Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy 1. Responsible institution for data protection purposes: Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology 2. Data protection representative 3. Collection of personal data Processing of log data (access data): When using the web service, the access to the pages, whether or not the access was successful, the time, the data volume transferred and the IP address of the device are evaluated in order to recognise errors. The processing happens only internally and on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) EU-GDPR, whereas the interest lies in error detection. The stored log data is deleted automatically after 7 calendar days. The collection of data for the purpose of making the website available and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Users who do not want their data to be processed as described may contact the university in other ways (by telephone, in writing, in person) to obtain information. You will find the contact details under 1. 4. Cookies Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files stored on the user’s computer system by the internet browser. When a user visits a website, a cookie can be stored on the user’s computer system. This cookie includes a distinctive sequence of characters that enables a clear identification of the browser the next time the user visits the website.
The purpose of using the technically necessary cookies named in the table is to simplify the use of the website for the user. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these functions, it is necessary for the browser to be recognized when the user visits the website again later after leaving it. The recipient of the information contained in the cookies is exclusively the authorized web server, i.e., the university web server that sent the cookie. Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our site from it. As the user, you therefore also have complete control over the use of cookies – irrespective of the retention periods listed above. You can deactivate or limit the transfer of cookies by changing the settings of your web browser. You can also delete already stored cookies at any time. You can even set your browser to do this automatically. If you deactivate cookies for our website, you may no longer be able to use all functions of the website to their full extent. 5. Your rights You have the right to receive information from the University of Freiburg on your personal data that has been retained and/or to have retained data that is incorrect corrected. |