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We are delighted that you are interested in our institute. Protecting your personal data is important to us. This privacy policy explains how personal data is processed when you use this website. This information also explains your data protection rights.

Controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR

If you have any questions or other concerns regarding data protection, please contact:

Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene e.V.
represented by the director of the institute PD Dr. Jürgen Kornmeier,
Wilhelmstraße 3a,
79098 Freiburg, Germany
Tel.: +49-761-20721-0
E-Mail: 

Data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer for our institute, whom you are welcome to contact directly with your concerns:
Kirsten Krebber
Wilhelmstraße 3a
79098 Freiburg, Germany
Tel.: +49-761-20721-48
E-Mail: 

Personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”). A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

Data when accessing the website

If you only use this website to obtain information and do not provide any data, we will only process the data necessary to display the website on the Internet-enabled device you are using. This includes, in particular:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of the request
  • Amount of data transferred in each case
  • The website from which the request originates
  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system

The legal basis for the processing of this data is legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR in order to enable the website to be displayed.
In addition, you can use various services on the website where further personal and non-personal data is processed.

Purpose and duration of data processing

The automatic collection of your user and communication data when you visit our website is necessary to establish the technical connection and usability of our website. If you send us an email via the website, the contact details provided in this context (usually only your name and email address) will only be used to respond to your message. Any additional information you provide will only be processed for the specific purpose and occasion. Once the reason for storage no longer applies, the data will be deleted immediately or, if necessary in individual cases, blocked.

Disclosure of personal data

The personal data you provide will not be disclosed to third parties, either for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Links to other websites

When we provide links to websites of other organizations, this privacy policy does not apply to the processing of personal data by the organization operating the linked website. Therefore, if you visit websites of other organizations linked to our website, we recommend that you read the respective privacy policies of the websites you visit.

Data security

We assure you that we have taken the technical and organizational measures required under Article 32 of the GDPR to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk to the rights and freedoms of the user. This applies in particular to the selection of the hardware and software used, as well as internal organizational controls and access authorization. Nevertheless, as a precautionary measure, we would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., by email) always involves certain security vulnerabilities and cannot be fully protected against access by third parties.

Your rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • You have the right to obtain information about the personal data concerning you that is processed by the controller (Art. 15 GDPR).
  • You have the right to have your data corrected if it is stored incorrectly or incompletely (Art. 16 GDPR).
  • You have the right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR).
  • You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data (Art. 18 GDPR).
  • You have the right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).
  • You have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you (Art. 21 GDPR).
  • You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you (Art. 22 GDPR).
  • You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a suspected breach of data protection law (Art. 77 GDPR).
  • The competent authority for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg, Prof. Dr. Tobias Keber, Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart, switchboard: 0711-615541-0, email:

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

IGPP, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany