Data Controller
Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena (EAH Jena)
Game and Media Education Program
Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 2
07745 Jena
Germany
Study Directors
Florian Seidel & Juliette Schoechert
Email
research@skilltrees.de
Phone
+49 152 33866426
Academic Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Martin Geisler
1. Purpose of Data Collection
The data collected is used exclusively for scientific analysis as part of a master's thesis at Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena. The study investigates conditions that promote the evidence-based development of media literacy and future skills in an international comparison.
2. Legal Basis
Processing is based on your voluntary consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where applicable, Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR (for special categories of personal data).
3. Data Collected
Contact and identification data: Your full name, email address, and, where applicable, institutional affiliation, country/region, and professional category. This information is used to invite you to the study, manage the token-based access system, and match your responses across the three survey rounds. Institutional affiliation and country were, in part, identified by the research team prior to contacting you, based on publicly available professional information (e.g., institutional websites, academic profiles), to help assemble a balanced and internationally diverse expert panel.
Substantive response data: your answers to the research questions, which may include information such as professional field, years of experience, areas of focus, age group, gender identity, and political orientation, where relevant to the respective survey round.
4. Token System & Anonymization
A token-based system is used to link your responses across the three survey rounds. This allows the research team to present you with the group's aggregated results from earlier rounds for your re-evaluation, a core feature of the Delphi method.
Within this system, your responses are pseudonymized rather than anonymized: your identity remains technically linkable to your responses via the token, and the research team (Florian Seidel and Juliette Schoechert) retains this link for the duration of the study, as it is necessary to conduct the multi-round procedure. Access to this identifying information is restricted to the study directors and is not shared with any third party.
All results published or reported as part of the master's thesis or any related publication are presented exclusively at the aggregate level (e.g., averages, frequencies across the panel). No individual responses or identities will be disclosed in any publication or report.
5. Data Sharing
Your data will not be shared with third parties. No transfer of data to countries outside the EU/EEA will take place.
6. Retention Period
Raw data will be deleted upon completion of the project. Only anonymized analysis results that cannot be traced back to individuals will be retained for archival purposes.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the data stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Erasure of your data (Art. 17 GDPR) – until three weeks before the project ends
- Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Withdraw your consent at any time without providing reasons
To exercise your rights, please contact:
research@skilltrees.de
8. Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority: Thüringer Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (TLfDI), Häßlerstraße 8, 99096 Erfurt, Germany.
