Respect. Trust. Learning Together. Jade University of Applied Sciences.

Courses and other university events thrive on open academic exchange and a trusting teaching and learning environment. Students, teaching staff and other members of the university must be able to trust that their contributions, spoken words and appearance will not be recorded without an appropriate legal basis or shared and published without authorization. 

Before any photographs, audio recordings or video recordings are made, their legal admissibility must therefore be assessed. Recordings of courses by teaching staff are governed in particular by the “Regulations on the Recording of Courses pursuant to Section 17(6) of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (NHG)”, version dated 1 April 2026. Recordings made by students or other persons during courses, meetings and other university-related situations must likewise be legally permissible. A recording is not permissible merely because it is technically possible or is made using a personal device. Where consent is required, it must have been given validly and voluntarily. Additional legal requirements and restrictions may also apply. These principles apply regardless of the technical device used. This includes, in particular, smartphones, tablets, laptops, smartwatches, smart glasses and other recording devices. An inconspicuous or automated recording is subject to the same legal assessment as a recording made openly.

Unauthorized recordings may infringe a person’s right to their own image, their right to their spoken words and other personal rights. Depending on the nature and circumstances of the recording, consequences under data protection law and criminal law may also apply. In particular, the unauthorized recording of words spoken in a non-public setting may constitute a criminal offence under Section 201 of the German Criminal Code (StGB).

Students, teaching staff and all other members of the university are therefore requested to check the legal requirements before making photographs, audio recordings or video recordings, obtain any required consent and respect the rights of the persons concerned. Any unauthorized recordings that are identified should be reported to the responsible office at the university so that the matter can be reviewed and appropriate action taken where necessary.

Jade University of Applied Sciences is committed to respectful conduct and to protecting the personal rights of all members of the university.

A trusting teaching, learning and working environment requires these rights to be upheld when digital recording technologies are used.

This text was translated using artificial intelligence. The German page is the legally authoritative original.

Datenschutzmanagement der Jade Hochschule am 23.10.26, in Jade Connect