Data protection information

  1. General information

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We naturally comply with the provisions of the EU GDPR. The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you use our service. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.

  1. Contact details

Responsible for the processing is the:

Stiftung Europa-Kolleg Hamburg
Windmühlenweg 27
22607 Hamburg

Phone: +49/40/82 27 27 20
Fax: +49/40/82 27 27 98

represented by Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur

In accordance with Article 37 GDPR, we are not obliged to appoint a company data protection officer.

For queries and other data protection issues, please contact us at the following e-mail address:

info@europa-kolleg-hamburg.de

  1. Purpose and legal basis

In order to ensure the operation of our website and to provide you with the best possible information, we use technical means to monitor the use of our website. These data collection and analysis services are explained separately in this document.

Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

The legal basis for this processing is the legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) in operating our service professionally and securely.

In addition, there are situations in which you wish to provide us with personal data, such as when registering.
In this case, we will ask you for your consent to processing (Article 6 (1) lit. a GDPR).

  1. What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected in order to ensure error-free provision of the service. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

Collection and processing when processing a request by e-mail

When using the contact option by e-mail, we collect personal data (individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person) only to the extent provided by you. We require your e-mail address in order to be able to answer your inquiry. Accordingly, it will only be used for this purpose. Your data will then be deleted unless you have expressly consented to further processing.

  1. Recipients or disclosure of personal data

We do not pass on any personal data to third parties without your express consent.

This does not apply to our service partners that we need to process the contractual relationships. In these cases, too, the data protection regulations are complied with. The scope of the data transfer is limited to the minimum permitted.

The following service partners are involved in the processing:

SeaFair IT Solutions GmbH

Hofweg 62

22085 Hamburg

Phone: +49 (0) 40 - 3 68 07 38 55

Fax: +49 (0) 40 - 3 68 07 38 50

  1. Information on safeguarding the rights of data subjects

a) Withdrawal of consent

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

b) Information rights of the data subject

You have the right to information, correction, deletion or blocking of your data free of charge at any time.

Furthermore, you have the right to correct incorrect or incomplete stored data.

c) Right of appeal

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

(Contact see below)

  1. Information on the right to object

We would like to point out that you have the right to object to the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.

The objection can be made in writing or by e-mail to the above address.

  1. Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is

The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Am Klosterwall 6

20095 Hamburg

Datenschutz-hamburg.de

  1. Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

  1. Information, blocking, deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. Statutory provisions on retention and documentation periods must be observed. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the contact details if you have further questions on the subject of personal data.

  1. Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the following privacy policy.

II Data collection on our website

Cookies

Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in so-called server log files. These are

  • Browser type and browser version,
  • Operating system used,
  • Referrer URL,
  • Host name of the accessing computer,
  • Time of the server request,
  • IP address.

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The legal basis for this processing is the legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) in operating this website professionally and securely.

III Plug-ins and tools

You have the option of preventing the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being sent to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link.

[http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de]