Privacy Policy
We appreciate your interest in using our website. The protection of personal data is our highest priority. Below, you will find information concerning the processing of your personal data and your rights when using our website.
1. Controller
The controller for the processing of your personal data is:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e. V.
Kennedyallee 40
53175 Bonn
Germany
Tel: +49 228 885-1
(externer Link)
(interner Link)
2. Data protection officer
You can contact our data protection officer as follows:
Attorney-at-law Dr. Philip Lüghausen
BHO Consulting GmbH
Vorgebirgstraße 132
50969 Köln
Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 221 204 63 884
(externer Link)
(externer Link)
3. Your rights as a data subject
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), provided that the relevant statutory requirements contained therein are present:
- Access to Information: You have the right to be informed about the data relating to your person which is being processed.
- Rectification: You can request that incorrect data relating to your person be corrected. In addition, you can request that incomplete data be completed.
- Erasure: In certain cases, you can request that your personal data be erased.
- Restriction of processing: In certain cases, you can request that the processing of your data be restricted.
- Data portability: Should you have provided data under a contract or with your consent, you can request to receive the data which you have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or request that we transfer this data to another controller.
Right of objection
Right of objection in an individual case
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 GDPR; this also applies to any profiling which is based on these provisions. This personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or unless the purpose of the processing is the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Right to object to the processing of data for direct advertising purposes
In individual cases, your data will be processed in order to carry out direct advertising. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling, should it be connected to such direct advertising. Should you object to the processing for direct advertising purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.
- Withdrawal of consent: Should you have given us your consent to the processing of your data, you can withdraw this at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the processing of your data prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by this.
- Asserting your rights: In order to exercise any of the rights listed above, please send an e-mail to (externer Link) or send a letter to the address provided under Number 1. Please ensure that we are able to clearly identify you.
- Right to complain to the supervisory authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your usual place of residence, place of employment or location of the alleged breach, should you consider that the processing of the personal data relating to you is unlawful.
4. Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
No automated decision-making in an individual case, including profiling as defined in Article 22 of the GDPR, takes place in connection with the use of our services.
5. Details concerning services, cookies etc.
5.1. Own services
- Categories of Data
Date and time of access, duration of the visit, type of end device, operating system used, the functions which you are using, quantity of data sent, type of event, IP address, domain name - Purpose(s)
Provision of the service - Legal basis
Point (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR - If applicable, legitimate interests being pursued
Technical functional capability - Recipient or categories of recipients
Hosting provider, IT department, external service provider for technical support - Third country transfer; adequacy decision (yes/no)
-- - If applicable, guarantees for third-party transfers and access to these
-- - Storage periods or criteria for determining these
2 months after creation - Obligation to provide the personal data and, if applicable, consequences of non-provision
No obligation to provide, collected automatically when service is accessed - If applicable, exercising of the right of objection or the withdrawal
-- - Source of the data
Collected directly when the website/service is accessed
- Categories of data
Accessed URL, user's IP address, date and time of access, transferred data quantity, Internet site from which the user accessed the requested page (so-called “referrer URL”), websites which are accessed via our website by the user's system, http status, information about the browser type and version used, user's operating system, user's Internet service provider - Purpose(s)
Statistical evaluations, improvement of the service, system security (for example prevention of misuse), error diagnosis - Legal basis
Point (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR - If applicable, legitimate interests being pursued
Statistical evaluations, improvement of the service, system security (for example prevention of misuse), error diagnosis - Recipient or categories of recipients
Hosting provider, IT department, external service provider for technical support, state bodies on request - Third country transfer; adequacy decision (yes/no)
-- - If applicable, guarantees for third-party transfers and access to these
-- - Storage periods or criteria for determining these
2 months after creation - Obligation to provide the personal data and, if applicable, consequences of non-provision
No obligation to provide, collected automatically when service is accessed - If applicable, exercising of the right of objection or the withdrawal
-- - Source of the data
Collected directly when the website/service is accessed
The DFG uses the Matomo web analytics tool for the websites it operates. Matomo is installed on DFG-owned servers in the DFG’s data centre in Bonn.
