The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für
Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)) and its staff are committed to goal- and risk-oriented
information privacy and the fundamental right to the protection of personal data. In this
data protection policy we inform you about the processing of your personal data when
visiting and using our web site.
Controller
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)
Phone: +49 631 20575 0; info@dfki.de; Legal information
Data protection officer
Phone: +49 631 20575 0; datenschutz@dfki.de
Purpose of processing
Provision of the information offering in the course of
the public communication of the DFKI
Establishment of contact and correspondence with visitors
and users
Anonymous and protected usage
Visit and usage of our web site are anonymous. At our web site personal data are only collected
to the technically necessary extent. The processed data will not be transmitted to any third
parties or otherwise disclosed, except on the basis of concrete lawful obligations. Within our
information offering we do not embed information or service offerings of third party providers.
While using our web site the data transmission in the internet is being protected by a generally
accepted secure encryption procedure and hence cannot easily be eavesdropped or tampered.
Access data
On every access to our web site some usage, transmission and connection data will be collected,
temporarily stored in a log file and regularly deleted after 90 days.
On every access/retrieval the following data are stored:
IP address
transmitted user agent information (in particular
type/version of web browser, operating system etc.)
transmitted referrer information (URL of the referring page)
date and time of the access/retrieval
transmitted access method/function
transmitted input values (search terms etc.)
retrieved page resp. file
transmitted amount of data
status of processing the access/retrieval
The processing of the access data is lawful because it is necessary for the purposes of
the legitimate interests pursued by DFKI. The legitimate interests pursued by DFKI are
the adaptation and optimisation of the information offering and the investigation, detection
and prosecution of illegal activities in connection with the usage of our web site.
The stored data records can be statistically evaluated in order to adapt and optimize our
web site to the needs of our visitors. Any techniques that offer the possibility to retrace
the access characteristics of users (tracking) will not be applied. The creation of user
profiles and automated decision-making based on it is precluded.
The stored data records are not attributable to specific persons. They are generally not
being combined with other data sources. However, the stored data can be analysed and combined
with other data sources, if we become aware of concrete indications of any illegal usage.
Cookies
We use so-called cookies on our web site. Cookies are small files that are being stored by
your web browser. The cookies used on our web site do not harm your computer and do not
contain any malicious software. They offer a user-friendly and effective usage of our web
site. We do not use cookies for marketing purposes.
We transmit so-called session cookies to your web browser. They are valid only for the
duration of your visit on our web site and they do not have any meaning outside of our
web site. The session cookies are needed in order to identify your session with a unique
number during your visit and to transmit our contents in your preferred language. At the
end of your visit the session cookies will be automatically deleted upon termination of
your web browser.
We also transmit permanent cookies to your web browser with a validity period of at most
365 days. We are exclusively using these cookies in order to respect your settings for the
type of presentation (normal, inverted) and for the font size. Furthermore, it will be
recorded whether you've taken notice of the information about the usage of cookies in
your web browser.
You can adjust your web browser such that you will be informed on setting cookies and
allow cookies on an individual basis resp. exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific
cases or generally. You also can adjust the automatic deletion of cookies upon termination
of your web browser. Upon deactivation of cookies the functionality of our web site can be
limited. In any case, our information offering is available to its full extent.
Social Media
We do not embed social media plug-ins on our web site. When you are visiting our web site
no data are transmitted to social media services. Profiling by any third parties hence is
precluded. You though have the option to change over to our information offerings on Facebook,
Twitter and YouTube. For the usage of these services we refer to the data protection policies
of the respective service providers. We are processing your personal data within the social
networks insofar as you post contributions, send messages or otherwise communicate with us.
Correspondence
You have the option to contact us by e-mail. We will use your e-mail address and other
personal contact data for the correspondence with you. Due to lawful obligation every
e-mail correspondence will be archived. Subject to our legitimate interests your e-mail
address and other personal contact data can be stored in our contact database. In this
case you will receive corresponding information on the processing of your contact data.
Access and Intervention
Besides the information in this data protection policy you have the right of access to
your personal data. To ensure fair data processing, you have the following rights:
The right to rectification and completion of your personal data
The right to erasure of your personal data
The right to restriction of the processing of your personal data
The right to object to the processing of your personal
data on grounds related to your
particular situation
To exercise these rights, please contact our data protection officer.
Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that
the processing of your personal data infringes statutory data protection regulations.
