Privacy policy

1. General information and mandatory information

Data protection
This privacy policy is intended to fulfill the information obligation required under Article 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when collecting data from data subjects at the time of collection. The Research Institute for Humanities takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This includes in particular names, email addresses or telephone numbers, but also information about websites visited is considered personal data. Personal data is only collected, used and passed on by us if this is permitted by law or if users have consented to the data collection. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Notice of the responsible party
The responsible party for the data processing of this website is:
Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften gGmbH
Am Wingertsberg 4
61348 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe
Tel.: 06172 / 13977-0
Fax.: 06172 / 13977-19
E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet: www.forschungskolleg-humanwissenschaften.de

Complaint options
For inquiries or complaints regarding data protection, you can contact the data protection officers of the Goethe University.

Contact information of the data protection officers:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
The official data protection officers
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1
60323 Frankfurt am Main
E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Internet: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/47859992/datenschutzbeauftragte

You have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority for data protection issues.

Contact information for the supervisory authority of the Research Institute for Humanities:
Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Postfach 3163
65021 Wiesbaden
Tel.: 0611 / 1408-0
Fax: 0611 / 1408-611
Link to the contact form of HDBI: https://datenschutz.hessen.de/%C3%BCber-uns/kontakt

Rights
You have the following rights regarding your stored personal data in relation to the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften:
- Right to data portability in a commonly used, structured, and machine-readable format
- Right to information, blocking, deletion, and correction
- Right to restriction of processing
- Right to withdraw your consent
- Right to object to processing
To exercise these rights, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 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 is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).

2. Data collection on our website

Access data/server log files
When accessing the pages of Forschungskollegs Humanwissenschaften, the following data is generally stored in the server log files:
- IP address
- Date and time of the server request
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- URL of the accessed page
- Any error message related to the occurred error
- If applicable, the requested provider
- Hostname of the accessing computer
The merging of this data with other data sources is not carried out.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Research Institute for Human Sciences has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free display and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Matomo
To design our website to meet the needs of users, we use the web analysis tool "Matomo". Matomo creates usage profiles based on pseudonyms. For this purpose, permanent cookies are stored on your device and read by us. In this way, we are able to recognize and count recurring visitors. We also use the Heatmap & Session Recording modules. The heatmap service from Matomo shows us the areas of our website where the mouse is moved most frequently or where the most clicks occur. The session recording service records individual user sessions. We can replay recorded sessions and analyze the use of our website. Data entered in forms is not recorded and is never visible.

Data processing is based on your consent in accordance with § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, if you have given your consent via our banner. You can revoke your consent at any time. Please make the appropriate settings via our banner.

Inquiries by email, telephone, and fax
If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry, etc.), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The data you send to us through contact will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular legal retention periods – remain unaffected.

Cookies
Cookies are small files that enable specific, device-related information to be stored on your access device (PC, smartphone, etc.). They serve, among other things, to enhance the user-friendliness of websites (e.g. storing login data). You can influence the use of cookies. Most browsers have an option that allows you to restrict or prevent the storage of cookies. However, it should be noted that the use and, in particular, the convenience of use may be limited without cookies.

3. Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. To ensure that the newsletter is sent with your consent, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. In the course of this, the potential recipient is added to a distribution list. The user then has the option to confirm the registration in a legally secure manner by means of a confirmation email. The address is only actively added to the distribution list if confirmation is received. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and offers.
Newsletter2Go is used as newsletter software, which is a service that can be used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. Your data will be transmitted to Newsletter2Go GmbH, Nürnberger Straße 8, 10787 Berlin for this purpose. Newsletter2Go is prohibited from selling your data or using it for purposes other than sending newsletters. Newsletter2Go is a German, certified provider that was selected in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Federal Data Protection Act. You can find Newsletter2Go's privacy policy here: https://www.newsletter2go.de/datenschutz/ Further information can be found here: https://www.newsletter2go.de/informationen-newsletter-empfaenger/
You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, email address, and their use for the sending of the newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe button at the end of each newsletter or informally by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The legality of data processing that has already occurred remains unaffected by the revocation. Data stored by us for other purposes will not be affected by this.
The data protection measures are always subject to technical renewals. For this reason, we ask you to regularly inform yourself about our data protection measures by accessing our privacy policy.

4. Integration of third-party services
Some pages of the website of Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften may contain content from third parties (such as videos from YouTube, maps from Google Maps, RSS feeds, graphics, etc.) embedded from other websites. This always requires that the providers of this content (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers") perceive your IP address. Without the IP address, the third-party providers would not be able to send the content to your browser. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. We strive to use only content whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the content. However, we have no influence on further use of your data (e.g. if third-party providers store the IP address for statistical purposes).