Data Collection

Cookies and Tracking help us to give you a better experience on our website.

For statistical data collection purposes, the GWDG employs the web analytics tool Piwik. It is used by the central website www.gwdg.de.

The following instructions and settings are relevant for all websites utilising the central Piwik server.

Options to Object

You have the following independent option to object to the collection of data by the central Piwik server:

Activate your browser’s Do-Not-Track setting. As long as this setting is active, our central Piwik server will not store any data about you. Note: As a rule, the Do-Not-Track setting is only valid for the specific computer and the specific browser in which you activate this setting. Should you use more than one computer or browser, please make sure to activate the Do-Not-Track setting on all of them separately.

Data Collected by Piwik

Insofar as you have not objected, the following data are being recorded by our central Piwik server and included in the usage statistics.

Basic data:

  • IP address, shortened for anonymity
  • A cookie to distinguish different visitors
  • The previously visited URL (referrer), insofar as it has been transmitted by your browser
  • Name and version of your operating system
  • Name, version and language settings of your browser

Additional data, if JavaScript is active:

  • URLs visited in this website
  • Time stamps of visits
  • Types of HTML requests
  • Screen resolution and colour depth
  • Technical processes and formats supported by your browser (e.g. cookies, Java, Flash, PDF, WindowsMedia, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Director, SilverLight, Google Gears)

Application log files

For technical reasons, our servers and applications save personal details upon your visit to our websites in their log files. However, these data are only used for the immediate provision of our services, for troubleshooting purposes or for attack prevention and will be deleted automatically after a short period of time.

The following data are saved temporarily:

  • Your IP address
  • Date and time of your website visit
  • The address of the website visited
  • The address of the previously visited website (referrer)
  • Name and version of your browser / operating system (insofar as it has been transmitted by your browser)
  • Your E-mail address (e.g. when using a contact form)