Privacy Policy

• Your operating system (Windows 10, macOS Mojave, etc.)
• The page you visited before landing on our website
• The page or pages you visited on our website
• The time and date you accessed our website

We do not share your data with third parties ⓘ Third PartiesAs defined in Art. 4(10) GDPR. We only share this data with the Humboldt University Berlin (Germany) which hosts our website and uses the data for our purposes.

We have a legitimate interest ⓘ Legitimate interestAccording to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to process this data to inform you and other visitors about our research projects in the best possible manner.

Our server stores your data only during the time that you are visiting our website. The same data might be saved longer for security purposes.

Regarding the data we process to show you our website, your rights as data subject do usually not apply in practice, because we do not keep your data for this purpose after you leave our website and there is usually no need to enforce your rights during your visit. Read more

• Your IP address ⓘ IP addressThe IP address is a code that identifies your device on an internet network.
• Your port for file transfers ⓘ PortA port is a communication endpoint that allows data to flow in and out your computer. Data can be received from and be sent to the Internet or other computers in a network.
• The type and version of your internet browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.)
• The size of your browser window
• Your operating system (Windows 10, macOS Mojave, etc.)
• The page you visited before landing on our website
• The page or pages you visited on our website
• The size of the data sent by your request and the responses sent between your browser and the server hosting our website
• The HTTP Status Codes issued by our server when it responds to your browser’s request
• The time and date you accessed our website

We do not share your data with third parties. We only share this data with the Humboldt University Berlin (Germany) which hosts our website and uses the data for our purposes. However, in case of a cyberattack, we may need to share the data with law enforcement authorities.

We have a legitimate interest ⓘ Legitimate interestAccording to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to analyse your activity on our website in order to identify technical problems and protect it from cyberattacks. The data are used to ensure protection for the personal data on the server of our hosting institution.

In case of a cyberattack, we may be required to provide the data to law enforcement authorities for criminal prosecution. Read more

The data are stored on our server for one week and then they are erased. However, if our website has a security incident, we have a legitimate interest to keep the data as long as necessary to investigate the incident. For example, we might look into the IP addresses we collected to identify the origin of the attack.

Your rights as data subject ⓘ Rights as data subjectYour right of access, to erasure, to rectification, to limit processing, to data portability, under Art. 15-20 GDPR do not apply because we are not able to link your IP address to your identity without your help ⓘ Processing which does not require identificationAccording to Art. 11 GDPR. However, your internet access provider, which assigned to you a certain IP address for a certain period of time, can make this connection and reveal your identity.Read more

This means that if you want to exercise your rights, you will need first to allow us to link your identity with your IP address. Your right to object to our processing ⓘ Right to object to our processingUnder Art. 21 GDPR may not apply because of our legitimate ground to investigate security incidents.

We collect and store the following data:

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• Your email address
• Your name (if it’s visible in your e-mail address or you decide to share it with us)
• The time and date your message was sent
• Other personal information that you decide to share with us in your message.

We do not share your data with third parties. We only share this data with the Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany), which stores your personal data on its servers only for our purpose. This is necessary in order to allow you to contact us, to allow us to answer you back and to be able to keep our conversation ongoing.

We also use the WordPress plugin “Contact Form 7” to provide a contact form on our website. This plugin simply forwards your message, together with your name (if you provided it) and email address, to our own email address and does not store any of your data.

We have a legitimate interest ⓘ Legitimate interestAccording to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to collect and process your data to answer your request and to be able to keep the conversation ongoing.

We store your message, your email address and your name (if you shared it) in our mailbox as long as necessary to answer your contact request and to keep our conversation ongoing. We keep these data until you object to the processing or ask us to delete it.

• You have the right to know which information we hold about you (right of access, Art. 15 GDPR). However, if you have contacted us via email, you can easily access our conversation in your own mailbox. Read more
  If you have deleted the messages or lost access to your mailbox, we can send you our conversation, of course.
• You have the right to ask us to rectify the data we hold about you, if incomplete or inaccurate (right to rectification, Art. 16 GDPR).
• You can object to the processing (right to object to processing, Art. 21 GDPR), which would stop or prevent us from using your data. Read more
  However, you need to give us a specific reason to motivate your request. We can also refuse to comply with your request if we can demonstrate that our legitimate interest overrides yours. In this case, we will notify you and explain why.
• You have the right to ask us to delete your data (right to erasure, Art. 17 GDPR)Read more
  This right applies only if your data is no longer needed to answer you and to keep the conversation ongoing, or if you have successfully exercised your right to object to the processing.
• You can ask us to transfer your data to another service if it is technically feasible (right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR).
• Finally, you can ask us to limit how we use your data (right to restrict processing, Art. 18 GDPR). Read more
  We will suspend the processing if you ask us to rectify your data or if we are considering your request to object to processing. If you need to keep the data to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim, we will store your data but not use it otherwise.