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'''Statement of Data Protection Conditions for the Internet'''
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. When we process the personal data that is collected during your visits to our Web site, we always observe the rules laid down in the applicable data protection laws. Your data will not be disclosed publicly by us, nor transferred to any third parties without your consent.  
 
  
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In the following sections, we explain what types of data we record when you visit our Web site, and precisely how they are used:
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CIPedia© is a wiki-website with definitions of technical terms and information in the area of "Critical Infrastructure Protection", which was provided from 2014 as part of the EU project CIPRNet. CIPRNet "Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network" was a project of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS and received EU funding under their Horizon 2020 program in 2013-2017. The aim of the website is to establish itself internationally as a reference website in the area of protection of critical infrastructures.
  
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'''1. Recording and processing of data in connection with access over the Internet'''
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As the party responsible for the data processing (controller), we process the personal data collected via our website and store them for the period, which is required to achieve the specified purpose and to comply with the statutory requirements. The following text informs you of the data we collect and the way we process the collected data. We also inform you on your data privacy rights as they pertain to the use of our website.
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When you visit our Web site, our Web server makes a temporary record of each access and stores it in a log file. The following data are recorded, and stored until an automatic deletion date:
 
  
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IP address of the requesting processor
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Pursuant to Article 4 No. 1 GDPR, personal data are all data referring to a specific or identifiable natural person.
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Date and time of access
 
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Name and URL of the downloaded file
 
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Indication whether download was successful
 
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Data identifying the browser software and operating system
 
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Web site from which our site was accessed
 
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Name of your Internet service provider
 
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The purpose of recording these data is to allow use of the Web site (connection setup), for system security, for technical administration of the network infrastructure and in order to optimize our Internet service. The IP address is only evaluated in the event of fraudulent access to the network infrastructure of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.  
 
  
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Apart from the special cases cited above, we do not process personal data without first obtaining your explicit consent to do so. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created as stated under web analysis (see below).
 
  
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'''2. Orders'''
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'''1. Scope of this Agreement'''
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If you order information material or other goods via our website, we will use the address data provided only for the purpose of processing your order.
 
  
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'''3. Use and transfer of personal data'''
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This data protection information shall apply to the project website located at http://cipedia.eu (for technical reasons redirected to https://websites.fraunhofer.de/CIPedia) and all services we offer in context with this project as web services or mobile app providing we refer to this data protection information.
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All use of your personal data is confined to the purposes stated above, and is only undertaken to the extent necessary for these purposes. Your data is not disclosed to third parties.  
 
  
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Personal data will not be transferred to government bodies or public authorities except in order to comply with mandatory national legislation or if the transfer of such data should be necessary in order to take legal action in cases of fraudulent access to our network infrastructure. Personal data will not be transferred to third parties for any other purpose.
 
  
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'''4. Consent to use data in other contexts'''
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'''2. Name and contact information of the person who signs responsible for processing and the appointed data security officer'''
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The use of certain services on our website, such as newsletters or discussion forums, may require prior registration and involves a more substantial processing of personal data, such as longer-term storage of e-mail addresses, user IDs and passwords. We use such data only insofar as it has been sent to us by you in person and you have given us your express prior consent for this use. For example, we request your consent separately in the following cases:
 
  
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Newsletters and press distribution
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Controller as defined in Article 4 No. 7 GDPR:<br />
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In order to register for a newsletter service provided by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, we need at least your e-mail address so that we know where to send the newsletter. All other information you supply is on a voluntary basis, and will be used in order to contact you directly or clear up questions concerning your e-mail address. If you request delivery by post, we need your postal address. If you ask to be included on a press distribution list, we need to know which publication you work for, to allow us to check whether specific publications are actually receiving our press material.  
 
