CommIT

Data protection

Privacy statement

Data controller

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Caire, chair of Communications and Information Theory, TU Berlin. See the imprint for the full address.

What we collect

  • Account data (name, email, role) for anyone registering on the platform, stored on TU Berlin OpenStack infrastructure.
  • Server access logs (IP address, user-agent, request path) retained for no more than 14 days for operations and abuse mitigation.
  • Content you create on the site (notes, discussion posts, forum threads, messages, attachments) stored under your account.

Cookies

We use one first-party cookie (commit_refresh) to keep you signed in, marked HttpOnly, Secure, and SameSite=Strict. No advertising or third-party tracking cookies are set.

Your rights (GDPR)

You can request a copy of, correction of, or deletion of your personal data at any time. Contact details are on the contact page.

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