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1. Scope<\/h4>\n

This privacy policy informs users about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data by the controller according to Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR, namely the <\/p>\n

Georg-August-University G\u00f6ttingen<\/strong>
\nPublic Law Foundation
\nUniversity Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen
\nRobert-Koch-Str. 40
\n37075 G\u00f6ttingen <\/p>\n

represented by the Board
\nPhone: 0551 390
\nEmail: poststelle(at)med.uni-goettingen.de<\/a>
\n(hereinafter referred to as \u201cUMG\u201d)<\/p>\n

within the framework of the internet service provided at https:\/\/www.umg.eu<\/a> – hereinafter referred to as \u201cwebsite\u201d.<\/p>\n

The legal foundations of data protection can be found in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the Lower Saxony Data Protection Act (NdsDSG), and the Telemedia Act (TMG). The UMG declares to comply with the applicable laws, especially when processing personal data. <\/p>\n

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Contact to the Data Protection Officer of UMG<\/h4>\n

University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen<\/strong>
\n-Data Protection Officer-
\n37099 G\u00f6ttingen
\nPhone: 0551 3962762
\ndatenschutz(at)med.uni-goettingen.de<\/a><\/p>\n

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Data Protection Supervisory Authority Responsible for UMG in Matters of Data Protection<\/h4>\n

The State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony
\nPrinzenstra\u00dfe 5
\n30159 Hannover
\nPhone: 0511 120 45 00
\nFax: 0511 120 45 99
\npoststelle(at)lfd.niedersachsen.de<\/a><\/p>\n

Excluded from this declaration are other websites and subdomains that are not managed in the central Content Management System (typo3 CMS) of UMG. For these internet presences, the data protection responsibility lies with the respective departments or persons who created these pages. <\/p>\n

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2. Handling of Personal Data<\/h4>\n

Personal data<\/strong> is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person (Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR)<\/p>\n

The law refers to the processing of personal data: Processing<\/strong> means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction (Art. 4 No. 2 GDPR). Personal data is only processed by UMG if this is legally permitted or if users consent to the processing (see Art. 6 GDPR). <\/p>\n

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2.1 Processing when Visiting the Website<\/h4>\n

By visiting this website, information about the access (date, time, viewed page) may be stored through the use of Matomo as a web analytics tool.<\/p>\n

The Matomo web analytics tool uses cookies to enable the website operator to collect and analyze various statistical data, for example to improve the quality of the website’s structure and content or to enable user-oriented and smooth navigation. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the users’ hard drive, assigned to the browser used. They provide certain information to the party that sets the cookie (in this case UMG). On the one hand, they serve the user-friendliness of websites and thus the users, for example in the context of storing login data. On the other hand, the information helps to collect statistical data on website usage and analyze it to improve the offer. <\/p>\n

So-called \u201csession cookies\u201d are used, limited to the duration of the website use, which allow, for example, storing device-specific information on the users’ access device (PC, smartphone, etc.). This allows the user’s computer to be recognized when they return to our website. Session cookies are automatically deleted as so-called \u201ctransient cookies\u201d when users close the browser or log out. Cookies cannot cause any damage to the computer.<\/strong> They do not pose a security threat in terms of viruses or spying on the computer.<\/p>\n

Users can influence the use of cookies. Most current browsers have an option to restrict or completely prevent the storage of cookies. Many online advertising cookies from companies can be blocked via the US website http:\/\/www.aboutads.info\/choices\/<\/a> or the EU website http:\/\/www.youronlinechoices.com\/uk\/your-ad-choices\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If you agree to the use of the web analytics cookie by the Matomo web analytics tool, the following usage data will be collected and stored in a database when accessing the website:<\/p>\n