  
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As a general rule, we employ the double opt-in method for the registration. In other words, after you have registered for the service and informed us of your e-mail address, you will receive an e-mail in return from us, containing a link that you must use to confirm your registration. Your registration and confirmation will be recorded. The newsletter will not be sent until this has been done. This procedure is used to ensure that only you yourself can register with the newsletter service under the specified e-mail address. You must confirm your registration as soon as possible after receiving our e-mail, otherwise your registration and e-mail address will be erased from our database. Until we receive your confirmation, our newsletter service will refuse to accept any other registration requests using this e-mail address.
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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft<br />
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zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.<br />
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Hansastraße 27 c, <br />
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80686 München [Munich, Bavaria, Germany]<br />
  
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You can cancel subscriptions to our newsletters at any time. To do so, either send us an e-mail or follow the link at the end of the newsletter.
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for its Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme IAIS<br />
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(in the following referred to as "'''Fraunhofer IAIS'''")
  
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Visitors' books and forums
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Email:       info@iais.fraunhofer.de<br />
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If you wish to sign up for an Internet forum run by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, we need at least a user ID, a password, and your e-mail address. For your own protection, the registration procedure for this type of service, like that for the newsletters, involves you confirming your request using the link contained in the e-mail we send you and you giving your consent to the use of further personal data where this is necessary to use the forum.
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Telephone:  +49 2241 14-3000<br />
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Fax:     +49 2241 14-4-3000<br />
  
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You can cancel your registration for this type of service at any time, by sending us an e-mail via the Web page offering the service.  
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You can reach the data protection representative of the Fraunhofer Institute at the above address, c/o Data Protection Officer or at  datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de.
  
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As a general rule, the content of visitors' books and forums is not subject to any form of monitoring by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Nevertheless, we reserve the right to delete posted contributions and to prohibit users from further use of the service at our own discretion, especially in cases where posted content contravenes the law or is deemed incompatible with the objectives of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.  
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Please feel free to contact the data protection officer directly at any time with your questions concerning your data protection rights and/or your rights as affected person.
  
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Web-Analysis
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Alternatively, you may want to send an email to your contact partner Dr. Erich Rome at erich (dot) rome (at) iais (dot) fraunhofer (dot) de
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The Fraunhofer-Institute IAIS uses the web analysis software Piwik. This software collects and stores data for marketing and optimization purposes on the web pages. For these purposes cookies may be used. Cookies are small text files which are stored locally in the cache memory of the site visitor's web browser. The cookies enable the web browser to be recognized. The data collected will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website and will not be combined with person-related data about the visitor. All data is stored and operated on the institute's own systems. A transfer to third parties for any purposes is not taking place.
 
  
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5. Cookies
 
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We don't normally use cookies on our Web site, but in certain exceptional cases we may use cookies which place technical session-control data in your browser's memory. These data are automatically erased at the latest when you close your browser.
 
  
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If, exceptionally, one of our applications requires the storage of personal data in a cookie, for instance a user ID, we will point out you to it.
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'''3. Processing of Personal Data and Purposes of the Data Processing'''
  
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Of course, it is perfectly possible to consult our Web site without the use of cookies. Please note, however, that most browsers are programmed to accept cookies in their default configuration. You can prevent this by changing the appropriate setting in the browser options. If you set the browser to refuse all cookies, this may restrict your use of certain functions on our Web site.
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'''During Your Website Visit'''
  
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6. Web analysis
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You have the choice to access our website without revealing your identity. In this case, the active browser on your computing device sends nothing but the automatic information about itself to the server of our website to enable the connection. This includes the browser type and version and the date and time of access.  Included in the transmitted data is also the IP address of your device. Our server stores this IP address in a log file and deletes it automatically after four (4) weeks.
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Personal user profiles are not created. However, Section 15 (3) of the Telemedia Act (TMG) permits the use of user profiles under a pseudonym for the purpose of advertising, market research and the structuring of offers in line with the user's needs provided that the user does not object to this:
 
