Legal information / Provider Identification
Imprint
Imprint according according to § 5 DDG (German Digital Services Act) and § 18 (2) of the State Media Treaty (Medienstaatsvertrag, MstV).
Provider
The GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences is the provider of this website.
The GERACLE project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101166910.
Address
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Telegrafenberg
14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 6264-0
Website: www.gfz.de/en/
Legal form
The GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences is a Public Law Foundation. The GFZ is member of the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V. (Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres)
Authorized representatives
The GFZ is legally represented by Prof. Dr. Susanne Buiter (Scientific Executive Director and Spokesperson of the Executive Board) and Lars-Christian Klinnert (Administrative Executive Director).
Value Added Tax ID
VAT Identification Number according to § 27a VAT Tax Act: DE138407750
Editorial Staff
Responsible editor for the contents of this internet presence with regard to media law is Dr. Monika Korte (Head of Section 2.3 Geomagnetism)
Phone: +49 331 6264-1268
E-Mail: monika.korte@gfz.de
Technical Realization and Support
Responsible for the technical implementation is the unit IT Services and Operations
E-Mail: webmaster@gfz.de
Copyright
The texts and images on these websites are protected by copyright. Copying these files or printing the publications is only permitted for private use.
All other uses, such as duplication, alteration or use of these graphics, recordings, video sequences or texts on the Geracle websites in further electronic or printed publications for non-commercial and commercial purposes are not permitted without the explicit consent of the copyright holder - even if they are not labelled as a copyright protected document.
Content published under special licenses is marked as such. It may be used in accordance with the specified license terms.
Liability notice
GFZ controls and updates the available information on the Geracle websites at regular intervals. Despite all care, information, data or links may have changed in the meantime. Therefore GFZ is not liable or does not guarantee for the currentness, accuracy and completeness of the information provided.
The same applies to all other websites, which are referred to by hyperlink. GFZ shall not be responsible for the content of the websites that are reached as a result of such a connection. Instead the relevant provider is always responsible for the contents of the linked pages.
In establishing the initial link, GFZ has reviewed the relevant external content in order to determine that they were free of illegal content at the time of linking. If you detect errors in content or technology, please let us know.
Web analysis by Matomo
1. Scope of personal data processing
The GFZ uses the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK) to analyse the browsing behaviour of its website users. The software stores a cookie on the user’s computer (see above for information about cookies). The following data is stored whenever individual pages on the website are accessed:
- Two bytes of the IP address of the user's accessing system
- The web page accessed
- The website from which the user reached the web page accessed (referrer)
- The sub pages retrieved from the main web page
- The time spent on the web page
- The frequency with which the web page is accessed
The software runs solely on the website servers. This is the only place where the user's personal data is stored. This data is not forwarded to any third party.
The software is configured in such a way as to prevent IP addresses from being stored in full; instead, 2 bytes of the IP address are masked (e.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx). This ensures that the truncated IP address can no longer be identified with the accessing computer. “Do not track” is also taken into account if the browser sends this.
2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data
The legal basis for the processing of the user’s personal data is Art. 6 no. 1 lit. f GDPR.
3. Purpose of data processing
Processing personal data enables us to analyse the browsing behaviour of our users. Evaluations of the data collected allow the GFZ to compile information about the use of individual components on the website. This helps us to continue improving our website and make it more user-friendly. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing the data pursuant to Art. 6 no. 1 lit. f GDPR. The user’s interest in the protection of his/her personal data is duly taken into account by anonymising the IP address.
4. Storage period
The data is erased as soon as we no longer need it for recording purposes.
5. Right to object and right to erasure
Cookies are stored on the user's computer, from where they are sent to our website. This means that users have full control over the use of cookies. Users can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing their web browser settings. Any cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be effected automatically. If cookies are deactivated for the GFZ website, it may no longer be possible to use all the website’s functions in full.Detailed information about Matomo's privacy settings is available at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy
Data Protection and IT Security
Information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy.
If you have any further questions regarding data protection, please contact our data protection officer.
If you would like more information about the concepts and technical implementation of our IT security measures, please contact our IT security officer.