Data Protection Statement
Data protection statement for this website and further information on the duty to inform in accordance with Art. 13 DSGVO when personal data is collected from the person concerned
This data protection declaration (Version: DSGVO 1.0 of 27.06.2018) was created by:
German Data Protection Agency Data Protection Office Munich – www.deutsche-datenschutzkanzle…
Data protection
We, the University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd, are responsible for this website and, as a provider of a teleservice, are obliged to inform you at the beginning of your visit to our website about the type, extent and purposes of the collection and use of personal data in a precise, transparent, understandable and easily accessible form in clear and simple language. The content of the information must be accessible to you at all times. We are therefore obliged to inform you which personal data are collected or used. Personal data is defined as all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
We attach great importance to the security of your data and compliance with data protection regulations. The collection, processing and use of personal data is subject to the provisions of the currently applicable European and national laws.
With the following data protection declaration we would like to show you how we handle your personal data and how you can contact us:
University of Applied Sciences for Design Schwäbisch Gmünd
Rector-Klaus-Straße 100
73525 Swabian Gmünd
Germany
E‑mail: ed.dneumg-gfh@tairaterkes
Phone: +49 7171 602 – 600
Authorized to represent: Prof. Ralf Dringenberg
Our data protection officer
You can contact our data protection officer with questions as follows:
Maximilian Musch
German data protection law firm
Richard-Wagner-Strasse 2
88094 Oberteuringen
Germany
E‑mail: ed.ksdd@hcsum
Web: www.deutsche-datenschutzkanzlei…
For better understanding, our privacy policy does not differentiate between the sexes. In the sense of equal treatment, corresponding terms apply to both genders.
What the terms used, such as „personal data“ or their „processing“, mean can be found in Article 4 of the EU Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO).
The personal data of users processed within the scope of this website includes inventory data (e.g. names and addresses of customers), contract data (e.g. services used, names of clerks, payment information), usage data (e.g. websites visited by our website, interest in our products) and content data (e.g. entries in the contact form).
„User“ here includes all categories of data processing data of affected persons. These include, for example, our business partners, customers, interested parties and other visitors to our online offering.
Privacy policy
We guarantee that we collect, process, store and use your data only in connection with the processing of your enquiries and for internal purposes as well as to provide you with the requested services or contents.
Basics of data processing
We process personal data of users only in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations. User data will only be processed if the following legal permissions apply:
Due to our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation and security of our website in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO, in particular in measuring reach, creating profiles for advertising and marketing purposes as well as collecting access data and using the services of third-party providers)
We would like to show you where the above legal bases are regulated in the DSGVO:
Consent Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. and Art. 7 DSGVO
Processing for the performance of our services and the execution of contractual measures Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. DSGVO
Processing to fulfil our legal obligations Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c. DSGVO
Processing to safeguard our legitimate interests Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO
Data transmission to third parties
Data will only be passed on to third parties within the framework of the legal requirements. We only pass on user data to third parties if this is necessary, for example, for contractual purposes or on the basis of justified interests in the economic and effective operation of our business.
If we use subcontractors to provide our services, we take appropriate legal precautions as well as appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of personal data in accordance with the relevant legal regulations.
We would like to point out that due to the use of Google Analytics, data is transferred when using our website.
Data transfer to a third country or an international organisation
Third countries are countries where the DSGVO is not a directly applicable law. In principle, this includes all countries outside the EU or the European Economic Area.
Data is transferred to a third country or an international organisation. This takes into account the existence of appropriate/appropriate guarantees and the availability of enforceable rights and effective legal remedies.
You can obtain a copy of the appropriate guarantees by clicking on the links below:
- Standard contractual clauses:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUr…
Your personal data
We adhere to the principles of data economy and data avoidance. This means that we only store the data you provide us with for as long as is necessary to fulfil the aforementioned purposes or as required by the various storage periods stipulated by law. If the respective purpose no longer applies or if the corresponding periods expire, your data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
For this purpose we have created an internal company concept to ensure this procedure.
Contact
If you contact us by e‑mail, telephone, fax etc., you agree to electronic communication. Personal data will be collected when you contact us. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. The information you provide is stored exclusively for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.
We would like to give you the legal basis for this:
Processing for the purpose of fulfilling our services and implementation of contractual measures Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. DSGVO
Processing to safeguard our legitimate interests Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO
We would like to point out that e‑mails can be read or changed without authorization and unnoticed. Furthermore, we would like to point out that we use software to filter unwanted e‑mails (spam filter). The spam filter can reject e‑mails if they are wrongly identified as spam by certain features.
