Data protection is protected as a fundamental right. It guarantees that every citizen has the right to determine the use and disclosure of their personal data (fundamental right to informational self-determination).

Personal data is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of specific or identifiable natural persons (data subjects). They may only be collected, stored, used, transmitted, blocked and deleted if this is permitted by law or if the data subject has consented to this.

Data protection officer

The appointment, authority and tasks of the data protection officer are regulated in Articles 37 to 39 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The Data Protection Officer is the contact person for employees and students of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society in all matters relating to data protection.

She provides support in ensuring data protection and advises on data protection issues. When introducing and using procedures in which personal data is processed automatically, she must work towards compliance with data protection regulations. It must therefore be informed of such projects in good time. 

It also coordinates the fulfillment of the rights of data subjects by the organizational units.

In the event of data protection violations and suspected data protection violations, she is the first point of contact, examines the facts and determines the next steps.

The Data Protection Officer is not subject to directives in her work and reports directly to the President. She is legally bound to secrecy (Art. 38 para. 5 GDPR). 

Further information can be found on the website of the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Rhineland-Palatinate: https: //www.datenschutz.rlp.de/de/startseite/