Collection of general data and information

1. a) The Touro Berlin website collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. What can be recorded are the (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites which are accessible via an accessing system on our website is controlled, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serves to protect against threats in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

 

When using these general data and information, Touro Berlin does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and (4) to inform law enforcement authorities In the event of a cyber attack, provide the information necessary for criminal prosecution. This anonymously collected data and information is evaluated by Touro Berlin both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our college in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

 

1. b) Cookies

 

Your browser also stores so-called cookies. Cookies are files that can be stored by the provider of a website in the directory of the browser program on the user's computer. These files contain text information and can be read again by the provider when the page is accessed again. The provider can use these cookies, for example, to always deliver pages in the language chosen by the user.

 

The storage of cookies can be switched off or given an expiry time in your browser settings. However, by deactivating cookies, some functions that are controlled via cookies can only be used to a limited extent or not at all.

 

The Touro Berlin website uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Recognition of a user during a session in order to be able to assign language selection and other personalized settings (e.g. with a session cookie).

• Anonymous recognition of a user by the web analysis software Matomo (formerly: Piwik). The cookie “PIWIK_SESSID” or similar used has a lifespan of 1 week and is then deleted from your browser. When you visit the website again, the validity will be set back to 1 week.

• Storage of the objection to tracking by the web analysis software Matomo (formerly: Piwik) in the permanent cookie “piwik_ignore”.

 

In addition, individual web applications linked via the websites (learning platforms, forums, blogs, etc.) may set additional cookies. These are described in the data protection declarations associated with the respective services, if they differ from this data protection declaration.

 

1. c) Web analysis using Matomo (formerly Piwik)

 

To improve its website, Touro Berlin uses the web analysis software from the open source project Matomo.

The web analysis software evaluates the following data about visits to a website to create statistics:

• website/address accessed

• anonymized IP address

• Date and time of page access

• amount of data retrieved

• Website or search engine from which you accessed a page (referrer)

• Browser type and version / operating system used

 

This data is stored anonymously (not personal) and is only used to improve the website. Anonymization occurs by shortening the IP address so that it can no longer be assigned to any device or person.

 

You can object to the recording of tracking information. For this purpose, a so-called deactivation cookie is stored in your browser. If you delete the deactivation cookie from your browser, you will have to repeat the process.

 

You can decide below whether a unique web analysis cookie may be stored in your browser to enable the operator of the website to collect and analyze various statistical data.

 

If you would like to decide against this, click on the following link to store the Matomo deactivation cookie in your browser. Your visit to this website is currently being recorded by Matomo web analytics.

 

If you delete the opt-out cookie from your browser, you will have to repeat the process.

 

1. d) Social media plugins

The Touro Berlin website does not use any direct integration of social media plugins (e.g. like buttons) from social networks, e.g. B. Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. This means that no data is transmitted to external social networks when you access the websites.

 

Only when you click on icons/symbols/links of the social networks on the Touro Berlin websites and access the linked pages will you leave the websites that are the responsibility of Touro Berlin and external websites will be accessed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the respective provider/social network.

 

1. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

Those responsible for processing process and storing personal data of the data subject only for the period of time necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or if this is required by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations which the person responsible for processing is subject to.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another responsible legislator expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with legal regulations.

 

1. Rights of the data subject
   1. a) Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning him or her is being processed. If a data subject would like to exercise this right of confirmation, they can contact the management of Touro Berlin at any time.

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1. b) Right to information

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain free information from the person responsible for processing at any time the personal data stored about him and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

. the purposes of processing
. the categories of personal data that are processed
. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organizations,
. if possible the planned duration for which the personal data or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration include the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing and the existence of a right to lodge a complaint a supervisory authority
. if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data,
the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 Paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject has a right to information as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer.

 

If a data subject would like to exercise this right to information, they can contact the management of Touro Berlin at any time.

 

1. c) Right to rectification

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

 

If a data subject would like to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact the management of Touro Berlin at any time.

 

1. d) Right to deletion (right to be forgotten)

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request that the person responsible delete the personal data concerning him or her immediately if one of the following reasons applies and if the processing is not necessary:

 

The personal data was collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary.

The data subject revokes their consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR or Article 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (2) of the GDPR processing.

The personal data was processed unlawfully.

The deletion of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 Para. 1 GDPR.

If one of the reasons mentioned above applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored at Touro Berlin deleted, they can contact the management of the college at any time so that the request for deletion can be complied with immediately.

 

If the personal data has been made public by Touro Berlin and our company, as the person responsible, is obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Article 17 Paragraph 1 of the GDPR, Touro Berlin will take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs to inform other data controllers who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested that these other data controllers delete all links to that personal data or copies or replications of that personal data unless processing is necessary. The management of Touro Berlin will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

 

1. e) Right to restriction of processing

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request that the controller restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met:

 

The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data.

The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

The data subject has lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 1 of the GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject.

If one of the above mentioned conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by Touro Berlin, he or she can at any time contact the management who will initiate the restriction of processing.

 

1. f) Right to data portability

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which the data subject has provided to a person responsible, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR or Article 9 Paragraph 2 letter a GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or is carried out in the exercise of official authority, which has been transferred to the person responsible.

 

Furthermore, when exercising his or her right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 (1) of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one person responsible to another person responsible, to the extent that this is technically feasible and provided that This does not affect the rights and freedoms of other people.

 

To assert the right to data portability, the data subject can contact the management of Touro Berlin at any time.

 

1. g) Right to object

 

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter e or f GDPR, to lodge an objection. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

 

Touro Berlin will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

 

If Touro Berlin processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected to such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to Touro Berlin for processing for direct advertising purposes, Touro Berlin will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

 

In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by Touro Berlin for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 (1) of the GDPR to lodge an objection, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task carried out in the public interest.

 

To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact the management of Touro Berlin. Furthermore, in connection with the use of information society services, the data subject is free, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

 

1. h) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

 

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that legislation appropriates measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject or (3) is carried out with the express consent of the data subject.

 

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, the management of Touro Berlin shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well to protect the legitimate interests of the data subject, which includes at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the person responsible, to express one's own point of view and to challenge the decision.

 

If the data subject would like to assert rights with regard to automated decisions, they can contact the management of Touro Berlin at any time.

 

1. i) Right to revoke consent under data protection law

 

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislature to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

 

If the data subject would like to exercise their right to revoke their consent, they can contact the management of Touro Berlin at any time.

 

     6. Data protection for applications and the application process

 

The person responsible for processing collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. Processing can also take place electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits relevant application documents to the person responsible for processing electronically, for example by email or via a web form on the website. If the person responsible for processing concludes a contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal regulations. If the person responsible for processing does not conclude a contract with the applicant, the application documents will be deleted promptly after the rejection decision is announced, provided that deletion does not conflict with other legitimate interests of the person responsible for processing. Other legitimate interests in this sense include, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

 

     7. Legal basis for processing

 

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our college as the legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for attending college or for the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about a college visit. If our college is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a student were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance details or other vital information would then have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the above-mentioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our college or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned do not outweigh them. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, he was of the opinion that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a member or customer of the college (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

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     8. Legitimate interests in processing pursued by the controller or a third party

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If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees.

 

 

     9. Duration for which the personal data is stored

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The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the deadline has expired, the relevant data will be routinely deleted unless it is no longer required to fulfill the contract or initiate a contract.

 

     10. Legal or contractual requirements for the provision of personal data; Necessity for the conclusion of the contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision

 

We would like to clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. Senate regulations, school law) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). In order to conclude a contract, it may sometimes be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our college enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the person concerned could not be concluded.

 

     11. Existence of automated decision making

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As a responsible university, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.