  
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The Fraunhofer-Institute IAIS uses the web analysis software Matomo. This software collects and stores data for marketing and optimization purposes on the web pages. For these purposes cookies may be used. Cookies are small text files which are stored locally in the cache memory of the site visitor's web browser. The cookies enable the web browser to be recognized. The data collected will not be used to personally identify the visitor to this website and will not be combined with person-related data about the visitor. All data is stored and operated on the institute's own systems. A transfer to third parties for any purposes is not taking place.
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We process the IP address for technical and administrative purposes when we establish a stable connection between your device and our server. This ensures the security and functional reliability of our website. In the event an attacker tries to harm our system, the stored data allow us to trace the illegitimate activity.
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The legal foundation for processing the IP address is Article 6 para. 1. lit. f GDPR. We have legitimate interests in maintaining the security of our website and in providing trouble-free website services as outlined above.  
  
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If, however, you wish not being tracked by Matomo, you may the opt-out function on the home page of cipedia.eu.
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Processing the IP address of the requesting device in our log file does not allow us to draw direct conclusions on the identity of the website visitor.  
  
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'''7. Social plugins'''
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Furthermore, we use cookies and analytical services when visitors access our website. We explain the use of cookies and analytical services in Sections 5 and 6 of this data protection statement.
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We also use social plugins in some cases on our webpages, e.g. from the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Google+ social networks. These are often technically operated in the USA or in other countries outside Germany and the EU and some are offered via national companies in the EU (see the websites www.facebook.de, www.twitter.de, www.youtube.de or www.google.de for the providers). The plugins are identified with the companies' logo, comment fields or what are known as a "Like" or "+1" button.  
 
  
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If you open a page of our website in your web browser containing such a plugin, your web browser will create a direct connection to the servers of the respective provider in the country concerned.
 
  
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By incorporating the plugins the provider is given at the least the information that you have visited a certain page on our website, and perhaps also other information that your web browser or the device you use also discloses. The content of the plugin is loaded by your web browser directly from the provider and incorporated into our website. If you are registered and have logged in with the provider concerned, your visit can also be assigned to your user account.
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If you interact with a plugin, e.g. if you click on the "Like" button or enter a comment in a form field, your browser will also transmit this information directly to the provider where it will be saved and, if applicable, continue to be used and published.  
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We transfer your personal data to third parties only under the following circumstances:
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* You have consented to the transfer explicitly as prescribed in Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit. a GDPR
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* We entered into a contract with you, and the transfer is necessary to execute the contract as prescribed in Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit b GDPR
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* According to Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit. c GDPR and according to applicable law, we are obligated to transfer the data to a specific third party.
  
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Above all, marketing measures of the provider and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft are the reason for the collection and use of the data as described and determine the extent of this. You can find details on this and on your rights and on ways in which you can prevent the collection and use of your data in order to protect your private sphere directly in the data privacy policy of the respective provider.  
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The third party/third parties shall use the transferred data for the specified purpose exclusively.
  
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If you do not wish a provider to collect data on you through our website you must deactivate the plugins in your web browser. If you wish to avoid a link to any existing user account, you must log out before your visit to our website. By visiting our website, you declare your consent to the above provisions.
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The transmission/transfer of personal data to a country outside the EU or to an international organisation is prohibited.
  
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'''8. Security'''
 
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft implements technical and organizational security measures to safeguard stored personal data against inadvertent or deliberate manipulation, loss or destruction and against access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological progress.
 
  
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'''9. Links to Web sites operated by other providers'''
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'''5. Cookies'''
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Our Web pages may contain links to other providers’ Web pages. We would like to point out that this statement of data protection conditions applies exclusively to the Web pages managed by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. We have no way of influencing the practices of other providers with respect to data protection, nor do we carry out any checks to ensure that they conform with the relevant legislation.
 
