As you use this website, personal data about you will be processed by us as the data controller and stored for as long as necessary to fulfill the specified purposes and legal obligations. Below, we inform you about the types of data involved, how they are processed, and what rights you have in this regard.
Personal data, as defined in Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
2 Name and Contact Information of the Controller and the Corporate Data Protection Officer
3 Processing Personal Data and Purposes of Data Processing
9 Timeliness and Amendments to this Data Protection Information
This privacy information applies to the data processing on the website https://mico-project.eu of Fraunhofer-Institut für Digitale Medientechnologie, which refers to this privacy information.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
for the Advancement of Applied Research e.V.
Hansastraße 27 c
80686 Munich
for its
Fraunhofer-Institut für Digitale Medientechnologie IDMT
Ehrenbergstraße 31
98693 Ilmenau
(hereinafter Fraunhofer-IDMT)
The data protection officer of Fraunhofer can be reached at the above address in Munich, for the attention of: Data Protection Officer or at datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de. You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with questions regarding data protection law or your rights as a data subject.
Alternatively, our contact person Jürgen Wolf is available at juergen.wolf(at)idmt.fraunhofer.de.
When you access our website and retrieve its content, temporary data is stored that may allow identification. The browser used on your device automatically sends the information to the server of our website. The following data is collected:
The temporary storage of data is necessary for establishing the connection and the course of a website visit so that we can provide you with the content on our website.
Further storage in log files occurs to ensure the functionality of the website, the security of the information technology systems, and to enable the uninterrupted provision of our website as well as to track any unlawful attacks if necessary.
If technical data from your device is processed to enable access to our website, this is done because such data is required in accordance with § 25 para. 1 no. 2 TDDDG.
The processing of the IP address is for technical and administrative purposes, for connection establishment and stability, to ensure the security and functionality of our website, and to track any unlawful attacks if necessary. The legal basis is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
From the processing of the mentioned data in the log file, we cannot draw any direct conclusions about your identity. This is temporarily stored in a so-called log file and deleted after 30 Tage days .
Furthermore, when visiting our website, we may use cookies and analytics services. If this is the case, you will receive further explanations about this in the privacy notice below.
If we pass on personal data collected through the website to processors, we will inform you about this in this privacy notice for each data processing procedure, naming the specific recipient.
Otherwise, we will only share your personal data if
The data passed on may only be used by the recipients for the stated purposes.
We use so-called social media buttons (also social media plugins) on our website. These are small buttons that allow you to publish content from our website on social networks under your profile.
If you activate such a button, a connection will be established between our website and the social network. In addition to the relevant content, the operator of the social network receives further information, some of which may be personal. This includes the fact that you are currently visiting our site.
The integration of the social media buttons is done using the so-called Shariff solution. This solution prevents a connection to a social network from being established simply by visiting a page with a social media button without activating it. This means that information is only transmitted to the social network when you activate the button.
We use the following social media plugins:
Information is sometimes transmitted to the parent company Meta Platforms Inc., based in the USA, to other Facebook companies, and to external partners of Facebook, which may be located outside the European Union. Facebook uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission regarding certain countries.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
Information is sometimes transmitted to the parent company X Inc. (formerly Twitter), based in the USA, to other Twitter companies, and to external partners of Twitter, which may be located outside the European Union. X uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on your consent for this purpose.
For more information on data protection at X, please refer to X's privacy policy at https://x.com/privacy.
Information is sometimes transmitted to the parent company Pinterest Inc., based in the USA, to other Pinterest companies, and to external partners of Pinterest, which may be located outside the European Union. Pinterest uses standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission regarding certain countries.
For more information on data protection at Pinterest, please refer to Pinterest's privacy policy at https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.
We use components (videos) from the company Vimeo, LLC, One North Lexington, 9th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601 USA (hereinafter: "Vimeo"), a company of IAC/InterActiveCorp, 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, on our websites based on your consent according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.
When you visit a page that features an embedded video, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established, and the content is displayed on the website by communicating with your browser.
According to Vimeo's information, your data—specifically which of our websites you have visited, as well as device-specific information including the IP address—will only be transmitted to the Vimeo server in the USA when you watch the video. By clicking on the video, you consent to this transmission.
If you are logged into Vimeo at the same time, this information will be associated with your Vimeo account. You can prevent this by logging out of your account before visiting our website.
For more information on data protection, please refer to Vimeo's privacy policy.
You have the right to:
• According to Article 7(3) of the GDPR, withdraw your consent at any time. This means that we
may no longer continue processing the data based on that consent in the future;
• According to Article 15 of the GDPR, request information about your personal data processed
by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal
data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will be disclosed, the planned
storage duration, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection,
the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data, if not collected by us, as well as the
existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its
details;
• According to Article 16 of the GDPR, request the immediate rectification of inaccurate or
completion of your personal data stored with us;
• According to Article 17 of the GDPR, request the erasure of your personal data stored with
us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for
compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or
defense of legal claims;
• According to Article 18 of the GDPR, request the restriction of processing of your personal
data, as long as you contest the accuracy of the data, processing is unlawful, but you oppose erasure, and we no
longer need the data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or you have
objected to processing according to Article 21 of the GDPR;
• According to Article 20 of the GDPR, receive your personal data provided to us in a
structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or request the transfer to another controller;
• According to Article 77 of the GDPR, lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In
general, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual residence or workplace or our association's
registered office for this purpose.
Information about your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Article 6(1)(e) of the GDPR (processing in the public interest) and Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (processing based on legitimate interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision as per Article 4(4) of the GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If your objection is directed against the processing of data for direct marketing purposes, we will cease processing immediately. In this case, it is not necessary to specify a particular situation. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
If you wish to exercise your right to object, it is sufficient to send an email to datenschutzkoordination@zv.fraunhofer.de.
All your personal data are transmitted in encrypted format, using the widely used and secure TLS (Transport Layer Security) standard. TLS is a secure and proven standard that is also used, for instance, in online banking. You will recognize a secure TLS connection by the additional s after http (i.e., https://...) in the address bar of your browser or by the lock icon in the bottom part of your browser window.
In all other regards, we use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulations, partial or complete loss, destruction, or the unauthorized access of third parties. We continuously improve our security measures in accordance with the state of the art.
The further development of our website and the products and services offered or changed due to statutory or regulatory requirements, respectively, may make it necessary to amend this data protection information. You may access and print out the latest data protection information at any time from our website.