Data protection statement
Scope
I. General information
When you visit our Internet pages, personal data is collected from you. These are data which are necessary to enable you to use our Internet pages or which enable us to take your settings into account. It is also information that you yourself provide us with via the contact options offered on these pages.
We use this data to ensure the proper operation of our website and to answer your enquiries.
In the following, we inform you about which data is collected on our website and for what purposes it is processed. We will inform you about the use of so-called "cookies" and about the analysis tools used on our website and the possibilities of allowing or rejecting them. We inform you about your rights and the contact details of our data protection officer at the end of this data protection declaration.
Cookies
We use cookies. Cookies are text files which are stored on a computer system via an internet browser.
Numerous internet pages and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identification of the cookie. It consists of a string of characters which can be used to assign Internet pages and servers to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the Internet pages and servers visited to distinguish your individual browser from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified by the unique cookie ID.
By using cookies, we can provide more user-friendly services to the users of this website, which would not be possible without the setting of cookies. By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimised in the interest of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter his or her access data each time he or she visits the website, because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system.
You can prevent cookies from being set by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used, thereby permanently opposing the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the person concerned deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, it is possible that not all functions of our website can be used to their full extent.
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Server log files
The provider of our website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which are automatically transmitted to us by your browser. The following can be recorded
(1) used browser types and versions,
(2) the operating system used by the accessing system,
(3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer),
(4) sub-websites which are accessed via an accessing system on our website,
(5) the date and time of access to the website,
(6) an Internet Protocol (IP) address,
(7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and
(8) other similar data and information which serve to avert danger in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
We do not draw any conclusions about you when using this general data and information. This information is rather required to
(1) to deliver the contents of our website correctly
(2) to optimise the contents of our website and the advertising for it,
(3) to ensure the permanent functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and
(4) to provide law enforcement authorities with information necessary for law enforcement purposes in the event of a cyber attack.
This data and information is therefore evaluated by us on the one hand statistically and also with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimum level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files will be separated from all your personal data. This data is not merged with other data sources. However, if there are indications of an illegal use of our Internet offer, we may subsequently check this data.
Newsletter subscription
1. Newsletter subscription:
On our website, users are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company's newsletter. Which personal data are transmitted to the data controller when ordering the newsletter is determined by the input mask used for this purpose.
We inform our customers and business partners at regular intervals by means of a newsletter about offers from our company. The newsletter of our company can only be received by you if
(1) you have a valid e-mail address and
(2) you have registered for the newsletter.
For legal reasons, a confirmation e-mail will be sent to an e-mail address registered for the first time for the newsletter dispatch using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation mail is used to check whether the owner of the e-mail address has authorized the receipt of the newsletter as the person concerned.
When registering for the newsletter, we also save the IP address assigned to you and the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of the e-mail address of a person concerned at a later date and therefore serves as a legal safeguard.
The personal data collected during registration for the newsletter is used exclusively for sending our newsletter. In addition, subscribers to the newsletter could be informed by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or for registration, as might be the case if there are changes to the newsletter offer or if technical conditions change. The personal data collected within the scope of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties.
The subscription to our newsletter can be cancelled by you at any time. You can revoke your consent to the storage of personal data that you have given us for the newsletter service at any time. For the purpose of revoking your consent, you will find a corresponding link in every newsletter. Furthermore, you have the possibility to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on our website or to inform us of this in another way.
2. Newsletter tracking:
Our newsletters can contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in such e-mails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This enables a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. By means of the embedded pixel-code, we can identify whether and when an e-mail was opened by a recipient and which links in the e-mail were called up by the recipient.
Such personal data collected via the pixel-code contained in the newsletters is stored and evaluated by us in order to optimise the newsletter dispatch and to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the recipients. This personal data is not passed on to third parties.
Affected persons are entitled at any time to revoke the separate declaration of consent submitted in this regard via the double opt-in procedure. After revocation, these personal data will be deleted by the person responsible for processing, unless the right to deletion is restricted by law. We automatically interpret a cancellation of the receipt of the newsletter as a withdrawal of consent.
II Social media
We have integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, i.e. an online community that generally enables users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or enables the Internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook enables users of the social network to create private profiles, upload photos and network via friend requests, among other things.
