookies are also used to recommend content, target advertising and improve the quality of the nyyti.fi website.
The data will not be used to identify the user.
By visiting nyyti.fi you agree to the use of cookies. If your browser does not use cookies, please note that the blocking of cookies may affect the functioning of some services.
The data subject’s rights
The data subject has the right to inspect the personal data stored in the personal register concerning them and to request the rectification or erasure of inaccurate data, if there are legitimate grounds for doing so. The data subject also has the right to withdraw or modify their consent.
In accordance with the GDPR, the data subject has the right to object to or request a restriction of processing and to lodge a complaint about the processing of personal data with a supervisory authority.
The right to erasure does not apply to personal data that we are required to keep for maintenance, accounting-related, legal, or security reasons.
In all cases, please contact the Data Protection Officer listed on this website by e-mail.
Contact details for data protection matters
Minna Savolainen, Executive Director
toimisto@nyyti.fi
Elimäenkatu 26
FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland
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So What on Earth Is Nyyti’s Chat?
It’s a place for students to share thoughts and experiences together! In the group-format chat, you can discuss various topics related to student life and everyday issues with changing themes, all anonymously. You can join the chats without prior registration and for free. The chat is intended for adult students. Nyyti’s volunteers or staff are always there to join the conversation.
Come along bravely, and don’t worry about spelling or how smoothly you write – the most important thing is that you’re part of it!