  
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'''10. Right to information and contact data'''
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We use server-side cookies. Cookies are small files, which are automatically created by the browser of the user device and stored in your device (PC, laptop, tablet, smart phone or similar device) when you visit our website.  Cookies do not harm your computer, and they do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.
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You have a legal right to inspect any stored data concerning your person, and also the right to demand their correction or deletion, and to withdraw your consent for their further use.
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Cookies contain information pertaining to the specific device, which accessed our website.  However, this does not give us direct knowledge of your identity.
  
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In some cases, if you are a registered user of certain services provided by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, we offer you the possibility of inspecting these data online, and even of deleting or modifying the data yourself, via a user account.
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One reason for us to use cookies is making the use of our website more convenient for you. We use session cookies to recognise that you have already visited certain pages of our website.
  
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If you wish to obtain information on your personal data, or want us to correct or erase such data, or if you have any other questions concerning the use of personal data held by us, please contact:
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We also use temporary cookies to optimise the user-friendliness of our website. Your device stores these cookies temporarily for a specific time. The next time you visit our website, our server recognises your device as prior visitor and remembers your settings and preferences. You will not have to enter these parameters again.
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We also use cookies to gather data for our website statistics. This helps us to evaluate and optimise our web offerings (see Section 7). These cookies allow us to recognise repeat visits from your device. These cookies will be deleted automatically after a specific time.
  
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The data obtained with the help of cookies serve our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of third parties according to Article 6 para. 1, page 1 lit. f GDPR.
  
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'''11. Acceptance, validity and modification of data protection conditions'''
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Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you are able to configure your browser in such a way that the application does not store cookies on your computer or always shows an alert before storing new cookies. However, the complete exclusion of cookies may prevent you from using all functions on our website.
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By using our Web site, you implicitly agree to accept the use of your personal data as specified above. This present statement of data protection conditions came into effect on May 1st, 2013.  
 
  
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As our Web site evolves, and new technologies come into use, it may become necessary to amend the statement of data protection conditions. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft reserves the right to modify its data protection conditions at any time, with effect as of a future date. We recommend that you re-read the latest version from time to time.
 
