Privacy policy
Introduction
This Privacy Policy will inform you of the type, scope, purpose and use of personal data on the website www.trenn-hinweis.de (hereinafter: “website”) by the Trennhinweis e.V. specified in the imprint (hereinafter: “we” or “us”). We are the controller for all personal data collected on the website, unless stated otherwise by this Privacy Policy.
Please find our contact details in the imprint.
Your Rights
You have the right to obtain information free of charge about the personal data we saved about you. In addition, you have the right to rectification of inaccurate data, the right to restriction of processing of data processed too extensively and the right to erasure of personal data processed unlawfully or stored for too long (unless prevented by legal storage obligations or other reasons under Article 17(3) of the General Data Protection Regulation). Furthermore, you have the right to receive in a structured and commonly used form any data you provided to us (right to data portability) insofar as you provided this data to us with a statement of consent or for the performance of a contract.
If you are entitled to the right to object to certain processing, we will inform you of this in the description of the respective process.
To exercise your rights, simply send an email to: kontakt(at)trenn-hinweis.de.
Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. A list of German and European data protection officers is provided at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html (German).
Voluntary Disclosure of Data
Disclosure of personal data on this website is not required by law or contractually. You are not obligated to disclose personal data on this website. However, certain services of this website require your personal data to be processed.
Data Recipients
Unless specified by this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose personal data.
This website is supported and hosted by external service providers. These service providers also process the personal data specified by this Privacy Policy. This data is only processed according to our instructions and on our behalf in accordance with Article 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation.
If you give your consent by ticking our ‘cookie banner’, we can also transmit the specified data about your visit to this website to the companies listed there.Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your browser when accessing our website. This allows certain website services to “recognize” you and “remember” your settings. This serves website user-friendliness and, thereby, users (e.g., by saving login data). Cookies are also used to collect statistical data on website usage which is then used for analytical and statistical purposes.
Some cookies will be automatically erased from your device when you leave our website (so-called session cookies). Other cookies will be saved for a certain period of up to 2 years (persistent cookies). In addition, we also use so-called third-party cookies managed by third parties to offer certain services.
You can influence the use of cookies on our website in our ‘cookie banner’.Process Overview
Personal data related to this website and its campaigns is processed through the following processes:
- Website operation
- Contacting us
- Server logfiles
- Steps prior to entering into and performance of a contract
- Marketing
- Matomo without cookies
1. Website operation
In order to operate this website, our web server processes the addresses of the content you request from our website and various other data in order to transmit the requested content to your end device. In total, the following data is processed:
- IP address of the user
- Name of the website or file accessed
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data transferred
- Notification of successful retrieval
- Browser type and version
- Operating system of the user
- Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
Legal Basis
We transfer personal data to the above-stated service providers on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation. This permission authorizes the processing of personal data in our “legitimate interest,” unless overridden by your fundamental rights, fundamental freedoms or interest in not processing this data. Our legitimate interest is to disseminate the content published on our website. You may object to this data processing at any time on grounds related to your particular situation that speak against transmitting your personal data to a service provider.
Data Storage Period
With the exception of the special cases described in the following sections, the data generated during the operation of our web server is not stored.
2. Contacting us
When contacting us (e.g., via email or contact form), the information you provide will be saved to process your inquiry and for any follow-up questions.
Legal Basis
Data on the contact form will be processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation. This permission authorizes the processing of personal data in the “legitimate interest” of the controller, unless overridden by your fundamental rights, fundamental freedoms or interests. Our legitimate interest consists of processing your message to us. You may object to the processing of this data at any time on grounds related to your particular situation that speak against processing this data. Simply send an email to: kontakt(at)trenn-hinweis.de.
Data Storage Period
Data Storage Period Personal data stored when contacting us will be deleted after the expiry of the statutory retention periods (i.e. usually after 6 years from the end of the year) if the matter associated with the contact has been fully clarified and it is not to be expected that the specific contact will become relevant again in the future.
3. Server Logfiles
When our website is accessed, we automatically collect technical data that represents personal data, i.e.:
• The user’s IP address
• Name of the accessed website or file
• Time and date of access
• Volume of data transferred
• Successful access report
• Browser type and version
• The user’s operating system
• Referrer URL (last visited page)
This data will not be merged with other personal data you provide when actively using our website. We collect server logfiles to administer our website and identify and prevent unauthorized access.
Legal Basis
We process personal data in logfiles on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation. This permission authorizes the processing of personal data in the controller’s “legitimate interest,” unless overridden by your fundamental rights, fundamental freedoms or interests. Our legitimate interest consists of simplifying administration and identifying and tracing hacks. You may object to this data processing at any time on grounds related to your particular situation that speak against processing this data. Simply send an email to: kontakt(at)trenn-hinweis.de.
Data Storage Period
The server logfiles containing the above-stated data will be automatically erased after 30 days. However, we reserve the right to store these server logfiles for a longer period in case of indications of unauthorized access (e.g., attempted hacks or so-called DDOS attacks).
4. Steps Prior to Entering Into and Performance of a Contract
If you conclude a contract of use with us through this website, the data you entered will be processed by us for steps prior to entering into and performance of the agreement.
Legal Basis
If you are personally party to the agreement, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation. If you are merely the contact person for a party to the agreement (e.g., the contact person for a company represented by you), the legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (balancing of interests based on our legitimate interest in using the contact details of another contracting party’s contact person for contract-related communication with the other contracting party).
Data Storage Period
The data collected for this purpose will be processed for the term of the agreement and, if necessary, thereafter in accordance with legal storage periods.
5. Marketing
With your consent, we use Google Analytics, an analytics service provided by Google LLC (‘Google’), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, to optimise our website and our online marketing. Google Analytics sets several ‘cookies’ to identify your browser. The information generated by these cookies about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA, where it is processed and stored. There is currently no decision by the EU Commission that the USA generally offers an adequate level of protection for personal data. However, as can be seen from Google’s DPF certification (Data Privacy Framework), Google complies with the data protection framework between the EU and the USA when collecting, using and storing personal data from the EU, which offers an appropriate level of protection for personal data.
Further information on how Google handles your personal data in Google Analytics can be found at support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
Legal Basis
The processing of personal data by Google Analytics is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. This authorisation allows the processing of personal data with the declared consent of the data subject. You can withdraw your consent at any time. You will find the menu for revoking your consent under ‘Cookie settings’ at the bottom of the footer of the website. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Data Storage Period
The cookies used in this context have a storage period of up to 2 years. If Google stores the data collected as part of Google Analytics, the storage period for this data is limited to a maximum of 14 months.
6. Matomo without cookies
To understand how visitors use our website (i.e., where our website visitors come from, which pages of our website they visit in which order, and which functions of the website they use), we use the analysis software Matomo. Matomo is configured in such a way that neither cookies nor other data are stored on your device. Your IP address is only used to estimate your approximate location and is then immediately anonymized. All raw data collected will be completely deleted after 6 months at the latest. The legal basis for the associated data processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. This legal basis permits the processing of personal data within the scope of the controller’s “legitimate interest”, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interest is to improve our website so that we can better inform interested parties about our initiative. You can object to this data processing at any time. All you need to do is uncheck the box below: