Data Protection
This data protection declaration informs you about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of your personal data when using this website.
Data processed, purpose and duration of processing
Processing of general information when visiting this website
When accessing the website and its content, personal data is only processed to the extent technically necessary (in particular: IP address, name of the file accessed, date and time of access, browser type and version, your operating system, the webpage from which you reached us). This information is technically necessary in order to deliver the contents of our website requested by you without any problems. It is stored regularly when you access a website. Your data is processed in particular for the following purposes:
- Ensuring the use of and connection to this web offer,
- ensuring and evaluating system security and stability, and
- or other administrative purposes.
The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest arising from the aforementioned data collection purposes (Art. 6 (1) f) DSGVO). We do not assign this data to specific persons and do not combine it with other data sources. The only recipients of the data is the hosting company (see below).
Hosting
The contents of 40hz is hosted by the Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin. When accessing the website and its content, Strato processes various logfiles and data such as your IP address. For further information, see the data protection information of Strato: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.
Use of cookies
This web offer uses – like many other websites – so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a server to your hard drive. Data is stored in these cookies on your computer (etc.).
Cookies cannot be used to start programmes or transfer viruses to a computer. The information contained in cookies can be used to facilitate your navigation and to enable the websites to be displayed correctly.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your internet browser. Please use the help functions of your internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Use of privacy-protecting techniques
Do Not Track
You can activate “Do Not Track” in your internet browser to partially reduce profiling on the internet. Do Not Track (DNT) signals to a website or web application that it does not wish to create a usage profile about the user’s activities. Of course, this web offer is designed to recognise and observe corresponding settings.
SSL encryption
In order to protect the security of your data during transmission between your computer and this website, the hosting company uses state-of-the-art encryption procedures (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
Integrated third-party content
We are not responsible for the processing of data collected by third-party providers. This website makes only very sparing use of the integration of content from other providers.
Your data subject rights
You are entitled to so-called data subject rights, i.e., rights that you can exercise as a person affected in an individual case. You can assert these rights against the author of this website. You have the right to information about the personal data stored about you in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. If you discover that incorrect data relating to you is being processed, you may, under certain conditions, request rectification in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO. Incomplete data must be completed taking into account the purpose of the processing. As far as the requirements of Art. 17 DSGVO are fulfilled, in particular the data is no longer required for the original purpose and the retention periods have expired, you can request that we delete the data. According to Art. 18 DSGVO, you may be able to demand that we restrict further processing of the data. This means that although your data will not be deleted, it will be marked to block it from further processing. Insofar as the processing of your patient data is based on a public or legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(e), (f) DSGVO, you may object to the processing on the grounds of your particular personal situation in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO.
Complaints
We do everything in our power to process your personal data in accordance with legal requirements. Should you nevertheless be of the opinion that the processing of your personal data is not permitted under data protection law, you are welcome to contact the responsible person:
Prof. Dr. Andreas K. Engel
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49-40-74105-6170
Email: ak.engel@uke.de
In addition, you also have the option of contacting the competent supervisory authority with a complaint. The supervisory authority responsible for you depends on the federal state of your residence or the alleged data protection violation. You can find a list of supervisory authorities with addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