  
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'''MediaWiki'''
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CIPedia© has been realized by means of the open source software MediaWiki, which is also used by the well-known Wikipedia. We use MediaWiki's site and visitor statistics on our website to analyze user behavior when visiting our site and to optimize our site and its content accordingly. In doing so, we do not receive information that directly identifies you.
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In connection with the use of MediaWiki, we use cookies that allow a statistical analysis of the use of this website by your visits. In the cookie information - including personal information - is stored on your visitor behavior and processed using a pseudonym in a usage profile for the purpose of analysis. Because CIPedia© and the MediaWiki installation are hosted on our own server, third-party processing is not required for the analysis.
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The data obtained will not be used to identify you personally without your separately given consent and the data will not be merged with personally identifiable information about you as the bearer of the pseudonym.
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As far as IP addresses are collected, these are anonymized immediately after collection by deleting the last number block.
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Data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO on the optimization of our online offer and our website.
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Click [http://cipedia.eu here] to see if your visit is tracked by the MediaWiki visitor statistics ("You are currently opted in. Click here to opt out.") or that your visit is no longer recorded ("You are currently opted out. Click here to opt in.").
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We do '''NOT''' use so-called social media buttons (also called social media plugins) on our website. These are small buttons that allow you to post content on a social networking site under your profile.
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* According to Article 7 para. 3 GDPR, you have the right to revoke any consent declaration at any time, which you have given to us before. This has the consequence that we are no longer privileged to continue the respective activity.
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* According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to demand information on your personal data, which we have processed. In particular, you have the right to information on the following: Purposes of the data processing - The categories of personal data - the categories of recipients to which we transmitted/disclosed or will transmit your data - the planned storage periods of data - the existence of the right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing and objection - the right to appeal - the right to know the origin of data in the event that we did not collect these data - the right to meaningful and detailed information on the existence of automated decision-making including profiling
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* According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to the correction of incorrect and/or the completion of incomplete personal data in storage at the Fraunhofer Society
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* According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to the deletion of your personal data providing the deletion does not interfere with the execution of the right to the free expression of opinions and with the compliance with legal obligations, providing the deletion is not against public interest and providing the deletion does not hamper the enforcement, execution or defence of legal claims
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* According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data if you contest or challenge the accuracy of these data, the processing of the data is illegal but you reject the deletion of these data and we no longer need the data while you still need the data to enforce, execute or defend legal claims or you have raised an objection against the data processing according to Article 21 GDPR
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* According to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data you provided to us in a structured, well-established and machine-readable format or to demand the transmission to another authority and
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* According to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to a superior authority. As a rule, you may find such authority at your place of residence, your workplace or our company domicile.
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'''9. Information on your Right of Objections according to Article 21 GDPR'''
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You have the right to object at any time against the processing of your personal data, based on Article 6 para. 1, lit. f GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Article 6, para. 1, lit. e GDPR (data processing based on fair balancing) for reasons, which arise from your specific situation. This shall also apply to the profiling as prescribed by Article 4 No. 4 GDPR, which is supported by this provision.
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Once you file an objection, we will no longer process your personal data, unless we can establish compelling evidence, which is worthy of protection and outweighs your interests, rights and privileges, or unless the processing serves the enforcement, exercise or defence of legal claims.
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To the extent that your objection addresses the processing of data for direct advertising, we will stop the processing immediately. In this case, citing a special situation is not required.  This shall also apply to profiling in as far as it relates to such direct advertising.
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'''10. Data security'''
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We transmit all your personal data using the generally used and secure encryption standard TLS (Transport Layer Security). The TLS protocol is a proven and secure standard. Bankers use the standard for online banking transactions. You recognise a secure TLS connection by the s following the http (https://...) in your browser URL or by the lock symbol in the lower section of your browser.
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By the way, we use suitable technical and organisational safety procedures to protect your data against inadvertent or wilful manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against the unauthorised access by third parties. We constantly improve these security measures as the technology advances.
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'''11. Amendments to the Data Security Information and its Timeliness'''
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This data protection information as amended on May 2018 is currently applicable.
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Due to improvements of our website and website offers or based on statutory or government standard, it may become necessary to amend this data protection information. You find the latest applicable data protection information by clicking the link on the following website
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[[CIPedia:Privacy_policy|https://publicwiki-01.fraunhofer.de/CIPedia/index.php/CIPedia:Privacy_policy]]
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You may read or print this updated and amended version at any time.

Latest revision as of 10:51, 12 September 2023

Data protection information according to GDPR for

cipedia.eu, redirected to https://websites.fraunhofer.de/CIPedia

CIPedia© is a wiki-website with definitions of technical terms and information in the area of "Critical Infrastructure Protection", which was provided from 2014 as part of the EU project CIPRNet. CIPRNet "Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network" was a project of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS and received EU funding under their Horizon 2020 program in 2013-2017. The aim of the website is to establish itself internationally as a reference website in the area of protection of critical infrastructures.

As the party responsible for the data processing (controller), we process the personal data collected via our website and store them for the period, which is required to achieve the specified purpose and to comply with the statutory requirements. The following text informs you of the data we collect and the way we process the collected data. We also inform you on your data privacy rights as they pertain to the use of our website.

Pursuant to Article 4 No. 1 GDPR, personal data are all data referring to a specific or identifiable natural person.


1. Scope of this Agreement

This data protection information shall apply to the project website located at http://cipedia.eu (for technical reasons redirected to https://websites.fraunhofer.de/CIPedia) and all services we offer in context with this project as web services or mobile app providing we refer to this data protection information.


