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Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a clear overview of how your personal data is handled when you visit the Climate Dashboard web application. Personal data comprises any data with which you can be personally identified.

2. Responsible Entity (Data Controller)

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

[Name of Data Controller / Organization Unit]
[Legal Form / Entity]
[Street and House Number]
[Postal Code and City]
[Country]
Phone: [Telephone Number]
Email: [Email Address]

Data Protection Officer

[Contact Information of Official Data Protection Officer]
Email: [Email Address of Data Protection Officer]
Website: [Website Link to Privacy Information]

3. Data Collection and Technical Processing

Server Log Files

When visiting our website, your browser automatically transmits technical connection information to our web server, which is temporarily recorded in server log files:

  • IP address of the requesting terminal device
  • Date and time of access
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file or API resource
  • Website from which the request originated (Referrer URL)
  • Browser type, browser version, and operating system used

The temporary processing and storage of this information is strictly necessary for stable technical operation, server security, and diagnostic error analysis.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e GDPR in conjunction with Section 4 of the State Data Protection Act of Baden-Württemberg (LDSG BW) as well as Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in the secure and resilient operation of this web service.

Cookies and Local Storage

This web application uses cookies and local browser storage (localStorage) solely for technically necessary and functional purposes pursuant to Section 25 para. 2 of the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TDDDG):

  • Language Preference (locale Cookie): Stores your selected interface language (de for German or en for English) across page requests.
  • Color Theme (theme Cookie & Local Storage): Stores your selected visual theme (light, dark, or amoled) to ensure consistent presentation.

No Tracking / No Third-Party Analytics:
This website does not employ any tracking services (such as Google Analytics or Matomo), advertising networks, or social media plugins. No user profiling is performed.

Map Rendering and WebGL Assets

The interactive campus map visualizes open-source vector data based on OpenStreetMap and OpenMapTiles, served via self-hosted map package files (PMTiles).

To render map labels and symbology within the WebGL canvas, map fonts (glyphs) and symbols (sprites) are retrieved from public repositories. During retrieval of these static assets, standard HTTP connection data (including your IP address) is transmitted to the hosting servers.

4. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Under applicable statutory GDPR provisions, you have the following rights at any time:

  • Right of Access to your processed personal data (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to Rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to Erasure of your personal data (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to Object to data processing on grounds relating to your particular situation (Art. 21 GDPR)

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of alleged violations of data protection law, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority:

[Name and Address of Competent Data Protection Supervisory Authority]