Innovations through the "Hessian model"

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In order to meet the requirements of the Hessian Data Protection Commissioner, our Zoom Campus license was converted to the "Hessian model" on 04.09.2023.

The implementation meant adapting the central configuration and involved the following changes:

  • Dial-in by telephone (Zoom Phone) is not possible.

  • Surveys are not possible due to the active end-to-end encryption.

  • Breakout sessions: Breakout sessions can now be created again in Zoom, even if end-to-end encryption is activated.

  • Users can decide for themselves whether to participate anonymously or to display their own name.

  • The transmission of real names is excluded by the changeover, only the standardized e-mail address of the UniAccount is transmitted to Zoom (e.g. uk012345@uni-kassel.de).

  • Confidential conversations should be held via an alternative, data protection-compliant video conferencing platform.
    This decision can be found in the guidelines for the use of video conferencing at the University of Kassel from the summer semester 2023 by our CIO Prof. Dr. Dr. Walter Blocher.

 

Further information can be found in the data protection-compliant use of Zoom for courses at Hessian universities from the Hessian Data Protection Authority.