Information on data protection
- Voluntary participation
Participating in the study is voluntary. If you decide not to participate or stop taking part in the study mid-way, there will be no disadvantages for you. At any time and without stating any reason, you can tell the person responsible for data processing and storage to delete your data if you let them know your Prolific code or your participant number. It will not be possible, though, to delete anonymous data from analyses that have already been conducted or published. - Keeping personally identifiable data
We only collect data that are relevant for the research questions of the study. Only the project members and research assistants will have access to the data. - Data analysis
We will only analyse anonymous data. All data, including demographic data, will be analysed only at the group level, and we will not draw any conclusions pertaining to individuals. Data or analyses that potentially allow for identifying individuals will not be passed on to others under any circumstances. - Storage, access and deletion of data
Following the end of data collection, all data will be stored in locked cabinets and file servers at the Technische Universität Braunschweig and will be deleted ten years after the end of the project. In addition, they will be passed on to the Open Science Framework for scientific documentation, which will safeguard the appropriate and protected preservation of data.
All people who have acces to data are obliged to strictly comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation (in particular Chapter 3 EU-DSGVO), the data protection laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the state of Lower Saxony. The following project members will have access to stored data:
Prof. Dr. Holger Hopp
Dr. Chantal van Dijk
Dr. des. Duygu Şafak
Contact details for the person responsible for data processing and storage:
Prof. Dr. Holger Hopp
TU Braunschweig
Bienroder Weg 80
38106 Braunschweig
Germany
Tel.: +49 (531) 391 – 8700
E-Mail: h.hopp(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Contact details for the data protection officer:
Dr. Bernd Nörtemann
TU Braunschweig
Bienroder Weg 80
38106 Braunschweig
Germany
Tel.: +49 (531) 391 – 7654
E-Mail: datenschutz(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Internet: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/datenschutz
Contact details for the data protection agency:
Die Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen
Prinzenstraße 5
30159 Hannover
Germany
Tel. +49 (511) 120 – 4500
E-Mail: poststelle(at)lfd.niedersachsen.de
