Privacy Information

General Information

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and would like to point out that when you visit our website, data is also processed where a personal reference cannot be completely excluded. If you log into the protected area as a registered user, the personal reference is sometimes also desired. Why this is so and to what extent we collect which data from you on which legal basis and when we delete this data again, we would like to explain to you in the context of this data protection declaration.

The principle of data economy is important to us: personal data is therefore only collected and processed by us in technically necessary circumstances and in accordance with this data protection declaration. Your data will not be sold to third parties by us, nor will it be passed on to third parties by us. Registered users can log in to various protected areas of our website. For data processing in the respective protected areas, please refer to the separate data protection declarations and the information on the data processing carried out by us.

Responsible Person and Data Protection Officer

Responsible for the processing of personal data in the context of the use of this website is:

Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
Schellingstr. 24
D-70174 Stuttgart
Phone + 49 (0)711 8926 2708
rektorat@hft-stuttgart.de

As Data Protection Officer is appointed:

Maximilian Musch
Deutsche Datenschutzkanzlei
Richard-Wagner-Straße 2
D-88094 Oberteuringen
Phone +49 7542 949 21 02
musch@ddsk.de

Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files

When you call up a website, your browser regularly transmits data from your calling up device to the web server, such as the IP address to which the website is to be sent.

In detail the following data record is collected for each retrieval and stored in the log files of our system:

○ Name of the retrieved file

○ Date and time of retrieval

○ Message whether the retrieval was successful

○ URL of the referring page

○ Browser type and version

○ Operating system

The full IP address of the computer from which the request was sent is not stored. Personal user profiles can therefore not be created.

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must be stored for the duration of the session. The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and for logging in the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e DSGVO (in conjunction with § 2 LHG). The provision of information on our website also serves to inform the public about what is going on in our institution and to advise and support students and other interested persons about the content, structure and requirements of a course of study.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of their collection. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session is ended.

Use of Cookies

When you visit our homepage, so-called cookies are automatically set. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user calls up a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when you return to the website.

Cookies can be provided with an expiration time. We primarily use so-called session cookies. These are automatically deleted when you close your browser. You can block the storage of cookies by us by blocking the setting of cookies by our website in your browser. In this case, however, the functions controlled by the cookies can no longer be used. You also have the option of viewing the cookies stored in your browser and deleting individual cookies.

We use the cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. Some functions cannot be offered without the use of cookies. The user data collected through technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e DSGVO.

The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

○ Language settings

○ Log-in information

We also use cookies on our website, which enable an analysis of the surfing behaviour of the users. For details please refer to the subitem Web Analysis using Matomo. The analysis cookie is used to improve the quality of our website and its content. Through the analysis cookies we learn how the website is used and are thus able to constantly optimize our offer.

Contact by letter/fax/e-mail/telephone

The purpose of opening the above-mentioned communication channels is to enable contact to be established with all interested parties. Be it, for example, to present factual inquiries, to ask for information, to submit applications, to file complaints. In addition, we use these communication channels, among other things, to make announcements to employees, to address invitations to events or to enable press enquiries. The surname, first name and address of the person concerned are regularly processed; the possibility of contacting the LfDI BW anonymously is unrestricted. The legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(e) DSGVO in conjunction with §§ 2, 12 LHG.

Recipients of personal data are regularly public authorities, companies and private individuals who, within the scope of the tasks and powers of the university according to § 2 LHG in conjunction with Article 6(1)(e) of the DPA, this information shall be transmitted.

The HIS eG campus management software we use is hosted by the Hochschulservicezentrum Baden-Württemberg.

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of their collection and there are no retention obligations to the contrary or the documents are not taken over by the National Archives. In the case of enquiries, this is regularly the case when the facts and circumstances addressed in them have been conclusively clarified.

Rights of data subjects

They have a right of access (Art. 15 DSGVO) and a right of rectification (Art. 16 DSGVO) or deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO) or restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO) or a right to object to processing (Art. 21 DSGVO) and a right to data transferability (Art. 20 DSGVO).

Further information on the right of information and the right of deletion can be found here:

https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DSK-Kurzpapier-6-Auskunftsrecht.pdf

https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSK_KPNr_11_Recht-auf-Vergessenwerden.pdf

You have the right to revoke your data protection declaration of consent at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

You also have a right of appeal to the data protection supervisory authority LfDI Baden-Württemberg.

Do you have questions regarding the collection, use or processing of your personal questions? Do you want to make use of your right of information or your right to correct, block or delete your data? Or would you like to object to the use of your data or revoke an already given consent?

Then please contact our data protection officer Prof. Dr. Christof Mosler. You can reach him by e-mail at: datenschutz@hft-stuttgart.de

If you wish to report a data protection incident or a data protection violation at the HFT to the university management and the HFT data protection officer, please use the following e-mail address: datenschutzvorfall@hft-stuttgart.de

Plugins und Tools

Statistical Evaluations with Google Analytics

We use the software tool Google Analytics on our website to analyse the surfing behaviour of our users. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information on the use of the individual components of our website. This helps us to constantly improve our website and its user-friendliness and thus to be able to fulfil our tasks according to § 2 LHG even better. The processing of data for this purpose is based on the legal basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. e DSGVO.

For this purpose the program uses so-called cookies. These are text files which are stored on your PC to analyse how our website is used by you. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is stored on the servers of the HFT in Stuttgart. The IP address is anonymised immediately after processing and before it is saved.

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes. We delete the data after 30 days. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

If you do not agree with the storage and analysis of the data from your visit, you can object to the storage and use of the data at any time by clicking on the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of this website.

Google Web Fonts

This page uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This enables Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and see Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.