Data protection statement for the website forum on renaming the WWU Münster (in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR)

The following data protection statement supplements the general data protection policy of the University of Münster (WWU) for the website with the URL https://www.uni-muenster.de/ZurSacheWWU. Read the general data protection policy of the University of Münster here.

1. Name and address of the responsible controller

The responsible controller as defined in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the EU member states as well as other data protection-related provisions is:
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) / University of Münster (WWU)
represented by its Rector, Prof Dr Johannes Wessels,
Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
tel.: + 49 251 83-0
email: verwaltung@uni-muenster.de

2. Name and address of the data protection officer

The data protection officer appointed by the responsible controller is:
Nina Meyer-Pachur
Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Münster
tel: + 49 251 83-22446
email: Datenschutz@uni-muenster.de

3. Data processing of user information collected via the comment function on the website “On the Matter WWU” of the WWU Münster

a) Scope of data processing

Whenever you use the comment function on the website mentioned above and disclose your name and, if you choose, your email address, we process this data by storing it for further usage in this context.

b) Purposes of data processing

The processing of your personal data as described above serves the purpose of managing your submitted and posted comments, and of posting these comments on the respective website.
Your name and email address are used in order to correspond with you. We post your name (and email address, if you choose) in plain text together with your submitted comment.

c) Legal basis for processing personal data

Your consent serves as the legal basis for processing your personal data listed above by the University of Münster, as stipulated by Art. 6 (1, 1a) GDPR. Further legal basis is provided by Art. 6 (1, 1e) GDPR in conjunction with § 3 (1) HG.

d) Further recipients of your personal data

The personal data listed above is only used within the University of Münster by the University Curator of the WWU who is responsible for managing the website “On the Matter WWU”.

Your name and submitted comment are posted on the website forum on renaming the WWU Münster and are thus accessible via the World Wide Web.

e) Duration of storage of personal data

The personal data listed above is stored for as long as necessary for fulfilling the purposes provided above. If you withdraw your consent, your data will be erased, provided other legal regulations do not require the University to continue storing the data.

4. Your rights as a data subject

Right to withdrawal of consent, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection and information

In accordance with Art. 7 GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent to having your personal data processed at any time. The legality of data processing from the time of consent until withdrawal of consent remains unaffected. In accordance with the provisions of Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to have your personal data rectified; in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR and Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to have your information erased and the processing of your personal data restricted; in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, you have right to object to having your personal data processed.

In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to information about what personal data the WWU Münster has processed.

Right to lodge complaint with the supervisory authority

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority is the Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen, Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf, tel: +49 211 38424-0, email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de.