Data Protection

1. Scope of this Agreement

This data protection information shall apply to the project website located at www.gaspils.com providing we refer to this data protection information.

2. Name and contact information of the person who signs responsible for processing and the appointed data security officer

Controller as defined in Article 4 No. 7 GDPR:
Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research
Hansastraße 27 c,
80686 Munich, Bavaria, Germanyfor your Fraunhofer ITWM, Fraunhofer-Platz 1, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany

(in the following referred to as ‘Fraunhofer ITWM’)

Email: info@itwm.fraunhofer.de
Telephone: +49 (631) 31600-0
Fax: +49 (631) 31600-1099

You can reach the data protection representative of the Fraunhofer Institute at the above address, c/o Data Protection Officer or at datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de.

Please feel free to contact the data protection officer directly at any time with your questions concerning your data protection rights and/or your rights as affected person.

3. Processing of Personal Data and Purposes of the Data Processing

a) During Your Website Visit

You have the choice to access our website without revealing your identity. In this case, the active browser on your computing device sends nothing but the automatic information about itself to the server of our website to enable the connection. This includes the browser type and version and the date and time of access.  Included in the transmitted data is also the IP address of your device. Our server stores this IP address in a log file for 7 days and automatically anonymizes the information hereafter.

We process the IP address for technical and administrative purposes when we establish a stable connection between your device and our server. This ensures the security and functional reliability of our website. In the event an attacker tries to harm our system, the stored data allow us to trace the illegitimate activity.

The legal foundation for processing the IP address is Article 6 para. 1. lit. f GDPR. We have legitimate interests in maintaining the security of our website and in providing trouble-free website services as outlined above.

Processing the IP address of the requesting device in our log file does not allow us to draw direct conclusions on the identity of the website visitor.

Furthermore, we use cookies and analytical services when visitors access our website. We explain the use of cookies and analytical services in Sections 4 and 5 of this data protection statement.

b) Using Contact Forms

We offer you the opportunity to communicate with us via a form on our website. Sending us this form requires entering the following required information:

• your name, and
• your email address

We need these data to learn who sent us the enquiry and have the means to answer you.

You start the communication when you send us the filled out form. In return, we process the personal data you provided in the contact form so that we can respond to your enquiry. Therefore, the data processing is in our legitimate interest according to Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit f GDPR.

At the end of our communication with you, we delete the no longer needed collected data.

c) Downloading Software

We provide our software library as well as examples and documentations for downloads in exchange for the opportunity to collect user feedback as well as user statistics. An optional form collects this information and if the user chooses to fill out the form, the following information is required:

• country of residence, and
• intended usage (commercial, scientific, private)

We use this data to get an idea from where our users are coming and what they are using the library for. This information is annonymized and cannot be traced to any personal information.

Additional information, such as name, and email address are optional and will be solely used to reach out once for user feedback within 6 months after the download. This data is deleted when it is no longer needed to communicate about the user feedback.

4. Transfer of Data to Third Parties

We transfer your personal data to third parties only under the following circumstances:

• You have consented to the transfer explicitly as prescribed in Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit. a GDPR
• We entered into a contract with you, and the transfer is necessary to execute the contract as prescribed in Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit b GDPR
• According to Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit. c GDPR and according to applicable law, we are obligated to transfer the data to a specific third party.

The third party/third parties shall use the transferred data for the specified purpose exclusively.

The transmission/transfer of personal data to a country outside the EU or to an international organisation is prohibited.

5. Cookies

We use server-side cookies. Cookies are small files, which are automatically created by the browser of the user device and stored in your device (PC, laptop, tablet, smart phone or similar device) when you visit our website.  Cookies do not harm your computer, and they do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.

Cookies contain information pertaining to the specific device, which accessed our website.  However, this does not give us direct knowledge of your identity.

One reason for us to use cookies is making the use of our website more convenient for you. We use session cookies to recognise that you have already visited certain pages of our website.

We also use temporary cookies to optimise the user-friendliness of our website. Your device stores these cookies temporarily for a specific time. The next time you visit our website, our server recognises your device as prior visitor and remembers your settings and preferences. You will not have to enter these parameters again.

