Registering a pregnancy or nursing phase
The aim of the Mutterschutzgesetz (Maternity Protection Law) is to enable pregnant and breastfeeding students to continue their studies, while protecting the pregnant woman, the unborn life, the breastfeeding mother and/or her child from any adverse effects. Any disadvantages arising from pregnancy, birth or the nursing phase are to be avoided, if possible, or adjusted for.
1) Data controller
University of Passau
Public corporation according to Art. 11(1) BayHSchG (Bavarian higher education act)
The University of Passau is legally represented by the chairperson of the governing body, President Professor Ulrich Bartosch.
University of Passau
Innstr. 41
94032 Passau
Germany
Telephone: +49 851 5090
Fax: +49 851 509 1005
president@uni-passau.de
2) Contact details of the appointed data protection officer
Data protection officer of the University of Passau
Nikolastr. 12
94032 Passau
Germany
Phone: +49 851 509 1107
datenschutz@uni-passau.de
3) Purpose and legal basis of the data processing
Your data will be processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (e) GDPR and Art. 4 (1) of the BayDSG (Bavarian Data Protection Law) and § 15 (1) of the Mutterschutzgesetz (Maternity Protection Law) exclusively for the purpose of implementation of the Maternity Protection Law.
4) Recipients of personal data
Your personal data will only be passed on within the university, to those who need it in order to meet their obligations with regards to the maternity protection law, such as members of the university administration or deans' offices and, if applicable, teaching staff.
5) Transfer of personal data to a third country
No personal data will be transferred to a third country.
6) Data retention period or criteria for determining the data retention period and deadlines for the review thereof
Your data will be retained for the duration of your pregnangy and subsequent nursing phase. At most, the data will be retained for the duration of your studies at the University of Passau.
7) Rights of data subjects
If your personal data are processed, you have the right to receive information about the data stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR).
If incorrect personal data are processed, you have the right to have them corrected (Art. 16 GDPR).
Subject to specific requirements, you can request the deletion or restriction of the processing and lodge an objection to the processing (articles 17, 18 and 21 GDPR).
If you have consented to data processing or if a contract for data processing exists and data processing is carried out using automated processes, you may have the right to data transferability (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you make use of your aforementioned rights, the University of Passau will check whether the legal requirements for this are met.
8) Right of appeal to the supervisory authority
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Bavarian state commissioner for data protection.
Postal address:
Bayerischer Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz.
Postfach 22 12 19
80502 Munich
Germany
Street address:
Bayerischer Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz
Wagmüllerstrasse 18
80538 Munich
Germany
Phone +49 89 21267 20
Fax +49 89 212672 50
poststelle@datenschutz-bayern.de
9) Right of withdrawal after giving consent
If you have consented to the processing by the University of Passau by means of a corresponding declaration, you can revoke your consent for the future at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out based on the consent given until the time of withdrawal of said consent.