Basic tracking without cookies
When you visit websites operated by the DFG, Matomo is launched without the use of cookies and without collecting personal data. The information recorded includes the number of website visitors, page views, time spent on the site and search terms used. Technical data such as browser type, operating system and screen resolution may also be recorded. IP addresses are stored only in anonymised form. It is not possible to identify you from this information. The data collected is stored locally and is not disclosed or sold to third parties.
Use of Matomo cookies
You can consent to the use of Matomo cookies via the consent banner or the Cookie Settings page. Matomo can store cookies on your device if you have given your consent. You can withdraw your consent to these cookies at any time on the Cookie Settings page. In addition, you can also remove the cookies from your browser at any time before they expire. The cookies enable the DFG to recognise returning users anonymously, generate heatmaps showing the use of individual pages, record session duration and identify users’ referring pages. They also enable the DFG to manage consent to the use of cookies and the withdrawal of such consent. A detailed overview of the cookies that may be used is available here:
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration of storage |
| matomo_sessid | Used in connection with Matomo’s opt-out function to manage the deactivation of web analytics. | 14 days |
| mtm_consent_removed | Stores the information that previously granted consent has been withdrawn. This ensures that no consent-based tracking activities are carried out. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| mtm_cookie_consent | Stores the user’s decision regarding the use of cookies and prevents the consent request from being displayed repeatedly. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| mtm_consent | Stores the consent given for data processing and tracking. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| _pk_id | Used to recognise returning visitors. | 13 months |
| _pk_ses | Temporary session cookie used to group together page views during a visit. | 30 minutes |
| _pk_ref | Stores information about the visitor’s source (e.g. referring website or campaign). | 6 months |
| _pk_hsr | Used for heatmaps and session recordings to enable analysis of an ongoing session. | 30 minutes |
The legal basis for the use of cookies is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR or Article 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25(1) TDDDG (German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act).
- Categories of data
Internal value subject to selection:
agreement to technically necessary cookies (value: “essential”) OR agreement to technically necessary and statistical cookies (values: “essential” and “analytics”) - Purpose(s)
Consent management - Legal basis
Point (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR OR Point (a) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR, Paragraph 25 Section 1 TDDDG - If applicable, legitimate interests being pursued
Consent management - Recipient or categories of recipients
Hosting provider, IT department, external service provider for technical support - Third country transfer; adequacy decision (yes/no)
-- - If applicable, guarantees for third-party transfers and access to these
-- - Storage periods or criteria for determining these
30 days after collection - Obligation to provide the personal data and, if applicable, consequences of non-provision
No obligation to provide - If applicable, exercising of the right of objection or the withdrawal
-- - Source of the data
Collected directly when giving the consent
- Categories of data
E-mail address, first name and surname, start page on the website, message, date and time of form submission - Purpose(s)
Making contact - Legal basis
Point (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR - If applicable, legitimate interests being pursued
Making contact - Recipient or categories of recipients
Scientific integrity - Third country transfer; adequacy decision (yes/no)
-- - If applicable, guarantees for third-party transfers and access to these
-- - Storage periods or criteria for determining these
Until the matter has been conclusively processed and resolved - Obligation to provide the personal data and, if applicable, consequences of non-provision
No obligation to provide - If applicable, exercising of the right of objection or the withdrawal
-- - Source of the data
Collected directly in the contact form
5.2. Cookies
We use cookies on our website in order to provide comprehensive functionality, to make the use of our website more comfortable and to optimise our services. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. These are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser to notify you regarding the placement of cookies and only permit cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing your browser. The deactivation of cookies can restrict the functionality of this website.
Cookies that are required to conduct electronic communication or to provide certain functions that you requested are stored based on point (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR. We as the website operator have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of our services. Insofar as other cookies are stored (such as statistical cookies to analyse user behaviour), these are dealt with separately in this data protection notice (in addition to technically essential cookies, we only use the Matomo web analytics service, cf. section 5.1. in this regard).