General Information on Data Processing
We process personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) only to the extent necessary to provide you with a functional, user-friendly, and secure website, including its content and services. According to Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), “processing” is any operation performed on personal data – such as collecting, storing, using, or deleting. This privacy policy informs you about which data we process, for what purpose, on what legal basis, how long we store the data, and what rights you have. Additionally, we provide information about third-party tools used that may also process data.

I. Responsible Provider
Future Center for German Unity and European Transformation gGmbH
Jan Büchner
Hansering 19
06108 Halle (Saale)
Email: [email protected]

Data Protection Officer:
Prof. Dr. Christoph Thiel
Hahler Str. 30 / 32427 Minden
[email protected]

II. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data: access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, objection to processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Furthermore, you have the right to information about recipients to whom your data has been disclosed.

Competent Supervisory Authority:
As our company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the federal government, we are subject to supervision by the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).

Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Graurheindorfer Straße 153
53117 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0)228 997799-0
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.bfdi.bund.de

III. Details on Data Processing

1. Contact
When you contact us via contact form or email, we use your information solely to process your request. Without this data, we may not be able to process your inquiry. Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Storage occurs until the final processing of the request, unless legal retention obligations prevent this.

2. Applications
You can apply through our website. In doing so, we collect and process your application data electronically. Legal basis: § 26 BDSG in conjunction with Art. 88 GDPR. After rejection, the data is deleted after two months – unless legal requirements necessitate longer retention. If consent is given for further storage (e.g., in a talent pool), Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR applies. This consent can be revoked at any time.

3. Server Log Data
When visiting our website, certain data about your browser is automatically transmitted to our server (e.g., browser type, operating system, IP address in anonymized form, referrer URL, date and time). This data serves the security, stability, and optimization of our service. It is stored for a maximum of 21 days, unless a security-relevant incident requires longer storage. Legal basis: Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Matomo (Web Analytics)
We use Matomo, an open-source analysis software on our own server without setting a cookie. Data collected includes IP address (anonymized), visited pages, duration of visit, and referrer URL. No cookie is stored. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or our legitimate interest in optimizing our web offering (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The IP address is shortened so that no conclusions about your identity are possible.

5. CloudFlare (Content Delivery Network)
We use the CloudFlare service to secure and accelerate the website. This may involve processing data such as IP address, pages accessed, browser type, operating system, and referrer URL. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. For more information, visit: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/