Pretest of a Questionnaire Module on Experiences of Discrimination at HSZG

Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Theodor-Körner-Allee 16
02763 Zittau

Please direct any inquiries regarding data processing to datenschutz(at)hszg.de.
Your inquiry will be forwarded to the appropriate department and processed promptly.

The data protection officer can be contacted at

DID Dresdner Institut für Datenschutz
Hospitalstraße 4
01097 Dresden

Web.: www.dids.de
Phone: +49 (0)351 / 655 772 - 0
E-mail: dsb(at)hszg.de

As part of a research project, the HSZG is collecting personal data through interviews for the purpose of pretesting a questionnaire module on experiences of discrimination at the HSZG. The analysis of the collected personal data is intended to determine how different groups of people understand the questions and response categories in the questionnaire module. Based on these results, improved wording for the questions and response categories will be developed.

The answers given by the participants in the interviews constitute personal data that are processed by the HSCG as part of the research project. The following categories of personal data are processed for the aforementioned purposes.

• age
• Gender
• Status group (professor, lecturer, student, etc.)
• Place of work (Zittau or Görlitz)
• Points of contact with the topic of discrimination
• Audio recording of the interview

The processing of personal data from the interviews is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of informed consent. If special categories of personal data are processed in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GD PR, this is done on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR.

The HSCG only discloses personal data to the following internal recipients for the purposes of this processing activity:

• Members of the research team

The HSZG does not directly transfer personal data to a third country or an international organization.

Without prejudice to your right to erasure(Art. 17 GDPR), the data will be stored for the duration of the fulfillment of their collection purposes until the end of the winter semester 2023/24 

As a person affected by the processing of your personal data, you have the following rights if the legal requirements are met:

• You have the right to information about the processing of your personal data(Art. 15 GDPR).
• You have the right to rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you (Art.16 GDPR)
• You have the right to erasure of your personal data (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 of your personal data (Art.20 GDPR)
• You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time (Art.21 GDPR)
• You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out on the basis of your consent until revocation remains unaffected(Art. 13 para. 2 lit. c GDPR).
• You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Saxon data protection officer
  (for contact details, see https://www.saechsdsb.de/n-kontakt).

The provision of personal data is not required by law or contract in accordance with Art. 13 (2) lit. e GDPR.

This processing activity does not involve automated decision-making or profiling in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR.