Privacy Policy

Data protection declaration of the Tübingen AI Center

Dear website visitors, Thank you for visiting our website! We appreciate your interest in Tübingen AI Center and our information on studies and research

By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the processing of your personal data (hereinafter "data") resulting from the visit or the use of functions on our website.

Our privacy policy is only valid for our websites and not for the third websites.

Data protection and data safety

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. To protect your data, the University of Tübingen a variety of technical and organizational measures to to be able to effectively prevent unauthorized knowledge and disclosure, manipulation, loss and unauthorized deletion.

The measures we take are subject to constant updating. We orientate ourselves on the legal requirements, best practice approaches as well as technical ones developments.

In the following, we will inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and processing and use of your data by the University of Tübingen, provided this results from the visit or the use of the functions of our website results. Responsible for this data protection declaration and this online presence

Responsible for this data protection declaration and this online presence University communication department

Dr. Karl Guido Rijkhoek
Wilhelmstrasse 5
72074 Tuebingen
Email: ord@uni-tuebingen.de
Phone +49 7071 29-77854

Contact person for data protection at the person responsible Data protection officer

Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
72074 Tuebingen
72074 Tuebingen
Email: datenschutz@uni-tuebingen.de
Phone: +49 70 71 29-0
Website of the data protection officer

Scope of data collection, processing and use

Basically, we aim to limit the collection, processing and use of personal data during your visit to our website to the minimum necessary. We also usually collect only the data from you that we absolutely need to fulfill the purpose.

We also do not knowingly collect any personal data from minors (= Persons under 18 years of age). In cases where we discover that we have personal If data has been provided by minors, we will delete this data immediately if no downstream process follows. Recommend to legal guardians we to pay attention to the Internet activities of the minors in their care.

Personal data

According to Art. 4 GDPR, personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. These are e.g. B. Details like the First and last name, address, email address, telephone or mobile phone number, but usually also the IP address.

Purpose of data processing

If you provide us with your data voluntarily for the purposes listed below, we will process and use this data exclusively for the purposes for which you gave us your data have sent. This currently includes the following purposes:

Online application

If you apply to the University of Tübingen and send us your application documents in In electronic form, we process and use this voluntarily provided data exclusively for handling the application process and for possible initiation of an employment relationship at the University of Tübingen. A Your data will only be passed on to third parties if you expressly authorize us to do so in writing, specifying the recipient.

Online contact forms

If you send us your data in the context of an inquiry, feedback or communication or fill out the online contact form on our website and send it to We send, process and use this data exclusively to process your Concern or to answer your request.

Portals and platforms for data exchange

If you send us your data via our websites accessible portals or platforms or make them available for retrieval, we will process and use them The data made available only for the purposes for which you sent us the data. We would like to point out that if the portals or platforms are operated by external website providers, different data protection rules may apply to those on our websites. Please inform yourself in advance about this and also read the point "Linked websites" in this data protection declaration.

Improvement of our online presence

To improve the design and content of our websites, the functions of our online presence and the user-friendliness of our websites, collect, process and we use the following data:

  • IP address of the computer accessing the website
  • Date and time the pages were accessed
  • URL path of the requested page / file and desired access method
  • Access status of the web server (e.g. file transferred, file not found)
  • Amount of data transferred
  • Information about the software used for access (usually browser type and version, Operating system of the calling computer)
  • URL from which the page / file was accessed

The Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen uses the stored access log data to identify and track unauthorized access attempts and access to the Website. The server log files are stored for a period of 14 days and then deleted. For the purpose of optimizing the website, the stored access log data is evaluated in an anonymous form. With this data then people are not more identifiable.

We collect, process and use this data exclusively for the aforementioned statistical and non-commercial purposes in anonymized or pseudonymized Form, so that a conclusion about your person is prevented.

Linked websites

Our websites have links to external websites. We have no influence on the contents of these websites and therefore accept no responsibility or liability for the permissibility, accuracy, presentation and completeness of the contents published, displayed or retrievable there.

We hereby inform you that when you access these external websites, your IP address may be logged by the respective website operator.

When you leave our websites, we recommend that you check the data protection declarations of the external website operators before you call up the websites or use the functions there.

Transmission or transfer of your data

As a matter of principle, your data collected, processed or used by us will not be transferred to third parties or passed on to our business partners without your express consent, unless this:

  • is necessary for the processing of our contractually guaranteed services.
  • becomes necessary to enforce our claims.
  • is legitimized by a legal permission or we are legally obliged to pass on the data.
  • is necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, for averting danger or for the protection of our websites.
  • is necessary for the enforcement of the rights of third parties or within the scope of the legal obligations to provide information or a court order to provide the information.