We also use cookies to gather data for our website statistics. This helps us to evaluate and optimise our web offerings (see Section 6). These cookies allow us to recognise repeat visits from your device. These cookies will be deleted automatically after a specific time.

The data obtained with the help of cookies serve our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of third parties according to Article 6 para. 1, page 1 lit. f GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you are able to configure your browser in such a way that the application does not store cookies on your computer or always shows an alert before storing new cookies. However, the complete exclusion of cookies may prevent you from using all functions on our website.

6. Google Analytics

For our platform we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service offered by the Google LLC (in the following referred to as  ‘Google’). Google Analytics creates pseudonymised user profiles and uses cookies. The information generated in the process includes the URL of the visited website such as

• the Browser type and version
• the Operating system of your device
• the Referral URL (the website you visited prior to ours)
• the Host name of the requesting computer (IP address) and
• the time of the server request

will be transmitted to and stored on the server of the Google Inc. in the USA. Google complies with the Data Protection Regulations of ‘US Privacy Shield’ and is registered with the US Privacy Shield Program of the US Department of Trade. In addition, we entered into an order processing contract for the use of Google Analytics Services. By signing this contract, Google agrees to process the data in compliance with the data protection regulation and to protect the rights of the affected persons.

The collected data serve the following purposes: Usage evaluation of the platform services, website activity reporting and performance of further services in context with the website use, Internet use and the use of services for market research and to improve the design of the Fraunhofer Internet pages.

If necessary or appropriate, the data may be transmitted/transferred to third parties providing this is required by law or in case third parties are commissioned to process the data. Under no circumstances will Google commingle your IP address with other data processed by Google. The IP addresses are anonymised so that an association with your computer will be impossible (IP masking).

You are able to change the browser settings to the effect that cookies will not be installed. However, if you prevent the installation of cookies, you may not be able to use all functions of our website.

Furthermore, downloading and installing a browser add-on prevents the collection of cookie-generated data referring to your use of websites (including your IP address) as well as the processing of your data by Google.

You find further information on data protection in context with Google Analytics in the Google Analytics Help Section.

7. Your Rights as Affected Person

You have the right

• According to Article 7 para. 3 GDPR, you have the right to revoke any consent declaration at any time, which you have given to us before. This has the consequence that we are no longer privileged to continue the respective activity.
• According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to demand information on your personal data, which we have processed. In particular, you have the right to information on the following: Purposes of the data processing – The categories of personal data – the categories of recipients to which we transmitted/disclosed or will transmit your data – the planned storage periods of data – the existence of the right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing and objection – the right to appeal – the right to know the origin of data in the event that we did not collect these data – the right to meaningful and detailed information on the existence of automated decision-making including profiling
• According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to the correction of incorrect and/or the completion of incomplete personal data in storage at the Fraunhofer Society
• According to  Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to the deletion of your personal data providing the deletion does not interfere with the execution of the right to the free expression of opinions and with the compliance with legal obligations, providing the deletion is not against public interest and providing the deletion does not hamper the enforcement, execution or defence of legal claims
• According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data if you contest or challenge the accuracy of these data, the processing of the data is illegal but you reject the deletion of these data and we no longer need the data while you still need the data to enforce, execute or defend legal claims or you have raised an objection against the data processing according to Article 21 GDPR
• According to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data you provided to us in a structured, well-established and machine-readable format or to demand the transmission to another authority and
• According to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to a superior authority. As a rule, you may find such authority at your place of residence, your workplace or our company domicile.

8. Data Security

We transmit all your personal data using the generally used and secure encryption standard TLS (Transport Layer Security). The TLS protocol is a proven and secure standard. Bankers use the standard for online banking transactions. You recognize a secure TLS connection by the s following the http (https://…) in your browser URL or by the lock symbol in the lower section of your browser.

By the way, we use suitable technical and organisational safety procedures to protect your data against inadvertent or willful manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against the unauthorized access by third parties. We constantly improve these security measures as the technology advances.

9. Amendments to the Data Security Information and its Timeliness

This data protection information as amended on May 2018 is currently applicable.

Due to improvements of our website and website offers or based on statutory or government standard, it may become necessary to amend this data protection information. You find the latest applicable data protection information by clicking the link on the following website

http://www.gaspils.com/data-protection

You may read or print this updated and amended version at any time.