Who is the controller?
• Controller: University of Szeged (SZTE)
• Organizational unit: Episignal Lab – Epithelial Cell Signaling and Secretion Research Group
• Address: Dóm tér 10–12., 6720 Szeged, Hungary
• Contact: maleth.jozsef@med.u-szeged.hu, +36 70 416 6500
• Data Protection Officer (DPO): as published via the official University of Szeged channels (please insert the SZTE DPO contact).

What data do we process?
• Contact details: name, email address, phone number, message content.

For what purposes and on what legal basis?
• Website operation, security, and statistics (strictly necessary cookies, logs): legitimate interests (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)) and legal obligations related to network/security.
• Analytics and performance measurement (non-essential cookies): consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).
• Responding to contact requests: legitimate interests or steps prior to entering into a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b) and/or (f)).

Cookies and similar technologies
• Essential (strictly necessary) cookies: required for the website to function; indispensable.
• Statistical/analytics cookies: set only with your consent.
• You can manage your preferences via your browser settings and the cookie banner. Details are available in the “Cookie settings” interface (if provided).

Sources of data
• Primarily from you (form, email).
• Automatically during website use (logs, cookies).

Disclosures and processors
• SZTE and the Lab process data in their own systems and/or with the help of contracted service providers (hosting, email, analytics, form providers).

Retention periods
• Server logs: typically 90 days (longer if justified by an incident).
• Contact data: up to 12 months after the request is closed.
• Research data: according to the research protocol/ethics approval and applicable laws (described in a separate notice).

Your rights
• Access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing.
• Data portability (where applicable).
• Objection to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Withdrawal of consent (does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal).
• Complaint: Hungarian Supervisory Authority (NAIH) – naih.hu.

Security
• We protect data with appropriate technical and organizational measures (access controls, logging, encryption where appropriate).

Contact
• Controller contact: maleth.jozsef@med.u-szeged.hu, +36 70 416 6500
• DPO: as published by the University of Szeged (please insert official contact).
• Address: Dóm tér 10–12., 6720 Szeged, Hungary