Data protection information
Legal basis
The legal basis for processing your personal data in studies is your voluntary written consent in accordance with the EU GDPR and, in the case of clinical studies, the Declaration of Helsinki (declaration of the World Medical Association on the ethical principles of medical research involving human subjects) and the Guideline for Good Clinical Practice. In the case of pharmaceutical studies, the German Medicinal Products Act also forms the legal basis, while the German Medical Devices Act applies accordingly to medical device studies.
You have the following rights with regard to your data (Article 13 et seq. EU GDPR):
Right to information
You have the right to information about the personal data concerning you that is collected, processed or, if applicable, transmitted to third parties as part of the study (provision of a free copy) (Article 15 EU GDPR).
Right to admendment
You have the right to have incorrect personal data concerning you rectified (Articles 16 and 19 EU GDPR).
Right to erasure
You have the right to erasure of personal data concerning you, e.g., if this data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected (Articles 17 and 19 GDPR).
Right to restriction of processing
Under certain circumstances, you have the right to demand that processing be restricted, i.e., the data may only be stored and not processed. You must request this. To do so, please contact your director of studies / investigator or the data protection officer (Articles 18 and 19 EU GDPR).
In the event of rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, all those who have received your data will also be notified (Article 17 (2) and Article 19 GDPR).
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the investigator for the study/test. This means that you can request that this data be transferred either to you or, if technically possible, to another body designated by you (Article 20 EU GDPR)
Right to object
You have the right to object at any time to specific decisions or measures concerning the processing of personal data relating to you (Art. 21 EU GDPR). Such processing will then no longer take place.
Consent to the processing of personal data and the right to withdraw this consent
The processing of your personal data is only lawful with your consent (Article 6 EU GDPR).
You have the right to withdraw your consent ort h processing of personal data at any time. However, the data collected up to this point in time may be processed by the bodies named in the subject/patient information and declaration of consent ort he respective study/test (Article 7, paragraph 3 EU GDPR).
Notification of personal data breaches (“data breaches”)
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact your data protection officer. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority/authorities if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is in breach of the EU GDPR (see contact details).
The Justus Liebig University Giessen, Ludwigstraße 23, 35390 Giessen, represented by its President, is responsible for data processing. The data protection officers are:
Data Protection Officer
Axel P. Globuschütz/Dr. Robert Pfeffer
Ludwigstrasse 23
35390 Giessen
Phone: +49 641-99 12230
E-mail: datenschutz@uni-giessen.de
Data protection supervisory authority
The Hessian Data Protection Officer
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1
65189 Wiesbaden
Phone: +49 611-140 80
E-mail: poststelle@datenschutz.hessen.de