Privacy Notice

German is the authoritative version.
This English version of the Privacy Policy is provided for convenience and informational purposes only. In the event of any discrepancies or inconsistencies between the German and English versions, the German version shall prevail.

Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy, which is set out below this text.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website? Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the legal notice section of this website.

How do we collect your data? Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This consists primarily of technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.

What do we use your data for? Some of the data is collected to ensure the website functions correctly. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about the source, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification, restriction or erasure of this data. You may contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice regarding this matter and any other questions relating to data protection. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Analytics tools and third-party tools When you visit our website, your browsing behaviour may be analysed statistically. This is done using so-called analytics programmes. The analysis of your browsing behaviour is carried out anonymously; your browsing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can find detailed information on this in the following privacy policy.

General Information and Mandatory Notices

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various types of personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to guarantee complete protection of data against access by third parties.

Information on the data controller

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Ahrstraße 45
53175 Bonn

Email: info@gi.de

Contact details of our data protection officer:

HEC Harald Eul Consulting GmbH
Data Protection Officer, Gesellschaft für Informatik
Auf der Höhe 34
50321 Brühl
Email: datenschutzbeauftragter@gi.de

The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw any consent you have already given at any time. To do so, simply send us an informal email. The lawfulness of any data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found via the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content – such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the website operator – this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Access, Restriction, Erasure

In accordance with the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain, free of charge, information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, where applicable, the right to have this data rectified, restricted or erased. For this and any further queries regarding personal data, you may contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.

Data Collection on Our Website

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:

Browser type and version
operating system used
referrer URL
hostname of the accessing computer
time of the server request
IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Analysis, Tools and Advertising

Matomo (Analytics)

This website uses the open-source web analytics service Matomo. Matomo is configured so that no cookies are used.

The IP address is anonymised before being stored.

The analysis of user behaviour is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymised analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both its website and its advertising.

pretalx

We use pretalx to manage conference paper submissions and organise the programme. When you submit a paper, your personal data is collected.

You can find the privacy policy for pretalx here.