§ 4 Individual processing procedures
1. Provision and use of the website
a. Nature and scope of the data processing
When you access and use our website we collect the personal data that your browser automatically transfers to our server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. When you use our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display our website to you and guarantee stability and security:
- IP address of the accessing computer
- Date and time of access
- Browser used
- System used by visitor to site
In addition, a pseudonymised user statistic may be produced using the data in the log files. This pseudonymised statistic enables us to improve the experience of users on our website.
b. Legal basis
For the aforementioned data processing, the legal basis is article 6 paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR. The processing of the aforementioned data is necessary for the provision and further development of a website and as such serves the legitimate interest of the ITS.
c. Retention period
As soon as the aforementioned data are no longer necessary for displaying the website, they are erased. The collection of data for provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely essential for the operation of the Internet site. Consequently, the user cannot legitimately object. Data storage may continue in individual cases when it is legally required.
2. Newsletter
a. Nature and scope of the data processing
On our website you have the option of subscribing to a free newsletter. In order to send the newsletter to you regularly, we require the following information from you:
- E-mail address
- Title
- Surname and first name
When you click the send button, your data is transferred from the browser to our web server. To deliver the newsletter, your data will be transferred to “Cleverreach”, our partner in connection with newsletter dispatch. The open rate and further click behavior within the newsletter are recorded and processed. The ITS evaluates newsletter use by evaluating the actual use (measuring reach). This serves the purpose of specifying and optimizing our offering and making it more economical.
To send out the newsletter, we use the co-called Double Opt-In procedure, i.e. we will only send you the newsletter if you have first confirmed your subscription via link contained in a confirmation e-mail sent to an address provided by you for this purpose. In this way, we hope to ensure that only you, as the owner of the e-mail address given, can subscribe to the newsletter. You must send your confirmation promptly after receiving the confirmation e-mail, otherwise your newsletter subscription will be automatically erased from our database. You can withdraw the consent given for storing your e-mail address and using it to send the newsletter at any time, e.g. via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
b. Legal basis
In accordance with article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR, the processing of your e-mail address for sending the newsletter is based on your voluntary consent given, by means of the declaration below:
Declaration of consent:
By providing my data and confirming with the “Send” button, I declare my consent to the processing of my e-mail address and my surname and first name, for regular dispatch of the newsletter. I may unsubscribe from the newsletter service at any time, by clicking on the corresponding link in the newsletter.
I may at any time withdraw my consent for the collection of personal data gathered during the registration process.
The analyses of usage of the newsletter enable the ITS to measure its reach, to specify the offer and to optimise it and make it more economical. The legal bases for this are found in article 6 paragraph 1 lit f GDPR.
c. Duration of storage
Your e-mail address and your surname and first name will be stored for as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter. When you unsubscribe from the newsletter, your e-mail address and your surname and first name will be deleted. We may continue to store them in individual cases when legally required.
3. Contact form for those persecuted by the Nazis, their relatives and representatives
a. Nature and scope of the data processing
On our website we offer you the option of contacting us using the form provided for search requests. As part of the process of submitting your request using the contact form, reference is made to this data protection declaration in order to obtain your consent. Should you make use of the contact form, the following personal data concerning you will be processed:
- Title
- First name and last name
- Birth name
- E-mail address
- Country
- Institution
- Telephone
- Street and house number
- ZIP and town
Your providing the above data allows us to collate and process your enquiry and enables us to answer you. The personal data processed in connection with your search request will be transferred to the ITS archive after processing has concluded, and from this point on are subject to a protection period of 25 years. After this 25-year protection period has lapsed, in the event of a new enquiry on the same facts, the personal data processed in connection with your search request will be passed on to the enquirers.
