Privacy Policy SeiECO App

Privacy policy

§ 1 Terminology
With regard to terms used such as "personal data", "processing" or "controller", among others, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (in short "GDPR").

§ 2 Responsible person
Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei
Max Planck Street 5b
18059, Rostock
Germany
Tel: +49 15783462052
Email: Abbas.Mohammadi@uni-rostock.de

§ 3 Persons concerned
All users who install and use SeiECO App.

§ 4 Introduction
Our Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand what information we collect at SeiECO App, how SeiECO App uses it, and what choices you have.
For a scientific work (master thesis) the SeiECO app was developed as a free app (research prototype). It is available free of charge and intended for use without restrictions.
The SeiECO app is an independent self-development by master student Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei and it is used in the master thesis only as a means to an end to be able to conduct the experiment phase.
The University of Rostock and the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Rostock did not participate in the development of this app and the app was/is not controlled by the University of Rostock.
The Master Student "Responsible" (Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei) is responsible for this app and for the privacy policy.
You and your data will be used as a pseudonymous unique identifier. Furthermore, this information does not contain any details that allow identification of the individual user.
The information we collected will be used for the scientific study. This work will investigate how a so-called "persuasive system" can be used as a tool to encourage people in a consumption situation to make more environmentally friendly choices. We will only use your data as described in this privacy policy.
If you choose to use our Service, you consent to the collection and use of information in connection with this Policy.
If you choose to opt out of our privacy policy, you will not be able to use the app.

§ 5 Cookies
Cookies are files with small amounts of data are not stored and used in this app.
However, the app may use third-party code and libraries that use "cookies" to collect information and improve their services. If you accept our privacy policy, you accept out of it.
§ 6 Location information
No location information is stored or used.
§ 7 Hardware information
No information is collected from your hardware device, such as serial number, model number, etc.
Exceptions are "battery capacity, battery voltage, battery status and battery action (charge or decharge)". Based on this information, we calculate the energy consumption of the battery and the generated carbon footprint.

§ 8 Safety
We appreciate your confidence in the transmission of your information and therefore strive to protect it by commercially acceptable means. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure or reliable, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
For the transmission of your data we use Google Firebase and for data storage we use Firebase Realtime Database and Cloud Storage (storing and executing files). You can find more information about Firebase privacy and security at:
https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
What is Google Firebase?
Firebase is a development platform for mobile and web applications. It provides tools and infrastructure via a software development kit (SDK) that are designed to enable a developer to more easily and efficiently deliver functionality via programming interfaces across multiple platforms.

§ 9 Data protection for children
These services are not directed to anyone under the age of 15. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 15. If we discover that a child under the age of 15 has provided us with personal information, we will delete it from our servers immediately. If you are a parent or guardian and know that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.
§ 10 Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We therefore recommend that you check this page in App regularly for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You will receive a new notice. These changes will take effect after a 2-week period after they are posted on this page.
§ 11 Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation
According to the provisions of the GDPR, you are generally entitled to the following rights:
• Right of rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") (Article 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 DSGVO)
• Right to notification - obligation to notify in connection with the rectification or erasure of personal data or the restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
• Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
• Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can contact the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).

§ 12 Contact details
If you have any questions or suggestions about our privacy policy, please contact us.
Contact information:
Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei
Max Planck Street 5b
18059, Rostock
Germany
Tel: +49 15783462052
Email: Abbas.Mohammadi@uni-rostock.de

§ 1 Terminology

With regard to terms used such as "personal data", "processing" or "controller", among others, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (in short "GDPR").

§ 2 Responsible person
Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei
Max Planck Street 5b
18059, Rostock
Germany
Tel: +49 15783462052
Email: Abbas.Mohammadi@uni-rostock.de

§ 3 Persons concerned
All users who install and use SeiECO App.

§ 4 Introduction
As part of a scientific study (master's thesis) at the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Rostock, some of your data will be collected pseudonymously. This masterarbiet is about "Development of a persuasive system to support behavioral changes regarding the digital CO₂-footprint".
The data will be treated confidentially and used only for scientific research purposes. An assignment of the data to your person is therefore not possible.
The SeiECO app is an independent self-development by master student Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei and it is used in the master thesis only as a means to an end to be able to conduct the experiment phase.
The University of Rostock and the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Rostock did not participate in the development of this app and the app was/is not controlled by the University of Rostock.
The Master Student "Responsible" (Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei) is responsible for this app and for the privacy policy.
Anonymous registration in the app is possible. No personal information (such as names, mobile numbers, photos, videos, music, etc.) is collected.
You and your data will be used as a pseudonymous unique identifier. Furthermore, this information does not contain any details that allow identification of the individual user.
If you choose to use our Service, you consent to the collection and use of information in connection with this Policy.
If you choose to opt out of our privacy policy, you will not be able to use the app.
§ 4.1 Data quantity and collection period
To increase transparency in data storage, we first store the data we want to collect on the memory of your phone. (Under the Download directory). This data has a size between 1 to 10 KB(kilobytes). Your memory will not be full or limited.
These files are created only once automatically and every day they are updated and replaced again.
Under the Download folder you can read this data at any time. You can delete this data, but it will be created again as long as you use the app.
This process takes place only during the experimentation phase and is completed with an update afterwards. And no data is collected.
§ 5 Responsible in the sense of data protection law:
Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei
Max Planck Street 5b
18059, Rostock
Germany
Tel: +49 15783462052
Email: Abbas.Mohammadi@uni-rostock.de

