Data protection
Privacy
How personal data is processed when you use the International Tree Mortality Network website.
This privacy notice describes the static version of the International Tree Mortality Network (ITMN) website. It was last reviewed on 29 July 2026.
Controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
Hofgartenstraße 8
80539 Munich
Germany
Telephone: +49 89 2108-0
Email: datenschutz@gv.mpg.de
Data protection officer
Heidi Schuster
Hofgartenstraße 8
80539 Munich
Germany
Telephone: +49 89 2108-1554
Email: datenschutz@mpg.de
Visiting this website
This website is generated as static files and hosted using GitLab Pages. When a page or file is requested, the hosting infrastructure may process technical access data such as:
- IP address
- date and time of the request
- requested page or file
- referrer, if supplied by the browser
- browser and operating-system information
- response status and transferred data volume
This processing is necessary to deliver the website, maintain technical security and investigate faults or misuse. The legal basis is the controller’s legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Technical log data is retained only as required for these operational and security purposes, in accordance with the hosting provider’s applicable retention settings.
Contact and membership requests
The contact and membership forms do not submit information to this website. They prepare a message in your own email application. No form content is stored in the site or sent to a form-processing service.
If you choose to send that email, ITMN processes the information you provide—including your name, email address, institution and message—to answer your enquiry or administer your membership request. Depending on the request, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(a), (b) or (f) GDPR. Information is deleted when it is no longer required for the purpose of the correspondence, subject to statutory retention duties.
Please do not send sensitive personal data through these forms.
Cookies, analytics and external media
The site does not use analytics, advertising trackers, externally hosted web fonts or embedded social-media feeds. Videos and other resources hosted by third parties are presented as links or click-to-load placeholders. Data is transferred to the third party only after you follow a link or explicitly load the resource.
The site’s own code does not set non-essential cookies. Hosting or access-control infrastructure may set cookies that are strictly necessary for security or authentication. See the cookie policy for details.
Recipients and transfers
Personal data is shared only where necessary to operate the hosting and email infrastructure, respond to an enquiry, comply with a legal duty or protect legitimate interests. ITMN does not sell personal data.
Email providers and linked external services may process data in countries outside the European Economic Area. Their own privacy notices and appropriate transfer safeguards apply.
Your rights
Under the conditions set out in the GDPR, you may have the right to:
- receive information about personal data held about you
- have inaccurate data corrected
- have data erased or its processing restricted
- object to processing based on legitimate interests
- receive data you supplied in a portable format
- withdraw consent at any time for future processing
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection supervisory authority.
To exercise these rights, contact the controller or data protection officer using the details above.
Changes to this notice
This notice will be updated when the website’s functionality, hosting or data-processing practices change. The review date at the top identifies the current version.