Privacy Policy

Below we inform you about the processing of personal data when using the online platform https://data-2-resilience.vercel.app/. Personal data refers to any information that can be related to you personally. Other websites of Ruhr University Bochum may be subject to different privacy policies. The controller pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is: Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany

Responsible department: Institute of Geography
Kontaktinfos DSB
Data Protection Officer of Ruhr University Bochum
Dr. Kai-Uwe Loser
dsb@rub.de

Description and Scope of Data Processing

Each time you access our dashboard, certain data is required for technical reasons to provide the service (legal basis: Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR). The following data is processed:

Browser type and version
Operating system
IP address (anonymized immediately after the service is delivered)
Date and time of access
Referring website (from which the user’s system accessed our page)

These anonymized data are also stored in server log files. No data is stored together with other personal data of the user.

Processing of this data is technically necessary for the provision and operation of the dashboard. Therefore, users do not have the option to object.

Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small files stored in or by your browser on your device. We use cookies solely to preserve the user’s language preferences. No identifying or tracking cookies are used on our website.

Email Contact

When you contact us via email, the data you provide (your email address and any additional information you include) will be processed and stored in order to respond to your inquiry. Such correspondence is retained by Ruhr University Bochum for 5 years (legal basis: Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR; retention in accordance with university policy).

Your Rights as a Data Subject

If your personal data is processed, you are considered a data subject under the GDPR and are entitled to the following rights:

You may request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed. If this is the case, you can obtain information on the purposes of processing, the data itself, its origin, recipients (including international transfers), and the duration of storage.

You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data. Under certain conditions, you may also request the deletion of your data or restriction of processing. Voluntarily submitted data must be deleted if you withdraw your consent. If data has been shared with others, deletion also applies to those recipients, and we will inform you of who received your data.

For complaints, you may contact the responsible supervisory authority: State Commissioner for Data Protection NRW – https://ldi.nrw.de

You may also contact the Data Protection Officer of Ruhr University Bochum at dsb@rub.de. Further information is available at https://dsb.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/

Embedded Services

When loading the interactive map, connections are made to servers operated by OpenStreetMap. In doing so, technical data such as your IP address may be transmitted. For further information, please refer to the privacy policies of: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

To display the interactive maps, this dashboard uses the open-source library MapLibre GL JS. The map data (so-called "tiles") is provided by a self-hosted tile server. When loading the map content, a connection is established to servers operated by Ruhr University Bochum. In the process, technical data such as your IP address, timestamp, and browser information may be transmitted to these servers. This data processing is necessary for the display of the map content and is carried out pursuant to Article 6(1)(e) GDPR (performance of a task carried out in the public interest). No data is shared with third parties.