HafenCity Universität Hamburg’s (HCU) website can in principle be used without providing any personal data. However, if you would like to use the university's special services via our website, processing of personal data may be necessary. If processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally ask for your consent.

Personal data are all types of information that refer directly or indirectly to an identifiable natural person. Processing of personal data, such as your name, your address, e-mail address, telephone number or an online ID is always performed in accordance with the Datenschutz-Grundverordnung [General Data Protection Regulation] and consistent with the state-specific data protection regulations that apply to HCU Hamburg. With this privacy statement, our university wants to inform the public about the type, extent and purpose of the personal data that we collect, use and process. In addition, this privacy statement explains the rights to which you are entitled.

Name and address of the data controllers
Responsible in terms of the General Data Protection Regulation, other privacy protection laws applicable in Member States of the European Union and other regulations related to data protection is:

HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU)
Henning-Voscherau-Platz 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)40 300 880-5033
E-mail: hcu-kommunikation(at)vw.hcu-hamburg.de
Website: www.hcu-hamburg.de

Legal structure
Corporation under public law

Legal representative
President Prof. Dr. Jörg Müller-Lietzkow

Responsible supervisory authority
Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Gleichstellung und Bezirke (BWFGB) [Agency for Science, Research, Equality and Districts]
Hamburger Straße 37, 22083 Hamburg, Germany

Name and address of privacy officer
External privacy officer of HCU
datenschutz nord GmbH
Konsul-Smidt-Straße 88
28217 Bremen
E-Mail: office(at)datenschutz-nord.de

Contact information of data privacy coordination of HCU
Tamara Gasviani
Tel: 040 300 880 4359
E-Mail: hcu-datenschutz(at)vw.hcu-hamburg.de