I herewith agree to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation collecting, processing and electronically storing my personal data for the purposes of the respective symposium.
I hereby consent to the following information which I have made available to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation being included in a conference handbook and being made available to the participants of the symposium in electronic and / or printed form: first name, surname, portrait photo, contact information, e-mail address, URL, field of research and specialism, research interests, abstract of the presentation (where applicable), abstract of the poster (where applicable), short biography.
I further agree to the publication of the following information on the AvH website for the symposium (where applicable): first name, surname, institution, title of the presentation (where applicable).
I also agree that the following personal details will be published in the online search function for potential hosts (only applicable for researchers based outside Germany) for Feodor Lynen research fellows, which is publicly accessible on the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s website: academic title, first name, surname, university/institution, institute/department, location, country of residence, as well as subject area and key terms relating to research interests.
By confirming my attendance at the symposium, I furthermore consent to data relating to my person (surname, first name, academic title, field of research and specialism, gender, postal address, e-mail address, URL where applicable) being permanently retained by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the purpose of maintaining networks, reimbursing travel expenses, processing applications and for possible funding through the CONNECT follow-up programme as well as for purposes of statistics and evaluation by the AvH and its authorised agents in accordance with Article 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); the results of the evaluation will be published only in a cumulative, anonymised form.
I moreover agree that the information to be published in the conference handbook concerning my person are being passed on to foreign partner organisation(s) of the particular event for the purpose of conducting the event and, where applicable, to this information being permanently retained for maintaining the network in the future and, where applicable, for follow-up contact programmes.
In the event that I attend a symposium in a country where a visa is required, I also agree to my passport details (full name, date of birth, passport number, expiration date) being provided to foreign partner organisations for the purpose of preparing the necessary official letter of invitation.
I additionally agree to the transfer of my personal data to the conference service providers of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation or the foreign partner organisation(s) for the purpose of preparing, conducting and following up the event. The personal data of the symposium participants that has been collected will be used solely for the purpose of having the individual’s participation booked by the service provider / symposium organiser, i.e. hotel reservations, transfer reservations, production of conference-related printed materials (conference handbooks, name tags, lists of participants) and for the reimbursement of travel expenses.
All employees of our conference service provider have been obligated in writing to maintain confidentiality in accordance with Section 5 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and to comply with this regulation. As a rule, the conference service provider will erase your personal data eight weeks
after the symposium, at the end of the contract at the latest; in other words, when the follow-up processing has been completed.
I have also been informed that my consent to the collection, processing and use of my data is voluntary and that I may revoke my consent at any time. Prior to the respective symposium I can send my revocation to stephanie.dill@avh.de. In the event that I revoke my consent, my data will be erased.
Should I wish to revoke my declaration of consent at a later date after having attended the symposium, I can send my revocation to: info@avh.de. In this case, my data will be anonymised and my entitlement to apply to the Connect programme for follow-up contact expires.
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Data protection officer of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: datenschutzbeauftragter@avh.de