Website information
Privacy & contact
This page explains how the public CHEERS Network website handles visitor information and research enquiries.
Controller and contact
Sandra Barteit
Im Neuenheimer Feld 130.3
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
barteit@uni-heidelberg.de
Hosting and technical access data
The website is hosted by STRATO GmbH. Delivering pages and protecting the service involves processing technical request information, including IP address, request time, requested page or file, response status, browser information and, where supplied, the referring page. The purpose is reliable, secure website delivery; the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, reflecting the operator’s legitimate interest in providing and protecting this research website.
STRATO states that visitor IP addresses are retained for detecting and defending against attacks for a maximum of seven days. Access logs supplied to hosting customers use anonymised client addresses. Further details are available in STRATO’s hosting privacy information and its access-log documentation.
Website functions
The website’s code does not set cookies or use browser storage for tracking. It includes no analytics scripts, advertising, social-media embeds, contact form or participant database. Fonts, photographs and map geometry are served with the website. Search, filters and citation exports run in your browser. Map filter selections can appear in a shareable page URL; that URL is transmitted to the host when opened. The site does not send publication search text to a search service.
Email enquiries
Contact links open your email application; you decide whether to send an email. If you contact Sandra Barteit, your name, email address and message are processed to respond and discuss your enquiry, on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is professional research communication. Correspondence is retained as needed to handle the enquiry and any resulting collaboration or applicable retention obligations, then deleted when no longer required. Research data access and any participant information are governed by the responsible institutions and project-specific arrangements.
Professional profiles and external links
The directory presents professional information from institutional and published sources to describe research contributions and enable academic collaboration, on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Sources appear on the profiles. Please contact the operator to request a correction or discuss a profile. Following a publication, institutional or other external link opens another provider’s website, which has its own privacy information.
Your rights
Subject to the GDPR’s conditions, you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or portability of your personal data. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests on grounds relating to your particular situation. Contact the controller above. You may also complain to a data protection supervisory authority, including the LfDI Baden-Württemberg.
Updated 13 November 2026. See also the legal notice and sources and editorial scope.