Data protection regulation pursuant to EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and § 13 Telemediengesetz (TMG) - German Education Server

This data protection regulation is applicable to the internet service offered by the German Education Server, accessible via https://www.bildungsserver.de/ respectively www.eduserver.de. For internet services that are accessible via a link from the above cited website, please refer to the data protection regulations and details specified on the pertinent sites.

The website of the German Education Server is run by DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education. DIPF holds responsible for processing the personal data that are assessed via this website. For the address and contact details, please visit the Imprint.

Please address your questions concerning data protection at the German Education Server to our data protection officers. You can ask which data we save. Moreover, you can post requests, applications for rectifications and deletion and any suggestions to the following address:

gds Gesellschaft für Datenschutz Mittelhessen mbH
Frau Viktorija Meinel
Auf der Appeling 8
35043 Marburg a.d. Lahn
Fax: 06421 804 13 18

E-Mail: Datenschutz@dipf.de

You can generally use our website without entering any personal data. We will only assess personal data with your consent. We will not transmit such data to third parties without your consent.

Data and information are assessed each time this website is accessed. These data and information are stored in server log-files. The following information can be assessed and stored:

- IP address
- information about the type of browser and the version used
- date and time of access
- internet service provider used
- operating system used
- websites that have directed the user system to internet service
- websites the user accesses via our service

Point f, article 6(1) GDPR provides the legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log-files on our website. A temporary storage of the IP address via the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user device. For the duration of a session, the user’s IP address is thus stored. Storage in log-files serves the purpose of operation, optimisation of content on the website, and assurance of security of our IT systems. Data are erased as soon as they are no longer needed for the fulfilment of the purpose. In the case of assessing data for the provision of the website, this means that the data will be erased as soon as the session has ended. In the case of storing data in log- files, data will be deleted after seven days at most. It is possible to store data even beyond this period. In these cases, IP addresses of the users will be deleted or made unrecognisable so that it is no longer possible to link the client to a specific user.

No cookies are placed by the German Education Server. External web analysis services like Matomo use cookies, see detailed infomation on this website below.

The German Education Server offers a German-language newsletter, subscription is free of charge.
By subscribing to the German Education Server newsletter service, published by DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, you agree to receiving the newsletter by e-mail. When subscribing to the newsletter, your e-mail address as well as the date and time of subscription will be transmitted to the DFNlist service of DFN-Verein. Your e-mail address will only be used for the purpose of sending out the newsletter, it will not be relayed to third parties. You can revoke your consent any time by unsubscribing: abbestellen. Your registration data will then be deleted.

The website offers contact forms for the purpose of electronic communication. Data that are entered in the fields will be transmitted.

You can alternatively contact the German Education Server by e-mail. In the latter case, personal data that are transmitted by the user’s e-mail are stored. Data are not relayed to third parties.

In the case of your consent, data are processed pursuant to on point a, article 6(1) GDPR.

Lawfully, processing of data that are transmitted by means of sending an e-mail is based on point f, article 6(1) GDPR.

The data are exclusively processed for the purpose of communication. The data will be erased as soon as they are no longer needed for the particular purpose of assessment. In the case of submitting personal data via a contact form or e-mail, this means that the data will be erased as soon as the communication with the user ends.

Please note that communication via internet (e.g. via e-mail) might be vulnerable to security flaws. It is impossible to assure that data will not be accessed by third parties. Hereby, we strictly object to the usage of contact data published in the compulsory imprint by third parties, for the purpose of transmitting unrequested advertisements and information materials. The providers of this website reserve their right to prosecute, in the case of receiving unrequested advertisement, for instance via spam mails.

Our website uses Matomo, a so-called web analysis service. Matomo  uses 'cookies', i.e. text files that are saved on your device. The user information that is generated by the cookie (including your abbreviated IP address) is transmitted to our server and stored for the purpose of usage analysis and optimisation of our website. Your IP address is immediately anonymised in the process, and you remain anonymous as a user. The information about your usage of our website obtained via the cookie is not transmitted to any third parties. You can prevent the usage of cookies by a specific browser setting, but in this case you might not be able to fully use all the functionalities provided by this website.

If you disagree with the storage and analysis of these data from your visit, you can object to the storage and usage by mouse-click any time. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie will be placed in your browser, and Matomo will not assess any session data. Please note: if you delete your cookies, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and you might need to re-activate it.

Our website uses Facebook social plugins (Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA). These plugins are recognisable via a Facebook logo respectively the 'share' button. When visiting the German Education Server, your browser will only be connected to the Facebook server if you use the above listed functionalities. If you click onto the Facebook symbol while you are logged onto your Facebook account, for example to link content from our site to your Facebook profile, Facebook can link your visit on our site to your Facebook account. Please note that we as providers of this website do not receive any information at all about the transmitted data and their usage by Facebook. For further information, please read the data protection regulations on Facebook, see http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. Alternatively, you can check the help menu https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084.

If you do not wish Facebook to allocate your visit of our website to your Facebook account, you should not carry out any direct actions in connection with Facebook (e.g. clicking onto the Facebook symbols on our sites while logged onto your account).

Our site integrates functionalities that are provided by Twitter, i.e. functions offered by Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the 'tweet' function (sharing via Twitter), the sites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and published to other users. Data are also transmitted to Twitter.

Please note that we as the providers of this website are unaware of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Twitter. For further information, please read the data protection regulations for Twitter, see https://twitter.com/privacy.

Data protection settings in Twitter can be altered by visiting https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Our website links up to You Tube videos, a platform that is run by Google: YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. Normally, merely clicking onto a site with a YouTube video will activate a connection to YouTube and the Google DoubleClick network (including transmission of your IP address and installation of cookies on your device). However, on our website, we have linked YouTube videos according to an enhanced data protection mode (in this case, YouTube will always contact the Google Double click service but according to the Google data protection statement, personal data are not assessed). YouTube hence does not store any information about personal data, unless you decide to play the video. If you click onto the video, your IP address will be transmitted to YouTube and YouTube will be informed about your action. If you are logged into YouTube, this information will be allocated to your user account (you can prevent this by logging out of YouTube prior to starting the video). We are unaware of the possible subsequent assessment and use of your data by YouTube, and we cannot influence such operations.

If you are logged into your Google account, Google can immediately allocate your surfing behaviour to your profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Google account before visiting our website.
For information concerning the handling of user data by Google, see the respective data protection regulations, https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

You can find functionalities from the edutags service on our website, which is operated by the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Rostocker Straße 6, 60323 Frankfurt, Germany. Edutags functionalities are indicated by the edutags logo. Using the edutags functionalities means that a connection to the service is activated. For further information, please refer to the data protection regulations for edutags: https://www.edutags.de/datenschutz.