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Privacy Policy

Privacy policy

The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). For this reason, we only process personal data to the extent necessary. Which data is required and processed for which purpose and on which basis depends largely on the type of service you are using or on the task for which we need it.

Personal data is any 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 or an online identifier.

For more information on what data is collected, for what purpose and on what basis, how to contact the controller and the data protection officer(s) and what rights you have in relation to the processing of personal data, please refer to this privacy statement.

1. responsible person and data protection officer

Responsible for the processing of personal data is the

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

D-53170 Bonn

Phone: +49 (0)228 9957-0

Fax: +49 (0)228 99578-3601

electronic mail: bmftr[at]bmftr.bund.de

DE-Mail: post office[at]bmftr-bund.de-mail.de

If you have specific questions about the protection of your data, please contact the BMFTR's data protection officer:

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

"Data Protection Officer"

D-53170 Bonn

Phone: +49 (0)228/9957-3369

Fax: +49 (0)228/9957-8-3369

electronic mail: datenschutz[at]bmftr.bund.de

The following statement provides an overview of how the BMFTR ensures the protection of your data and what kind of data is collected on what basis and for what purpose.

2. data processing by visiting this website

Calling our website

Every time you visit a website, data is collected and exchanged that is required to provide the service. These are:

  • IP address
  • Type and version of your Internet browser     
  • operating system used
  • the page accessed
  • the previously visited page (referrer URL)
  • Time of the server request.

This data is stored in log files on an external server at our service provider Projektträger Jülich │ Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH beyond the time of the visit.

On the basis of Article 6 (1) (c) and (e) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) in conjunction with Section 5 of the BSI Act, we are obliged to store data - for the purpose of protecting against attacks on the Internet infrastructure and for the purpose of detecting, limiting or eliminating faults or errors in the communication technology of the Federal Government/BMFTR - beyond the time of your visit. This data is analysed and, in the event of attacks on the communications technology, is required for the initiation of legal and criminal prosecution.

Data logged when accessing the BMFTR's website are only transmitted to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so or if the transmission is necessary for legal or criminal prosecution in the event of attacks on the Federal Government's communication technology. Data will not be passed on in other cases. The BMFTR does not combine this data with other data sources.

External hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Our hoster will only process your data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of its service obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data.

In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded an order processing contract with our hoster.

Planned data transfer to third countries

A transfer to third countries is currently not planned, otherwise the appropriate legal requirements will be created. In particular, you will be informed about the respective recipients or categories of recipients in accordance with the legal requirements.

Time limits for the deletion of data

The legislator has enacted various retention periods and obligations. After expiry of these periods, the corresponding data is routinely deleted. If data is not affected by this, it will be deleted or made anonymous if the purposes stated within the scope of this data protection declaration cease to apply. Unless this privacy policy contains other, deviating provisions regarding the storage of data, the data collected by us will be stored by us for as long as it is required for the aforementioned purposes for which it was collected.

Other data use and data deletion

Further processing or use of your personal data will generally only take place if permitted by law or if you have consented to the data processing or use. In the event of further processing for purposes other than those for which the data was originally collected, we will inform you of these other purposes prior to further processing and provide you with the other relevant information. 3. your rights

You have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the personal data concerning you:

  • Right to informationYou
    have the right to receive
    information from us at any time upon request about the personal data processed by us that concerns you within the scope of Art. 15 DSGVO. To do this, you can make a request by post or e-mail to the addresses given above.
  • Right to rectify inaccurate dataYou
    have the right to demand that we rectify the personal data relating to you without delay if it should be inaccurate (Art. 16 DSGVO). To do so, please contact us at the contact addresses given above.
  • Right to erasureYou
    have a right to the immediate erasure ("right to be forgotten") of the personal data relating to you if the legal grounds pursuant to Article 17 of the GDPR exist. These are, for example, if the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were originally processed or you have withdrawn your consent and if there is no other legal basis for the processing; the data subject objects to the processing (and there are no overriding reasons for processing - this does not apply to objections to direct marketing). To exercise your above right, please contact us at the contact addresses above.
  • Right to restriction of processingYou
    have a right to restriction of processing if the conditions are met and in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR. According to this, the restriction of processing may be required in particular if the processing is unlawful and the data subject refuses the erasure of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data or the data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, as long as it has not yet been determined whether our legitimate grounds override theirs. To exercise your aforementioned right, please contact us at the above contact addresses.
  • Right to data portabilityYou
    have a right to data portability according to Art. 20 DSGVO. Here, you have the right to receive the data relating to you that you have provided to us in a common, structured and machine-readable format and to transfer this data to another controller, such as another service provider. The prerequisite for this is that the processing is based on consent or on a contract and is carried out with the help of automated processes. To exercise your aforementioned right, please contact us at the above contact addresses.
  • Right of objection
    You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out, inter alia, on the
    basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) DSGVO, in accordance with Article 21 DSGVO. We will stop processing your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims. To exercise your above right, please contact us at the above contact addresses.
  • Right to complain to a supervisory authority
    If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you by us is unlawful, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority for data protection (Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information).

You can contact the BMFTR data protection officer datenschutz[at]bmftr.bund.de with questions and complaints at any time.

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