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title: Data Protection Notice
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<p>
  The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (Deutsches
  Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)) and its staff are
  committed to goal- and risk-oriented information privacy and the fundamental
  right to the protection of personal data. In this data protection policy we
  inform you about the processing of your personal data when visiting and using
  our web site.
</p>

<h4>Controller</h4>
<p>
  Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH (DFKI)<br />
  Phone: +49 631 20575 0; info@dfki.de;
  <a href="{{ 'legal' | relative_url }}">Legal information</a>
</p>

<h4>Data protection officer</h4>
<p>Phone: +49 631 20575 0; datenschutz@dfki.de</p>

<h4>Purpose of processing</h4>
<ul>
  <li>
    Provision of the information offering in the course of the public
    communication of the DFKI
  </li>
  <li>Establishment of contact and correspondence with visitors and users</li>
</ul>

<h4>Anonymous and protected usage</h4>
<p>
  Visit and usage of our web site are anonymous. At our web site personal data
  are only collected to the technically necessary extent. The processed data
  will not be transmitted to any third parties or otherwise disclosed, except on
  the basis of concrete lawful obligations. Within our information offering we
  do not embed information or service offerings of third party providers.
</p>
<p>
  While using our web site the data transmission in the internet is being
  protected by a generally accepted secure encryption procedure and hence cannot
  easily be eavesdropped or tampered.
</p>

<h4>Social Media</h4>
<p>
  We do not embed social media plug-ins on our web site. When you are visiting
  our web site no data are transmitted to social media services. Profiling by
  any third parties hence is precluded. You though have the option to change
  over to our information offerings on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. For the
  usage of these services we refer to the data protection policies of the
  respective service providers. We are processing your personal data within the
  social networks insofar as you post contributions, send messages or otherwise
  communicate with us.
</p>

<h4>Correspondence</h4>
<p>
  You have the option to contact us by e-mail. We will use your e-mail address
  and other personal contact data for the correspondence with you. Due to lawful
  obligation every e-mail correspondence will be archived. Subject to our
  legitimate interests your e-mail address and other personal contact data can
  be stored in our contact data base. In this case you will receive a
  corresponding information on the processing of your contact data.
</p>

<h4>Access and Intervention</h4>
<p>
  Besides the information in this data protection policy you have the right of
  access to your personal data. To ensure fair data processing, you have the
  following rights:
</p>
<ul>
  <li>The right to rectification and completion of your personal data</li>
  <li>The right to erasure of your personal data</li>
  <li>The right to restriction of the processing of your personal data</li>
  <li>
    The right to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds
    related to your particular situation
  </li>
</ul>
<p>To exercise these rights, please contact our data protection officer.</p>

<h4>Right to lodge a complaint</h4>
<p>
  You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you
  consider that the processing of your personal data infringes statutory data
  protection regulations.
</p>