When you access our website on your device, we process the following data:

• Date and time of access
• Duration of visit
• Your operating system
• Volume of data sent
• Type of access
• IP address
• Domain name

We process this data on the basis of GDPR Article 6 (1) point f, as they are required for us to provide the service, to ensure technical operation and to investigate and remove malfunctions. It is in our interest to ensure the use and technical operability of our website. This data is automatically processed when our website is accessed. Unless they are provided, you cannot use our services. We usually erase these data after seven days unless, under exceptional circumstances, we need them for a longer period for the above-mentioned purposes. In such a case we erase the data as soon as they are no longer required for the relevant purpose.

a) You have the option of contacting the DAAD through a form.

If you use the “Contact form for Germans who want to go abroad”, we need the following mandatory details (marked as such): first name, surname, email address, country of origin, current level of education, subject area, target nation, project, question. However, you can voluntarily provide additional details, such as gender, nationality, information about scholarship and how you became aware of the DAAD.

If you use the “Contact form for foreigners wanting to come to Germany”, we need the following mandatory details (marked as such): name, email address, country of origin, country of residence, current level of education, subject area, project reason, question. However, you can voluntarily provide additional details, such as age, gender, graduation year, name of original certificate, how you became aware of the DAAD.

If you use the “Contact form for technical enquiries”, we need the following mandatory details (marked as such): first name, surname, email address, your message. However, you can voluntarily provide additional details, such as “error page”.

We process this data on the basis of the European Union, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR Article 6 (1) point f. The purpose of processing your data is solely to deal with your contact request.

We transfer the data collected via the contact form to a ticket system for processing the request. In order to effectively handle your contact request, we will retain your data for up to six months. Any personal data that were additionally collected during the sending process are erased if they are no longer required for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

b) You have further options of contacting us through different forms.

If you use the “Contact form for press enquiries”, we need the following mandatory details (marked as such): first name, surname, email address, your message.

If you use the “Contact form for technical enquiries about the DAAD portal”, we need the following mandatory details (marked as such): first name, surname, email address, description of error. However, you can voluntarily provide additional details, such as your DAAD portal user name, funding programme and a screenshot.

The data serves the purpose of meeting your request for contact. We process this data on the basis of GDPR Article 6 (1) point f. The purpose of processing your data is solely to deal with your contact request. As soon as your contact request has been concluded, we will erase the data we have collected via the contact form. Any personal data that were additionally collected during the sending process are erased if they are no longer required for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

If you use the contact form "Leadership for Africa", we require the following (labelled) mandatory information from you: First name, surname, country of residence, country of origin, e-mail, year of birth. You can also provide voluntary (additional) information such as gender, current level of education, place of study, declaration if you did not study in your home or host country, graduation year, academic degree, DAFI scholarship holder and period, language skills, refugee status, UNHCR registration/recognition of host country, how long have you been living in the host country, what is the purpose of your stay in the host country, project planned in Germany, field of specialisation in Germany, how you became aware of the DAAD, question.
We transfer the data collected via the contact form to a database for processing the enquiry and for statistical purposes. In order to be able to process the enquiries in the long term, they are stored there for six months. The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted if the data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

We offer a chatbot based on Microsoft LUIS/Botframework on our website. After the activation of the chat by clicking on the button, all entries made by you will be transmitted to us anonymously and stored on DSGVO compliant servers in the EU. Deanonymisation is excluded. In order to use the chatbot, you do not have to provide any further personal information.
We process this data based on regulations of the European Union, particularly the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR Article 6 (1) point a. The purpose of processing your data is solely to deal with your contact request.
For more information about Microsoft and the treatment of personal information, click this link please: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement

When you subscribe to our (free) newsletter, the following personal data are sent to us from the input dialogue: [Email address, surname*, first name* (*not mandatory)] .

