Centre for Financial Research (CFR) Cologne
Director
Prof. Dr. Alexander Kempf
Contact
Centre for Financial Research (CFR)
University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Cologne
Tel: +49 (0221) 470-6995
Fax: +49 (0221) 470-3992
Mail: info@cfr-cologne.de
The Centre for Financial Research (CFR) is a research institute at the University of Cologne, which conducts independent, applied cutting-edge research in the field of financial markets. The CFR is supported by Fördergesellschaft Finanzmarktforschung e.V., a non-profit association.
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Responsible for content in the sense of § 18 para. 2 MStV
Dr. Alexander Pütz
Centre for Financial Research (CFR)
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln
puetz@cfr-cologne.de
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Responsible party for data processing on this website
Centre for Financial Research (CFR)
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Cologne
Managing Director: Prof. Dr. Alexander Kempf
Phone: +49 (221) 470-6995
Email: puetz@cfr-cologne.de
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- Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos, comments)
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- security measures.
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DSGVO. The data processing is necessary for the protection of our legitimate interest,
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Disclosure of data
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- there is a legal obligation for the data transfer according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) DSGVO, and/or
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Your rights as a data subject
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- to revoke your consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) DSGVO. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future;
- in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority for data protection, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
- in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO to demand the correction of incorrect or the completion of your personal data stored by us without delay;
- pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
- to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;
- pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller;
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- Browser type / browser version
- IP address
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
We would like to point out that this transmitted data will not be merged with other data sources.
The basis for data processing is given in Art. 6 para. 1 DSGVO, so that the processing of data is permitted for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Newsletter registration
Within the scope of our Internet presence, we offer the option of receiving a newsletter with the involvement of third-party providers. If you would like to receive the newsletter, we require an e-mail address from you as well as other information that allows us to verify whether you are the owner of the specified e-mail address and whether you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data will not be collected. We use this data only for sending the requested information. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.
The processing of the data entered in the registration form for the newsletter is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time. For this purpose, an informal message to us is sufficient, gladly also by e-mail or, if applicable, you use our "unsubscribe newsletter" link in our newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted immediately after unsubscribing.
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- First name, last name
- telephone number
- payment data
- contract data
- reason for your call
The data is stored for the period required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected and deleted as soon as it is no longer required or is not subject to any further legal retention obligations (e.g. 10 years according to AO, 6 years according to HGB).
Due to the user's express request via telephone and/or the desire for a telephone callback, the legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f) DSGVO. If the contact via telephone also aims at the conclusion and/or execution of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.
Contact via fax
Within the framework of our Internet presence, it is possible to contact us via fax. In the course of this, personal data is transmitted to us and processed. These are in particular:
- First name, last name
- telephone number
- payment data
- contract data
- reason for your call
The data is stored for the period required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected and deleted as soon as it is no longer required or is not subject to any further legal retention obligations (e.g. 10 years according to AO, 6 years according to HGB).
Due to the explicit request of the user via fax, the legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. If the contact via fax also aims at the conclusion and/or execution of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.
