Privacy Policy
We appreciate your interest in using our website. The protection of personal data is our highest priority. Below you will find information on how we process your personal data and on your rights in connection with the use of our website.
1. Controller
The controller for the processing of your personal data is:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft e. V. (DFG)
Kennedyallee 40
53175 Bonn
Germany
Tel. + 49 228 885-1
(externer Link)
(externer Link)
2. Data Protection Officer
You can contact our data protection officer as follows:
RA Dr. Philip Lüghausen
BHO Consulting GmbH
Vorgebirgstraße 132
50969 Köln
Deutschland
Tel. +49 (0) 221 204 63 884
(externer Link)
(externer Link)
3. Your Rights as a Data Subject
As a data subject, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), provided that the respective statutory requirements are met:
- Right of access: You have the right to obtain information about the personal data relating to you that is processed by us.
- Right to rectification: You have the right to request the rectification of incorrect personal data relating to you. You may also request the completion of incomplete data.
- Right to erasure: In certain cases, you have the right to request the erasure of your personal data.
- Right to restrict processing: In certain cases, you may request that the processing of your data be restricted.
- Right to data portability: If you have provided data on the basis of a contract or your consent, you may ask to have the data you provided made available to you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, or to have it transmitted to another controller.
Right to object
Right of objecting in an individual case
You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data which is based on Article 6(1)(1)(e) GDPR or Article 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. In that case, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes, unless compelling legitimate grounds for the processing can be demonstrated which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Right to object to the processing of data for direct advertising purposes
In individual cases, your data will be processed for direct advertising purposes. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you for such advertising. This also applies to profiling, insofar as it is linked to such direct advertising. If you object to processing for direct advertising purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes..
- Withdrawal of consent: If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the processing of your data prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by this.
- Exercising your rights: To exercise any of the above rights, please contact (externer Link) or write to the postal address shown in Section 1 above. Please ensure that we are able to clearly identify you.
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: If you consider that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
4. Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
No automated individual decision-making, including profiling within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR, takes place in connection with the use of our service.
5. Details of services, cookies and similar technologies
5.1. Services provided by our website
Functionality: Representation of the service
- Categories of Data
Date and time of access, duration of the visit, type of end device, operating system used, the functions which you are using, quantity of data sent, type of event, IP address, domain name - Purpose(s)
Provision of the service - Legal basis
Point (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR - If applicable, legitimate interests being pursued
Technical functional capability - Recipient or categories of recipients
Hosting provider, IT department, external service provider for technical support - Third country transfer; adequacy decision (yes/no)
-- - If applicable, guarantees for third-party transfers and access to these
-- - Storage periods or criteria for determining these
2 months after creation - Obligation to provide the personal data and, if applicable, consequences of non-provision
No obligation to provide, collected automatically when service is accessed - If applicable, exercising of the right of objection or the withdrawal
-- - Source of the data
Collected directly when the website/service is accessed
Functionality: Web analytics using Matomo
The DFG uses the Matomo web analytics tool for the websites it operates. Matomo is installed on DFG-owned servers in the DFG’s data centre in Bonn.
Basic tracking without cookies
When you visit websites operated by the DFG, Matomo is launched without the use of cookies and without collecting personal data. The information recorded includes the number of website visitors, page views, time spent on the site and search terms used. Technical data such as browser type, operating system and screen resolution may also be recorded. IP addresses are stored only in anonymised form. It is not possible to identify you from this information. The data collected is stored locally and is not disclosed or sold to third parties.
Use of Matomo cookies
You can consent to the use of Matomo cookies via the consent banner or the Cookie Settings page. Matomo can store cookies on your device if you have given your consent. You can withdraw your consent to these cookies at any time on the Cookie Settings page. In addition, you can also remove the cookies from your browser at any time before they expire. The cookies enable the DFG to recognise returning users anonymously, generate heatmaps showing the use of individual pages, record session duration and identify users’ referring pages. They also enable the DFG to manage consent to the use of cookies and the withdrawal of such consent. A detailed overview of the cookies that may be used is available here:
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration of storage |
| matomo_sessid | Used in connection with Matomo’s opt-out function to manage the deactivation of web analytics. | 14 days |
| mtm_consent_removed | Stores the information that previously granted consent has been withdrawn. This ensures that no consent-based tracking activities are carried out. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| mtm_cookie_consent | Stores the user’s decision regarding the use of cookies and prevents the consent request from being displayed repeatedly. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| mtm_consent | Stores the consent given for data processing and tracking. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| _pk_id | Used to recognise returning visitors. | 13 months |
| _pk_ses | Temporary session cookie used to group together page views during a visit. | 30 minutes |
| _pk_ref | Stores information about the visitor’s source (e.g. referring website or campaign). | 6 months |
| _pk_hsr | Used for heatmaps and session recordings to enable analysis of an ongoing session. | 30 minutes |
The legal basis for the use of cookies is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR or Article 6(1)(a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25(1) TDDDG (German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act).
Functionality: Consent cookie banner
- Categories of data
Internal value subject to selection:
agreement to technically necessary cookies (value: “essential”) OR agreement to technically necessary and statistical cookies (values: “essential” and “analytics”) - Purpose(s)
Consent management - Legal basis
Point (f) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR OR Point (a) of Article 6 Paragraph 1 GDPR, Paragraph 25 Section 1 TDDDG - If applicable, legitimate interests being pursued
Consent management - Recipient or categories of recipients
Hosting provider, IT department, external service provider for technical support - Third country transfer; adequacy decision (yes/no)
-- - If applicable, guarantees for third-party transfers and access to these
-- - Obligation to provide the personal data and, if applicable, consequences of non-provision
No obligation to provide - If applicable, exercising of the right of objection or the withdrawal
-- - Source of the data
Collected directly when giving the consent
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration of storage |
| matomo_sessid | Used in connection with Matomo’s opt-out function to manage the deactivation of web analytics. | 14 days |
| mtm_consent_removed | Stores the information that previously granted consent has been withdrawn. This ensures that no consent-based tracking activities are carried out. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| mtm_cookie_consent | Stores the user’s decision regarding the use of cookies and prevents the consent request from being displayed repeatedly. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| mtm_consent | Stores the consent given for data processing and tracking. (Technically necessary cookie) | 12 months; may be removed earlier through browser settings or automatic deletion mechanisms. |
| _pk_id | Used to recognise returning visitors. | 13 months |
| _pk_ses | Temporary session cookie used to group together page views during a visit. | 30 minutes |
| _pk_ref | Stores information about the visitor’s source (e.g. referring website or campaign). | 6 months |
| _pk_hsr | Used for heatmaps and session recordings to enable analysis of an ongoing session. | 30 minutes |
5.2. Cookies
We use cookies on our website in order to provide a wide range of functions, make use of the website more convenient and optimise our services. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Cookies required for carrying out the electronic communication process or for providing certain functions you request are stored based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of our services. Where other cookies (e.g. statistical cookies for analysing your user behaviour) are stored, they are described separately in this privacy policy (in addition to cookies that are absolutely necessary for technical reasons, we only use the Matomo analytics service; see Section 5.1).