Data protection information as per Article 13 GDPR

When registering for courses offered by the Writing Centre at the University of Konstanz, the following applies:

1. Responsible authority

University of Konstanz

represented by its rector Professor Katharina Holzinger

Universitaetsstrasse 10

78464 Konstanz

GERMANY

Phone: +49 7531 88-0

Email: onlineredaktion@uni-konstanz.de

2. Data protection officer

Heinz-Joachim Sommer

Datenschutz-Sommer

Sommertalweg 1

88709 Meersburg, GERMANY

Email: datenschutzbeauftragter@uni-konstanz.de

Website: www.uni-konstanz.de/en/data-protection/

3. General information

Please also note the information on data protection at the bottom of this web page.

4. The purpose of data processing and consequences of not providing your personal data

A registration via the corresponding form is required so we can adequately plan and prepare the course. We need a valid email address in case the organizer of the course has to contact you to give you important information about the course. Please indicate the subject of your writing project so we can adequately prepare the course content. Information about the subject may be saved in anonymized form for statistical purposes.

In case you do not give your consent, you can not participate in the course. You will not suffer any disadvantages for not participating. In certain cases, participating without registration is possible. Please contact the Writing Centre for more information.

5. Legal basis

Article 6 para. 1 lit. e in connection with Article 6 para. 3 of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in connection with § 13 para. 1 of the “Landeshochschulgesetz Baden-Württemberg” (state law on higher education).

6. Recipients

Heike Meyer and Stefanie Everke Buchanan, staff members of the Writing Centre, as well as the tutors currently working here.

7. Storage duration

Data are stored up to a maximum of three months after the end of the course.

8. Your rights

In accordance with Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to request information from the University of Konstanz about any data it stores that is related to your person and/or to have incorrect data corrected as per Article 16 GDPR.

You also have the right to demand that your data be deleted (Article 17 GDPR) or that the processing and use thereof be restricted (Article 18 GDPR), as well as to object to the processing and use of your data (Article 21 GDPR).

You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of data at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing since consent had been provided before its withdrawal (Article 13 GDPR).

To do so, please send an email to schreibzentrum@uni-konstanz.de or contact us in writing: Heike Meyer, University of Konstanz, Student Affairs and Teaching, Universitaetsstr. 10, 78464 Konstanz, GERMANY

You also have the right to file a complaint with the regulating authority if you believe that the processing and use of your personal data is in violation of the law (Article 77 GDPR). The responsible contact person at the regulating authority is the Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg (state commissioner for data protection and freedom of information in Baden-Württemberg) (https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de).