# Privacy
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is
responsible its websites within the meaning of the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws
as well as other data protection regulations. It is legally represented by
its President. For contact details, please consult the
<a href="https://www.fau.eu/imprint">legal notice on FAU’s central website</a>.
The respective FAU institutions are responsible for any content they
make available on the websites of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). For questions related to specific content, please
contact the person responsible as named
<a href="/impressum">in the legal notice</a> of this web page.
##Contact Data Protection Officer
<ul>
<li>E-Mail:</span> <a href="mailto:datenschutzbeauftragter@fau.de">datenschutzbeauftragter@fau.de</a></li>
</ul>
## General information on data processing
### Scope of processing of personal data
We only process our users’ personal data to the extent necessary to provide services, content and a functional website.
As a rule, personal data are only processed after the user gives their consent.
An exception applies in those cases where it is impractical to obtain the user’s prior consent and the processing of such data is permitted by law.
### Legal basis for the processing of personal data
Art. 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) forms
the legal basis for us to obtain the consent of a data subject for
their personal data to be processed.<br> When processing personal data
required for the performance of a contract in which the contractual party is
the data subject, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR forms the legal basis. This also applies
if data has to be processed in order to carry out pre-contractual
activities.<br> Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR forms the legal basis if personal data has
to be processed in order to fulfil a legal obligation on the part of our
organisation.<br> Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR forms the legal basis in the case that
vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make the
processing of personal data necessary.<br> If data processing is necessary in
order to protect the legitimate interests of our organisation or of a third
party and if the interests, basic rights and fundamental freedoms of the data
subject do not outweigh the interests mentioned above, Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR
forms the legal basis for such data processing.
### Deletion of data and storage period
The personal data of the data subject are deleted or blocked as soon as the reason
for storing them ceases to exist. Storage beyond this time period may occur if
provided for by European or national legislators in directives under Union
legislation, laws or other regulations to which the data controller is
subject. Such data are also blocked or deleted if a storage period
prescribed by one of the above-named rules expires, unless further
storage of the data is necessary for entering into or performing a
contract.
## Provision of the website and generation of log files
### Description and scope of data processing
Each time our website is accessed, our system
automatically collects data and information from
the user’s computer system.<br> In this context, the
following data are collected:
<ul>
<li>
Address (URL) of
the website from which the file was requested
</li>
<li>Name of the retrieved file</li>
<li>Date and time of the request</li>
<li>Data volume transmitted</li>
<li>Access status (file transferred, file not found,etc.)</li>
<li>Description of the type of web browser and/or operating system used</li>
<li>Anonymised IP address of the requesting computer</li>
</ul>
The data stored are required exclusively for technical or statistical
purposes; no comparison with other data or disclosure to third
parties occurs, not even in part. The data are stored in our
system’s log files. This is not the case for the user’s IP
addresses or other data that make it possible to assign the data to a
specific user: before data are stored, each dataset is anonymised by
changing the IP address. These data are not stored together with other
personal data .
### Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis
for the temporary storage of data and logfiles is §§ 14, 15 TMG, § 100
Abs. 1 TKG and Art. 4 BayDSG following the tasks of Art. 11 BayEGovG and
Art. 7 and 34 BayHO
### Purpose of data processing
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary in order to deliver
the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address
must remain stored for the duration of the session.<br> The storage of such
data in log files takes place in order to ensure the website’s functionality.
These data also serve to help us optimise the website and ensure that our IT
systems are secure. They are not evaluated for marketing purposes in this
respect.
### Storage period
Data are deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for fulfilling the
purpose for which they were collected. If data have been collected for
the purpose of providing the website, they are deleted at the end of
the respective session.<br> If data are stored in log files, they are deleted
at the latest after seven days. A longer storage period is possible. In this
case, the users’ IP addresses are deleted or masked so that they can no longer
be assigned to the client accessing the website.
### Options for filing an objection or requesting removal
The collection of data for the purpose
of providing the website and the storage of such data in log files is
essential to the website’s operation. As a consequence, the user has no
possibility to object.
