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Privacy Policy

Kurzinformation

On this page you will find information on the privacy policy (in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR) regarding the collection and processing of personal data as part of the research data management consulting services.


Detailinformation

Name and address of the responsible party

The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:

Rector of RWTH Aachen University

Templergraben 55
52062 Aachen (physical address)
52056 Aachen (mailing address)

Phone: +49 241 80 1
Fax: +49 241 80 92312
Email: rektorat@rwth-aachen.de
Website: www.rwth-aachen.de/rectorate


For the implementation of the ‘Counselling offer’ service:

IT Center of  RWTH Aachen University

Seffenter Weg 23
52074 Aachen

Phone: +49 241 80 24680
Email: servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de
Website: www.itc.rwth-aachen.de

Name and address of the data protection officer

Availability of the officially appointed data protection officer

Data Protection Office of RWTH Aachen University

Templergraben 83
52062 Aachen (physical address
52056 Aachen (mailing address)
Germany

Phone: +49 241 80 94114
Email: dsb@rwth-aachen.de
Website: www.rwth-aachen.de/dataprotection

Object and purpose of the processing of personal data

RWTH Aachen University supports researchers in all aspects of research data management and related areas (data literacy, high-performance computing, etc.) with the central research data management team (consisting of employees from the IT Centre and the University Library).

The data listed below is collected for the purpose of documenting consultations in order to identify contact persons from institutes, projects, etc. and to provide information on RDM topics.

Type of personal data collected/Special categories of personal data

The following personal data is collected as part of this counselling service:

  • Surname
  • First name
  • E-mail address
  • Telephone number
  • Personal ID from RWTHcontacts

Recipients of the data

The central team for research data management consists of people from the following institutions:

  • IT Center of RWTH Aachen University
  • University Library of RWTH Aachen University

Legal basis

The processing of employee master data (including name, email address) is carried out as part of their official duties in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S.1 lit. e), Para. 3 GDPR in conjunction with. § SECTION 18 DSG NRW.

Data deletion and storage duration

Your personal data will be stored for a period of up to 10 years. After this period, your personal data will be anonymized so that it can no longer be traced back to you.

The retention period for personal data is in accordance with the directive on the retention, segregation, archiving and destruction of files and documents.

Rights of the data subject

If personal data is processed by the data subject, he/she has the following rights vis-à-vis the controller.

Pursuant to Article 15 et seq. GDPR, the data subject has the right of access to the personal data concerned, the right to rectification or erasure or restriction of processing, the right to object to processing and the right to data portability. In accordance with Article 77 GDPR, he/she also has the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority (https://www.ldi.nrw.de/) if the data subject is of the opinion that the processing of personal data concerning him/her violates this regulation. If the processing is based on the consent of the data subject (see Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR), he/she also has the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal; this will only take effect for the future.

To exercise the aforementioned rights, the data subject should send an email to servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de

last changed on 09/26/2024

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