Privacy policy

Within the scope of using this website, personal data about you will be processed and stored by us as the data controller for the duration necessary to fulfill the specified purposes and legal obligations. Below, we inform you about the data involved, how it is processed, and what rights you have in this regard.

Personal data, according to Article 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO)), refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

1. Scope

This privacy notice applies to data processing on all project websites of the project, as well as all services offered in connection with the project as a web service or mobile app (hereinafter referred to as ‘website’), provided that reference is made to this privacy notice.

2. Name and contact details of the controller and the company data protection officer

Responsible party within the meaning of Article 4 No. 7 DSGVO:

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. Hansastraße 27 c 80686 München

für Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF

Bartningstraße 47

64289 Darmstadt

(im Folgenden Fraunhofer-LBF)

Email: info@lbf.fraunhofer.de

Phone: +49 6151 705-0

Fax: +49 6151 705-214

The data protection officer of Fraunhofer can be reached at the above address in Munich, attn. Data Protection Officer, or at datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de. You can contact our data protection officer at any time with questions regarding data protection law or your rights as a data subject.

3. Processing of Personal Data and Purposes of Processing

When visiting the website

You can access our website without disclosing 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 connection to the website. This also includes the IP address of your requesting device. This is temporarily stored in a so-called log file and deleted after 4 weeks at the latest.

The processing of the IP address is carried out for technical and administrative purposes of connection establishment and stability, to ensure the security and functionality of our website, and to be able to track any unlawful attacks on it if necessary.

The legal basis for processing the IP address is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest arises from the aforementioned security interest and the necessity of providing our website without disruption.

From the processing of the IP address and other information in the log file, we cannot draw any direct conclusions about your identity.

Furthermore, we use cookies when you visit our website. Further explanations can be found below in this privacy information.

4. Disclosure of Data

If we disclose personal data that we collect through the website to processors, we will inform you about this in this privacy information at the respective data processing operation, specifying the specific recipient.

Furthermore, we only disclose your personal data if

You have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO;
this is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b DSGVOfor the performance of a contract with you (for example, when passing on to shipping companies for the purpose of delivering the goods ordered by you or when passing on payment data to payment service providers or credit institutions to process a payment transaction);
there is a legal obligation for the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO.

5. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device, they do not contain viruses, trojans, or other harmful software.

The cookie stores information that is specific to the respective end device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately receive knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to enable session control or to store form inputs or shopping carts during the session. Session cookies are deleted at the latest when you close your web browser.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the aforementioned purposes to safeguard our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser to not store cookies on your computer or to always display a notification before a new cookie is created. However, disabling cookies entirely may result in you not being able to use all the functions of our website.

6. Social-Media-Plugins

We use so-called social media buttons (also social media plugins) on our website. These are small buttons that allow you to publish content from our website on 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 relevant content, the operator of the social network receives further, partly personal information. 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 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 will only be transmitted to the social network when you activate the button.

We use the following social media plugins:

Facebook Ireland Limited: Share on Facebook

Partial information is transmitted to the parent company Facebook Inc. based in the USA. This company adheres to the privacy policies of the ‘US Privacy Shield’ and is registered with the ‘US Privacy Shield’ program of the US Department of Commerce.

For the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Twitter International Company: Share on Twitter

Partial information is transmitted to the parent company Twitter Inc. based in the USA. This company adheres to the privacy policies of the ‘US Privacy Shield’ and is registered with the ‘US Privacy Shield’ program of the US Department of Commerce.

Further information about privacy at Twitter can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy.

Xing SE: Share on Xing

Further information about privacy at XING can be found in XING’s privacy policy at https://www.xing.com/privacy.

LinkedIn Corporation: Share on LinkedIn

Partial information is transmitted to the parent company LinkedIn Corporation based in the USA. This company adheres to the privacy policies of the ‘US Privacy Shield’ and is registered with the ‘US Privacy Shield’ program of the US Department of Commerce.

Further information about privacy at LinkedIn can be found in their privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Pinterest Europe Ltd.: Share on Pinterest

Further information about privacy at Pinterest can be found in Pinterest’s privacy policy at https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.

Facebook Ireland Limited: Share on Instagram

The purpose and scope of data collection, as well as the further processing and use of data by Facebook, and your related rights and privacy protection settings, can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

7. Rights of Data Subjects

You have the right:

to revoke your consent given to us at any time in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. This will result in us no longer being allowed to continue data processing based on this consent for the future;
“to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the categories 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 to lodge a complaint, the source of your data if not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
to demand without delay the correction of inaccurate or completion of incomplete personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO;
to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, provided that the processing is not necessary for exercising the right to 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;
to request the restriction of processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO if the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose the erasure of the data, and we no longer need the data, but you require them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO;
to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transmission of this data to another controller according to Art. 20 DSGVO;
to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our company headquarters for this purpose.”

Information about your right to object under Art. 21 DSGVO

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) DSGVO (processing in the public interest) and Article 6(1)(f) DSGVO (processing based on legitimate interests), including profiling based on those provisions pursuant to Article 4(4) DSGVO.

If you object, we will stop processing 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.

If your objection is directed against processing for direct marketing purposes, we will immediately cease processing. In this case, no special situation needs to be provided. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you wish to exercise your right to object, simply send an email to datenschutzkoordination@zv.fraunhofer.de.

8. Data Security

All data transmitted by you personally is encrypted using the generally accepted and secure standard TLS (Transport Layer Security). TLS is a secure and proven standard used, for example, in online banking. You can recognize a secure TLS connection by the appended ‘s’ in ‘https://’ in the address bar of your browser or by the padlock symbol in the lower part of your browser.

Furthermore, we employ 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. Currentness and Modification of this Privacy Policy

Due to the ongoing development of our website and services offered through it, or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to modify this privacy policy. The current version of the privacy policy can be accessed and printed from the website at any time.