Data protection UTRaLab
Data protection information on video recording at Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin by DLR for scientific research purposes of the Urban Traffic Research Laboratory (UTRaLab)
The German Aerospace Centre (hereinafter referred to as "DLR")
would like to inform you about which personal data the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems in Berlin processes with the help of the video recording system of the Urban Traffic Research Laboratory (UTRaLab) at Ernst-Ruska-Ufer, for how long and for what purposes we do this and provide you with further information required by data protection law.
We use the terms defined in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), see also for the GDPR https://dsgvo-gesetz.de/ and for the BDSG http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bdsg_2018/__2.html.
1. Name and address of the controller within the meaning of the GDPR
German Aerospace Centre (DLR), represented by its Executive Board,
Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln
Telefon: +49 2203 601-0
E-Mail: contact-dlr[at]dlr.de
2. Name and address of the data protection officer
German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.) The Data Protection Officer
Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln
E-Mail: datenschutz[at]dlr.de
3. What personal data does DLR process as part of the operation of the video recording system of the Urban Traffic Research Laboratory (UTRaLab) at Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin?
The UTRaLab on Ernst-Ruska-Ufer in Berlin is a measuring system with video recording, which uses various cameras (with wide-angle, all-round view and a specific viewing direction) to record low-resolution video data of road users passing the site. This is done to validate non-personalised vector data, which is usually recorded. During the occasional video recording for validation purposes, it cannot be ruled out that personal data (vehicle licence plates, faces of passers-by) may be recognisable on the recordings in individual cases. However, for the purposes of DLR's scientific research, which is explained in more detail below, this data is anonymised immediately after recording and before evaluation by manual pixelation by a small number of authorised employees from DLR's Institute of Transportation Systems, as no personal data is required for this research.
4. Purposes of data processing: Scientific research on road safety and vehicle automation in real, complex urban traffic situations
The video recording system Urban Traffic Research Laboratory (UTRaLab) on Ernst-Ruska-Ufer is used by the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems Technology in Berlin to research and test new, more efficient methods of traffic recording under real operating conditions.
DLR is pursuing two objectives within the scope of this scientific research:
a. Evaluation of the time-related movement of road users for road safety, including research into accident prevention
DLR uses the video recordings to analyse critical situations in traffic flow and how they arise or are avoided. The aim here is to identify regular behaviour of individual road users and behaviour that deviates from the norm. These findings can be used, for example, to evaluate the risk of accidents depending on the specific traffic situation or external influences such as the time of year and day, weather conditions and the actions and reactions of individual road users.
b. Research into automated vehicles and driver assistance systems with the support of transport infrastructure One application of this research is the validation of in-vehicle sensor data processing using additional sensor data from a different perspective. Other research projects are concerned with expanding the field of vision of a connected vehicle with the help of infrastructure sensors: For example, anonymised traffic data from traffic infrastructure sensors, such as the position and speed of other road users, is to be communicated in real time to automated vehicles or driver assistance systems in order to increase road safety.
5. Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) of the GDPR and Art. 89 of the GDPR.
6. Legitimate interests of DLR pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) of the GDPR:
DLR's legitimate interests lie in scientific research into road safety and vehicle automation in the public interest.
The German government is endeavouring to prevent fatal road accidents and protect physical integrity. To achieve this goal, research institutions and companies across Europe are researching accident prevention measures.
In this context, the DLR is working on new findings in the field of accident research. This involves collecting information on the behaviour of road users in complex, urban driving situations such as busy traffic junctions. In the specific case of the measuring system, potential improvements to road safety, including vehicle automation, are being researched at the traffic junction under consideration in order to derive statements on a possible improved structural design of the traffic area on the basis of the anonymised research data collected (e.g. recommendations for the creation of cycle and pedestrian paths) or to provide information on the optimisation of signal timetables for traffic lights. The DLR research project is therefore of direct benefit to the general public.
7. Recipients or categories of recipients of the data:
Only DLR's IT service provider has access to the data as part of the administration of DLR's IT systems. If the data is deleted from DLR's systems, DLR's IT service provider no longer has access to it. For its part, DLR has concluded a contract with the respective IT service provider for commissioned data processing in accordance with the statutory provisions. It is not intended to pass on the data to other recipients.
Disclosure to other data controllers does not take place.
8. Storage period or criteria for determining the storage period:
The personal data is processed on DLR's own servers for the research purposes described in more detail above. Non-anonymised raw data with personal content is anonymised immediately after viewing and the raw data is then deleted. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject.
9. Your rights in relation to your personal data
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis the controller in accordance with the provisions set out below. As a precaution, we would like to point out that we will no longer be able to identify you after the anonymisation of the video data (see above) and that these rights can then no longer be exercised:
(a) In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you can request information about the personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period and the existence of the rights explained in this section 9.
(b) In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you can request the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us.
(c) In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you can request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for reasons specified by law, in particular to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or even potential defence of legal claims.
(d) In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, you may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute its accuracy, if the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the personal data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or if you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.
(e) Right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR If personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 of the GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation. We will then stop processing your data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests.
To exercise these rights, please contact the office specified in section 1 or 2.
(f) In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or the registered office of the controller is available for this purpose. The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI), Graurheindorfer Str. 153, 53117 Bonn, is responsible for DLR.