Data Protection and Information Security Management
Supplementary counselling and services
For confidential enquiries and/or complaints regarding data protection for all members and affiliates of the University
For questions relating to identity and consent management in personal research:
Information for students
Neither the Data Protection Officer nor the Data Protection and Information Security Management Unit are originally responsible for advising students on data protection enquiries in their capacity as students.
This applies in particular to data protection advice regarding final theses. If you have any questions in this regard, please contact the person(s) supervising your thesis. For general data protection advice, please contact the student representatives.
Data Protection and Information Security Management
On the following pages you will find lots of useful information on the topics of data protection management (DPM) and information security management (ISM). Before you contact us directly, please take a look around the website first.
Data protection
The University of Oldenburg is obliged to fulfil certain data protection law requirements. The Data Protection Management (DPM) staff unit supports the Presidential Board in the legally compliant implementation of these requirements. The DPM also provides training courses and a "web course" on the basics of data protection law.
Information security
Data is a fundamental component of all areas of the university. Ensuring the confidentiality, availability and integrity of this data is the task of Information Security Management (ISM). Find out here what information security means in detail and what you can do yourself to protect your data.
If you would like to know whether, and if so, which of your personal data the University of Oldenburg processes, please submit a request for access under Article 15 of the GDPR. To do so, please send an email to and describe your enquiry in as much detail as possible. Further information on your rights can be found under ‘Data Subject Rights’.
If you become aware of a “personal data breach”, please report it immediately. A personal data breach occurs where there is “a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorised disclosure of, or unauthorised access to, personal data that has been transmitted, stored or otherwise processed” (Art. 4(12) GDPR; see also Art. 33 GDPR). Further information on reporting data breaches at the University of Oldenburg can be found here.
Training courses
The staff unit offers regular training courses as part of the university's internal PEOE training programme . The training courses cover and discuss various aspects of IT security and data protection that are relevant to university employees. We are also happy to offer individual training courses for groups on request.
