The responsible entity under the data protection laws, particularly the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1
60323 Frankfurt am Main
Your Data Subject Rights
You can exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer:
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time. Your competent supervisory authority depends on the state of your residence, your workplace, or the alleged infringement. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Purposes of Data Processing by the Responsible Entity and Third Parties
We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We only share your personal data with third parties if:
Deletion or Blocking of Data
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. We only store your personal data for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as required by the various legal storage periods. After the respective purpose ceases to apply or these periods expire, the corresponding data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use “cookies.” Cookies are small text files transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically provides us with certain data such as IP address, browser used, operating system, and your internet connection.
Cookies cannot be used to start programs or deliver viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can make navigation easier for you and enable the correct display of our websites.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
Of course, you can generally view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. You can usually deactivate the use of cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your internet browser to learn how to change these settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.
SSL Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) over HTTPS.
Contact Form
If you contact us by email or contact form with questions of any kind, you voluntarily consent to contact us. To do this, the entry of a valid email address is required. This serves the assignment of the request and the subsequent answering of the same. The provision of additional data is optional. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions. After your request has been completed, personal data will be automatically deleted.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” text files stored on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
The purpose of the data processing is to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on website activities. Further related services are then provided based on the use of the website and the internet. The processing is based on the legitimate interest of the website operator.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at the following link: Browser Add On to disable Google Analytics.
Additionally or alternatively to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device. This will prevent the collection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
Use of Script Libraries (Google Web Fonts)
To display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across browsers, we use script libraries and font libraries such as Google Web Fonts (https://www.google.com/webfonts/) on this website. Google Web Fonts are transferred to your browser’s cache to avoid multiple loading. If the browser does not support Google Web Fonts or blocks access, content will be displayed in a standard font.
Calling up script libraries or font libraries automatically triggers a connection to the library operator. It is theoretically possible that operators of such libraries collect data, although it is unclear whether and for what purposes.
The privacy policy of the library operator Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Use of Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps API to visually display geographical information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes, and uses data about the use of map functions by visitors. For more information on data processing by Google, please refer to Google’s privacy policy. You can also change your personal privacy settings in the privacy center there.
Detailed instructions for managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here.
Embedded YouTube Videos
We embed YouTube videos on some of our websites. The operator of the respective plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed of which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can personally associate your surfing behavior with you. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.
If you have disabled cookies for the Google Ad program, you will not have to expect such cookies when viewing YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the saving of cookies in your browser.
Further information on data protection at “YouTube” can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to always comply with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. Your next visit will then be subject to the new privacy policy.
Questions to the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
Carolinum-Datenschutz@dlist.server.uni-frankfurt.de