Clicking on third party websites such as Facebook will redirect you to the relevant third party, over which we have no control.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. The person responsible for processing personal data, if a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, is Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Each time you call up one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on your system is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a representation of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be found at developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. In the course of this technical process, Facebook is informed which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.
If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook will recognize which specific page of our website you are visiting each time you call up our website and for the entire duration of your stay on our website. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned to your Facebook account by Facebook. If you click one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, for example the "Like" button, or make a comment, Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account and stores this personal data. Depending on your privacy settings, your preferences may be visible to your Facebook friends.
Facebook receives information via the Facebook component that you have visited our website if you are logged in to Facebook at the same time when you access our website; this takes place regardless of whether you click on the Facebook component or not.
If you do not want this information to be sent to Facebook, you can prevent it from being sent by logging out of your Facebook account before you access our website.
The data policy published by Facebook, which is available at de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains which setting options Facebook offers to protect your privacy. In addition, various applications are available that allow you to suppress data transmission to Facebook, for example the Facebook blocker from the provider Webgraph, which can be obtained at webgraph.com/resources/facebookblocker/. Such applications can be used by you to suppress data transmission to Facebook.
We have integrated components of Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual publicly accessible microblogging service where users can post and distribute so-called tweets, i.e. short messages limited to 140 characters. These short messages can be accessed by anyone, including those who are not registered with Twitter. The tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow the tweets of a user. Furthermore, Twitter enables the addressing of a broad audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
Twitter is operated by Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Each time you call up one of the individual pages of our website, which has an integrated Twitter component (Twitter button), the Internet browser on your system is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a representation of the corresponding component of Twittere. More information about Twitter is available at about.twitter.com. In the course of this technical process, Twitter is informed about which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.
If you are logged in to Twitter at the same time, Twitter will recognize which specific page you are visiting each time you visit our website and for the entire duration of your stay on our website. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned to your respective Twitter account by Twitter. If you click on a Twitter button integrated on our website, Twitter assigns this information to your personal Twitter user account and stores this personal data.
Twitter will receive information via the Twitter component that you have visited our website if you are logged in to Twitter at the same time when you access our website; this occurs regardless of whether you click on the Twitter component or not.
If you do not want this information to be sent to Twitter, you can prevent it from being sent by logging out of your Twitter account before you access our website.
Further information and the applicable data protection regulations of Twitter can be found at twitter.com/privacy.
YouTube
We have integrated components of the YouTube service on our website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to post video clips for free and other users to view, rate and comment on them, also free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television programmes, but also music videos, trailers or videos created by users themselves can be accessed via the Internet portal.
YouTube is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Each time you call up one of the individual pages of our website on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated, the Internet browser on your system is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the corresponding component from YouTube. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google are informed which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.
If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will recognize which specific subpage you are visiting each time you visit our website and for the entire duration of your stay on our website. This information is collected by the YouTube component and assigned to your YouTube account by YouTube. If you click on a YouTube component integrated on our website, the data and information transferred with it is assigned to your personal YouTube user account and stored and processed by YouTube and Google.
YouTube and Google receive information via the YouTube component that you have visited our website if you are logged in to YouTube at the same time when you access our website; this occurs regardless of whether you click on the YouTube component or not.
If you do not want this information to be sent to YouTube and Google in this way, you can prevent it from being sent by logging out of your YouTube account before you visit our website.
For more information and to review Instagram's current privacy policy, please visit www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
We have integrated buttons of the LinkedIn service on our website.
LinkedIn is an Internet-based social network that allows users to connect with existing business contacts and to make new business contacts.
LinkedIn is operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. For data protection issues outside the USA, LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible.
Each time you access any of the individual pages on our website that have a LinkedIn button (LinkedIn plug-in), the LinkedIn component on your system automatically triggers your browser to download a representation of the LinkedIn component. As part of this technical process, LinkedIn is informed which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.
If you are also logged in to LinkedIn, LinkedIn will know which page you are visiting each time you access our site, and throughout your visit to our site. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and is assigned by LinkedIn to your LinkedIn account. When you click a LinkedIn button on our website, LinkedIn associates this information with your LinkedIn account and stores this personal information.
