The privacy policy is currently still under construction.

The University of Graz and the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG) take data protection very seriously and treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory provisions. This data protection declaration is intended to inform you about the purpose, legal basis and your rights in connection with the processing of personal data in the context of the use of our website in accordance with Art. 12, 13, 14 GDPR.

Purpose, scope and legal basis of data processing

1. visit to our website

The website of the inter-university degree program in Musicology is hosted by the University of Graz. When the University of Graz website is accessed, our web servers temporarily store each access in a log file. The following data is recorded and stored until it is automatically deleted

• IP address of the requesting computer
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the retrieved data
• Amount of data transferred
• Message as to whether the retrieval was successful
• Identification data of the browser and operating system used
• Website from which the access was made
• Name of your internet access provider

Purpose of data processing: This data is processed for the purpose of ensuring the use of the website (connection establishment), system security and the technical administration of the network infrastructure. In addition, the processing serves to optimize the Internet offer of the University of Graz. The IP address is only evaluated in the event of attacks on our network infrastructure.

Legal basis for data processing: The processing of the above-mentioned data is carried out in particular on the basis of the existing overriding legitimate interest (Art 6 para 1 lit f GDPR) of the University of Graz in ensuring system security, the technical administration of the network infrastructure and the optimization of the Internet offer to fulfill university tasks, taking into account the guiding principles for universities in the fulfillment of their tasks (see §§ 2 and 3 UG).

2 Matomo

Our website uses "Matomo" to measure reach and usage. For this purpose, so-called "cookies" (small text files) are stored on your computer and transmitted to the server in order to process usage information exclusively for absolutely necessary purposes of reach and usage measurement. The software is set so that the IP addresses are not stored in full, but the 3rd and 4th octet of the IP address are masked (e.g. 192.168.xxx.xxx). In this way, it is generally no longer possible to assign the shortened IP address to the accessing computer. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the site is not passed on to third parties.

Purpose of data processing: The processing of the data serves to measure reach and usage, in particular to compile reports on aggregated website activities (reach measurement, estimation of the performance of the required servers, analysis of the content accessed, detection of navigation problems, etc.) and thus improve our website. In this way, we fulfill our university tasks (in particular public education mandate; further education mandate; support of national and international cooperation; support of the use and implementation of their research results in practice and support of the social integration of results of the development and development of the arts; informing the public about the fulfillment of the tasks of the universities) in compliance with the guiding principles for universities (efficiency, economy and expediency of management).

Legal basis for data processing: The processing of the above-mentioned data is carried out in particular on the basis of the existing overriding legitimate interest or public interest (Art 6 para 1 lit f and e GDPR in conjunction with §§ 2 and 3 UG) of the University of Graz as a public institution in the improvement of the website for the fulfillment of university tasks, taking into account the guiding principles for universities in the fulfillment of their tasks (cf. §§ 2 and 3 UG).

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case the University of Graz as a public institution will unfortunately lose its contribution to improving the website's appearance and usability in terms of university tasks and guiding principles. If you do not agree with the storage and evaluation of the generated usage information, you can object to this below. In this case, a so-called deactivation cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that "Matomo" will not collect any session data. Please note: If you delete your cookies, the deactivation cookie will also be deleted and you will have to store it again.

You have the option of deactivating data collection by "Matomo" on the following website: https://www.uni-graz.at/de/datenschutz

Our contact details:

• University of Graz, Universitätsstraße 3, 8010 Graz, Austria (= contact point for inquiries from data subjects)
• University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Leonhardstraße 15, 8010 Graz, Austria

Contact: Verena Sailer (Web Editor Musicology)
You can reach our data protection officers at University of Graz: dsba@uni-graz.at