1. An Overview of Data Protection

General Information The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you could be personally identified. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations (GDPR/DSGVO) and this privacy policy.

Cookieless and Privacy-Friendly This website is designed with privacy in mind. We deliberately avoid using any tracking cookies, third-party analytics tools (such as Google Analytics), or external social media trackers. Therefore, you will not see a cookie consent banner on our site, as no personal tracking data is stored on your device.

2. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Controller The entity responsible for data processing on this website (the Data Controller) is:

European Association for Sociology of Sport (EASS) c/o Institut für Soziologie und Genderforschung Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6 50933 Köln, Germany

Email: info@eass.org

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

3. Data Collection on Our Website

Server Log Files (Strato AG) This website is hosted by Strato AG, located in Germany. The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version

• Operating system used

• Referrer URL (the previously visited page)

• Hostname of the accessing computer

• Time of the server request

• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and the optimization of the website – for this purpose, server log files must be recorded. We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA/AVV) with Strato AG to ensure that data is handled in full compliance with the GDPR.

Inquiries by Email or Contact Forms If you contact us by email (e.g., at info@eass.org) or via a contact form, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass this data on without your consent. The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested.

4. Plugins and Tools

Local Web Fonts For the uniform representation of typography, this page uses web fonts. To ensure your privacy, all fonts used on this website are downloaded and hosted locally on our own servers. When you call up a page, your browser does not connect to external servers (such as Google Fonts) to load the text. Therefore, your IP address is not transmitted to third parties for font rendering.

5. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to request information about your stored personal data at any time.

• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, provided there are no legal retention obligations.

• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR): You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You have the right to have data which we process automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format.

• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): You can object to the processing of your data at any time.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged violation.