2. Name and contact information of the person who signs responsible for processing and the appointed data security officer

Controller as defined in Article 4 No. 7 GDPR:

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastraße 27 c,
80686 München [Munich, Bavaria, Germany]

for its Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme IAIS
(in the following referred to as "Fraunhofer IAIS")

Email: info@iais.fraunhofer.de
Telephone: +49 2241 14-3000
Fax: +49 2241 14-4-3000

You can reach the data protection representative of the Fraunhofer Institute at the above address, c/o Data Protection Officer or at datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de.

Please feel free to contact the data protection officer directly at any time with your questions concerning your data protection rights and/or your rights as affected person.

Alternatively, you may want to send an email to your contact partner Dr. Erich Rome at erich (dot) rome (at) iais (dot) fraunhofer (dot) de


3. Processing of Personal Data and Purposes of the Data Processing

During Your Website Visit

You have the choice to access our website without revealing your identity. In this case, the active browser on your computing device sends nothing but the automatic information about itself to the server of our website to enable the connection. This includes the browser type and version and the date and time of access. Included in the transmitted data is also the IP address of your device. Our server stores this IP address in a log file and deletes it automatically after four (4) weeks.

We process the IP address for technical and administrative purposes when we establish a stable connection between your device and our server. This ensures the security and functional reliability of our website. In the event an attacker tries to harm our system, the stored data allow us to trace the illegitimate activity. The legal foundation for processing the IP address is Article 6 para. 1. lit. f GDPR. We have legitimate interests in maintaining the security of our website and in providing trouble-free website services as outlined above.

Processing the IP address of the requesting device in our log file does not allow us to draw direct conclusions on the identity of the website visitor.

Furthermore, we use cookies and analytical services when visitors access our website. We explain the use of cookies and analytical services in Sections 5 and 6 of this data protection statement.


4. Transfer of Personal Data to Third Persons

We transfer your personal data to third parties only under the following circumstances:

  • You have consented to the transfer explicitly as prescribed in Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit. a GDPR
  • We entered into a contract with you, and the transfer is necessary to execute the contract as prescribed in Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit b GDPR
  • According to Article 6 para. 1, page 1, lit. c GDPR and according to applicable law, we are obligated to transfer the data to a specific third party.

The third party/third parties shall use the transferred data for the specified purpose exclusively.

The transmission/transfer of personal data to a country outside the EU or to an international organisation is prohibited.


5. Cookies

We use server-side cookies. Cookies are small files, which are automatically created by the browser of the user device and stored in your device (PC, laptop, tablet, smart phone or similar device) when you visit our website. Cookies do not harm your computer, and they do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Cookies contain information pertaining to the specific device, which accessed our website. However, this does not give us direct knowledge of your identity.

One reason for us to use cookies is making the use of our website more convenient for you. We use session cookies to recognise that you have already visited certain pages of our website.

We also use temporary cookies to optimise the user-friendliness of our website. Your device stores these cookies temporarily for a specific time. The next time you visit our website, our server recognises your device as prior visitor and remembers your settings and preferences. You will not have to enter these parameters again. We also use cookies to gather data for our website statistics. This helps us to evaluate and optimise our web offerings (see Section 7). These cookies allow us to recognise repeat visits from your device. These cookies will be deleted automatically after a specific time.

The data obtained with the help of cookies serve our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of third parties according to Article 6 para. 1, page 1 lit. f GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you are able to configure your browser in such a way that the application does not store cookies on your computer or always shows an alert before storing new cookies. However, the complete exclusion of cookies may prevent you from using all functions on our website.


6. Web analysis

MediaWiki

CIPedia© has been realized by means of the open source software MediaWiki, which is also used by the well-known Wikipedia. We use MediaWiki's site and visitor statistics on our website to analyze user behavior when visiting our site and to optimize our site and its content accordingly. In doing so, we do not receive information that directly identifies you.

In connection with the use of MediaWiki, we use cookies that allow a statistical analysis of the use of this website by your visits. In the cookie information - including personal information - is stored on your visitor behavior and processed using a pseudonym in a usage profile for the purpose of analysis. Because CIPedia© and the MediaWiki installation are hosted on our own server, third-party processing is not required for the analysis.

