Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. Controller

Prof. Dr. Daniel R. Engel
Department of Immunodynamics
Institute for Experimental Immunology and Imaging
Medical Research Centre
University Hospital Essen
Hufelandstraße 55
45147 Essen, Germany

Email: danielrobert.engel@uk-essen.de
Phone: +49 201 723 6055

2. General Information

We take the protection of your personal data seriously. This website is an informational scientific website. We do not use analytics or tracking services, newsletters, contact forms, or other services intended to analyse visitor behaviour.

Personal data is processed only to the extent necessary to provide and secure this website and to provide the external resources described below.

Where personal data is processed for the technical operation and security of the website, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in providing a secure and functional website.

3. Hosting

This website is hosted by Inblau Webdesign & Hosting, Dresden, Germany.

In connection with hosting and operating this website, the hosting provider may process technical data, including IP addresses, on our behalf. This processing is necessary for the secure and reliable operation of the website.

4. Server Log Files

When you access this website, technical information may automatically be transmitted by your browser and stored in server log files. This information may include:

  • IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • Requested pages or files

These data are processed for the technical operation, monitoring, security, and error analysis of the website and are not combined with other data sources.

Server log files are deleted after the period required for these purposes, unless longer storage is necessary for security reasons or to investigate specific incidents.

5. Content Management System

This website uses WordPress as its content management system.

No comments, user accounts, contact forms, or other interactive functions through which visitors can submit personal data are provided on this website.

6. Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts for the consistent and visually appropriate presentation of fonts. The required font resources are loaded from servers operated by Google.

When a page is accessed, the visitor's browser may establish a connection to Google servers in order to download the required font files. In this process, technical information, including the visitor's IP address, may be transmitted to Google.

Google Fonts are used to ensure a consistent presentation of this website.

7. Font Awesome / BootstrapCDN

This website uses Font Awesome for the display of icons. Resources required for Font Awesome are loaded via the external content delivery network BootstrapCDN.

When these resources are loaded, the visitor's browser establishes a connection to servers of the external provider. Technical information, including the visitor's IP address, may therefore be transmitted to the provider.

These resources are used to ensure the correct and consistent display of icons and graphical elements on this website.

8. External Links and Social Media

This website may contain links to external websites and social media platforms, including Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).

These are ordinary external links. No social media content is embedded through these links. When you actively follow an external link, you leave this website and the respective external provider becomes responsible for the subsequent processing of personal data.

9. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website does not use cookies or similar technologies for analytics, advertising, marketing, or behavioural tracking purposes.

Technically necessary cookies or similar technologies may be used where required for the secure and proper operation of the website.

External resources described in this privacy policy may process technical information when they are loaded.

10. Your Rights Under the GDPR

Where the applicable legal requirements are met, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

To exercise your rights, please contact the controller using the contact details provided above.

11. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection law.

The competent supervisory authority in North Rhine-Westphalia is:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW)
Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

12. Updates to this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be updated where necessary to reflect changes in legal requirements, technical infrastructure, or the services provided through this website.

Last updated: October 2026