Information pursuant to § 5 of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz, DDG)

Thorsten Wübbena
c/o Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG)
Alte Universitätsstraße 19
55116 Mainz
Germany

Contact
Email: wuebbena@ieg-mainz.de

Responsible for content pursuant to § 18(2) of the German Interstate Media Treaty (Medienstaatsvertrag, MStV)
Thorsten Wübbena, address as above

This is a private website presenting my academic work. It is not an official website of Mainz University of Applied Sciences or of the Leibniz Institute of European History.

Liability for links
This website contains links to external third-party websites whose content I have no control over. The respective provider or operator is always responsible for the content of linked pages. If I become aware of any legal infringements, I will remove such links immediately.

Privacy Policy (Datenschutzerklärung)

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Thorsten Wübbena, c/o Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Alte Universitätsstraße 19, 55116 Mainz, Germany, email: wuebbena@ieg-mainz.de

2. General information

This website does not use cookies, tracking or analytics services. There are no contact forms, no comment functions and no user accounts. Personal data is processed only to the technically necessary extent described in the following sections.

For some convenience features (e.g. remembering the scroll position of the menu), the website uses your browser’s local storage (localStorage). This data stays on your device and is not transmitted to me or to third parties.

3. Hosting via GitHub Pages

This website is hosted on GitHub Pages, a service of GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P. Kelly Jr. Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. When you visit the website, GitHub processes technically necessary data, in particular your IP address, the date and time of access, the page requested, and browser and operating system information. This data is required to deliver the website and to ensure its security.

The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. My legitimate interest lies in providing this website reliably and securely. Data may be transferred to the USA. GitHub is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; the transfer is based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision (Art. 45 GDPR). Further information: GitHub Privacy Statement.

4. Embedded third-party content

When the following content is loaded, your browser connects to the respective provider’s servers. At least your IP address is transmitted, which the provider needs to deliver the content.

Google Maps
The “Location” page embeds a map from Google Maps, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When you open this page, data including your IP address is transmitted to Google and may be transferred to servers of Google LLC in the USA. Google is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Further information: Google Privacy Policy.

5. Contact by email

If you send me an email, I process your details solely to handle your request. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR or, if your request relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

6. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right of access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18) and data portability (Art. 20), as well as the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Art. 21). To exercise these rights, simply contact me by email.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, for example the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Rhineland-Palatinate (Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Rheinland-Pfalz), Hintere Bleiche 34, 55116 Mainz, Germany (datenschutz.rlp.de).

Last updated: November 2026