The Hessian Higher Education Act (§ 14; German only) requires evaluations to be carried out. All data subjects have the right to information, correction or deletion of their personal data, to restriction or objection to the processing of their data and to data portability. In this case, they can contact the responsible university employee. In addition, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority for data protection, the Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (poststelle(at)datenschutz.hessen.de).

Data protection concerns are taken into account in all surveys and all evaluation data is treated with great care. The results of evaluations are only processed with due regard to the protection of personal data and are published in aggregated form in agreement with the bodies in charge, so that it is not possible to identify individuals. We ensure that the data is treated as strictly confidential and that no efforts are made to identify individuals. All data will be anonymised for the purpose of evaluation. This also applies in particular to personal data in free text responses, which are treated in accordance with our Guideline on Handling Free Text Responses in surveys.

In addition to the legal framework (Hessian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act (German only), Federal Data Protection Act (German only), European General Data Protection Regulation), the Statutes for the Evaluation (German only) and Implementation Regulations for the Evaluation of Teaching, Learning and Academic Continuing Education at Fulda University of Applied Sciences (German only) serve as the authoritative framework for our activities. All issues relevant to data protection law are coordinated with the data protection officer of Fulda University of Applied Sciences. In addition, we base our work on the "Standards for Evaluation" of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval), according to which evaluations should have four basic characteristics: Usefulness, feasibility, fairness and accuracy.

The Office for Learning and Teaching (evaluation(at)verw.hs-fulda.de) will be happy to answer any questions regarding the implementation of evaluations of learning and teaching at Fulda University of Applied Sciences. All matters relevant to data protection law have been coordinated with the data protection officer of Fulda University of Applied Sciences; queries can be directed to datenschutz(at)hs-fulda.de.