Hereinafter we inform you about the nature, scope and purpose of the processing of your personal data when using our website at „/“. Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. The person responsible (“Controller”) within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the natural or legal person which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Controller within the meaning of the GDPR for the personal data processed when visiting our website is Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications Heinrich Hertz Institute, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin, phone +49 30 31002-0, e-mail *protected email* (hereinafter “we”). We have designated Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications Heinrich Hertz Institute Einsteinufer 37 10587 Berlin Germany Phone: +49 30 31002-0 *protected email* as our Data Protection Officer.

2. When you visit our web site

When you visit our website, our server collects the following information from your device: browser type and version, operating system used, the previously visited web page, IP address, and time of the page view. We collect and process this data in order to ensure the trouble-free operation of our website and to detect, fend off and prosecute a misuse of our services. Furthermore, we use the collected data for statistical purposes to evaluate, for example, by which devices and browsers our website is accessed in order to improve and adapt our offer to our customers’ needs on an ongoing basis. This data processing is based on Article 6 par. 1 f GDPR. We will delete the aforementioned data no later than twelve months after they have been collected.

3. Processors

For the technical operation of our website on the Internet, we use the services of Kontent (Kontent GmbH, 47228 Duisburg) as Processor according to Article 28 GDPR Furthermore, we use services of Piwik / Mamoto for processing data according to Article 28 GDPR.

4. Contacting us

If you send us a message via the contact form on our website, we will process the data input in the form fields, in particular your name, your e-mail address and your message. If you send us a message by e-mail, we will save your message along with its sender details included (your name, e-mail address, and any additional information added by your e-mail client or the transferring servers). For reception, storage and sending of e-mails, we use an e-mail provider who acts for us as a processor in accordance with Article 28 GDPR. This data processing is based on our legitimate interest to answer your request and handle possible follow-up requests from you (Article 6 par. 1 f GDPR). We will erase the information collected from your message no later than twelve months after the last communication with you on your request, subject to the provision in the following paragraph. If you send us a message legally relevant for a contractual relationship with us, the legal basis for the processing is Article 6 par. 1 b GDPR, regardless of how you transmitted your message to us. In such a case, we will erase the data related to your message as soon as all mutual claims arising from the contractual relationship have been completely settled and the commercial and fiscal retention periods have expired.

5. Newsletter

If you have subscribed to our newsletter, we will keep you informed about news from us by e-mail (direct advertising from and about us). You will not receive more than one newsletter a week. You can object to the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes at any time in any form, without incurring any costs other than transmission costs at the basic rate. This data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6 par. 1 a GDPR. If you revoke your consent to the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes, we will delete your e-mail address from our mailing list.

6. Comments

When you leave a comment on our website, we will publish your contribution on our website together with your username, for which you may specify a pseudonym. To counteract misuse of our offer, we store the IP address of the device you are writing from for a period of twelve months (Article 6 par. 1 f GDPR). We reserve the right to delete any unsuitable or thematically inappropriate posts at any time. In addition, we delete published contributions at the request of the respective author.

7. Use of Cookies

When you visit our website, we place a “cookie” on your device. This is a small text file that we use to recognize your device when you return to our website for a later visit. With the help of the cookie we can also analyze certain user behavior, for example, which parts of our website you use, how long you stay on our site and when and how often you return to our site. We will delete a cookie no later than twelve months after your last visit to our website. This data processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest to better tailor our online presence to our visitors’ interests and the technology used by them (device and browser types), to analyse and optimise our website’s functions and the efficiency of advertising measures (legal basis: Article 6 par. 1 f GDPR). You can prevent the placing of cookies by going to the cookie settings of your Internet browser and switching off the use of cookies for our site or for all websites. In your browser settings, you can also delete cookies already stored.

8. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereafter “Google”). Google places a cookie on your device. With this cookie, Google can collect information about how you use our website. This information is transmitted to a server in the US, where it is evaluated by Google and made available to us. The legal basis is Article 6 par. 1 f GDPR, namely our legitimate interest in the evaluation and optimization of our website. Google has committed itself under the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement to comply with the European Union’s data protection regulation. We use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that your IP address will usually be shortened within the scope of the GDPR so that the IP can no longer be traced back to you. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. The IP address provided by your browser will not be merged with other data provided by Google. You may prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

9. Google Fonts

Our website uses fonts provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”) as “Google Fonts”. Google Fonts are downloaded directly from Google when you access our website from your device. Google hereby receives your IP address, your operating system, your browser type and its version. This information is transferred to a server in the USA where it is evaluated by Google for its own business purposes. Google has committed itself under the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement to comply with the European Union’s data protection laws.

10. Your Rights

With regard to your personal data we process, you have the following rights: You have the right to obtain a confirmation from us as to whether we process personal data concerning you. If this is the case, we will inform you about the personal data stored about you and the further information in accordance with Article 15 par. 1 and 2 GDPR. You have the right to have your inaccurate personal data rectified without undue delay. Taking into account the purposes of processing, you also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of providing a supplementary statement. You can demand the erasure of your personal data concerning you under the conditions of Article 17 par. 1 GDPR without undue delay, as far as their processing is not necessary according to Article 17 par. 3 GDPR. You may demand that we restrict the processing of your data if one of the requirements of Article 18 par. 1 GDPR applies. In particular, you can request the restriction instead of an erasure. We will communicate any rectification or erasure of your personal data and a restriction of processing to all recipients to whom we have disclosed your personal data, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. We will also inform you about these recipients if you request it. You have the right to receive the personal data which you provide to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You may also request that we transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where technically feasible. As far as a data processing is based on your given consent, you have the right to, withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the data processing based on consent before its withdrawal. RIGHT TO OBJECT: ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, YOU MAY, AT ANY TIME, OBJECT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; this right applies to a processing, according to Article 6 par. 1 f DPRG, necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. If you exercise your right to object, we will no longer process the personal data in question unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override the interests, rights and freedoms of you, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. IN CASE WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (E.G. NEWSLETTER), YOU MAY, AT ANY TIME, OBJECT TO PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING, WITH THE RESULT THAT WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR DATA FOR THESE PURPOSES. If you believe that the processing of your personal data is in breach of the GDPR, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. This does not exclude other administrative or judicial remedies.