Data protection refers to the protection of personal data. This concerns data that can be clearly assigned to an individual. When we collect and utilize personal data, we confine ourselves strictly to what is technically necessary and permitted by law. We collect and use personal data only with your prior consent or where allowed by law. It is important to us that you understand why we collect data and what we use them for. More information can be found below.

We collect information from you when you access the above-named domains. For purposes of identification and tracking unauthorized access attempts to this domain as well as for purposes of optimization of web-based services in connection with the use of the web pages of the above-named domain, user data are stored and used to create anonymous access statistics

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25, 2018. It strengthens the rights of the individual user. In point 10 below, “Rights of Individuals,” we describe your rights with regard to privacy and personal data. In the above-named domains, Freie Universität uses an external search engine, the Google Custom Search Engine (Google CSE). For more information about the transfer of data to the search engine, please see “Using the third-party search engine, Google Custom Search Engine (Google CSE)”