Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 5, 2021

We collect personal data such as email addresses when you provide it to us through registration or emails. We use those data to provide you the requested services and for other purposes for which you have given your consent.

Furthermore, when querying our services your computer provides us with its IP‐address automatically.

When reporting a bug via SIRIUS, log files that may contain SIRIUS-related configurations, basic system information and file names are transmitted.

We store and use this information

  1. anonymously for statistical purposes, such as counting the number of queries globally or by geographic regions.
  2. for authentication and authorization in order to protect against abuse of the services.
  3. to troubleshoot and fix software bugs and improve our services.

We share this personal data with the subprocessors

  1. Bright Giant GmbH, Saalbahnhofstraße 2a, 07743 Jena, Germany
  2. Auth0 inc. 10800 NE 8th St, Suite 700 Bellevue, WA 98004, USA

to

  1. provide and manage the authentication services
  2. troubleshoot and fix software bugs

No personal data will be made available to any other third party except

  1. with your consent;
  2. as may be required by law or in response to valid requests by the competent governmental or judicial authorities; or
  3. if it is necessary to establish or preserve a legal claim or defense.

Anonymous data may be transferred to third parties in order to provide or improve our services.

Policy Changes

The FSU may change its Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the date at the top of this Policy. If we decide to make a significant change to our Privacy Policy, we will post a notice of the update on the homepage of our Website. We may also provide notification via email of any material changes to our Privacy Policy.

Acceptance and Revoking Consent

By creating an account via the registration form you state voluntarily your consent to the conditions of use and the privacy policy. You may revoke any consent concerning the storage or use of personal data at any time. You can delete your account and related data via the SIRIUS graphical user interface. You may also review this privacy policy. For any such requests, please contact us at