Privacy Statement
1. General information
The following notes provide an outline of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. "Personal data" is information with which you can be personally identified.
2. Note on the data controller
The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends / Kreis für natürliche Lebenshilfe e.V. (Circle for natural Aid in Life), Bornschlade 38, DE-53797 Lohmar, Alamat email ini dilindungi dari robot spam. Anda memerlukan Javascript yang aktif untuk melihatnya.
The data controller is a judicial person who alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
3. Data protection officer
We have appointed a data protection officer:
Dr. Rolf Reinhard, Steinbinge 22, DE-34212 Melsungen.
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4. Rights of the person concerned
a. Revocation of consent to the data processing
As far as your expressed consent is required for data processing operations, you can revoke an already given consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal e-mail. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
b. Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of infringements of data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible for data protection issues is generally the data protection officer of the federal state in which our organisation is based (Nordrhein-Westfalen). A list of the relevant supervisory authorities and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
c. Information, blocking, deletion, correction, limitation of data processing, right to object
You have the right to receive information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing and a right to correct, block or delete this data as well as to restrict the processing and to object to the data processing at any time within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.
d. Right to data transferability
You have the right to have data which we process automatically based on your consent, or in fulfilment of a contract, sent to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible, this will only be done to the extent that this is technically feasible.
5. Data processing on our website
a. Processed data
Every time you visit our website, the system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the requesting computer. The following data is collected:
- The website requested by the user's system
- The website from which the user's system reaches our website
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Date and time of the request
- IP address or Host name of the accessing computer
- Access Response Code (OK, Not found, etc)
- Access Method (GET, POST)
- Session-ID
- Cookies
b. Purposes of the data processing
Temporary storage of data is necessary to enable you to use the website, to ensure the functionality of the website, to optimize the website, and to ensure the security of our system.
For reasons of data security, that is, to inform of unauthorized access or to prevent misuse of the website, the full IP address of the requesting computer is recorded, stored and automatically deleted seven days after the end of access.
c. Legal basis
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1. f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The above-mentioned purposes also represent our legitimate interests in data processing within the context of Art. 6 (1. f) GDPR.
d. Data processing is not mandatory by law or contract
Although data processing is not mandatory by law or contract, it is necessary to enable you to visit our website.
e. Passing on to third parties
The personal data processed on this website will not be passed on to third parties. Exception: YouTube. See section 5 of this privacy statement.
f. Data erasure and storage time
The personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to exist, i.e., at the end of the visit to the website.
The data is stored in log files for a maximum of 7 days. Further storage is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or pseudonymized, so that they can no longer be attributed to the requesting client.
g. Automated decision making
No automated decision-making procedure is used.
6. Cookies
Some of the Internet pages use cookies. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are saved on the user's computer and stored by the user's browser.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the requesting browser can be identified even after a page change.
The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:
- Language settings
- Log-in information
a. Legal basis
The legal basis for using cookies is Art. 6 (1. f) GDPR.
b. Purpose of the data processing
The purpose of the use of cookies is to simplify the use of the website. The following functions of the website require the recognition of visitors through the use of cookies:
- Language on the website selected by the user
The collected user data is not used to create user profiles. The above-mentioned purposes also represent our legitimate interests in data processing within the context of Art. 6 (1. f) GDPR.
c. Duration of storage, possibility of objection and elimination
Cookies are stored on the computer of the user of the website and data is transferred from there to our system. The user has control over the use of cookies. The transmission of cookies can be deactivated or restricted in the settings of the Internet browser. Stored cookies can be deleted. If cookies are deleted, it is possible that parts of the website may no longer be used without restriction.
7. SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential
content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an
encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://"
and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
8. Objection against advertising mails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the sending of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
9. Embedded YouTube videos
Our website uses plugins of the YouTube site operated by Google. Operator of the sites is YouTube,
LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, U.S.A.
If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers
is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents
a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1. f) GDPR.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in the privacy statement of YouTube
under:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
10. Use of Matomo
This website uses the Matomo web analytics software (www.matomo.org) for the purpose of optimizing website content and troubleshooting. The legal basis is the balance of interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the aforementioned purpose of data processing. We do not use cookies when using Matomo.
The collected data such as, for example, visiting a specific subpage or length of stay will be processed on our own servers. The IP address will be anonymized after the survey, so that a reference to your person is no longer possible. The data will not be made available to third parties
If you do not agree with the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, then you can object to the storage and use of the following at any time with a mouse click. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, with the result that Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note that the complete deletion of your cookies will result in the opt-out cookie being deleted as well, and this may need to be re-activated by you.
Version: August 27, 2018
