Data Protection and Privacy Rights

  • The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union law safeguarding personal data and upholding the privacy rights of everyone residing in the EU.
  • GDPR is considered the world's strictest data protection law, and we extend the same rights to anyone taking part in our survey, regardless of country of residence and citizenship.
  • For more info about GDPR, you may refer to this FAQ.

Information According to Art. 13 GDPR

Data collection within the scope of the research project "State of Crypto" at the University of Mannheim.
  • Controller:
    Universität Mannheim
    Schloss
    68161 Mannheim
    Germany
    E-Mail: rektor@uni-mannheim.de
  • Data protection officer
    Jan Morgenstern, Rechtsanwalt und Fachanwalt für IT-Recht, Datenschutzbeauftragter
    68161 Mannheim
    Germany
    E-Mail: datenschutzbeauftragte@uni-mannheim.de
    Website: https://www.uni-mannheim.de/en/data-protection-declaration/
  • Executive body:
    Chair for Data Science in the Economic and Social Sciences
    L 15, 1–6
    68161 Mannheim


In the following, you will learn which personal data we process for which purposes, which legal basis allows us to do so, how long we process the data, to whom the data may be disclosed and which rights you can assert.


Purpose of data processing and possible consequences of failure to provide personal data

  • The personal data will be processed by the University of Mannheim to organize and conduct, including any directly related follow-up work for the research project State of Crypto 2024.
  • The indication of the data and processing of the data is required to participate in the research project State of Crypto 2024; the registration and participation are not possible without the data.
  • There will be no disadvantages in the event of non-participation.
  • In case of respective consent: your email and/or crypto address will be stored for registration in further surveys.
  • In case of respective consent: your email will be stored for accessing your NFT and to receive updates about 'State of Crypto'.
  • In case of respective consent: sharing of the research data with third parties for non-commercial research projects in the area of finance and social science research (e.g.,in a repository).

Types of Data

  • Research data voluntarily provided by test persons in the survey, in particular: age stated in 3-years periods, highest educational qualification, work situation, gender identity, current country, origin country, race, IP-address and browser paradata.
  • Email and/or crypto address.

Legal basis

  • 1. Conducting the research project (research data):

    Art. 6 paragraph 1(a) GDPR, Art. 6 paragraph 1(e) in conjunction with Art. 6 paragraph 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in conjunction with section 13 subsection 1 of the data protection act of the Land of Baden-Württemberg (Landesdatenschutzgesetz, LDSG BW).
  • 2. If participants give their consent to further cases of processing:

    The processing of personal data by University of Mannheim based on consent according to Art. 6 paragraph 1(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Recipients

  • In case of respective consent: all research data combined with your crypto address will be shared with third parties for non-commercial research projects within the State of Crypto network. Researchers will access the data via secure remote access.
  • Data may be processed in a way that reveal information about you and/or may be processed in countries that do not have the same level of data protection as the EU. If so, your rights and freedoms might be subject to a higher risk.
  • Invitations: If you consented to receiving invitations, your personal data will be processed within the university by employees responsible for the organization of research projects at the Chair for Data Science in the Economic and Social Sciences. In this context, your personal data will also be transmitted to our processor IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur. A data processing agreement has been concluded.
  • Furthermore, legal regulations regarding archiving must be observed and documents must be offered to the university archive before erasure. The university archive decides whether documents are transferred to the archive or not.

Duration of storage

  • All research data are stored for thirty years after completion of the project.
  • This does not include your email and / or crypto address. In the case of consent, processing will take place until consent is withdrawn or if email delivery permanently fails, depending on which case occurs first.
  • Documents may be transferred to the respective university archive and are usually stored indefinitely.

Your rights

You have the right to:
  • obtain information about your personal data stored by University of Mannheim according to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • obtain from the University of Mannheim without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data or have incomplete personal data completed according to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • obtain from the University of Mannheim the erasure of your personal data according to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • obtain from the University of Mannheim restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • receive your personal data, which you have provided to University of Mannheim, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those data to another controller according to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • withdraw consent (in case you gave your consent) at any time without giving any reason, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal; please contact us to exercise your rights as data subject: stateofcrypto@uni-mannheim.de
    • lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority; the supervisory authority in Baden-Württemberg is the commissioner for data protection and freedom of information of Baden-Württemberg (Der Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg) according to Art. 77 GDPR

    Email: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de
    Website: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de/

Information on your right to object according to Art. 21 paragraph 1 GDPR

On grounds relating to your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data which is based on Art. 6 paragraph 1(e) GDPR (data processing in the public interest) at any time. If you would like to make use of your right to object, please send an e-mail to stateofcrypto@uni-mannheim.de

Past versions of this page

State of Crypto Survey 2022