Privacy Policy / Datenschutzerklärung

Information on data processing and GDPR (DSGVO) compliance for this academic website.

1. General Information & Responsible Controller

This privacy policy explains the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data on this personal academic website (https://introvertuoso.github.io).

Data Controller (Verantwortlicher im Sinne der DSGVO):
Mhd Jawad Al Rahwanji
Doctoral Researcher in Machine Learning & Data Mining
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security & Saarland University
Im Oberen Werk 1, 66386 St. Ingbert, Germany
Email: %6A%61%77%61%64.%72%61%68%31%67@%67%6D%61%69%6C.%63%6F%6D

2. Hosting on GitHub Pages & Server Log Files

This website is hosted statically via GitHub Pages, a cloud service provided by:
GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation).

When accessing this website, your web browser automatically transmits technical metadata to GitHub’s servers, which is recorded in standard server log files:

  • Browser type, language, and version
  • Operating system used by the accessing terminal
  • Referrer URL (the site previously visited)
  • Hostname / IP address of the accessing client
  • Date and exact time of the server request
  • HTTP status code and volume of transmitted data

Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Legitimate Interest in ensuring network security, technical infrastructure stability, and DDoS attack prevention). GitHub processes IP addresses temporarily for security analysis. For full details on GitHub’s data processing, consult the GitHub Privacy Statement.

3. Cookies, Local Storage & Search Indexing

  • No Tracking or Advertising Cookies: This website does not employ tracking cookies, marketing pixels, or analytical profiling mechanisms.
  • Client-Side Theme Preference: Your selected theme mode (light or dark) is stored locally in your browser using HTML5 localStorage (theme: "dark" or "light"). This preference data never leaves your device and is not transmitted to any server.
  • In-Browser Search Indexing: The command search bar (Ninja Keys) performs search operations strictly client-side within your browser’s local memory against a pre-built static JSON index. No search queries or keystrokes are transmitted externally.

4. Content Delivery Networks & External Assets

To provide high-performance delivery, crisp typography, and formula typesetting, standard Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are utilized:

  • Google Fonts: Delivers web typography stylesheets and font files from Google servers.
  • Font Awesome & Academicons: Delivers scalable vector icons for academic profiles and interfaces via Cloudflare / jsDelivr CDNs.
  • MathJax & Medium Zoom: Client-side JavaScript libraries for rendering mathematical formulas and interactive figure magnification.

When your browser retrieves these assets from CDNs, your IP address is processed technically to route and deliver the requested files.

Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Legitimate Interest in ensuring uniform, responsive, and aesthetically consistent presentation of academic content).

5. Social Sharing & Outbound Links

  • Privacy-Friendly Sharing: Social sharing buttons (such as LinkedIn and X/Twitter) do not embed tracking scripts or trackers on page load. Clicking a share button copies the link/title to your clipboard and opens the respective provider’s sharing page in a new window directly with that provider.
  • External Academic Links: Links to third-party academic profiles (such as Google Scholar, ORCID, GitHub, Semantic Scholar, dblp, ResearchGate, Dimensions, and DOI version-of-record publishers) are direct standard hyperlinks. When following these external links, the privacy policies of the respective platforms apply.

6. Contact Inquiries & Correspondence

When contacting the author via email, the information you provide (such as your name, email address, and message content) is processed solely for handling your inquiry and maintaining scholarly correspondence. Your data will not be shared with third parties without your explicit consent.

Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contractual / pre-contractual academic correspondence) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering incoming inquiries).

7. Your Rights under the GDPR

Under Chapter III of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR / DSGVO), you hold the following rights regarding personal data pertaining to you:

  • Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): Obtain confirmation and information about whether your personal data is processed.
  • Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
  • Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): Request deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”).
  • Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR): Request restriction of data processing.
  • Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): Object at any time to processing based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint (Art. 77 GDPR): Lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority, such as:
    Unabhängiges Datenschutzzentrum Saarland (UDZ)
    Fritz-Dobisch-Straße 12, 66111 Saarbrücken, Germany
    Website: https://datenschutz.saarland.de

To exercise your data protection rights, contact: %6A%61%77%61%64.%72%61%68%31%67@%67%6D%61%69%6C.%63%6F%6D.