Data Protection

SRH Fernhochschule – The Distance Learning University
State-recognised university
Kirchstraße 26
88499 Riedlingen / Germany
Phone: +49 7371 9315-0
E-mail: info@srh-dlu.com  

Holding company: SRH Fernhochschule GmbH, Kirchstraße 26, 88499 Riedlingen, Germany

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. The decisive factor is therefore whether the data collected can be linked to a person. This includes information such as your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Information that is not directly associated with your actual identity – such as favourite websites or number of users of a site – does not constitute personal data.

If the opportunity is provided to input your personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses), this input is voluntary. E-mails are transmitted via a contact form. If you send us such a message, your personal data will only be collected to the extent necessary for us to provide a response. The e-mail is transmitted unencrypted.

We use the personal data you provide exclusively for the purpose of the technical administration of the websites and to fulfil your wishes and requirements, i.e. as a general rule, to process the contract concluded with you or to respond to your enquiry. We will only use this data for product-related surveys, marketing purposes and statistical purposes if you have given us your prior consent or if you have not objected – insofar as this is provided for by legal regulations.

Your personal data will not be passed on, sold or otherwise transferred to third parties unless this is necessary for the purpose of processing the contract or you have expressly consented to this. Consent given can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

The stored personal data will be erased if you withdraw your consent to its storage, if knowledge of the data is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was stored, or if the storage is inadmissible for other legal reasons. Data for billing and accounting purposes are not affected by an erasure request.

Our company takes all necessary technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data from loss and misuse. Your data is therefore stored in a secure operating environment that is not accessible to the public. In certain cases, your personal data is encrypted during transmission using so-called secure socket layer technology (SSL). This means that your computer and our company’s servers communicate using a recognised encryption method if your browser supports SSL.

Or: SSL or TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser address changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser address bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Should you wish to contact our company via e-mail, we would like to point out that the confidentiality of the information transmitted cannot be guaranteed. The content of e-mails can be viewed by third parties. We therefore recommend that you only send us confidential information by post.

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal message by e-mail. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. The processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends us the relevant application documents electronically, for example by e-mail. When concluding an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted six months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller prevent such deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc (“Google”). The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the user’s use of the website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating the use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.

We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymisation activated. This means that the IP address of the user is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to make full use of the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), and from processing this data, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

For more information on Google’s use of data for advertising purposes, setting and opt-out options, please visit Google’s websites: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners/ (“Google’s use of data when you use our partners’ websites or apps”), http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads (“Data use for advertising purposes”), http://www.google.de/settings/ads (“Managing the information Google uses to serve you ads”) und http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ (“Determine what advertising Google shows you”).

Objection to data collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics deactivation.

You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing contract with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This function makes it possible to link the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalised advertising messages that have been adapted on one end device (e.g. mobile phone) according to your previous usage and surfing behaviour, can also be displayed on another of your end devices (e.g. tablet or PC).

If you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history to your Google Account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalised advertising messages can be displayed on every device on which you log in with your Google account.

To support this feature, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users, which are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create target groups for cross-device ad advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalised advertising in your Google account; to do so, follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

The merging of your collected data in your Google account is based solely on your consent, which you can give to or withdraw from Google (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). In the case of data collection processes that are not merged in your Google account (e.g. because you do not have a Google account or have objected to the merging), the collection of the data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest results from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymised analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in the following Google privacy policy at:

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

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 provider of this site has no influence over this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of presenting our online offers in an appealing manner and making it easier to find the places we indicate on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy:

https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

YouTube components are integrated on this website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to post video clips free of charge and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all kinds of videos, which is why complete film and television programmes, and also music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves can be accessed via the internet portal.

We maintain an online presence on YouTube to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/interested parties. YouTube is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA.

In this respect, we would like to point out that there is a possibility that user data may be processed outside the European Union, in particular in the USA. This can lead to greater risks for users because, for example, access to user data can be made more difficult at a later stage. We do not have access to this user data. Access is only available to YouTube. Google LLC uses the EU standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on the adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission regarding specific countries for data transfers from the EEA to the US and other countries, where applicable.

You can find YouTube’s privacy policy at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Each time you access a page of our website on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, your internet browser is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information on YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/de/

Within the scope of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google receive information about which specific sub-page of our website you are visiting.

If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognises which specific sub-page of our website the person concerned is visiting when you call up a sub-page that contains a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the person concerned.

If you are logged into YouTube at the same time as visiting our website, YouTube and Google will always be informed via the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website. This occurs regardless of whether you click on a YouTube video or not. If you do not want this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google, you can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account before accessing our website.

We operate a company presence on the Facebook platform to advertise our products and services and to communicate with interested parties or customers. On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland.

Facebook’s data protection officer can be reached via our contact form. We have regulated our joint responsibility in an agreement regarding the respective obligations within the meaning of the GDPR. This agreement, which sets out the mutual obligations, is available at the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/terms.php. 

The legal basis for the processing of personal data that takes place as a result and is reproduced below is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Our legitimate interest is in the analysis, communication, sales and promotion of our products and services. The legal basis may also be the user’s consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR vis-à-vis the platform operator. Pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR, the user may withdraw this consent for the future at any time by notifying the platform operator.

When our online presence is accessed on the Facebook platform, the user’s data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) is processed by Facebook Ireland Ltd. as the operator of the platform in the EU. This user data is used for statistical information about the use of our company presence on Facebook. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes and to create profiles of users. On the basis of these profiles, it is possible for Facebook Ireland Ltd., for example, to advertise to users within and outside of Facebook according to their interests.

If the user is logged into his or her Facebook account at the time of the visit, Facebook Ireland Ltd. can also link the data to the respective user account. In the event that the user contacts us via Facebook, the personal data entered by the user on this occasion will be used to process the enquiry. We will delete the user’s data as soon as the user’s enquiry has been conclusively answered and there are no statutory retention obligations, e.g. in the case of subsequent contract processing.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also set cookies to process the data. If the user does not agree to this processing, it is possible to prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser accordingly. Cookies that have already been saved can also be deleted at any time. The settings for this depend on the respective browser. In the case of Flash cookies, processing can be prevented by adjusting the corresponding setting of the Flash player. It cannot be prevented by the browser settings. If the user prevents or restricts the installation of cookies, this may mean that not all functions of Facebook can be fully used.

For more details on the processing activities, how to prevent them and how to have data processed by Facebook erased, please refer to Facebook’s data policy:

https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php 

 It cannot be excluded that processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also take place via Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 in the USA. Facebook Inc. uses the EU standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on the adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission regarding specific countries for data transfers from the EEA to the US and other countries, where applicable.

Our website contains links to the external social network Facebook. This website is operated exclusively by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (Facebook). The links are identified on our website by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button (no Facebook plug-ins are used).

When you visit our website, functions and data transfers to Facebook are not automatically active. Only by clicking on the links are the Facebook plug-ins activated. Your browser establishes a direct connection with Facebook servers. If you follow the links and are logged into your Facebook user account at the same time, the information that you have visited our website will be forwarded to Facebook. Facebook can assign your visit to the website to your account. This information is transmitted to Facebook and stored there. To prevent this, you must log out of your Facebook account before clicking on the link.

For information on the purpose and extent of data collection and the further processing and use of your data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy.

We operate a company presence on the Instagram platform to advertise our products and services and to communicate with interested parties or customers.

On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland. Instagram’s data protection officer can be reached via our contact form.

We have regulated our joint responsibility in an agreement regarding the respective obligations within the meaning of the GDPR. This agreement, which sets out the mutual obligations, is available at the following link:

https://de-de.facebook.com/business/gdpr

The legal basis for the processing of personal data that takes place as a result and is reproduced below is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in the analysis, communication, sales and promotion of our products and services. The legal basis may also be the user’s consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR vis-à-vis the platform operator.

Pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR, the user may withdraw this consent for the future at any time by notifying the platform operator. When our online presence is accessed on the Instagram platform, the user’s data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) is processed by Facebook Ireland Ltd. as the operator of the platform in the EU.

This user data is used for statistical information about the use of our company presence on Instagram. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes and to create profiles of users. On the basis of these profiles, it is possible for Facebook Ireland Ltd., for example, to advertise to users within and outside of Instagram according to their interests. If the user is logged into his or her Instagram account at the time of the visit, Facebook Ireland Ltd. can also link the data to the respective user account.

In the event that the user contacts us via Instagram, the personal data entered by the user on this occasion will be used to process the enquiry. We will delete the user’s data as soon as the user’s enquiry has been conclusively answered and there are no statutory retention obligations, e.g. in the case of subsequent contract processing. Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also set cookies to process the data. If the user does not agree to this processing, it is possible to prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser accordingly.

Cookies that have already been saved can also be deleted at any time. The settings for this depend on the respective browser. In the case of Flash cookies, processing can be prevented by adjusting the corresponding setting of the Flash player. It cannot be prevented by the browser settings. If the user prevents or restricts the installation of cookies, this may mean that not all functions of Facebook can be fully used.

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 

  It cannot be excluded that processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. may also take place via Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 in the USA. Facebook Inc. uses the EU standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and relies on the adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission regarding specific countries for data transfers from the EEA to the US and other countries, where applicable.

We maintain an online presence on Twitter to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/interested parties. Twitter is a service of Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. In this respect, we would like to point out that there is a possibility that user data may be processed outside the European Union, in particular in the USA.

This can lead to greater risks for users because, for example, access to user data can be made more difficult at a later stage. We do not have access to this user data. Access is only available to Twitter.

Twitter Inc. is certified under the Privacy Shield and has thus undertaken to comply with European data protection standards

We would like to inform you here about the processing of personal data via the XING Share button.

The “XING Share Button” is used on this website. When you access this website, a connection is briefly established via your browser to XING servers, which are used to provide the “XING Share Button” functions (in particular the calculation/display of the counter value). XING does not store any personal data about you when you visit this website. In particular, XING does not store IP addresses. The “Xing Share Button” does not use cookies to analyse your usage behaviour either. The current data protection information on the “XING Share Button” and supplementary information can be found on the following website.