This Privacy Policy (as of November 2020) applies to the website of the Competence Field of Metropolitan Research (KoMet) within the University Alliance Ruhr.
I. Name and Address of the Responsible Parties
The controllers 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 provisions, are:
Prof. Dr. Jens Martin Gurr
University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of Anglophone Studies
Campus Essen: Universitätsstraße 2, 45141 Essen, Room: R12 S04 H08
Telefon: +49 201 183 3427, E-Mail: jens.gurr@uni-due.de
Prof. Dr. Uta Hohn
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Research Group of International Urban and metropolitan Studies
Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum, Room: IA E6/127
Telefon: +49 234 32-28433, Fax: +49 234 32-14484, E-Mail: uta.hohn@rub.de
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Wiechmann
TU Dortmund University, Department of Spatial Planning, Research Group of Spatial Planning and Planning Theory
Campus South: August-Schmidt-Straße 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany, GBI, 3. Upper floor, Room 413
Telefon: +49 231 755 5428, E-Mail: thorsten.wiechmann@tu-dortmund.de
II. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer of the Controller is: Dr. Kai-Uwe Loser Data Protection Officer of Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780 Bochum
Telefon: +49 234 32 28720
E-Mail: kai-uwe.loser@rub.de
Webseite: https://dsb.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/dr-kai-uwe-loser/
III. General Information on Data Processing
1. Scope of the Processing of Personal Data We generally collect and use the personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website as well as our content and services. The collection and use of our users’ personal data typically takes place only with the user’s consent. An exception applies in cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for factual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by statutory regulations.
2. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.
3. Data Deletion and Storage Duration The personal data of the data subject shall be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for which it was stored ceases to apply. Furthermore, data may be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Data shall also be blocked or deleted upon the expiration of a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards, unless there is a necessity for the continued storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.
IV. Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files
With every visit to our website, our system does not collect any automated data or information from the computer system of the accessing device. No data is collected or stored.
V. Newsletter
1. Description and Scope of Data Processing
To subscribe to our newsletter, you are prompted on the website to send an email. By sending this email—containing your email address and name—you consent to our sending you the newsletter. We provide information regarding our data protection policy on the website.
2. Purpose of Data Processing and Legal Basis
The collection of your email address and name serves the purpose of delivering the newsletter. The legal basis for processing the data following the user’s subscription to the newsletter is—provided that the user has given their consent—Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a of the GDPR.
3. Duration of Storage
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. Accordingly, the user’s email address and name will be stored for as long as the newsletter subscription remains active.
4. Right to Object and Option for Removal
The user concerned may cancel their newsletter subscription at any time. To this end, a corresponding email address is provided in every newsletter.
VI. Rights of Data Subjects
Right of Access
If personal data concerning you is being processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:
If such processing is taking place, you may request information from the controller regarding the following details:
(1) the purposes for which the personal data is being processed;
(2) the categories of personal data being processed;
(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed;
(4) the envisaged period for which the personal data concerning you will be stored, or, if specific details regarding this are not possible, the criteria used to determine that storage period;
(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
(7) all available information regarding the source of the data, where the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and—at least in those cases—meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
You have the right to request information as to whether personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR relating to the transfer.
2. Right to Rectification
You have the right to obtain rectification and/or completion from the controller if the personal data processed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must carry out the rectification without undue delay.
3. Right to Restriction of Processing
Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you:
(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
(2) the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of their use;
(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims; or
(4) if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.
Where the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data—with the exception of their storage—may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.
If the restriction of processing has been imposed in accordance with the aforementioned conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.
4. Right to Erasure
a) Obligation to Erase.
You have the right to request from the controller that personal data concerning you be erased without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase such data without undue delay, provided that one of the following grounds applies:
(1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
(2) You withdraw your consent on which the processing is based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a of the GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing.
(3) You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 of the GDPR.
(4) The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
(5) The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
(6) The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Art. 8 para. 1 of the GDPR.
b) Information to Third Parties
If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged, pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR, to erase such data, the controller shall, taking into account available technology and the costs of implementation, take reasonable measures—including technical measures—to inform controllers processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copies or replications of, said personal data.
c) Exceptions
The right to erasure shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary: (1) for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; (2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; (3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Article 9(2)(h) and (i) as well as Article 9(3) of the GDPR; (4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing; or (5) for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
5. Right to Information
If you have asserted your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of data, or restriction of processing, to all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed by the controller about these recipients.
6. Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Furthermore, you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that:
(1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR; and (2) the processing is carried out by automated means. In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another controller, where technically feasible. This right shall not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
7. Right to Object
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. Where personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. Where you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you shall no longer be processed for such purposes. In the context of the use of information society services—and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC—you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
VII. Plugins and Tools
1. Google Fonts (local Hosting)
This site uses so-called Google Fonts, provided by Google, to ensure the consistent display of typefaces. The Google Fonts are installed locally. No connection to Google servers is established in this process.
Further information regarding Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
2. Font Awesome (local Hosting)
This site uses Font Awesome for the consistent display of fonts. Font Awesome is installed locally. No connection to servers operated by Fonticons, Inc. is established in this process. Further information regarding Font Awesome can be found in the Font Awesome Privacy Policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.