## Use of cookies
### Description and scope of data processing</h3>
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are saved
in the user’s web browser or by the web browser on the
user’s computer system. When a user accesses a website, a
cookie can be stored in the user’s operating system. This cookie
contains a character string that allows the unique identification of
the browser when the website is accessed again.</p> <p>We use
cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some parts of our website
require that the requesting browser can also be identified after changing
pages.<br> During this process, the following data are stored in the cookies
and transmitted:
<ul>
<li>Log-in information (only in the case of protected information that is made available exclusively to FAU members)</li>
</ul>
Technical measures are taken to pseudonymise user data collected in this way. This means that the
data can no longer be assigned to the user. The data are not stored
together with other personal data of the user.<br> When accessing our website,
a banner informs users that cookies are used for analysis purposes and makes
reference to this data protection policy. In connection with this, users are
also instructed how they can block the storage of cookies in their browser
settings.
### Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for
the temporary storage of data and logfiles is §§ 14, 15 TMG, § 100 Abs. 1
TKG and Art. 4 BayDSG following the tasks of Art. 11 BayEGovG and Art. 7
and 34 BayHO
### Purpose of data processing
Analysis cookies are used for the purpose of improving the quality of our
website and its content. We learn through the analysis cookies how the
website is used and in this way can continuously optimise our web
presence.
### Storage period, options for filing an objection or requesting removal
As cookies are stored on the user’s computer and are transmitted from it to
our website, users have full control over the use of cookies. You can
deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the
settings in your web browser. Cookies that are already stored can be
deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies
are deactivated for our website, it may be the case that not all of the
website’s functions can be used in full.
## SSL encryption
Our website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to
protect the transmission of confidential information, for
example enquiries you send to us as operators of the website.
You can recognise an encrypted connection when the browser’s address
line changes from <code>http://</code> to <code>https://</code> and a
padlock appears in your web browser.
If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
## Rights of the data subject
With regard to the processing of your personal
data, you as a data subject are entitled to the
following rights pursuant to Art. 15 et seq. GDPR:
<ul>
<li>
You can request information as to whether we process your personal
data. If this is the case, you have the right to information about this
personal data as well as further information in connection with the
processing (Art. 15 GDPR). Please note that this right of access may
be restricted or excluded in certain cases (cf. in particular Art. 10
BayDSG).
</li>
<li>
In the event that personal data about you is (no
longer) accurate or incomplete, you may request that this data be
corrected and, if necessary, completed (Art. 16 GDPR).
</li>
<li>
If
the legal requirements are met, you can demand that your personal data be
erased (Art. 17 GDPR) or that the processing of this data be
restricted (Art. 18 DSGVO). However, the right to erasure pursuant to
Art. 17 (1) and (2) GDPR does not apply, inter alia, if the processing
of personal data is necessary for the performance of a task carried out
in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority or in the
exercise of official authority vested (Art. 17 para. 3 letter b
GDPR).
</li>
<li>
If you have given your consent to the processing, you
have the right to withdrawal it at any time. The withdrawal will only
take effect in the future; this means that the withdrawal does not
affect the lawfulness of the processing operations carried out on the
basis of the consent up to the withdrawal.
</li>
<li>
For reasons arising
from your particular situation, you may also object to the processing
of your personal data by us at any time (Art. 21 GDPR). If the legal
requirements are met, we will subsequently no longer process your personal
data.
</li>
<li>
Insofar as you have consented to the processing of your
personal data or have agreed to the performance of the contract and the
data processing is carried out automated , you may be entitled to data
portability (Art. 20 GDPR).
</li>
<li>
You have the right to lodge a
complaint to a supervisory authority within the meaning of Art. 51 GDPR
about the processing of your personal data. The responsible supervisory
authority for Bavarian public authorities is the Bavarian Data
Protection Commissioner, Wagmüllerstraße 18, 80538 Munich.
</li>
</ul>