LinkedIn receives information via the LinkedIn component that you have visited our website whenever you are logged in to LinkedIn at the same time you access our website; this occurs regardless of whether you click on the LinkedIn component or not. If you do not want this information to be sent to LinkedIn, you can prevent it from being sent to LinkedIn by logging out of your LinkedIn account prior to accessing our site. LinkedIn will receive information through the LinkedIn component that you have visited our website whenever you are logged in to LinkedIn at the time you access our website, whether or not you click on the LinkedIn component.
If you do not want this information to be sent to LinkedIn, you can prevent it from being sent to LinkedIn by logging out of your LinkedIn account prior to accessing our site.
Further information and LinkedIn's applicable privacy policy can be found at www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
Other providers
If, in addition to the information contained here, links are provided to websites of other providers, this data protection declaration does not apply to their content. The collection of data by the operators of the respective sites is beyond our knowledge and influence. Please note the data protection information of the respective site.
III. Analysis tools
Matomo (formerly: PIWIK )
We have integrated the component Matomo on our website.
Matomo is an open source software tool for web analysis. Web-Analysis is the collection, collection and evaluation of data about the behaviour of visitors of internet pages. Among other things, a web analysis tool collects data about which website a person concerned came to a website from (so-called referrer), which sub-pages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. A web analysis is mainly used to optimize a website and for cost-benefit analysis of internet advertising.
The purpose of the Matomo component is the analysis of visitor flows on our website. Among other things, we use the acquired data and information to evaluate the use of this website in order to compile online reports.
Matomo sets a cookie in your system to enable us to analyse the use of our website. Every time you call up one of the individual pages of this website, your internet browser is automatically prompted by the Matomo component to transmit data to our server for the purpose of online analysis. Within the scope of this technical procedure we receive knowledge of personal data such as your IP address in order to trace the origin of our visitors and clicks.
By means of the cookie, personal information such as the access time, the location from which an access originated and the frequency of visits to our website are stored. Each time you visit our website, this personal data, including your IP address, is transferred to our server. This personal data is stored by us. We do not pass on this personal data to third parties.
You can prevent the setting of cookies at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies.
Furthermore, you have the possibility to object to the collection of data generated by Matomo and related to the use of this website and to prevent such collection. For this purpose please use the following link: matomo.org/docs/privacy/ set.
Further information and the valid data protection regulations of Matomo can be found at matomo.org/docs/privacy/.
IV. Internet Advertising
Google AdWords
We have integrated components of Google Adwords on our website.
Google AdWords is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to display ads in Google's search engine results as well as in the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to set pre-defined keywords that will cause an ad to appear in Google's search engine results only when the user uses the search engine to retrieve a keyword relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed to topic-relevant websites by means of an automatic algorithm and in accordance with the keywords previously defined.
The company operating the Google AdWords services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
If you reach our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on your system by Google. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and does not serve to identify you. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to determine whether certain sub-pages, for example the shopping cart from an online shop system, have been called up on our website. The conversion cookie enables both we and Google to track whether you have reached our website via an AdWords ad and generated sales, i.e. whether you have made or cancelled a purchase.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive any information from Google that could be used to identify you.
The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Whenever you visit our website, personal data, including your IP address, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.
You can prevent the setting of cookies at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies.
Furthermore, the person concerned has the possibility to object to the interest-related advertising by Google. To do so, please use the following link: www.google.de/settings/ad.
Further information and Google's applicable privacy policy can be found at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
V. Payment methods
Paypal
We have integrated components of the company PayPal on our website.
PayPal is an online payment service provider. Payments are processed via so-called PayPal accounts, which are virtual private or business accounts. In addition, PayPal offers the possibility to process virtual payments via credit cards if a user does not have a PayPal account. A PayPal account is managed via an email address, which is why there is no classic account number. PayPal makes it possible to trigger online payments to third parties or to receive payments. PayPal also assumes trustee functions and offers buyer protection services.
The European operating company of PayPal is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
If you select "PayPal" as payment option during the ordering process in our online shop, your data will be automatically transmitted to PayPal. By selecting this payment option, you agree to the transmission of personal data required for payment processing.
The personal data transmitted to PayPal is usually first name, surname, address, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number or other data necessary for the payment processing. For the processing of the purchase contract, such personal data are also necessary in connection with the respective order.
The transmission of the data is intended for payment processing and fraud prevention. We will transmit PayPal personal data in particular if there is a legitimate interest for the transmission. The personal data exchanged between PayPal and us may be transmitted by PayPal to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness.
