Data Protection

Name and contact details of the person responsible and the Data Protection Officer

This information concerning data protection applies to data processing carried out by:

Institutions responsible:

International Research Training Group “Belongings: Jewish Material Culture in 20th Century Europe and Beyond”, Leipzig University (hereafter referred to us IRTG “Belongings”). IRTG “Belongings” is a research unit at Leipzig University. Leipzig University is a public body, legally represented by the Rector, Professor Eva Inés Obergfell.

IRTG “Belongings”
Straße des 17. Juni 2, 04107 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 9737580
Email: belongings@uni-leipzig.de

Postal Address:

IRTG Belongings
Universität Leipzig
IPF 131117
04108 Leipzig

IRTG Belongings is represented by
Spokesperson of the IRTG Belongings:
Prof. Dr. Yfaat Weiss

The Data Protection Officer of the IRTG Belongings, Dr. Oliver Krause, can be contacted at the above address or via email at:
belongings@uni-leipzig.de

Technical Implementation of the Website

The technical implementation of the website is carried out by bivisual Medienproduktion, which can be contacted via the following email address: oliver@bivisual.net

General Information on Data Processing

1. Scope of Processing Personal Data

We process the personal data of our users – including yours – only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website as well as our content and services (e.g., event registrations, evaluations, public relations, etc.).

The processing of personal data of our users is generally carried out only with their prior consent. An exception applies in cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for factual reasons and/or the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations.

2. Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data

Where we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Article 6 para. 1 lit. a of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In cases where the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6 para. 1 lit. b of the GDPR is the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures.

Where processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which IRTG “Belongings” is subject, Article 6 para. 1 lit. c of the GDPR serves as the legal basis. For example, personal data may be stored if this is provided for by European or national legislation in EU regulations, laws, or other provisions to which Leipzig University is subject.

In cases where the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Article 6 para. 1 lit. d of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Article 6 para. 1 lit. e of the GDPR is used as a legal basis when the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of IRTG “Belongings” or a third party, and the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override the previously mentioned legitimate interest, then Article 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR serves as the legal basis. Although Article 6 para. 1 lit. 2 of the GDPR states that Article 6 para. 1 lit. f does not apply to data processing carried out by public authorities in the performance of their tasks, this only refers, according to the wording, to tasks assigned by law, especially in the context of regulatory or service administration. Therefore, if authorities act in a peer-to-peer relationship, i.e., under private law, the application of Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR is not excluded. This particularly applies to the public relations activities of IRTG “Belongings”.

3. Collection and Storage of Personal Data as well as the Nature and Purpose of their Use

When visiting the website:

When you access our website belongings-irtg.com, information is automatically sent to our website’s server by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

IP address of the requesting computer;
Date and time of access;
Name and URL of the retrieved file;
Website from which the access was made (referrer URL);
Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

This data is processed by us for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website;
Ensuring comfortable use of our website;
Evaluation of system security and stability; and
For other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the purposes listed above for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about your identity.

4. Storage Period (Data Deletion)

The personal data we process will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the processing (including storage) no longer applies, i.e., when the data is no longer necessary for the intended purpose and no legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

For example, if data processing is carried out due to a legal obligation as per Article 6 para. 1 lit. c of the GDPR, the personal data will be blocked or deleted once the storage period prescribed by the relevant regulations expires.

Your data will also not be deleted if it is still necessary to store it for concluding or fulfilling a contract and there is thus another legal basis for the data processing (e.g., Article 6 para. 1 lit. b of the GDPR).

5. Legal/Contractual Requirements for Providing Personal Data and Consequences of Non-Provision

We inform you that the provision of personal data may be legally required or result from contractual obligations. For instance, it is regularly necessary in the context of concluding a contract for the data subject to provide us with personal data, which we then need to process. This includes the obligation to provide personal data as part of entering into a contract. Failure to provide personal data may result in the inability to conclude the contract with the data subject.

