Legal information

Data Protection Notice
The information required under Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as further information on the processing of your personal data in Stud.IP, can be found here. If you gave your consent to the use of Stud.IP when registering, this consent also applies to the processing activities described there.

Terms of Use
By logging in, you also agree to the following Terms of Use:

1. The first and last names displayed in Stud.IP are transferred from the central user management system using data provided by Division 2 and/or the Human Resources Department and cannot be changed in Stud.IP. This also applies to academic titles. The username required to log in is assigned by the university and cannot be chosen freely.
2. The email address is linked to the username and likewise cannot be changed.
3. All other personal information is optional. If you provide additional information about yourself, it will only be accessible to registered users of the system.
4. When using the Stud.IP communication system, all applicable laws and regulations must be observed. In particular, every user agrees:
   1. not to use Stud.IP to access or distribute immoral or unlawful content, in particular content that is racist, sexist, antisemitic or discriminatory in any way;
   2. not to call for violence or criminal offences;
   3. not to infringe copyright, trademark or personality rights;
   4. to comply with the applicable youth protection regulations;
   5. to respect the privacy of others and therefore never to post or send harassing, defamatory or threatening content;
   6. not to use any programmes that may alter the physical or logical structure of the networks being used.
5. The use of Stud.IP for any other form of advertising or marketing messages is not permitted and anyone in breach of this provision shall be liable for any resulting damage caused to Stud.IP.
6. Every Stud.IP user undertakes to protect their access to the system against unauthorised use by third parties. Stud.IP expressly points out that passwords must not be disclosed to others. Each user is liable for any unauthorised use of their account enabled by their own actions, insofar as they are at fault.
7. In the event that Stud.IP users breach the obligations set out above, the IT Services and all persons responsible for a course are entitled to downgrade registered participants to a user status in which they no longer have writing privileges, or to block the account completely.
8. Reporting violations:
   Users are asked to report possible violations via the support button in Stud.IP or by email to it-support@hs-wismar.de. Every report will be reviewed.

Consent to Data Processing
Members and affiliates of Hochschule Wismar who are employed by Hochschule Wismar and for whom the use of Stud.IP is not required to fulfil their professional duties, as well as external users, consent upon registration to the processing of their personal data in connection with the use of Stud.IP (see Data Protection Notice).

All users consent upon registration to the processing of personal data that they provide voluntarily (see Data Protection Notice).