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Information on data protection for video recording at the OWZ building in Berlin by DLR for scientific research purposes.

The German Aerospace Centre (hereinafter referred to as "DLR") would like to inform you which personal data the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems in Berlin processes with the help of the video recording system at the corner of Wegedornstraße and Rudower Chaussee and for how long and for what purposes this is done. We will 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 https://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@dlr.de

2. Name and address of the data protection officer

German Aerospace Centre (DLR.) 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 surveillance system at the corner of Wegedornstraße and Rudower Chaussee in Berlin?

The research infrastructure at the corner of Wegedornstraße and Rudower Chaussee in Berlin is a measuring system with video recording, which uses five cameras with different viewing angles to record low-resolution video data of road users passing through the area. This is done to validate non-personalised vector data, which is usually recorded. In the occasional video recording for validation purposes, it can be ruled out that in individual cases personal data (licence plate numbers, faces of passers-by) are recognisable on the recordings due to the low resolution. No personal data is recorded.

4. Purposes of data processing: Scientific research on road safety and vehicle automation in real, complex urban traffic situations

The video recording system at the corner of Wegedornstraße and Rudower Chaussee is being used by the DLR Institute of Traffic Systems Engineering in Berlin to research and test new, more efficient methods of traffic recording under real operating conditions.

DLR pursues two objectives within the framework of this scientific research:
a. Evaluation of temporal movement sequences of road users for road safety, including research into accident prevention
With the help of video recordings, DLR analyses critical situations in traffic flow and their occurrence or avoidance. The aim is to identify regular and deviating behaviour of individual road users. 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 extending the field of vision of a networked 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. In order to achieve this goal, research institutions and companies throughout Europe are researching accident prevention measures.

In this context, DLR is working on new findings in the field of accident research. To this end, information about the behaviour of road users in complex, urban driving situations such as busy traffic junctions must be collected. In the specific case of the measuring system, potential improvements in traffic 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 (e.g. recommendations for the creation of cycle and pedestrian paths) or to provide information on the optimisation of signal timetables for traffic lights on the basis of the anonymised research data collected. 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 it has been saved 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.

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