Privacy Policy

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Dear visitor,

thank you for visiting our websites! We appreciate your interest in the Tübingen Research Campus (TRC) and the University of Tübingen. We regret having to inform you that the following English language privacy policy is not legally binding and has been created for your convenience only. We apologize for any inconveniences caused and refer to the legally binding German version available on this site.

This privacy policy shall inform you about the processing of your personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") resulting from visiting our website or using functions thereon.

We kindly ask you to read this privacy policy carefully before continuing to visit our website or using the functions available on the website. By visiting our website you agree to the processing and use of your data as described below.

Our privacy policy is only valid for our websites and not applicable to websites of third parties.

For further information please check the University of Tübingen Data Privacy Statement

Data protection and data security

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. To protect your data, TRC and the University of Tübingen have taken a variety of technical and organizational measures to effectively prevent unauthorized access and disclosure, manipulation, loss and unauthorized deletion.

The measures we take are subject to constant reviews and updates. We are bound by legal requirements, and strive to follow best practice approaches and technical developments.

In the text below, we will inform you about the type, extent and purpose of the collection, processing and use of your data by the TRC and the University of Tübingen, insofar as this results from the visit or use of the functions of our websites.

Responsible for this privacy policy and this website:

Tübingen Research Campus (TRC)

c/o University of Tübingen

Division of Research, International Research Cooperation

Rümelinstraße 32

72070 Tübingen

Germany

Responsible officer for data protection:

University of Tübingen

Data Protection Officer

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz

72074 Tuebingen

Germany

E-Mail: datenschutz[at]uni-tuebingen.de

Telepone : +49 70 71 29-0

Scope of data collection, processing and use

We pursue the goal of limiting the collection, processing and use of personal data during your visit to our webpages to the minimum necessary. We also generally only collect the data from you that we absolutely need to fulfill the purpose.

Also, we do not knowingly collect any personal data from minors (= persons under the age of 18). In cases where we determine that personal data has been provided to us by minors, we delete this data immediately if no downstream process follows. We recommend that legal guardians keep an eye on the internet activities of minors in their care.

Personal data

According to article 4 of the GDPR, personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as first and last names, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone or mobile phone numbers, and usually also the IP address.

Purpose of data processing

If you voluntarily provide us with your data for the purposes listed below, we will process and use this data exclusively for the purposes for which you provided us with your data. This currently includes the following:

Portals and platforms for data exchange

If you have provided us with your data on portals or platforms accessible via our websites or make them available for retrieval, we process and use the data provided by you exclusively for the purposes for which you provided the data to us. We would like to point out that if the portals or platforms are operated by external website providers, different privacy policies may apply than on our websites. Please inform yourself in advance and also refer to the point "Linked Websites" in this privacy policy.

Improving our online presence

To improve the design and content of our websites, to expand the functions of our online presence and the user-friendliness of our websites, we collect, process and use the following data:

  • Date and time of the website visit
  • the website from which you accessed our website
  • the operating system you are using
  • the browser used by you
  • the IP address with which you visit our website
  • the language settings used on your device
  • the pages you visit on our website or the files downloaded from our websites
  • the amount of data transmitted during your visit to our website
  • a message as to whether the visit to our website was successful

We collect, process and use this data exclusively for the aforementioned statistical and non-commercial purposes in anonymized or pseudonymized form, so that any inference to your person is prevented as far as possible.

Cookies

We use "cookies" on our websites. Cookies are small text files saved on the device from which you accessed our website.

We use both persistent cookies and temporary cookies (so-called "session cookies"). Persistent cookies can be stored on your device for a few seconds to several years. Temporary cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your browser or end the session.

Cookies support us in

  • identifying the frequency of visits to the website areas
  • recognizing the preferences of our website visitors and designing the websites accordingly
  • facilitating navigation on our websites and thus increasing user-friendliness
  • To keep information available for a certain period of time and to identify the computer of website visitors as soon as they return to our websites. This makes it possible, for example, to use the settings you have previously selected so that you do not have to make the settings again (e.g. language settings, log-in information).

If you do not want cookies to be stored on your device, you can change in the setting of your browser so that it informs you about the placement of cookies or does not accept them. You can also decide whether you want to accept or block only a few or all categories of cookies. You can find further information on the handling of cookies under the section help in your browser.

By blocking cookies used by us, we would like to inform you that you may not be able to use certain functions of our website or perhaps to a limited extent only.

