data protection
1. Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data
happens when you visit this website. Personal data are all data with which you
can be personally identified. You can find detailed information on the subject of data protection
Our data protection declaration listed under this text.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Its contact details
can be found in the section "Note on the responsible body" in this data protection declaration
remove.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This can be just data that you
enter in a contact form.
Other data are automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT
Systems recorded. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time
of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected in order to ensure that the website is error-free. Other
Data can be used to analyze our user behavior.
What rights do you have with regard to your data?
You always have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of
stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or
to request deletion of these data. If you have given your consent to data processing,
you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right
to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions about data protection.
2. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We handle your
personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well
as with this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected.
Personal data are data by which you can be personally identified. The present
privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how
and for what purpose it is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail)
may have security gaps. There is no complete protection of data from access by third parties
possible.
Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
Prof. Dieter Schwechten c/o HTWG Konstanz
Alfred Wachtel Str. 8
D- 78462 Konstanz
Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 171 817 3 871
Email: schwechten@htwg-konstanz.de
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decide over
the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage period
Unless a specific storage period has been specified in this data protection declaration,
your personal data remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you have made a
a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing,
your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your
personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the
the latter case the data will be deleted after these reasons no longer apply.
Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or others
third countries that are not secure under data protection law. With these tools in place, your
personal data are transferred to these third countries and processed there. We point out
that no data protection level comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries.
For example, US companies are required to submit personal data to security authorities
without you as the person concerned being able to take legal action against this. So it can't
be excluded that US authorities (e.g. secret services) access your data on US servers to
process, evaluate and permanently save them for monitoring purposes. We got no influence on this
processing activities .
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your expressed consent. You can ... a
revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of the up to the revocation
Data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and against Direct mail (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR
DONE, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO YOU
SITUATION AGAINST THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
TO OBJECT; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ONE BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS
PROFILING. THE RELEVANT LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED,
REFER TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT,
WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, IT
UNLESS WE CAN PROVIDE COMPELLING REASONS FOR PROCESSING
EVIDENCE THAT PREVIOUS YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR THE
PROCESSING IS FOR THE ASSISTANCE, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF
LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).
YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE PROCESSED IN ORDER TO OPERATE DIRECT ADVERTISING,
SO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING YOU
PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING
INSERT; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING IN
CONNECTED. IF YOU DISAGREE, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER
USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION IN STYLE OF. 21 para. 2 GDPR).
Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, affected have the right to lodge a complaint with a
supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your habitual residence, your place of work
or the location of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to anything else
administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right get data that we provide on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract
process automatically, either to yourself or to a third party in a common, in a machine-readable format.
Unless you have requested the direct transfer of the data to another person in charge, this will only be
done if it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the
example of orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses an SSL or TLS
Encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser is from
"Http: //" changes to "https: //" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
If the SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot
be read by third parties.
Information, deletion and correction
You have the right to free of charge information at any time within the framework of the applicable statutory
provisions bout your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correct or delete this data.
You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data is restricted.
You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing consists in
in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we
usually need time to check this out. For the duration of the examination you have the right to
request that the processing of your personal data is restricted.
If the processing of your personal data happened / happens unlawfully, you can
request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need them to exercise,
to defend or assert legal claims, you have the right
to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of the deletion.
If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 Paragraph 1 GDPR, you must weigh up between
your and our interests. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests
predominate, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may be processed- apart from their storage -
only with your consent or for assertion, exercise or
defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or
legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or
of a Member State.
Objection to advertising emails
The use of the contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation to send
advertising and information materials that have not been expressly requested are hereby rejected. the
the operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of
promotional information, such as spam emails.
3. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Our Internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and set up
no damage to your device. They are either temporarily for the duration of a session
(session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) stored on your device. Session cookies
are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain on your device
until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies can also be stored on your device if you
enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain
third-party services (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies have different functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain
website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display
of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behavior or to display advertising.
Cookies that are used to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or for
provision of certain functions that you want (functional cookies, e.g. for the
shopping cart function) or to optimize the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience)
are required, are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless another
legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage
of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Unless a
consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the relevant will be saved
Cookies exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR); the consent is
revocable at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and
allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general
and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. The
deactivating of cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this
in the context of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, ask for your consent.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information as so-called server log.
These files that your browser automatically transmits to us are:
Browser type and browser version
operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
These data will not be merged with other data sources.
These data are recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has
a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website -
the server log files must be recorded for this.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details will be taken from the
inquiry form including the contact details you provided there for the purpose of processing the request
and stored by us in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on these data without your consent.
The processing of these data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit.
the performance of a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures
is required. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of inquiries sent to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your
consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you tell us to delete them on
request, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies
(e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions -
in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Inquiries by email, phone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, phone or fax, your request will be stored and processed by us inclusive all of
resulting personal data (name, request) for the purpose of processing your request.
We do not pass on these data without your consent.
The processing of these data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit.
the performance of a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures
is required. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the
effective processing of inquiries sent to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your
Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you ask us to delete them,
revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies
(e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions -
in particular statutory retention periods - remain unaffected.
Comment function on this website
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information on the time is also required
the creation of the comment, your e-mail address and, if you do not post anonymously, that of your
selected username saved.
Storage of the IP address
Our comment function saves the IP addresses of the users who write comments. Since we
do not check comments on this website before activation, we need these data in order to
to be able to take action against the author of violations of the law such as insults or propaganda.
Storage duration of the comments
The comments and the associated data are saved and remain on this website,
until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments need to be deleted for legal reasons.
(e.g. offensive comments).
Legal basis
The comments are saved on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You
can revoke your consent at any time. An informal message by e-mail is sufficient.
The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains from the withdrawal
untouched.
4. Newsletter
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-
mail address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the
given e-mail address and agree to receive the newsletter. Further
data is not collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use these data exclusively for
sending the requested information and do not pass them on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on
Basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). The consent given to the storage of the
access data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time can be
revoked, for example via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of what has already been done in
data processing remain unaffected by the revocation.
The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be used by us until your
deregistration from the newsletter is stored by us or the newsletter service provider and after the
cancellation of the newsletter or deleted from the newsletter distribution list after the purpose no longer applies. We
reserve the right to use e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion
to delete or block our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
After you have been removed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address will be sent to us or the
Newsletter service provider and may be stored in a blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data
from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data.
This serves both your interest and our interest in compliance with the legal requirements
when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The
storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage, provided that
your interests outweigh our legitimate interests.
5. Plugins and Tools
Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts from Google for the uniform representation of fonts
to be provided. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your
browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This gives Google
knowledge that your IP address is used to access this website.
The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform representation of the typeface of
his website. If a corresponding consent was requested (e.g. consent to
storage of cookies), processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit.
GDPR; the consent can be withdrawn at any time.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
For more information on Google Web Fonts, see
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
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