General Information and Mandatory Information

Designation of the Responsible Entity

The entity responsible for data processing on this website is:

Quantum Valley Lower Saxony (QVLS) e. V.
Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
Germany

The responsible entity determines, alone or jointly with others, the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Some data processing activities are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent you have already given at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient to withdraw your consent. The lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of a data protection violation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the data protection authority of the federal state in which our organisation is based. The following link provides a list of the data protection authorities and their contact details:

⁠List of German Data Protection Authorities – BfDI

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, either yourself or through a third party, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out where technically feasible.

Right of Access, Rectification, Restriction and Erasure

Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients and the purpose of data processing. You may also have the right to request the rectification, restriction or erasure of this data.

For this purpose, as well as for any other questions concerning personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in the Imprint.

SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the website operator, our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. This means that data transmitted via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the “https://” in your browser’s address bar and the padlock symbol in the browser window.

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer:

Prof. Dr. Christian Ospelkaus
Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
Germany
Email: info@qvls.de

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. This includes:

• Page visited on our domain

• Date and time of the server request

• Browser type and version

• Operating system used

• Referrer URL

• Hostname of the accessing computer

• IP address

These data are not combined with data from other sources.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data necessary for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Contact Form

Data submitted via the contact form, including your contact details, are stored in order to process your enquiry and to be available for any follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

The processing of data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient. The lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Data submitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions, particularly statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure.

Some cookies are session cookies. These are automatically deleted when you end your browser session. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself. These cookies may help us recognise you when you return to our website.

Modern web browsers allow you to monitor, restrict or prevent the use of cookies. Many browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

The storage of cookies that are necessary for carrying out electronic communications or for providing certain functions requested by you (e.g. a shopping cart) is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies where this is necessary to provide our services in a technically reliable and uninterrupted manner.

Where other cookies, such as cookies used for analytics purposes, are used, these will be addressed separately in this Privacy Policy.