Privacy Policy
Information about the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 13 of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Responsibility
Responsible for this website are
Prof. Sabine Breitsameter
Sound and Media Culture
Faculty of Media
Prof. Dr. Judith Bihr
Experimental Media Cultural Practice and Media Aesthetic Facilitation
Faculty of Media
Postal address:
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences/EuT+
Schöfferstr. 3
64295 Darmstadt/Germany
Visiting address:
Mediencampus Dieburg
Max-Planck-Str. 2
64807 Dieburg/Germany
Processing of data
Personal data collected during use of our websites are processed in accordance with the currently valid provisions of data protection law. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act of the State of Hesse (HDSIG), and the German Electronic Communications Act (TMG) apply in particular.
Below we will inform you of the type, scope, and purposes of our collection and use of personal data.
Your data will not be published by us, nor will they be disclosed to third parties without authorization.
1. Data collection and processing in cases of access from the Internet
When you visit our websites, our webservers automatically save each instance of access in a log file. These data are saved separately from other data entered by you during your use of our website. It is not possible for us to match these data to a particular person. These data serve solely to verify and ensure that the technical operation of the webserver is carried out reliably. These data are deleted after a retention period of seven days.
The following data are collected:
• IP address (anonymized)
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the file being opened
• Amount of data transmitted
• Webserver’s access status (transmit file, file not found, command not performed, etc.)
2. Use and disclosure of personal data
In general, it is not necessary for you to enter personal data to use our website. However, for us to provide some of our services (such as registration for an event), we may require your personal data. Your personal data will only be used for the purposes described and to the extent necessary to attain these aims. None of these data will be disclosed to third parties without the previous consent of the user.
The data transmitted are saved in a database which is only accessible to administrators.
The transmission of personal data to governmental authorities is done solely in accordance with mandatory national legal regulations.
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Sect. 1 b) (fulfilment of contractual obligations) and c) (legal stipulations) of the GDPR.
3. Application via EasyChair
The call for proposals is conducted via the EasyChair platform, a service provided by EasyChair Ltd., located at 58 Broadway, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 3BU, United Kingdom.
In order to use EasyChair, you must create an EasyChair user account. The provider is responsible for processing data in connection with the use of EasyChair, as defined in Art. 4(7) GDPR. Further information on data protection can be found in the Privacy Policy, which is accessible here: www.easychair.org/privacy. Use of the platform is subject to the Terms of Service, available via the following link: www.easychair.org/terms.
4. Cookies
Our website makes use of cookies at several points. They serve to help us make our website more effective and user-friendly. Cookies are small text files which are saved on your computer by the browser. Most of the cookies we use are known as “session cookies”, which are deleted when you end your browser session. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses.
The user can prevent the placement of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser in use, thus permanently blocking the placement of cookies. In addition, cookies which have already been placed can be deleted at any time using an Internet browser or another software program. This is possible in all commonly used Internet browsers. If the user deactivates the placement of cookies in the Internet browser in use, it is possible that not all of our website’s functions will be entirely utilizable.
5. Security
The technical and organizational security measures we use to protect all data from access by unauthorized parties are always kept in line with current technical standards. Personal information is always transmitted in encrypted form.
6. Links to third-party websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We would like to inform you that this data protection policy applies solely to the pages of our website. We have no influence over these third parties and do not monitor whether they comply with the valid data protection provisions.
7. Right to information, notification, blocking, and deletion of data
Users of our websites have the right to obtain information about the personal data stored about them. They also have the right to correct inaccurate data, restrict processing and deletion, and object to processing and data portability.
The Darmstadt University of Applied Science’s Data Protection Officer can be reached at datenschutz@h-da.de.
References are made to the right of appeal to a supervisory authority.
The supervisory authority with jurisdiction is:
The Data Protection Officer of the State of Hesse
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1
65189 Wiesbaden
Telefon: 0611 1408-0
E-Mail: poststelle@datenschutz-hessen.de
Internet: www.datenschutz.hessen.de
11. Applicability and up-to-date status of the Data Protection Policy
By using our website, you agree to the use of your data as described above. This Data Protection Policy goes into effect immediately and supersedes any earlier policies.