Privacy policy

The use of this website may involve the processing of personal data. Here we provide you with an overview of this processing. We also inform you about your rights in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Data protection notice

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of the legal notice obligation by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Personal data

The use of this website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data is collected on these pages, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis and to the extent described here. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

Names, postal addresses and e-mail addresses provided in the context of inquiries or orders for information material are used exclusively for correspondence or dispatch.

Names, e-mail addresses, subject affiliations and any other personal data collected as part of the registration forms for "Courses & Guided Tours" are used exclusively for the processing of the respective registration and for the implementation and follow-up of the course or guided tour.

All personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the stated purpose. Existing statutory retention periods are taken into account.

Information on the processing of personal data

Name and contact details of the controller
The President
Prof. Dr. Axel Schölmerich
Wilhelmsplatz 1
37073 Göttingen
+49 551 39-21000 (Tel.)
praesident@uni-goettingen.de

Contact details of the company data protection officer
Prof. Dr. Andreas Wiebe
Chair of Civil Law
Competition and Intellectual Property Law
Media and Information Law
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 6
D-37073 Göttingen
+49 551 39-7381 (Tel.)
+49 551 39-4437 (Fax)
datenschutz@uni-goettingen.de

Purposes and legal bases of processing
Your data is collected in order to process your request. Your data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1e.

Recipients of the personal data
In order to answer your request, your personal data will be transmitted to the responsible group of persons within the SUB Göttingen.

Transfer of personal data to a third country
There are no plans to transfer your personal data.

Duration of storage of personal data
Your data will be stored in order to provide the services you have commissioned us to provide. As soon as you unsubscribe or request the deletion of your data, your data will only be stored until all ongoing processes have been completed and then deleted, unless legal requirements require longer storage.

Rights of data subjects
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:
If your personal data is processed, you have the right to obtain information about the personal data stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR). If incorrect personal data is processed, you have the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR). If the legal requirements are met, you can request the erasure or restriction of the processing and object to the processing (Art. 17, 18 and 21 GDPR).
If you do not provide the required data, your request cannot be processed.
If you have consented to the data processing or a contract for data processing exists and the data processing is carried out using automated procedures, you may have a right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR). If you make use of your above-mentioned rights, Göttingen State and University Library will check whether the legal requirements for this are met.
To exercise your rights, please contact the company data protection officer.

If you have any complaints about data protection, you can contact the competent supervisory authority:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony
Prinzenstraße 5
30159 Hannover
+49 551 120 4500 (Tel.)
+49 551 120 4599 (Fax)
poststelle@lfd.niedersachsen.de

Right to withdraw consent
If you have consented to the processing by the Göttingen State and University Library by means of a corresponding declaration, you can withdraw your consent at any time for the future. This does not affect the legality of the data processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

Newsletter

With the following information, we inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch and statistical evaluation procedure and your rights of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and to the procedures described.

Content of the newsletter
We only send emails (hereinafter "newsletter") with the consent of the recipient. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described when subscribing to the newsletter, they are decisive for the user's consent. Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and us. 

Double opt-in and logging
Registration for our newsletter takes place in a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registering, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary to ensure that no one can register using other people's email addresses. Subscriptions to the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes saving the time of registration and confirmation. Changes to your data stored with the mailing service provider are also logged. 

Registration data
To register for the newsletter, you will be asked to enter your email address. We also ask you to provide your first name and surname so that we can address you personally in the newsletter. 

Legal basis
The newsletter is sent on the basis of the recipient's consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in conjunction with Section 7 para. 2 no. 3 UWG.
The registration process is logged on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We are interested in using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that meets the expectations of users and also allows us to provide proof of consent. 

Cancellation/revocation
You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. You will find a link to unsubscribe from the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. We may store the unsubscribed e-mail addresses for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before deleting them in order to be able to prove that consent was previously given. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed at the same time.

Google Maps privacy policy

This website uses the product Google Maps from Google Inc. By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data by Google Inc, its representatives and third parties.
You can find the terms of use of Google Maps under "Terms of use of Google Maps".

Information, deletion, blocking

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing as well as the right to correct, block or delete this data at any time. You can contact us at any time at the address of the website operator given in the legal notice if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

This website uses the open source software Matomo for the statistical analysis of visitor access. Matomo is configured in accordance with data protection regulations and data is stored anonymously. The "session cookies" used for this purpose are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is stored on the GWDG server. The IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before it is stored. The data collected by Matomo is used in anonymized form to improve our website. IP addresses are stored in Matomo without the last tuple. We know from which network a request came, but not from which computer.

These "session cookies" do not contain any personal data and expire at the end of the session. Technologies such as Java applets or Active-X controls, which make it possible to track the access behavior of users, are not used.

In detail, the following data is stored for each access/retrieval:

• the first two parts of the IP address,
• Date and time,
• User agent of the software used,
• page accessed/name of the file accessed,
• amount of data transferred,
• Message as to whether the access/retrieval was successful.

You can decide here whether a unique web analysis cookie may be stored in your browser to enable the operator of the website to collect and analyze various statistical data.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Matomo in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
If you wish to opt out, click on the following link to place the Matomo deactivation cookie in your browser.

You have the option of preventing the actions you take here from being analyzed and linked. This will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and improving usability for you and other users.

Your visit to this website is currently recorded by Matomo web analytics. Uncheck this box to opt-out.

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