The survey serves the following purpose(s): Collection of qualitative student and teacher feedback during the first few weeks of classes in the 1st semester of the Master’s degree programs Media and Communication Science, Communication and Signal Processing, and Micro and Nanotechnologies, with a special focus on synchronous, asynchronous and hybrid study formats, as part of the VEDIAS project at TU Ilmenau.
With this data protection statement, we inform about the processing of personal data.
In terms of personal data, the necessary connection data (in particular the IP address) are essentially collected in order to be able to participate in the survey.
The information collected when participating in the survey is generally NO longer personal data after completing and submitting the questionnaire, as the collection is carried out in such a way that it is not possible to draw conclusions about the participating person (anonymization).
The controller according to Art. 4 No. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Technische Universität Ilmenau (TU Ilmenau), Ehrenbergstr. 29, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany, legally represented by the President.
TU Ilmenau collects the data by means of the survey software evasys.
You can contact the data protection officer of TU Ilmenau as follows: Technische Universität Ilmenau, Am Helmholtzring 9, datenschutz@tu-ilmenau.de.
TU Ilmenau processes personal data on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. e of the Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to this provision, the processing of personal data is lawful insofar as it is required for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest. This applies to the above-mentioned purpose(s) of the survey and is in accordance with the responsibilities of TU Ilmenau under the Thuringian Higher Education Act (‘ThürHG’).
The personal data, i.e. the connection data as stated above, are only used to enable participation in the survey. The data are not processed for any other purpose. TU Ilmenau will also not gain any knowledge of this connection data, as they are stored only by the data processor evasys.
The information in the survey is no longer personal data (see above); its use depends on the stated purpose(s) of the survey.
The connection data are stored for a maximum of 7 days.
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR with respect to your personal data, provided that the respective legal requirements are met: The right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), the right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), the right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), the right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR), the right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR), the right to withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR).
To exercise any of your aforementioned rights, please contact the data protection officer using the contact details above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you is unlawful.
The contact details for the responsible data protection authority as regards the data controller are: Thüringer Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, Häßlerstr. 8, 99096 Erfurt, https://www.tlfdi.de/tlfdi/kontakt/
As described above, the legal basis is the fulfillment of a public task and not consent. Nevertheless, there is NO obligation to participate in the survey. Non-participation has no negative effects; in particular, no one at TU Ilmenau can or will know whether a person has participated in the survey or not.