Privacy Policy

I. General Information

The following text provides an overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that could be used to identify you personally. Your data is collected when you submit it via a form, e.g., data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g., Internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used for statistical analysis of your user behavior.

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions about data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

As the operators of this website, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect, why we collect it, and what we use it for.

We would like to point out that the transmission of data via the Internet (e.g. by e-mail) can have security gaps and that complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed. We accept no liability for damage caused by such security gaps.

II. Responsible Body

The responsible body as defined in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the EU member states as well as other data protection-related provisions is

Smart Cognition Lab
Universität Heidelberg
Institut für Deutsch als Fremdsprachenphilologie
Plöck 55, D-69117 Heidelberg

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

Right to lodge a complaint

In the event of violations of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the resposible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our institute is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found here. through the following link

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Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. To do so, simply send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Rights concerning data transferability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect data during transmission, this site uses SSL and/or TLS encryption for all content, including all form data that you send to us. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL and/or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking & deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correct, block, or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

III. Recording Data

Cookies

Some of these web pages use cookies—small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Cookies that are necessary for the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.

Server-Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in so-called server log files. These are:

Browser Type and Browser System
OS used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

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

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

The data entered in the contact form is therefore processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. To do so, simply send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (i.e., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected.

Imbedded Content from Other Websites

Our website may contain content from external providers (e.g., videos, maps, social media posts) as well as links to external third-party websites. When you access such content or click on external links, you leave our website. We accept no responsibility for the processing of personal data by these third-party providers.

Please note that the respective providers are solely responsible for compliance with data protection regulations. We therefore recommend that you carefully read the privacy policies of the relevant providers.

The inclusion of links to external websites does not mean that we endorse their content. The respective provider of the linked website is solely liable for illegal, incorrect, or incomplete content and, in particular, for damage resulting from the use or non-use of such information.