PayPal may share personal data with affiliated companies and service providers or subcontractors to the extent necessary to fulfil contractual obligations or if the data is to be processed under contract.
You have the possibility to revoke your consent to PayPal to process personal data at any time. A revocation does not affect personal data that is mandatory for (contractual) payment processing.
PayPal's current privacy policy can be found at www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
CiviCRM
We use the plugin CiviCRM to implement the donation debit. This plugin does not collect, store or process any personal data and is used for donation administration.
Note on the purpose of data collection for bookings via the website
For the processing of bookings via our website, the personal data necessary for the implementation of the booking are collected. These are usually first name, surname, address, date of birth, gender, email address, IP address, telephone number, mobile phone number and other data necessary for the processing of the booking. Personal data that is connected to the respective booking is also necessary for processing the booking. In particular, there may be a mutual exchange of payment information, such as bank details, card number, expiry date and CVC code, prices and fiscal charges, details of previous purchasing behaviour or other information concerning your financial situation.
The transmission of data is intended in particular for identity verification, payment administration and fraud prevention. The purpose of data collection is therefore the fulfilment of (pre-)contractual obligations in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter b DSGVO.
VI. purposes and legal bases of data processing, processors, transfer to third parties in third countries
The personal data you provide us with will only be used for the purposes for which it is intended. Legal bases for the processing of your data can be in particular the initiation and execution of contracts, advertising, quality assurance, fraud prevention or the keeping of statistics.
A further legal basis for the processing of your data is your consent to the use and disclosure of your personal data. You can informally revoke your consent at any time.
A transmission of personal data to state institutions and authorities is only carried out on the basis of mandatory national legal provisions. The persons commissioned by us to process the data are obliged to maintain secrecy and process the data lawfully. In the event that your personal data is processed for a purpose other than the original purpose, we will notify you accordingly.
We use the support of external service providers (contract processors) for certain technical processes relating to data analysis, processing and/or storage.
Both we and the commissioned processor are obliged to comply with the technical and organisational measures in accordance with Art. 32 DSGVO and the external service provider is also obliged to maintain secrecy. Any processing is carried out exclusively on our behalf and on our instructions. Any processing of your personal data going beyond this commissioned data processing is only carried out with your explicit consent or in the cases prescribed by law and by official or court order.
Data will only be transferred to third countries (countries outside the European Economic Area - EEA) if this is necessary to fulfil the contract, if it is required by law or if you have given us your consent. We will inform you separately about details, if required by law.
VII. duration of data storage
We store the personal data collected from the time of collection. The data collected in this way is stored by us for the duration of our business relationship, which also includes the initiation and execution of a contract. In addition, we are subject to various storage and documentation obligations, which result from the German Commercial Code (HGB) or the German Fiscal Code (AO), among others. The periods of retention prescribed there are up to ten years. Finally, with regard to the possibility of defending against legal claims, the duration of storage is also assessed according to the statutory limitation periods, which, for example, according to §§ 195 ff of the German Civil Code (BGB), can generally be three years, but in certain cases up to thirty years.
VIII. Rights of Data Subjects (information for data subjects according to Chapter 3 DSGVO)
You are entitled to the following data subject rights:
(1) the right to information according to Art. 15 DSGVO
(2) the right of rectification under Art. 16 DSGVO
(3) the right of cancellation under Art. 17 DSGVO
(4) the right to restrict the processing of personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO
(5) the right to data transferability according to Art. 20 DSGVO and
(6) the right to object to the processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO.
In addition, Art. 77 DSGVO provides for a complaints procedure.
In addition, Art. 77 DSGVO provides for a right of appeal to a data protection authority.
IX. Contact and data protection officer
This data protection declaration applies to the Internet presence of
Michael Succow Foundation
Ellernholzstr. 1/3, 17498 Greifswald
E-mail: info[at]succow-stiftung.de
Phone: +49 381 835 4210
fax: +49 3834 835 4222
You can contact our data protection officer as follows:
ECOVIS Grieger Mallison Lawyers PartG mbB
Attorney Axel Keller / Attorney Susann Harder
At Campus 1 - 11, 18182 Rostock-Bentwisch
Phone: +49 381 649210
E-mail: dsb-north[at]ecovis.com
Web: www.ecovis.com/datenschutzberater