Privacy notice

Personal data (hereinafter referred to for the most part as “data”) shall only be processed by us as needed, as well as for the purposes of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered thereon. In accordance with Art. 4 Clause 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as „GDPR“), “processing” is considered any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automated means (collection, recording, organisation, sorting, storage, modification or change, reading, retrieval, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or another form of delivery, reconciliation or linking, restriction, deletion or destruction). With the following privacy notice we inform you about the nature, extent, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, insofar as we decide alone or jointly with others about the purposes and means of the processing. We also inform you about the third-party components used by us for optimisation purposes, as well as to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties are responsible for processing data.

Our privacy notice contains the following sections:

I. Information about us as responsible body
II. Rights of users and data subjects
III. Information about data processing

I. Information about us as responsible body

The responsible provider of this website in accordance with data protection legislation is:

Vereinigung Stuttgarter Studentenwohnheime e.V.

Pfaffenwaldring 50 A
70569 Stuttgart
Phone: 0711 250855-51
E-mail: info@vssw.de

Contact partners at the provider are:

Prof. Dr. Fritz Berner

II. Rights of users and data subjects

In view of the data processing described in more detail below, the users and data subjects have the right

to obtain confirmation about whether data concerning them is processed, to disclosure of the processed data, to further information about the data processing, as well as to copies of the data (also cf. Art. 15 GDPR);
to rectification or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (also cf. Art. 16 GDPR);
to immediate deletion of personal data (also cf. Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, provided that further processing is required i.a.w. Art. 17 Section 3 GDPR, to restriction of the processing i.a.w. Art. 18 GDPR;
to receipt of the data concerning them and provided by them and to transmission of this data to other providers/responsible bodies (also cf. Art. 20 GDPR);
to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if they believe that the personal data is being processed by the provider in breach of data protection regulations (also cf. Art. 77 GDPR).

Furthermore, the provider is obligated to inform all recipients, to whom data has been disclosed by the provider, about any rectification or deletion of data or restriction of processing, which is effected based on Articles 16, 17 Section 1, 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not exist if this notification is not possible or is associated with disproportionate effort. Irrespective of this, the user has a right to information about these recipients.

In accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, the users and data subjects also have the right to object to the future processing of personal data, provided that the data is processed by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Section 1 lit. f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purposes of direct advertising is admissible.

III. Information about data processing

Your data that is processed when using our website is deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for its storage ceases to apply, provided the deletion of such is not in breach of any statutory storage obligations or unless otherwise stipulated below.

Server data

For technical reasons, particularly for guaranteeing a secure and stable website, data is transmitted by your Internet browser to us or our webspace provider. With these so-called server log files, the type and version of your Internet browser, the operating system, the website from where you switched to our website (referrer URL), the website(s) of our online presence that you visit, date and time of the respective access, as well as the IP address of the Internet connection from which the use of our website is effected, are collected.

The data collected in this manner is stored temporarily; however, not together with other personal data.

This storage is effected on the legal basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality and security of our website.

The data is deleted again after seven days at the latest if no further storage is required for evidence purposes. Otherwise, the data is fully or partly excluded from deletion until final clarification of an incident.

Cookies

a) Session-Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies stored on your computer by your browser. These cookies process certain specific information about you, such as your browser, location data or IP address.

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure, allowing us, for example, to display our website in different languages or to offer a shopping cart function.

The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 Section 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as these cookies are used to collect data to initiate or process contractual relationships.

If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Section 1 lit. f) GDPR.

When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted.

b) Third-party cookies

If necessary, our website may also use cookies from partner companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analysing, or improving the features of our website.

Please refer to the following information for details, particularly for the purposes and the legal bases of such third-party cookies.

c) Disabling cookies

You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can delete cookies that have already been stored at any time. However, the steps and measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support. Browser settings cannot prevent so-called flash cookies from being set. Instead, you will need to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact its maker for support.

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, all the functions on our site may not be fully usable.

Contract processing

The data you submit when ordering goods and/or services from us will have to be processed in order to fulfil your order. Please note that contracts cannot be concluded and processed without providing this data.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Section 1 lit. b) GDPR.

After the contract has been fully implemented, your personal data will be deleted, but only after the retention periods required by tax and commercial law.

Within the framework of contract processing, we will share your data with the shipping company responsible for delivery to the extent required to deliver your order and/or with the payment service provider to the extent required to process your payment.

The legal basis for the transfer of this data is Art. 6 Section 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Contact

If you contact us via e-mail or the contact form, the data you provide will be used for the purpose of processing your request. We must have this data in order to process and answer your inquiry; otherwise we will not be able to answer it in full or at all.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Section 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted once we have fully answered your inquiry and there is no further legal obligation to store your data, such as if a contract resulted therefrom.

Google-Maps

Our website uses Google Maps to display our location and to provide directions. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Google guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the USA.

To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed.

If you access the Google Maps components integrated into our website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your browser. Your user settings and data are processed to display our location and create a route description. We cannot prevent Google from using servers in the USA.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Section 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimising the functionality of our website.

By connecting to Google in this way, Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions are transmitted.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Use https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=de and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

Google also offers further information at

weitergehende Informationen an.

Google Fonts

Our website uses Google Fonts to display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active Google guarantees that it will follow the EU’s data protection regulations when processing data in the USA.

To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Section 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimisation and economical operation of our website.

By connecting to Google in this way, Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the font is transmitted.

Google offers further information, particularly about preventing data use, at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated https://policies.google.com/privacy