§ 6 Data
The following data is recorded and sent to the server after you agree to the privacy policy, daily after a server update or when you update the settings:
• The average usage time of all apps,
• The amount of data transfer, or data usage amount WIFI network in the last 2 weeks,
• The amount of data transmission, or data usage volume mobile in the last 2 weeks.
This data is read by your device and automatically summarized and sent in the background.
The following data is recorded and automatically sent to the server every day in the background:
• Daily app usage,
o Categories,
o App names. Only the apps that belong to your system device,
o Date,
o Timestamp,
o Duration of use,
o WIFI network data usage volume,
o Mobile data usage volume,
o Network type,
• Battery status,
• Battery capacity,
• Battery voltage, battery action.
No personal data will be collected. You and your data will be used as a pseudonymous unique identifier. Furthermore, this information does not contain any details that allow identification of the individual user.
To give the data a unique association, we use your Android ID code to identify your data.
If you delete and reinstall the app, we recognize your data by Android ID code. Of course, you remain anonymous and thus a personal assignment is not possible.
What is Android ID Code?
The Android_ID is a unique 64-bit number that is generated and stored when the device is booted for the first time. The Android_ID is deleted when the device is reset to factory settings and a new one is generated.
More information can be found at:
https://developer.android.com/training/articles/user-data-ids

§ 7 Categories of data processed
Digital carbon footprint is calculated from the data. The digital behavior is analyzed and from this the results are sent to server daily. The data are:
• The calculated carbon footprint,
• An average of daily calculated carbon footprint,
• The calculated energy consumed,
• An average of daily calculated consumed energy.
Purpose of data processing and consequences of failure to provide personal data
• Participation and handling of the research project
Within the scope of the master thesis, the reduction of the individual digital carbon footprint is investigated. This includes data and information within questionnaires, apps and internet and mobile data as well as calculations and perceptions are required for the implementation of the research project "Development of a persuasive system to support behavioral changes regarding the digital CO₂ footprint", without this information participation in the research project is not possible. There will be no disadvantages in case of non-participation.
• With appropriate consent: Email address to receive information about future, thematically similar research projects (hereinafter: invitations). Anonymized registration in the app is possible.
• With appropriate consent: Calculation results and analysis, as well as usage times for scientific publications.
• With appropriate consent: Calculation results and analysis, as well as usage times in teaching (including seminars, lectures, etc.) at the University of Rostock.
• With appropriate consent: Provision of research data to third parties for non-commercial research projects and teaching purposes in the field of persuasive systems (so-called repository).
In the event that individual or several of the above (additional) consents are not granted, no disadvantages will arise.

§ 8 Legal basis
1. implementation of the research project
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 3 Data Protection Regulation (DS- GVO) in conjunction with § 13 DSG M-V Data Protection Act for the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (State Data Protection Act - DSG M-V).
2. in the event of consent to further optional uses
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO

§ 9 Recipient
• Individual data (calculation results and analysis) in the context of scientific publications: Worldwide users of scientific publications, provided you have consented to this.
Analysis
• All research data in the context of a repository: internally at the university, the office providing the repository, and worldwide users of the online repository, provided you have consented to this.
In the above constellations, on the one hand, data from which information on the generated digital carbon footprint emerges is processed and, on the other hand, it may also be processed in countries that do not have a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. Under certain circumstances, there may be a high risk to your rights and freedoms.
• Calculation results and analysis in the context of teaching: Participants in courses at the University of Rostock, if you have consented to this.
In addition, in accordance with archival regulations, documents must be offered to the University Archives before they are deleted. The latter decides on the takeover of documents.

§ 10 Duration of storage
• All research data will be retained for one year after project completion.
• An exception to this is your e-mail address if you have consented to receive information on thematically similar research projects in the future. Deletion will then take place in the event of revocation or if an e-mail is permanently undeliverable.
If applicable, the documents are taken over by the responsible university archive and are usually kept there indefinitely.

§ 11 Your rights
• You have the right to obtain information from the University of Rostock about the data stored about you and/or to have incorrectly stored data corrected.
• You also have the right to request deletion or restriction of processing or the right to object to processing.
• In addition, in the case where you have given consent to further optional uses, you have the right to revoke your consent(s) at any time, in which case the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent(s) until revocation will not be affected.
Please contact the following person in each case:
Abbas Mohammadi Gharasoei
Max Planck Street 5b
18059, Rostock
Germany
Tel: +49 15783462052
Email: Abbas.Mohammadi@uni-rostock.de
• You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is in breach of the law.
The supervisory authority in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.