Terms of Use / Online Privacy Policy

By accessing this website (UdS-Online) you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of use set out below. If you do not agree to be bound by and comply with these terms of use, please do not access or use this site.

Saarland Data Protection Act
As a public body, we are subject to the provisions of the Saarland Data Protection Act (SDSG). To protect your rights, we have implemented technical and administrative measures to ensure that data protection and privacy requirements are also met by external service providers that contribute to this website. Your data may only be used to the extent permitted by specific laws or with your express prior consent.

Active content control
To improve the visual appearance of our website, we have occasionally used active content. If you have doubts about the integrity of the content, please contact those responsible for the respective web page or turn off the active content option in your browser’s safety settings. Further information on active content is available from the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

Data transmission over the internet
Please be aware that at the present time most data transmitted over the internet, in particular by e-mail, are unsecured. It cannot be ruled out, that transmitted data will be accessed and even falsified by unauthorized persons.

Forums and chat rooms
If you access pages or files on this website and are requested to provide personal information, you are free to decide whether or not you wish to supply such information. If you post information or make entries in guest books, in internet forums or chat rooms, you should be aware that your name and e-mail address together with keywords derived from your entry may be gathered by search engines and made available worldwide without the need to specifically access our website. Please note that it is frequently not possible to delete or correct such postings or entries if these are held by foreign providers. Please also note that we reserve the right to check any texts posted or entered on our website prior to releasing them in order to avoid any consequences under civil, administrative or criminal law arising from the publication of, for example, libellous, sexist, racist or extremist material – from which we hereby expressly dissociate ourselves.

Data storage
To preserve the integrity of the data stored on our web server, accessing our web pages will result in the temporary storage of IP addresses, access dates and times, etc. that could be used for identification purposes. No further analysis of data is performed, except for statistical purposes, with the user remaining anonymous in all cases.

External links and disclaimer
We accept no liability for any possible violation of privacy or breach of law in other web content linked from this website. Please address any questions you may have regarding these terms of use or this online privacy policy to the web team. You may also raise any issues of concern with the university’s data protection officer.