Google Web Fonts

Our website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to uniformly display fonts. When loading a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (DSGVO in German).

If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font is used by your computer.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

Facebook

We have integrated the social network "Facebook", which is operated by Facebook Inc. with a so-called "2-click solution" on your website. This means that a note rather than a plugin appears when you loading the pages. To activate the social networking link, click on the icon. After confirming the 2nd click the plugin will be loaded. The plugins used on our websites are marked with a Facebook logo, a "Like button" or the addition "FacebookSocialPlugin".

When visiting our websites that contain such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection between your browser and Facebook's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into our website. This integration gives Facebook the information that you have visited our websites with your IP address. If you are logged on to Facebook during your visit to our websites, Facebook allows you to associate your visit to our websites with your Facebook account. If you click the Like button or make a comment while being logged into your Facebook account, the relevant information is sent directly from your browser to Facebook and saved by Facebook. This allows Facebook to link your visit to our websites with your Facebook profile.

The purpose and scope of Facebook's collection, processing and use of the data and your rights and options to modify settings in order to protect your privacy when using Facebook can be found in the Facebook data policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

As the website’s operator, we do not receive any information about the content of the data transmitted to Facebook or about its use by Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to collect, process or use data about your visit to our websites and link it to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our websites or switch off the use of so-called "Java scripts" in your browser or block the automatic execution of scripts for the "www.facebook.com" domain.

Twitter

Our websites contain functions of the services provided by "Twitter", which are offered by Twitter Inc. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you are visiting is linked to your Twitter account. This link will be announced to other users on Twitter, especially to your "followers".

By clicking on the "Twitter button", the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser to Twitter and stored there.

The purpose and scope of Twitter's collection, processing and use of the data and your rights and options of modify settings to protect your privacy when using Twitter can be found in the Twitter privacy policy (https://twitter.com/privacy).

As the website’s operator, we do not receive any information about the content of the data transmitted to Twitter or about its use by Twitter.

If you do not want Twitter to collect, process or use data about your visit to our websites and link it to your Twitter account, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our websites or switch off the use of so-called "Java scripts" in your browser or block the automatic execution of scripts for the domain "www.twitter.com".

YouTube plug-ins and YouTube videos

Our websites contain YouTube plugins or videos published on the platform. YouTube is a service provided by Google Inc. When visiting our websites that contain such a plugin or video, your browser establishes a direct connection between your browser and YouTube's servers and YouTube is informed which of our websites you have visited. YouTube stores cookies on your device.

If you are logged into your YouTube account while visiting our websites, which contain a YouTube plugin or video, clicking on the video buttons will or writing a commentary will activate a YouTube plugin on our websites, which will enable YouTube to link this information to your YouTube account.

If you do not want YouTube to collect, process or use data about your visit to our websites and link it to your user account, you must log out of YouTube before visiting our websites and block the setting of cookies by YouTube in your browser or delete cookies already set by YouTube from your computer in the past.

For further information on the purposes and scope of collection, processing and use of your data by YouTube, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy & Terms of Use (https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/).

Google Maps

Our websites use "Google Maps" to display interactive maps on our websites. By using the interactive map embedded on our websites, you consent to Google (or one of its agents or third parties) processing and using your automatically collected location data, user identification data, and usage data, as well as the location data voluntarily entered by you.

If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about your visit to our website, you must disable the use of so-called "Java scripts" in your browser or block the execution of scripts for the domain "www.google.de/maps".

For more information about the Google Maps Terms of Use and how Google uses your information and your rights and privacy settings when using Google Maps, please see the Google Maps / Google Earth Privacy Policy & Terms of Use (http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/) and the Additional Terms of Use for Google Maps / Google Earth (http://www.google.com/intl/de_ALL/help/terms_maps.html).

Google+ / Google +1

We have integrated the "Google+"- / "+1"-button of the social network "Google Plus", which is operated by Google Inc. with a so-called "2-click solution" onto our websites. This means that a note rather than a plugin appears when you call up the pages. To activate the social network link, click on the icon. After confirming via the second click the plugin will be loaded.

If you are visiting our websites containing this button, your browser establishes a direct connection to Google's servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted to Google with your browser and integrated into the website you are loading. This provides Google with the information that you have accessed our websites.

If you are logged into your Google+ account during your visit to our websites, Google may link your visit to our websites with your user account.

The purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of data by Google as well as your rights and options to modify settings for the protection of your privacy when using Google+ can be found in the data protection declaration & terms of use of Google (https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/) and in the Buttons Policy of Google+ (https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy).