When you subscribe to our newsletter we will send the confirmation link to the email address you provided. It is only after you have activated the confirmation link that you will receive our newsletter (a double opt-in). As part of our data processing, registration includes a procedure in which we obtain your consent (under GDPR Article 6 (1) point a), and where we refer to this data protection statement. Your data will be used exclusively for sending you the newsletter and will definitely not be disclosed to third parties. We obtain your email address for the purpose of sending you our newsletter. All other personal data collected under the registration process serves the purpose of preventing any abuse of our services or of the email address we use. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can unsubscribe again at any time. To do so, all you need to do is click on the unsubscribe link, available in each of our newsletters. Your data will be stored for the duration of your newsletter subscription, And it will be erased as soon as it is no longer required for this purpose. Any personal data that was additionally collected during the subscription process is usually erased when this data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (hereinafter: “Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (see clause 5), i.e. text files which are saved to your computer and allow us to analyse your use of the website. The information that is created by cookies on your use of our website is usually sent to a Google server in the United States, where it is then stored. However, if you have activated IP anonymisation for this website, your IP address will not be sent without first being truncated by Google within the Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the United States and then truncated there. Acting on behalf of the site operators, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, to create reports on website activities for us as site operators and to provide us with other services connected with website and internet use. The IP address which Google Analytics sends via your browser will not be linked by Google with any other data Google may have.

This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”. This has the effect of truncating IP addresses before further processing, so that the data cannot be related to any specific person. If the data that is collected about you allows conclusions about you as a person, this is immediately prevented and the relevant personal data are thus erased immediately.

We use Google Analytics to analyse use of our website and to improve it at regular intervals. The statistical data we receive in this way helps us to improve our website and to make it more interesting for you as a user.

In the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to Google (USA) in the USA, your personal data is transferred to a third country (outside the European Economic Area). To ensure an adequate level of data protection, we have concluded so-called EU standard contractual clauses with Google. You can obtain from us a copy of the specifically agreed regulations to ensure an adequate level of data protection. Please use the information provided under point 1.

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is GDPR Article 6 (1) point a, i.e. your consent. Any data that we send, and which is linked to cookies, user IDs or advertising IDs, is automatically erased after 14 months. Any data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically erased once a month.

You can prevent the storage of cookies through a suitable setting in your cookie settings. Please note, however, that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in full.

Click here to change the cookie settings: Change cookie settings.

Further details about Google and its use of personal data can be obtained from the following addresses:

• Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001.
  • https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html
• data privacy overview:
  • https://policies.google.com/privacy

To provide you with maps on our website, we use maps from the OpenStreetMap service (https://www.openstreetmap.de/). OpenStreetMap is an open source mapping tool which is offered by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) based on the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL). To display the map, you must first click on "Show Map". Only then your IP address will be forwarded to OpenStreetMap. Your data will be processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a) DSGVO).
Further information on the processing of your data can be found on the OpenStreetMap data protection page
here https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy and
here https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Licence_and_Legal_FAQ.

To allow us to present images, videos and audio content on our website in an interactive way, we use Pageflow software and make use of external service providers who process your personal data when this content is accessed. These service providers are bound by our instructions. They have been carefully selected by us and have received written agreement for the services to be performed. Your data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 letter f) DSGVO.

On our website video clips from the video portal YouTube are embedded. YouTube is a portal of YouTube, LLC, a subsidiary of Google Inc..

For reasons of data protection, we have decided not to integrate the video clips directly into our site, but to deactivate them by default. Therefore, when you call up our site, no data is transmitted to Google. Therefore you will find on our website only a preview image of the video clip. To play the video clip, you need to activate it by clicking on the preview image. By clicking, you give your consent to the transfer of data to YouTube. The legal basis for the processing of your data is therefore your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, 49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Only after this activation a connection to the servers of Google is established and data is transmitted to Google. In this respect, your personal data will be transferred to bodies in a third country (outside the European Economic Area), although a level of data protection comparable to that under EU law is not guaranteed. Therefore, compliance with the data protection principles of EU law is not guaranteed. We have no influence on the scope of the data collected in this respect. 

For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection, the further processing and use of data by Google, your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. 

The YouTube terms of use can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms.

On our subpage daad.de/rise you have the opportunity to apply for an internship or to offer an internship.

When using the RISE-internship portal, we use your personal data to carry out the application process or to offer you the opportunity of an internship. You can find more information on this in our Data Protection Notice on the processing of personal data and data protection rights in the context of the application procedure and possible funding.

If you use your DAAD-ID to log in to the RISE-internship portal, please also note the Data Privacy Statement "Mein DAAD" (Section 3.2 Login function DAAD-ID).