Data Protection Information

From Max-EuP 2012

The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG) takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process personal data collected during visits to our website, observing the currently valid provisions under data protection law as amended. Your data is neither published by us, nor disclosed to third parties on an unauthorised basis. In the following, we will explain which data we record during your visit to our webpages and exactly how we use it.


A. General details

1. Scope of data processing

We only ever collect and use personal data to the extent required in order to provide a functional website which presents our content and services. The collection and utilization of our users' personal data is carried out regularly based on the users' consent. An exception applies in instances where processing of the data is permitted by statutory provisions.

2. Legal basis for data processing

If we obtain the consent of the data subject to carry out personal data processing operations, the legal basis is Article 6, para. 1, lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

When it is necessary to process personal data in order to fulfil a contract whose contractual party is the data subject, the legal basis is Article 6, para. 1, lit. b GDPR. This also applies to processing operations required in order to implement pre-contractual measures.

If processing is required in order to safeguard a legitimate interest of the MPG or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject override the first-mentioned interest, the legal basis for processing is Article 6, para. 1, lit. f GDPR.

3. Data erasure and duration of storage

The personal data of the data subject is erased or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data can also be stored if this is required under European or national legislation in EU directives, laws or other provisions to which the MPG is subject. Data is also blocked or erased if the retention period prescribed by the above-mentioned legislation expires, unless the data is required to be stored for longer for the purpose of concluding or performing a contract.

4. Contact details of the controller

The controller as defined by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as other data protection laws and provisions under data protection legislation is:

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V. (MPG)

Hofgartenstraße 8

D-80539 Munich

Phone: +49 (89) 2108-0

Contact form: https://www.mpg.de/kontakt/anfragen

Internet: https://www.mpg.de

5. Contact details of the Data Protection Officer

The controller's Data Protection Officer is

Heidi Schuster

Hofgartenstraße 8

D-80539 Munich

Phone: +49 (89) 2108-1554

datenschutz@mpg.de

Retrieved from Data Protection Information – Max-EuP 2012 on 28 March 2024.

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