As the website operators, we do not receive any information about the content of the data transmitted to Google or about its use by Google.

If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about your visit to our website and link it to your user account, you must log out of Google+ before visiting our website or switch off the use of so-called "Java scripts" in your browser or block the execution of scripts for the domain "www.google.com".

Linked Websites

Our websites contain links to external websites. We have no influence on the contents of these websites and therefore accept no responsibility or liability for the admissibility, correctness, presentation and completeness of the contents published or displayed or accessible thereon.

We hereby inform you that when you access these external websites, your IP address may be recorded by the relevant website operator.

When leaving our websites, we recommend that you check the data protection declaration of the external web page operators before loading these websites or using functions thereon.

Transmission or forwarding of your data

A transmission to third parties or a passing on to our business partners of your data collected, processed or used by us does not take place without your express consent, unless it:

  • is necessary for the processing of our contractually guaranteed services.
  • is necessary to enforce our demands.
  • is legally limited by a statutory offence of permission or we are legally obliged to pass on the data.
  • for purposes of law enforcement, security or protection of our websites.
  • is necessary to enforce the rights of third parties or within the scope of statutory duties to provide information or a court order to provide the information.

Data transmission abroad

Due to our activities, it is not necessary to transfer your data to offices in countries outside the European Union and is therefore not currently taking place.

Right to information

According to Art. 15 GDPR ( DSGVO in German), visitors of our websites have the right to obtain information about their personal data processed in our company at any time and free of charge upon request. The scope of the information arises from Art. 15 GDPR (DSGVO in German).

Please send your request for information by e-mail to info[at]tuebingenresearchcampus.com or by post to Tübingen Research Campus, c/o University of Tuebingen, Division of Research, International Research Cooperation, Wilhlemstrasse 5, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany.

Right to correct your data

According to Art. 16 GDPR (DSGVO in German), you have the right to request the correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data. We will review such requests and take the necessary measures in justified cases.

Right to delete and block your data

In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR (DSGVO in German),you have the right to have your data deleted.

The data that we have stored will be destroyed or deleted in accordance with data protection regulations if

  • the legal retention periods have expired, or
  • the collection or processing is or was unlawful, or
  • the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or
  • if you have revoked your consent for processing and use
  • if you object to the processing of your data pursuant to Art. 21 17 GDPR (DSGVO in German) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing.

We hereby notify you that a complete deletion will only take place after the expiry of the corresponding periods stemming from regulations in tax and commercial law. Until the expiry of these deadlines and until final deletion, your data will be blocked accordingly and will not be processed further.

Right to restrict data processing

In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR (DSGVO in German), you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your data in the cases and to the extent specified in Art. 18 GDPR (DSGVO in German). We will review such requests and take the necessary measures in justified cases.

Right to data transferability

In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR (DSGVO in German), you have the right to receive your processed data in a structured, common and machine-readable format. At your express request, we will transmit your data to the bodies clearly designated by you, insofar as we are technically able to do so and this is permitted under data protection law.

Right of revocation and objection

You have the right to revoke your consent to the collection, processing and use of your data free of charge at any time and without stating reasons or to object to the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR (DSGVO in German). Please send the revocation of your consent or objection by e-mail to the following address info[at]tuebingenresearchcampus.com or by post to the following address: Tübingen Research Campus, c/o University of Tuebingen, Division of Research, International Research Cooperation, Wilhlemstrasse 5, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany.

Right of appeal to a supervisory authority

In accordance with Art. 14 and in conjunction with Art. 77 20 GDPR (DSGVO in German), you have the right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your data violates the GDPR (DSGVO in German). The competent supervisory authority is the one, in which our company has its headquarters.

Right to an effective judicial remedy against the person responsible

According to Art. 79 GDPR (DSGVO in German), you have the right to an effective judicial remedy if you are of the opinion that your aforementioned rights have been infringed as a result of processing your data either by us or a commissioned contractor in a way that does not comply with the requirements set forth in the GDPR (DSGVO in German).

Liability and right to compensation

In accordance with Art. 82 GDPR (DSGVO in German), you are entitled to damages against us or the commissioned contractors us if you have suffered material or immaterial damage as a result of a violation of the GDPR (DSGVO in German).

Changes to the privacy policy This privacy policy will be updated to adhere to new legal requirements or significant changes to the functional scope of our websites. Therefore, we recommend that you read our privacy policy at regular intervals.

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