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Privacy policy

Data protection is an important concern for the Technical University of Munich. We want you to know when we store which data and how we use it. Personal data is only collected on this central university web server (www.tum.de) to the extent that is technically necessary. Data processing is subject to the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Bavarian Data Protection Act (BayDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG).

Below we inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data. This information can be accessed at any time from our website.

General information

Name and contact details of the controller

Technical University of Munich
Postal address: Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich
Phone: 089/289-01
Fax: 089/289-22000
post office(at)tum.de

Contact details of the data protection officer

The Data Protection Officer of the Technical University of Munich
Postal address: Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich
Phone: 089/289-17052
E-Mail: beauftragter(at)datenschutz.tum.de

Purposes and legal bases for the processing of personal data

The purpose of the processing is to fulfill the public tasks assigned to us by law, in particular to inform the public.
Unless otherwise stated, the legal basis for the processing of your data results from Art. 4 para. 1 of the Bavarian Data Protection Act (BayDSG) in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 letter e of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Accordingly, we are permitted to process the data required to fulfill a task incumbent upon us.

Recipients of personal data

The technical operation of our data processing systems is carried out by:

Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Boltzmannstrasse 1
D-85748 Garching near Munich
Phone: (089) 35831 8000
Fax: (089) 35831 9700
E-Mail: lrzpost(at)lrz.de
www.lrz.de

If necessary, your data will be transmitted to the responsible supervisory and auditing authorities to exercise the respective control rights.

In order to prevent threats to information technology security, data may be forwarded to the State Office for Information Technology Security in the event of electronic transmission and processed there on the basis of Art. 12 et seq. of the Bavarian E-Government Act.

Duration of storage of personal data

Your data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the fulfillment of tasks, taking into account statutory retention periods.

Your rights

If we process your personal data, you have the following rights as a data subject:

  • You have the right to information about the personal data stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR).
  • If incorrect personal data is processed, you have the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR).
  • If the legal requirements are met, you can request the erasure or restriction of processing (Art. 17 and 18 GDPR).
  • If you have consented to the processing or a contract for data processing exists and the data processing is carried out using automated procedures, you may have a right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).
  • If you have consented to the processing and the processing is based on this consent, you can revoke your consent at any time for the future. This does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

You have the right to object to the processing of your data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation if the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 letter e or f GDPR (Art. 21 para. 1 sentence 1 GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Bavarian State Commissioner for Data Protection. You can reach him under the following contact details:
Postal address: P.O. Box 22 12 19, 80502 Munich  
Address: Wagmüllerstraße 18, 80538 Munich  
Phone: 089 212672-0  
Fax: 089 212672-50  
E-Mail: poststelle(at)datenschutz-bayern.de
https://www.datenschutz-bayern.de/

Further information

For more information on the processing of your data and your rights, you can contact us using the contact details given above (at the beginning of A.).

Information about the website

Logging

When you access this or other Internet pages, you transmit data to our web server via your Internet browser. The following data is temporarily recorded in a log file during an ongoing connection for communication between your Internet browser and our web server:

  • IP address of the requesting computer
  • Date and time of access
  • Name, URL and transferred data volume of the retrieved file
  • Access status (requested file transferred, not found, etc.)
  • Identification data of the browser and operating system used (if transmitted by the requesting web browser)
  • Website from which the access was made (if transmitted by the requesting web browser)

Active components

Active components such as JavaScript, Java applets or Active-X controls are used on this website. You can deactivate this function by changing the settings of your Internet browser.

Cookies

In order to extend the functionality of our website and to make it more convenient for you to use, we sometimes use so-called "cookies". With the help of these cookies, data can be stored on your computer when you visit our website. However, you can deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser so that cookies are only stored for the duration of the respective connection to the Internet. However, this may limit the functionality of our website.

Some of the videos on this website are embedded from YouTube. When the videos are played, the service provider may store cookies on the user's computer. We have no influence on this storage.

We use the "Real Cookie Banner" consent tool to manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents. You can find details on how "Real Cookie Banner" works at https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/

The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.

The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consent.

Use of YouTube plugins (videos)

Our website uses plugins from www.youtube.com which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google").

When you access pages of our website that contain such a plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established and the plugin is displayed on the website by notifying your browser. This tells the YouTube server which of our web pages you have visited. If you are logged in as a member of YouTube, YouTube assigns this information to your personal user accounts on these platforms. When using these plugins, such as clicking/starting a video or sending a comment, this information is assigned to your YouTube user account, for example, which you can only prevent by logging out before using the plugin. Further information on the collection and use of data by the platform or plugins can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at the following link: http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

We use embedded YouTube videos in extended data protection mode. This means that YouTube does not store cookies for a user who views a website with an embedded YouTube video player but does not click on the video to start playback.