Likewise, in the course of data collation with the partner archives (copyholders), your personal data will be shared in the form of a data copy, regardless of the 25-year protection period, in the context of the agreements existing under international law between the ITS and its copyholders.
b. Legal basis
The data processing described above (cf. § 4 3. a.) undertaken for the purpose of making contact in the context of a search request takes place, in accordance with article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR, on the basis of your consent, which is freely given, by means of the declaration below:
Declaration of consent:
By entering my data and pressing the “Send” button, I consent to the processing of my title, first name, last name, birth name, e-mail address, institution, address and telephone number for the purpose of answering my search inquiry. In addition, I consent to the personal data of the person I am looking for being processed and linked to me. This applies to the following mandatory information from the online form:
- Subject of the inquiry (the option you selected for the search inquiry)
- Last name and first name
- Gender
- Possible pseudonyms
- Date of birth (year)
If my enquiry concerns a living relative of mine, I affirm that I am authorised to submit the information on them within the search request.
I declare my consent to addition of my personal data connected to the enquiry into the ITS archive and to their being transferred to the enquirers in the event of an enquiry on the same facts after a protection period of 25 years .
I am aware that the personal data processed in connection with my search request will be transferred to the following copyholders regardless of the 25-year protection period and processed further by them in accordance with the applicable data protection and international legal provisions:
- Archives de l‘État en Belgique, Brüssel (Belgium)
- Archives Nationales, Pierrefitte-sur Seine (France)
- Centre de Documentation et de Recherche sur la Résistance (Luxemburg)
- Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (IPN), Warsaw (Poland)
- The Wiener Library, London (United Kingdom)
- Yad Vashem, Jerusalem (Israel)
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Washington (USA)
I may at any time withdraw my consent for the collection of personal data gathered during the use of the contact form.
c. Duration of storage
In the event of a search request, the personal data you provide will be kept by the ITS for an undetermined period, in accordance with article 5 paragraph 1 e GDPR, on the basis of archiving purposes in the public interest. In addition to fulfilling the archival function of the ITS, the purpose of this is so that after the end of a period of 25 years from your enquiry, your data may be transferred to enquirers requesting information on the same facts and enable people to be reunited as a result of the facts enquired about.
4. Contact form for research applications
a. Nature and scope of the data processing
On our website we offer you the option of contacting us using the form provided for search requests. As part of the submission process of your request by means of the contact form, reference is made to this data protection declaration in order to obtain your consent. Should you make use of the contact form, the following personal data concerning you will be processed:
- Title
- First name and last name
- Birth name
- E-mail address
- Country
- Institution
- Telephone
- Street and house number
- ZIP code and town
The provision of the data above serves to collate and process your enquiry and enables us to answer you. When you use the contact form, no personal data are transferred to third parties unless you expressly agree that you are willing to network.
In this case your surname, first name and e-mail address will be transferred to other users who specifically ask about contacts with researchers with similar key subjects. The personal data processed in connection with your search request will be transferred to the ITS archive after processing has concluded.
b. Legal basis
The data processing described above (cf. § 4 3. a.) undertaken for the purpose of making contact in the context of a research application takes place, in accordance with article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR, on the basis of your consent, which is freely given, by means of the declaration below:
Declaration of consent:
By entering my data and pressing the “Send” button, I consent to the processing of my title, first name, last name, birth name, e-mail address, institution, address and telephone number for the purpose of answering my contact request in respect of a research application. In addition, I consent to the processing of the topic and the project covered by my research application, the purpose of the application, the details of planned research visits, the information I have provided on planned publications and my readiness to network with other applicants.
I declare my consent to addition of my personal data into the ITS archive and to their being held there. In the event of my having declared a willingness to network, I declare that I agree to the transfer of my surname, first name and e-mail address upon request to researchers with similar key subjects.
I may at any time withdraw my consent for the collection of personal data gathered during the use of the contact form.
c. Duration of storage
In the event of a search request, the personal data you provide will be kept by the ITS for an undetermined period, in accordance with article 5 paragraph 1 GDPR, on the basis of archiving purposes in the public interest. This fulfils the archival function of the ITS dictated by international law.
5. Donations
We offer you the opportunity to make a donation to the ITS via our website. To enable this, we collaborate with our partner HelpDirect e.V.. If you click on the “Donations” field, an online form opens which is operated by HelpDirect e.V. as controller. With regard to the personal data processed for making the donation, we ask you to take note of the data protection declaration link there.