What rights do you have?
a) Right to information
You have the right to obtain information about your stored data free of charge. Upon request, we will inform you in writing in accordance with applicable law which of your personal data we have stored. This also includes the origin and recipients of your data as well as the purpose of the data processing.
b) Right to correction
You have the right to correct your data stored with us if it is incorrect. In doing so, you can demand a limitation of the processing, e.g. if you dispute the correctness of your personal data.
c) Right to block
You can also have your data blocked. In order that a blockage of your data can be considered at any time, this data must be kept in a block file for control purposes.
d) Right to deletion
You can also request the deletion of your personal data, as long as there is no legal obligation to keep records. If such an obligation exists, we will block your data upon request. If the relevant legal requirements are met, we will delete your personal data even without a corresponding request on your part.
e) Right to data transferability
You have the right to request that we provide the personal information you provide to us in a format that allows it to be transferred to another entity.
f) Right of appeal to a supervisory authority
You have the possibility to lodge a complaint with one of the data protection supervisory authorities
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(g) Right of appeal to a supervisory authority
You have the possibility to lodge a complaint with one of the data protection supervisory authorities
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The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg
Postal address: Postfach 10 29 32, 70025 Stuttgart, Germany
Address: Königstraße 10a, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone +49 711 615541 – 0
Fax: +49 711 615541 – 15
e‑mail: ed.lwb.kwm@elletstsop
Web: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg… Complaint form of the can be opened via the following link:
https://www.baden-wuerttemberg…
b) Right of objection
You have the possibility at any time to object to the use of your data for internal purposes with effect for the future
Protection of minors
Personal information may only be made available to us by persons under the age of 16 with the express consent of a parent or guardian. This data will be processed in accordance with this privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. f. DSGVO, which permits data processing to safeguard our legitimate interests, and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Cookies
We use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your internet browser. The cookies enable the recognition of your internet browser. The files are used to help the browser to navigate through the online offer and to be able to use all functions to the full extent.
Our online offer is used: Browser Cookies / Flash Cookies
Control of cookies by the user
Browser-Cookies: You can set all browsers to accept cookies only on demand. You can also set your browser to only accept cookies from pages you are currently visiting. All browsers offer functions that enable the selective deletion of cookies. The acceptance of cookies can also be deactivated generally, however, in this case restrictions in the user-friendliness of this online offer must be accepted.
Flash cookies: Flash cookies are the (locally) stored settings of the Flash Player. However, these are not browser cookies that are managed by the respective browser settings, but separately via the settings manager of the Flash Player. External link: www.macromedia.com/support/doc… from First-Party Cookies (Google Analytics Cookie)
Google Analytics log cookies:
- Unique users – Google Analytics cookies capture and group your data. All activities during a visit are summarized. By setting Google Analytics cookies, a distinction is made between users and unique users.
- User activities – Google Analytics cookies also store data about the start and end time of a visit to the website and how many pages you have viewed. When the browser is closed or if the user is inactive for a longer period of time (standard 30 minutes), the user session is terminated and the cookie records the visit as terminated. The date and time of the first visit are also recorded. The total number of visits per unique user is also recorded. External link: http://www.google.com/analytic… can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to the use of the online offer (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the following link in the browser plug-in:
External link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage… Information can be found under the item „Web analysis service Google Analytics / Universal Analytics“.
Use of third-party cookies
In our online offer, third party providers set [additional] cookies (third-party cookies) by importing editorial texts or advertisements. Third party providers are also subject to strict data protection regulations regarding the availability of personal data.
Lifetime of the cookies used
Cookies are managed by the web server of our online offer. This online offer uses:
Transient cookies/session cookies (one-time use)
Lifetime: Until the closing of this online offer
Disable or remove cookies (opt-out)
Every web browser offers options to restrict and delete cookies. For more information, visit the following websites:
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/e…
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en…
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chr…
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/de‑d… Google Analytics / Universal Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses „cookies“, which are text files that are stored on your computer and which allow you to access your personal data.
The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. A data transfer to a third country therefore takes place. It is taken into account that correspondingly suitable/appropriate guarantees exist and that enforceable rights and effective legal remedies are available to you.
You can obtain a copy of the appropriate guarantees by clicking on the links below:
- Standard contractual clauses: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:039:0005:0018:DE:PDF
the activation of IP-anonymisation in our online offer, your IP address will however be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before.
Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate the use of the online offer, to compile reports on the activities of the online offer and to provide us with further services associated with the use of the online offer and the use of the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by making the appropriate setting in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this online offer can be used to their full extent.
We would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension „_anonymizeIp()“ and therefore IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude the possibility of direct personal references.
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month. You can find more information on terms of use and data protection at https://www.google.com/analyti… or under https://policies.google.com/?h… can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to the use of the online offer (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser plug-in via the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage… to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, the following link applies in order to set an opt-out cookie, which will prevent the collection by Google Analytics within this website in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, delete the cookies in this browser, click the link again)
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Use of tools, marketing services
Here you will find a list of the tools and marketing services used, followed by the respective detailed explanations.
1. Google Analytics and Google-Re/Marketing Services
2. facebook plugins (like button)
3. facebook „visitor action pixel
4. instagram
Use of Facebook plug-ins (like button)
On this page a Facebook „Share Button“ from Facebook Inc., 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA („Facebook“) is integrated. You can recognize this button on this page by the Facebook logo.
The Facebook „Share Button“ is set up in accordance with data protection regulations. Only when you click on the Facebook „Share Button“ on this page (and only then) will a direct connection be established between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have called up a corresponding page of the offer with your IP address. If you are not a member of Facebook, it is still possible for Facebook to find out and save your IP address. If you click on the Facebook „Share Button“ while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages on your Facebook profile. In this case, Facebook can assign the visit to your account. If you are a member of Facebook and do not want information about your visit to our website to be passed on to Facebook, you must log out of Facebook before you visit our website.
We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the site, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in the Facebook privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/poli… base this use on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.f DSGVO: the processing is carried out to design our website in line with requirements and is therefore necessary to protect our legitimate interests.
Use of the Facebook visitor action pixel
With your consent, the „visitor action pixel“ of Facebook Inc, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA („Facebook“) is used within our website.
The „Visitor Action Pixel“ can be used to track actions of users when they are redirected to a provider’s website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. This enables us to measure the effectiveness of Facebook Ads for statistical and market research purposes and to optimize our marketing efforts accordingly. The collected data is anonymous to us, we cannot view or draw conclusions about the personal data of individual users.
Facebook stores and processes this data. Facebook can therefore assign this data to your Facebook account. You can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook. A cookie can also be stored on your computer for these purposes. You can find more detailed information on the collection and use of data by Facebook and on your rights and options for protecting your privacy in this regard in the Facebook data guidelines: https://www.facebook.com/about… Consent to the use of the Facebook visitor action pixel may only be given by users who are older than 13 years of age. You can revoke this consent.
You can object to the collection by the Facebook pixel and use of your data to display Facebook ads. To control what types of ads are displayed to you within Facebook, you can go to the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions on usage-based advertising settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. The settings are platform-independent, which means they apply to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.
You may also opt-out of the use of cookies for audience measurement and advertising purposes by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the U.S. website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).
We base this use on Art. 6 para. 1 lit.a DSGVO.
Use of Instagram
Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA integrated. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our sites with your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
For more information, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/leg… base this use on art. 6 para.1 lit.a DSGVO.
Use of YouTube
Our online offer includes functions of the YouTube service for displaying and playing videos. These functions are offered by YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066 USA. Further information can be found in the YouTube privacy policy.
This uses the enhanced privacy mode, which, according to the provider, does not initiate the storage of user information until the video(s) is played.
When playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, YouTube uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information provided by Youtube, these serve, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behaviour. Independent of a playback of the embedded videos, a connection to the Google network „DoubleClick“ is established each time our online offer is accessed, which can trigger further data processing procedures without our influence.
For more details on the use of cookies on YouTube, please see the YouTube privacy policy at: http://www.youtube.com/t/priva… our privacy policy
We reserve the right to adapt our data protection declaration from time to time so that it always meets the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration. This could, for example, concern the introduction of new services. The new data protection declaration then applies to your next visit.
Brand protection
Every company or trademark mentioned here is the property of the respective company. The mention of trademarks and names is for information purposes only.
Russia-specific regulations
The following applies to users resident in the Russian Federation:
The above services of our online offer are not intended for citizens of the Russian Federation who are resident in Russia.
If you are a Russian citizen resident in Russia, you are hereby expressly informed that any personal data you provide to us via this online service is solely at your own risk and responsibility. You further agree that you will not hold us responsible for any failure to comply with the laws of the Russian Federation.
Connection to external media services
Status of your consent:
- Mapbox:
- Vimeo:
- YouTube: