---
type: source
title: GrypsTube Data Protection Information
tags: [privacy, gdpr, video-service]
related: [grypstube, universitatsrechenzentrum-urz, universitat-greifswald]
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
authors: []
year: 2026
url: "https://rz.uni-greifswald.de/dienste/webdienste/grypstube/datenschutz"
venue: "Universitätsrechenzentrum Greifswald"
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_webdienste_grypstube_datenschutz.md"]
---

# GrypsTube Data Protection Information

This source provides the official data protection and privacy policy/disclosure for **GrypsTube**, the central web-based video service provided by the **Universitätsrechenzentrum (URZ)** for members of the **Universität Greifswald**.

## Purpose and Access
The primary purpose of GrypsTube is to provide on-demand digital teaching content for students. 
- **Uploading**: Requires an active university account.
- **Viewing**: No user account is required to access and view content worldwide.

## Data Processing
The service processes the following categories of personal data:
- **Technical Logs**: IP addresses and URLs. One version also includes audio/visual data in this category.
- **Media Data**: Image and sound data.
- **User Identifiers/Identity**: Usernames and email addresses.
- **Interaction Data**: Video comments and the number of "likes".

## Retention and Sharing
- **Technical Logs/Protocol Data**: IP addresses and URLs are deleted after a maximum of **seven days**.
- **User Data**: Deleted when the corresponding central university account is removed.
- **Third Parties**: The URZ explicitly states that data is **not passed to third parties**.

## Legal Basis
Processing is conducted under the following legal frameworks:
- **GDPR Art. 6(1)(e)**: Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
- **University Data Protection Statutes (§ 6 Abs. 2)**: Processing data required for user identification and the operation of the teaching/learning environment.
- **URZ Regulations (§ 8 Abs. 6)**: Processing of traffic and connection data for communication services.

## Responsibility and Oversight
- **Responsible Party**: Universität Greifswald, represented by Rector Prof. Dr. Katharina Riedel.
- **Data Protection Officer**: Dominique Kandzia (via SIS – Schweriner IT- und Servicegesellschaft mbH).
- **Supervisory Authority**: Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.