The protection of personal data is important to us. Personal data on this website is processed exclusively in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG), and the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz – TDDDG).
This Privacy Policy explains which personal data is processed when visiting this website, for what purposes such processing takes place, and what rights data subjects have.
The party responsible for data processing on this website is:
Prof. Felix Beck
FH Münster – University of Applied Sciences
Technologie Campus Steinfurt
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ETI)
Stegerwaldstraße 39
48565 Steinfurt
Germany
Phone: +49 2551 9-62236
Email: felix.beck@fh-muenster.de
Web: https://www.fh-muenster.de
This website is maintained by the Creative Technologies Lab at FH Münster – University of Applied Sciences as part of the FiberFact research project.
Creative Technologies Lab
FH Münster – University of Applied Sciences
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Stegerwaldstraße 39
48565 Steinfurt
Germany
Project lead:
Prof. Felix Hardmood Beck
Professor of Media Design
Creative Technologies Lab
Email: felix.beck@fh-muenster.de
The Data Protection Officers at FH Münster are available for questions concerning data protection.
Further information and current contact details are available at:
https://www.fh-muenster.de/datenschutz/
This website is hosted by Host Europe GmbH.
Host Europe GmbH
c/o Spaces
Gertrudenstraße 30–36
50667 Cologne
Germany
When this website is accessed, technically necessary information is processed by Host Europe's servers and temporarily stored in server log files.
This may include, in particular:
This processing is technically necessary in order to deliver the website and to ensure its stability and security.
The processing takes place as part of the provision of this website and on the basis of the applicable data protection regulations, in particular Article 6(1) GDPR.
Where Host Europe processes personal data on behalf of FH Münster, such processing is carried out under an appropriate data processing agreement pursuant to Article 28 GDPR.
Further information about data protection at Host Europe is available at:
https://www.hosteurope.de/AGB/Datenschutzerklaerung/
When contacting us by email or via a contact form provided on this website, the personal data submitted is processed in order to handle the respective enquiry.
This may include, in particular:
The data is processed exclusively for the purpose of handling and responding to the respective enquiry.
Depending on the nature of the enquiry, the legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(e) GDPR, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, or Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for processing the enquiry, provided that no statutory retention obligations require further storage.
This website provides, or may in the future provide, the option to subscribe to a newsletter relating to the FiberFact research project.
Personal data is processed for the purpose of sending the newsletter. This includes, in particular, the email address provided during registration.
The data is processed exclusively for the purpose of sending the requested newsletter and providing information about the FiberFact research project and related activities.
The processing is based on voluntarily given consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Consent may be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future. In particular, the unsubscribe link provided in the newsletter may be used for this purpose.
As part of the FiberFact research project, the open-source communication platform Mattermost is used for project-related communication and collaboration.
The Mattermost instance is operated by FH Münster and hosted on the Host Europe GmbH server infrastructure described in Section 4 above. It is not a cloud service provided by Mattermost, Inc.
Mattermost is used in particular for internal communication, coordination, and collaboration between individuals and institutions involved in the FiberFact research project.
When using Mattermost, the following personal data in particular may be processed:
The data is processed exclusively for the purposes of project-related communication, coordination, and collaboration.
Access to the Mattermost instance is restricted to authorised members and partners of the FiberFact research project.
The processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) GDPR in conjunction with the Higher Education Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (Hochschulgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen – HG NRW) for the implementation and coordination of the FiberFact research project.
Personal data stored in Mattermost is retained only for as long as necessary for the implementation of the research project and the associated communication.
User accounts are deactivated and deleted after a person leaves the project as soon as they are no longer required for the further implementation of the project. After completion of the research project, communication data and user accounts stored in Mattermost will be deleted unless statutory, contractual, or project-related retention obligations require continued storage.
Project documents or research data that are subject to statutory, contractual, or institutional retention obligations may be archived independently for the duration of the applicable retention period.
Where Host Europe processes personal data on behalf of FH Münster as part of the hosting services, such processing is carried out under the data processing arrangement described in Section 4.
This website contains links to social media platforms and other external online services.
These are generally simple external links. Merely visiting this website does not establish a direct connection to the servers of the respective social media platform through such a link.
Only when a corresponding link is clicked is the website of the respective external provider accessed. From that point onwards, the external provider may process personal data. This may include, in particular, the IP address, device information, browser information and, for users who are logged in, information associated with the respective user account.
FH Münster has no influence over the nature and extent of data processing carried out by these external providers.
The respective provider is generally responsible for the processing of personal data on its external platform. The privacy policies of the respective platforms apply.
This applies in particular to links to platforms such as:
If content from such providers is embedded directly into this website in the future, for example YouTube or Vimeo videos, social media feeds, or other plugins, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly.
This website also contains links to websites operated by project partners, research institutions, funding organisations, and other external providers.
When an external link is clicked, the website of the respective external provider is accessed. From that point onwards, the privacy policy of the respective provider applies.
The respective operator is generally responsible for the processing of personal data on external websites.
Where technically necessary, this website uses cookies or comparable technologies required for the operation and basic functionality of the website.
Cookies are small data records that can be stored by the browser on the user's device.
Technically necessary cookies may be used where this is required to provide a digital service explicitly requested by the user and where such use is permitted by law.
If analytics, marketing, tracking, or other non-essential services are used in the future, they will only be activated after obtaining the appropriate consent where this is required by law.
This Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly in such cases.
This website currently does not use personal web analytics or personal user tracking, unless expressly stated otherwise elsewhere.
In particular, no personal user profiles are created for advertising or marketing purposes.
If analytics or tracking services are used in the future, they will be listed in this Privacy Policy and, where legally required, will only be activated after obtaining the appropriate consent.
If content from external providers – such as videos, maps, social media content, fonts, or other media – is directly embedded into this website, a technical connection to the servers of the respective provider may be established.
In particular, the IP address of the device used may be transmitted to the respective provider.
Where consent is required for such data transmission, the respective external content will generally only be loaded after consent has been given.
Personal data is generally not disclosed to third parties unless there is a legal basis for doing so.
Data may, in particular, be disclosed where:
Personal data is generally only transferred to countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area if the legal requirements of the GDPR for such a transfer are met.
When using external services or social media platforms, the transfer of data to third countries cannot always be excluded. The privacy policy of the respective external provider applies to the processing carried out by that provider.
Personal data is generally stored only for as long as necessary to fulfil the respective purpose of processing.
Data may also be retained where statutory retention periods apply or where continued storage is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
Once the respective purpose of processing no longer applies and any statutory retention periods have expired, the data will be deleted or anonymised.
Under the GDPR, data subjects have, in particular, the following rights:
Consent that has been given may be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of processing carried out prior to the withdrawal of consent remains unaffected.
To exercise these rights, data subjects may contact the controller or the Data Protection Officers at FH Münster.
Pursuant to Article 77 GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if they believe that the processing of their personal data infringes applicable data protection law.
The supervisory authority responsible for FH Münster is:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW)
Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
Web: https://www.ldi.nrw.de/
Appropriate technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal data against loss, manipulation, unauthorised access, and other forms of unlawful processing.
Data transmitted between this website and its visitors is encrypted using HTTPS.
Please note that completely secure data transmission over the internet cannot be guaranteed from a technical perspective.
This Privacy Policy will be updated if the technical functions of the website, the services used, or the applicable legal requirements change.
Last updated: September 2026