Privacy Statement
1. scope of application|scope
This privacy policy (as of January 2025) applies to the Studienstart app (UniStartJena) of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and its own content offered there. For content from other providers to which reference is made, e.g. via links, the relevant provisions apply. In particular, these providers are responsible for their own content in accordance with Section 7 (1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG).
2. data usage by app store providers
In order to install the »UniStartJena« app, you must first conclude a user agreement with a third-party provider (Google, Inc. or iTunes SARL, hereinafter referred to as »third-party provider«) for access to an online shop of the respective third-party provider (Google Play or iTunes App Store). The University of Jena has no influence on the data used there. Please refer to the privacy policy there.
3 Data processing by the University of Jena
Statistics / user statistics
Our system only collects anonymised data/information for statistical purposes. We use your data to optimise the app based on your user behaviour. Within the app, we record which pages a user has opened, how often and for how long these pages were opened and at what point the app was closed.
No movement or user profile is created for you. The information is sent to the server of our app platform provider (Mittelrhein Software: https://blupassion.de/kontakt/)External link for statistical purposes of the application. Once this log data has been successfully uploaded, the log is automatically deleted from the local device.
Processing of device information
No device information is identifiable and no device-specific data (UDID) is used or passed on. For statistical analyses and to send push messages, we use a randomly generated, unique ID (UUID) that has no connection to the hardware ID (UDID) or the AdvertisingID. If the app is deleted, the UUID is also deleted; if the app is reinstalled, the UUID is also regenerated.
Personalised content without data collection and data transfer to third parties
No personal data is collected and none is passed on to third parties.
4 Device authorisations
When using the app for the first time, authorisations are requested for access to the location (to display Apple Maps or Google Maps), the memory (to save activities such as setting categories or bookmarks) and for push notifications (to display individual messages).
5 Google Maps
The app uses the Google Maps map service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (»Google«), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With the help of this service, the University of Jena can integrate map material into the app.
To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The University of Jena has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of standardising the display of fonts. When Google Maps is called up, the app loads the required fonts in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of this online tender and to make it easy to find the places indicated on the website/app. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
Details can be found here: https://business.safety.google/controllerterms/External link and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.External link
You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.External link
The company is certified in accordance with the »EU-US Data Privacy Framework« (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards.
Further information on this can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true/d=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=ActiveExternal link
Use of locations
When using the Studienstart app for the first time, users are asked for authorisation to access their location (for display on Google Maps or Apple Maps). This data is only used to show users where they are currently located on a map and to provide information about places and services in their immediate vicinity.
The location data is neither collected nor stored; it is only used to improve the functionality of the app in real time. Likewise, the data is never passed on to third parties or used for other purposes.
6 YouTube
Videos are integrated into our app to present our activities in a clear and appealing way. As local hosting of videos is not efficient enough, we use the option of external video providers such as YouTube, a Google service. By integrating the videos, the Google servers are called up for technical reasons. For the associated use of data from your end device, we must refer you to Google's data protection informationExternal link.
We integrate YouTube in so-called two-click mode. This means that Google's servers are only called up once you have activated the corresponding button by clicking on it. If the video is integrated on the corresponding page in this way, the legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR, which you implicitly declare by clicking on the button. The revocation does not affect the legality of the data processing until the revocation.
7 General information
Personal data that you provide to us when contacting us by e-mail or contact form will only be processed and used for the purpose for which you have actively provided us with the data. This data is also not passed on to third parties. Personal data collected will be stored until the purpose for which you provided it to us has been fulfilled. Legal|according to law|statutory obligations extend the storage of the data. The legal basis for data processing results from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. This consent is voluntary and you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. However, your contact enquiry can then no longer be processed.
You also have the following rights with regard to your personal data (in accordance with Art. 15 to 21 GDPR)
- Right to information
- Right to rectification and completion
- Right to erasure
- Right to restriction of processing
- Right to data portability / right to receive a copy
Right to appeal|objection
If the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) GDPR, you also have the right to appeal|to object to the data processing at any time. The University of Jena will then no longer process your data unless there are compelling reasons worthy of protection for the processing or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal rights.
Right to appeal
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is in breach of the law. For the University of Jena, for example, the following supervisory authority is responsible:
Thuringian State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (TLfDI), Häßlerstraße 8, 99096 Erfurt.
Further information on data protection and contact options at the University of Jena can be found here: https://www.uni-jena.de/20095/datenschutz