Before providing personal data in the above-mentioned sense, you are welcome to contact us, preferably through the contact details provided above to reach the data protection officer. We will then inform you in the specific individual case whether the provision of the personal data is legally or contractually required or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. We will also inform you whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what the consequences of non-provision would be in this case.

6. Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for any purposes other than those listed below. We only disclose your personal data to third parties if:

You have given your express consent pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR;
The disclosure is necessary pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data;
There is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR; and
It is legally permissible and required for the performance of a contract with you pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

7. Analytic Tools

WP Statistics

This website uses the web analytics service WP Statistics. With the help of WP Statistics, we are able to collect and analyze data about how visitors use our website.Unlike other analytics tools, WP Statistics collects only the information necessary to show simple analytics. People are not tracked across their devices or across websites and apps that they visit.

WP Statistics tracks overall trends in website traffic, not individual visitors. No cookies, browser cache, local storage (or similar technologies) are used, no persistent identifiers are generated and no personal information is collected or stored. It is only aggregated data, and no personal information is contained within it. The plugin completely anonymizes all site measurements.

IP Addresses and Privacy

Each HTTP request inherently includes the visitor’s IP address and User-Agent, which are critical for web analytics. To respect visitor privacy and adhere to stringent data protection standards, WP Statistics has implemented robust measures to anonymize and secure this data.

The use of this analysis tool is based on Article 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both their website and advertising.

8. Social Media

YouTube
This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store information about visitors to this website before they watch a video. However, the transmission of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. For example, YouTube – regardless of whether you watch a video – establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. In doing so, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, after starting a video, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g., device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to compile video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud attempts.

Additional data processing operations may be triggered after starting a YouTube video, over which we have no control.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on data protection at YouTube, please refer to their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

9. Google Web Fonts (local hosting)

In order to ensure the uniform representation of fonts, this page uses so-called web fonts that have been provided by Google. Google Fonts are locally installed. No connection to the Google servers is established during this process.

For further information on Google Web Fonts, please see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq as well as Google’s data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

10. Rights

You have the right:

• according to Art. 15 DSGVO to demand information about the personal data relating to you that we have processed. In particular, you can demand information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients with whom your data has been shared by us, the planned duration of storage of your data, the applicability of your right to amend, delete, or limit or object to processing of your data, the applicability of your right to complain, the origins of your data in cases where they did not originate with us, as well as the applicability of an automated decision-making process including profiling and any pertinent information in the particularities entailed therein;
• according to Art. 16 DSGVO to demand the immediate correction or completion of your personal data stored by us;
• according to Art. 17 DSGVO to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, insofar as the processing of this data is not required for the exercise of freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of legal obligations, for reasons of public interest, or for the enforcement, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
• according to Art. 18 DSGVO to demand the limitation of processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is uncontested by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion, and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the enforcement, exercise, or defense of legal claims or you have objected to its processing according to Art. 21 DSGVO;
• according to Art. 20 DSGVO to demand the reception of your personal data stored by us in a structured, standard, and machine-readable format or to demand its transmission to another responsible person;
• according to Art. 7 Abs. 3 DSGVO to recall your prior consent at any time, meaning that we may no longer continue the data processing that we conducted on the basis of your prior consent, and
• according to Art. 77 DSGVO to complain to a regulating authority. You can usually turn to the regulating authority of your place of residence in this regard.

11. Right of revocation

You have the right to revoke your prior consent for the future according to Art. 7 Abs. 3 DSGVO.

12. Right of objection

Insofar as your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right according to Art. 21 DSGVO to object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons arising from your particular circumstances or if the objection is against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection that will be acted on by us without further reference to your particular circumstances. If you wish to invoke your right to revocation or objection, you can simply send an email to belongings@uni-leipzig.de

13. Data security

We employ technical and organizational security measures suited to us in order to protect your data from accidental or deliberate manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction, or unlawful access by third parties. Our security measures are continually improved in accordance with technological developments.

14. Validity of and changes to this data protection statement

Through the further development of our website and the services we offer thereby or on the basis of changed legal or official stipulations, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. This data protection declaration is valid as of August 2025.