The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is conducting a research project on the digitalization of the working world, funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). Many employees are affected by an increased use of digital technologies, leading to changes in work processes and job requirements. The project aims to examine how this affects the working conditions of employees.
Why is your participation important?
The collected data form the basis for scientific publications and policy advice. The survey results contribute to gaining new insights into the impact of digital technologies on the working conditions of employees and to conveying these insights to policymakers.
Survey Procedure
The survey is conducted online. Participation is voluntary, and there are no disadvantages if you choose not to participate. It takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. You will receive a QR code by mail for scanning or a link to enter into your internet browser.
How did the IAB receive your contact details?
The IAB is the research institute of the Federal Employment Agency (BA). The IAB is an office of the BA and has received your contact data from the BA database – in strict compliance with data protection. There is a legal basis for the associated interference with the right to informational self-determination: In accordance with § 282 para. 5 Third Book of the Social Code (Drittes Buch Sozialgesetzbuch – SGB III), the data of the BA are made available to the IAB and may be used and processed there for its purposes. The IAB may also carry out surveys without the interviewees being obliged to provide information if the information cannot already be taken from the data provided.
Who has access to your contact information?
The invitations to the survey are sent by a trustee – the IT department of the IAB. Neither the participating researchers of the IAB nor third parties have access to further contact information.
What happens to your information?
Your information will be treated in strict confidence and in compliance with the regulations of data protection. This means that the results of the survey will only be presented in anonymized form, i.e. without name and without address. Nobody can tell afterwards whether you participated in the survey or what answers you gave.
Your answers will be transmitted by the trustee – the IT department of the IAB – in anonymized form to the participating researchers at the IAB. Of course, you can also leave individual questions unanswered. The data of all participants will be evaluated together and published in an aggregated form. Therefore, only average values or percentages are reported in tabular form. Individual information is not recognizable. The data will be used for research purposes only.
The IAB deletes the data collected during the survey in accordance with the principles of good scientific practice ten years after the completion of the project.
Other data protection-related aspects
Responsibility for Data Collection
The Federal Employment Agency (Regensburger Straße 104, 90478 Nuremberg, represented by its Executive Board) as the supervisory authority of the IAB is responsible for the processing of personal data in the context of this survey.
Your Rights
You may request information about your data held by the IAB, including whether to rectify, erase, transfer or restrict the processing of your data, and whether to grant your objection to the processing. You may also revoke your consent at any time; however, the data processing is lawful until you revoke your consent. Please contact: IAB.Digitalisierung-Arbeitswelt@iab.de
Data Protection Officer of the BA
The BA has a Data Protection Officer, whom you can contact at the postal address "Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Datenschutzbeauftragter, Regensburger Straße 104, 90478 Nürnberg" or through the contact form available on the BA's website: https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/portal/kontakt/de/weitere-themen/datenschutz
Data Protection Supervisory Authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the BfDI - Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Graurheindorfer Str. 153, 53117 Bonn.
Where can I get more information?
For further inquiries, please feel free to contact the researchers via email: IAB.Digitalisierung-Arbeitswelt@iab.de