Register of indirectly collected data (Art. 14 GDPR)
For its research the project also records data about persons that it does not collect from the persons themselves, for example from sermons, speeches or devotional books. Article 14 GDPR requires that the persons concerned are informed about this. This register lists, for each class of sources, which data are recorded, on which legal basis, how the persons concerned are informed and whether the class is currently collected.
The register names no persons and gives no number of persons.
Individual information under Art. 14 GDPR is not omitted across the board because of the research purpose or because a source is publicly available. For each source class we examine and document, before the processing starts, whether informing persons individually is impossible, would involve a disproportionate effort or would seriously impair the research purpose. We take into account in particular the number of persons concerned and whether they can be reached, the age of the data, the effort, the possible effects on the persons concerned and the safeguards in place. Where Art. 14(5)(b) is applied, the information required by law is in any case made available to the public in a suitable way.
| Class | Kind of source | Data recorded | Legal basis | How persons are informed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Sermon archives of churches and organisations; talk and devotion platforms with uploads by third parties | Name of the speaker; title, date and place of the sermon or talk; the Bible passages cited | Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; for religious beliefs Art. 9(2)(j) GDPR with § 27 BDSG (research) | Not needed while paused: no data are held. Before a resumption: individually wherever the person’s own contact is public; otherwise through this register, the privacy statement and a notice to the operator of the archive. | paused |
| Q2 | Sermons and talks that speakers publish themselves on their own channel | Name of the speaker; title and date of the sermon or talk; the Bible passages cited | Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; for religious beliefs Art. 9(2)(e) GDPR (made public by the person), with evidence for each person | Individually, within one month of the collection (Art. 14(3)(a) GDPR). | paused |
| Q3 | Speeches in the German Bundestag (official plenary records) | Name of the member; parliamentary group and electoral term; date of the speech; the Bible passages cited. Only public speeches. | Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (officially published speeches); as a precaution Art. 9(2)(j) GDPR with § 27 BDSG | By public notice: this register and the privacy statement (Art. 14(5)(b) GDPR); no individual letters. The exemption is documented and justified for this source class before the import. | paused |
| Q4 | Devotional books, daily meditations and edited works with named authors | Name of the author; title, publisher and date of the work; the Bible passages cited | Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR; for religious beliefs Art. 9(2)(j) GDPR with § 27 BDSG (research) | Through the publisher (one letter to each publisher asking it to pass the information on); for authors without a reachable contact by public notice: this register and the privacy statement (Art. 14(5)(b) GDPR). | active |
| Q5 | Watchwords, mottos of the year and the month, verses of the day of Bible apps, lectionaries | Date, publishing organisation, Bible passage. No persons are named. | No personal data | Not applicable: the selections are made by organisations. A source of this class that names a person is treated like class Q4. | active |
| Q6 | Historical sources: Church Fathers, historical sermons and devotions | Name and dates of life of the author; the work; the Bible passages cited | The GDPR does not apply to deceased persons (Recital 27 GDPR) | Not applicable for deceased persons. A person who may be alive, or whose status is unclear, is checked individually and treated like class Q4 until then. | active |
| Q7 | Contributions, accounts and data donations of users of this website | Account details, own contributions, and with consent own profile details and the reading diary | Art. 6(1)(a) and (b) GDPR; for religious beliefs explicit consent, Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR | Directly when the data are given (Art. 13 GDPR): the consent texts and the privacy statement. | paused |
| Q8 | The project team (team accounts, role applications) | Account, role, sessions and security events | Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR | Directly (Art. 13 GDPR): the privacy statement. | active |
Active: sources of this class are collected; every collection is assessed before intake, and a collection that has not been assessed takes in nothing. Paused: nothing of this class is collected; data already held were removed or were never imported.
Anyone who appears in these sources can object at any time, without giving reasons, and can ask for access, correction or deletion. The contact details, the purposes and the storage periods are in the Privacy