The data obtained will not be used to identify you personally without your separately given consent and the data will not be merged with personally identifiable information about you as the bearer of the pseudonym.

As far as IP addresses are collected, these are anonymized immediately after collection by deleting the last number block.

Data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO on the optimization of our online offer and our website.

Click here to see if your visit is tracked by the MediaWiki visitor statistics ("You are currently opted in. Click here to opt out.") or that your visit is no longer recorded ("You are currently opted out. Click here to opt in.").


7. Social Plugins

We do NOT use so-called social media buttons (also called social media plugins) on our website. These are small buttons that allow you to post content on a social networking site under your profile.


8. Your Rights as Affected Person

You have the right

  • According to Article 7 para. 3 GDPR, you have the right to revoke any consent declaration at any time, which you have given to us before. This has the consequence that we are no longer privileged to continue the respective activity.
  • According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to demand information on your personal data, which we have processed. In particular, you have the right to information on the following: Purposes of the data processing - The categories of personal data - the categories of recipients to which we transmitted/disclosed or will transmit your data - the planned storage periods of data - the existence of the right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing and objection - the right to appeal - the right to know the origin of data in the event that we did not collect these data - the right to meaningful and detailed information on the existence of automated decision-making including profiling
  • According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to the correction of incorrect and/or the completion of incomplete personal data in storage at the Fraunhofer Society
  • According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to the deletion of your personal data providing the deletion does not interfere with the execution of the right to the free expression of opinions and with the compliance with legal obligations, providing the deletion is not against public interest and providing the deletion does not hamper the enforcement, execution or defence of legal claims
  • According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data if you contest or challenge the accuracy of these data, the processing of the data is illegal but you reject the deletion of these data and we no longer need the data while you still need the data to enforce, execute or defend legal claims or you have raised an objection against the data processing according to Article 21 GDPR
  • According to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data you provided to us in a structured, well-established and machine-readable format or to demand the transmission to another authority and
  • According to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to complain to a superior authority. As a rule, you may find such authority at your place of residence, your workplace or our company domicile.


9. Information on your Right of Objections according to Article 21 GDPR

You have the right to object at any time against the processing of your personal data, based on Article 6 para. 1, lit. f GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Article 6, para. 1, lit. e GDPR (data processing based on fair balancing) for reasons, which arise from your specific situation. This shall also apply to the profiling as prescribed by Article 4 No. 4 GDPR, which is supported by this provision.

Once you file an objection, we will no longer process your personal data, unless we can establish compelling evidence, which is worthy of protection and outweighs your interests, rights and privileges, or unless the processing serves the enforcement, exercise or defence of legal claims.

To the extent that your objection addresses the processing of data for direct advertising, we will stop the processing immediately. In this case, citing a special situation is not required. This shall also apply to profiling in as far as it relates to such direct advertising.

If you like to claim your right to object, an email to datenschutz@zv.fraunhofer.de will suffice.


10. Data security

We transmit all your personal data using the generally used and secure encryption standard TLS (Transport Layer Security). The TLS protocol is a proven and secure standard. Bankers use the standard for online banking transactions. You recognise a secure TLS connection by the s following the http (https://...) in your browser URL or by the lock symbol in the lower section of your browser.

By the way, we use suitable technical and organisational safety procedures to protect your data against inadvertent or wilful manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against the unauthorised access by third parties. We constantly improve these security measures as the technology advances.


11. Amendments to the Data Security Information and its Timeliness

This data protection information as amended on May 2018 is currently applicable.

Due to improvements of our website and website offers or based on statutory or government standard, it may become necessary to amend this data protection information. You find the latest applicable data protection information by clicking the link on the following website

https://publicwiki-01.fraunhofer.de/CIPedia/index.php/CIPedia:Privacy_policy

You may read or print this updated and amended version at any time.

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