When you use this website, your personal data will be processed by us as the data controller and stored for the period required to fulfill the specified purposes and legal obligations. In the following, we will inform you about what data is involved, how it is processed and what rights you have in this regard.
According to Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
1. Name and contact details of the controller and the company data protection officer
2. Processing of personal data and purposes of processing
3. Disclosure of personal data to third parties
4. Web analysis by means of Leadlab
5. Social plugins
6. Rights of data subjects
7. Information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR
8. Data security
9. Timeliness and amendment of this data protection information
1. name and contact details of the controller and the company data protection officer
This data protection information applies to data processing on our institute website https://www.leichtbau.fraunhofer.de/en.html by the controller:
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft for the Advancement of Applied Research e.V.
Hansastrasse 27 c,
80686 Munich
for its Fraunhofer Research Field Lightweight Engineering (hereinafter " Fraunhofer Research Field Lightweight Engineering ")
E-mail: jutta.edhofer(at)lbf.fraunhofer.de
Schlossgartenstraße 6
64289 Darmstadt
Phone: +49 6151 705-287
The Fraunhofer Data Protection Officer can be contacted at the above address, Attn: Data Protection Officer or at datenschutz(at)zv.fraunhofer.de.
You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time if you have any questions about data protection law or your rights as a data subject.
2. Processing of personal data and purposes of processing
When visiting the website
You can access the website www.leichtbau.fraunhofer.de without having to disclose your identity. The browser used on your device only automatically sends information to the server of our website (e.g. browser type and version, date and time of access) to enable the website to establish a connection. This also includes the IP address of your requesting device. This is temporarily stored in a log file and automatically deleted after 4 days:
The IP address is processed for technical and administrative purposes of connection establishment and stability in order to ensure the security and functionality of our website and to be able to prosecute any illegal attacks on it if necessary.
The legal basis for the processing of the IP address is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the aforementioned security interest and the need to provide our website without disruption.
We cannot draw any direct conclusions about your identity from the processing of the IP address and other information in the log file.
We also use tracking pixels and analysis services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations on this in section 4 of this privacy policy.
3. Disclosure of personal data to third parties
Except in the cases mentioned above (registration for events), we will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
· you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
· this is necessary for the performance of a contract with you pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR,
· in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.
If personal data is transferred to a third country (outside the EU) or an international organization, this is excluded separately.
4. Web analysis using Leadlab (Wiredminds GmbH)
We use the Leadlab service from Wiredminds GmbH and its pixel-code technology on our website to analyze user behavior and to optimize our site based on this. In particular, the service allows us to recognize which companies have visited our site. We do not receive any information that directly identifies you.
In connection with the use of Leadlab, tracking pixels are used that enable a statistical analysis of the use of this website by your visits. The information is processed by Wiredminds using a pseudonym in a usage profile for the purpose of analysis and anonymized as far as possible.
The data obtained in this way will not be used to identify you personally without your separate consent and the data will not be merged with personal data about you as the bearer of the pseudonym.
If IP addresses are collected, they are anonymized immediately after collection by deleting the last number block.
Information on data protection at Wiredminds can be found on their website.
Data processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the optimization of our online offer and our website. Wiredminds processes the data on our behalf and we have concluded an order processing contract with Wiredminds. This ensures that the data processing on our behalf is carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and guarantees the protection of the rights of the data subjects.
5. Social plugins
We use social media buttons (also known as social media plugins) on our website. These are small buttons that you can use to publish content from our website in social networks under your profile.
If you activate such a button, a connection is established between our website and the social network. In addition to the content in question, the operator of the social network receives further information, some of which is personal. This includes, for example, the fact that you are currently visiting our site.
The social media buttons are integrated using the so-called Shariff solution. This solution, developed by Heise and c't, prevents a connection to a social network from being established simply because you visit a page with a social media button without activating it. This means that information is only transmitted to the social network when you use the button.
We use the following social media plugins:
(a) Facebook: Share Facebook Ireland Limited
In some cases, information is transmitted to the parent company Facebook Inc. based in the USA, to other Facebook companies and to external Facebook partners, some of which may be located outside the European Union. Facebook uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on the adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission regarding certain countries.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information.
b) Twitter: Sharing the Twitter International Company
In some cases, information is transmitted to the parent company Twitter Inc. based in the USA, to other Twitter companies and to external Twitter partners, some of which may be located outside the European Union. Twitter uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on your consent.
Further information on data protection at Twitter can be found in Twitter's privacy policy.
c) NEW WORK SE (formerly XING SE): Parts of Xing SE
In some cases, information is transferred to other NEW WORK companies and to external partners of NEW WORK, which may be located outside the European Union. NEW WORK uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or other appropriate safeguards in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR and relies on the adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission regarding certain countries and your consent.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by NEW WORK as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in XING's privacy policy.
d) LinkedIn: Sharing the LinkedIn Unlimited Company
In some cases, information is transmitted to the parent company LinkedIn Corporation, based in the USA, to other LinkedIn companies and to external LinkedIn partners, each of which may be located outside the European Union. LinkedIn uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission for this purpose.
Further information on data protection at LinkedIn can be found in their privacy policy.
6. Rights of data subjects
You have the right:
· in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to withdraw your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future;
· to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details;
· in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us
· in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims
· in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR
· in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller; and
· to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters.
7. Information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision of Article 4(4) GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
If you object to the processing of data for the purpose of direct marketing, we will cease processing immediately. In this case, it is not necessary to specify a particular situation. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising.
If you wish to exercise your right to object, simply send an email to datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de.
8. Data security
All data transmitted by you personally is encrypted using the generally accepted and secure TLS (Transport Layer Security) standard. TLS is a secure and proven standard that is also used in online banking, for example. You can recognize a secure TLS connection by the s appended to the http (i.e. https://..) in the address bar of your browser or by the lock symbol at the bottom of your browser.
We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
9. Timeliness and amendment of this data protection information
This data protection information is currently valid and was last updated in November 2023.
It may become necessary to amend this data protection information as a result of the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current data protection information at any time on the website at https://www.fraunhofer.de/en/data-protection-policy.html