What data we store on your device

The website uses only required cookies, without the use of which it would not be possible to operate the website securely and fulfill our obligations under the GDPR. The cookies used are described below.

matomo_ignore
The cookie stores the objection of visitors to the storage and analysis of the data of their visit to our website. For more information about this cookie, see the "Statistical Analysis" section of this privacy policy.

be_typo_user
The cookie stores a authentication token to provide secure and safe sessions for administrators and editors of the website. The cookie is only set in the event of a login to the backend.

Typo3InstallTool
The cookie stores a authentication token if an administrator with the rights of a system maintainer logs into the so called Install Tool of the CMS.

Statistical analysis

For statistical analysis of the use of our website, we use the open source software Matomo. Matomo is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes in accordance with § 6 No. 8 DSG-EKD or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

Matomo enables an anonymized analysis of your website visits. Cookies are used exclusively for the opt-out option. Matomo is configured to not use cookies for tracking. It is not possible to draw conclusions about a specific person, as your IP address is anonymized immediately after processing and before storage.

We host Matomo in a data center located in Germany and administer the software independently.

You can object to the storage and evaluation of this data by Matomo at any time. In this case, the opt-out cookie "matomo_ignore" is stored in your browser. This cookie does not cause Matomo to collect any data for storage and evaluation. However, if you delete this cookie intentionally or unintentionally, the objection to data storage and evaluation will be lifted.

You can object to the storage and evaluation of the data of your visit at any time:

Right of access to information

Visitors to our website have the right, in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO, to receive information about your personal data processed at the University of Tübingen on request, at any time and free of charge. The scope of the information is defined in Art. 15 DSGVO.

Please send your request for information by e-mail to the following address (info@tuebingen.ai) or by mail to Universität Tübingen, AI Research Building, Koordinator, Maria-von-Linden-Straße 6, 72074 Tübingen.

Right to rectify your data

In accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, you have the right to request that data concerning you be corrected or completed if it is incorrect or incomplete. We will examine such requests and in justified cases take the necessary measures.

Right to deletion and blocking of your data

In accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO you have the right to have your data deleted.

The data stored by us about you will be destroyed or deleted in accordance with data protection regulations if

  • the legal retention periods have expired, or
  • the collection or processing is or was unlawful, or
  • the data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected, or
  • if you have revoked your consent to processing and use
  • provided that you object to the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO and that there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing.

We would like to inform you that a complete deletion will only be carried out after the expiry of the corresponding periods of the tax and commercial law regulations. Until the expiry of these periods and until final deletion, your data will be blocked accordingly and not processed by us.

Right to limit data processing

In accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, you have the right to demand that we limit the processing of your data in the cases and to the extent specified in Art. 18 DSGVO. We will examine such requests and in justified cases take the necessary measures.

Right to data transferability

In accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO, you have the right to receive your data processed by us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. At your express request, we will transmit your data to the bodies clearly designated by you, insofar as we are technically able to do so and this is permitted under data protection law.

Right to data transferability

In accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO, you have the right to receive your data processed by us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. At your express request, we will transmit your data to the bodies clearly designated by you, insofar as we are technically able to do so and this is permitted under data protection law.

Right of revocation and objection

You have the right to revoke your consent to the collection, processing and use of your data for the future at any time and without stating reasons and free of charge, or to object to the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO. Please send your revocation of your consent or objection by e-mail to the following address (info@tuebingen.ai) or by mail to Universität Tübingen, AI Research Building, Koordinator, Maria-von-Linden-Straße 6, 72074 Tübingen.

Right of appeal to a supervisory authority

According to article 14 in conjunction with Art. 77 DSGVO you have the right to appeal to a supervisory authority for data protection if you believe that the processing of your data violates the DSGVO. The competent supervisory authority is the Ministry of Science, Research and Art of Baden-Württemberg.

Right to an effective legal remedy against the person responsible

In accordance with Art. 79 of the DSGVO, you have the right to an effective legal remedy if you believe that your aforementioned rights have been violated as a result of processing of your data by us or by a processor commissioned by us that does not comply with the requirements of the DSGVO.

Liability and right to compensation

In accordance with Art. 82 of the DSGVO, you are entitled to claim damages from us or from the processors commissioned by us if you have suffered material or immaterial damage as a result of a violation of the DSGVO.

Amendment of the privacy policy

This data protection declaration will be updated with effect for the future in the event of new legal requirements or significant changes to the functional scope of our websites. We therefore recommend that you read our data protection declaration at regular intervals.

Please note that this is an analogous translation. The German version of the privacy policy is legally binding.