Privacy Policy

Information on data processing according to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

This data protection notice describes the processing of personal data by the Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (hereinafter referred to as DUH). It also explains the choices you have regarding the processing of your personal data (“data subject rights”) and how you can contact us.

 

1 Content

1 Content
2 Data controller & rights of data subjects
2.1 Data controller / Contact
2.2 Rights of data subjects
3 Information for visitors to our website
3.1 Visiting our website (service and IT security)
3.2 Requests and service
3.3 Use of cookies and tracking technology
3.3.1 Essential Cookies
3.3.2 Statistics / Analysis
3.4 Integration of external content on our website: YouTube
4 Information for parents or legal guardians
5 Changes or additions to the information on data processing
6 Questions and comments

 

2 Data controller & rights of data subjects

2.1 Data controller / Contact

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR is

Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
Fritz-Reichle-Ring 47
8315 Radolfzell

Phone: 07732 999 5-0
E-mail: info@duh.de

Executive Directors: Jürgen Resch, Sascha Müller-Kraenner, Barbara Metz
Executive Board: Prof. Dr. Harald Kächele (†), Burkhard Jäkel, Carl-Wilhelm Bodenstein-Dresler
AG Hannover VR 202112

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data by us or about data protection in general and to assert your rights as a data subject (e.g. requests for information, objections to advertising, revocation of consent), please contact us directly at the above address or at the following e-mail address datenschutz@duh.de.
If you require secure transmission, please contact us by post.

For all other data protection concerns, you can contact our data protection officer directly by e-mail datenschutzbeauftragter@duh.de or at our postal address.

 

2.2 Rights of data subjects

As the data subject, you are entitled to the following rights in principle and insofar as contractual and statutory obligations do not conflict with this:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR) with the restrictions according to §§ 34, 35 BDSG;
• Right to rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR);
• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) with the restrictions according to Sections 34, 35 BDSG;
• Right to restriction of processing of personal data (Art. 18 GDPR);
• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR);
• Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR);
• Individual right to object (Art. 21 (1) GDPR) for reasons arising from your particular situation and relating to data processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) e) and Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR;
• Right to object to the processing of data for advertising purposes (Art. 21 (3) GDPR); you can object to the use of your data for advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by contacting the above-mentioned contact details (see section 2.1).

If the data processing is based on consent, your consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.The easiest way to exercise your rights as a data subject is to contact the address given under 2.1. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority responsible for you.

 

3 Information for visitors to our website

In this section you will find information on the processing of personal data when using the DUH website.

 

3.1 Visiting our website (service and IT security)

When you visit our websites, we store certain information about the browser and operating system you are using, the date and time of your visit, the access status (e.g. whether you were able to access a website or received an error message), the use of website functions, the search terms you may have entered, the frequency with which you access individual websites, the name of files accessed, the amount of data transferred, the website from which you accessed our websites and the website you visit from our websites, whether by clicking on links on our websites or by entering a domain directly in the input field of the same tab (or window) of your browser in which you opened our websites. We also store your IP address and the name of your Internet service provider for a period of seven days for security reasons, in particular to prevent and detect attacks on our websites or attempts at fraud.

We process the aforementioned personal data based on Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR due to our legitimate interest in providing you with information about our services on our websites and ensuring IT security for you when you visit our websites.

Our cooperation partners have no influence on the type and scope of data processing on this website and no data is passed on to our cooperation partners.

 

3.2 Requests and service

If you have any questions about methane, you can contact us by e-mail or telephone. You will find our contact details at the bottom of the homepage. We will process your personal data depending on the subject of your inquiry. We may also use personal data that has been stored in our systems as part of other data processing (e.g. data relating to previous inquiries).

Depending on the request, the data is processed for the purpose of initiating, executing or, if applicable, processing the contract with you on the basis of Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR, to fulfill our legal obligations towards you on the basis of Art. 6 (1) c) GDPR and/or due to our legitimate interest in answering your request on the basis of Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. The data will be deleted once your request/enquiry has been processed and there are no other retention obligations (e.g. under the German Civil Code or German Commercial Code).

The contact details of contact persons of our cooperation partners (outside DUH) are displayed on the homepage and in individual specialist articles. If you contact one of these contact persons, the respective organization you contact will process your data independently as the controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR.

 

3.3 Use of cookies and tracking technology

Cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are assigned to the browser you are using and stored on your hard disk and through which certain information flows to the site that sets the cookie. They also contain personal data. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall.

By default, this website only uses necessary cookies and no tracking technologies. We therefore do not use active consent management.

Cookies may only be set and data sent to third-party providers when external content is accessed. Such external content is blocked by a content blocker and the content can only be accessed with prior consent.

You can make the basic settings for the categories of cookies that are absolutely necessary for the operation of the website (Essential) and for the categories of cookies for which your consent is required (Statistics, External media) in the Consent Manager. You can also make changes in your browser settings.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on “Privacy Settings” in the bottom right-hand corner of the website and calling up the Consent Manager.

Legal basis for our use of cookies

The legal basis on which we process your personal data with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask for your consent. If we ask for your consent and you give it, the legal basis for processing your data is the consent given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR. In the case of technically necessary cookies, the legal basis for storing information on end devices and retrieving information from end devices is Section 25 (2) no. 2 of the GDPR. Consent is not required in these cases.

Use of cookies on the basis of your consent

As this website only sets necessary cookies by default, we do not use active consent management. To load content (e.g. YouTube videos) for which cookies requiring consent are stored, you must first give your consent. The selection you make is stored in your browser via a cookie for a maximum period of 24 months or until it is deleted. You can use your browser settings to refuse the acceptance of cookies in principle or for individual cookies. If you do not want us to recognize your end device, please set your Internet browser so that it deletes cookies from your device, blocks them or warns you before a cookie is stored. Please refer to the instructions for the browser you are using. Please note that certain functions of our website may no longer work or may no longer work properly without cookies.

You can revoke your consent at any time by clicking on the “Privacy Settings” link at the bottom right of the website to open the consent manager and adjust the settings there accordingly.

Below you will find an overview of the cookies that we use on the basis of your consent given via the cookie settings. You will also find an opt-out option for each explanation of the use. These are cookies for recording the usage behavior of our website, i.e. for web analysis (also: range measurement) and cookies that are used for advertising purposes/online marketing. The use of tracking cookies enables us to recognize users when they access our website again and thus assign usage processes to an internally assigned code number (pseudonym). This allows us to record and analyze repeated visits to our website.

Unless otherwise stated, we ask you to assume that cookies used are stored for a maximum period of 24 months.

 

3.3.1 Essential cookies

These cookies are always active and technically necessary for the operation of our website. This type of cookie also lets us know whether you wish to remain logged in. This is the only way we can provide our services more quickly the next time you visit our website.

Consent management with Borlabs Cookie

The cookies are therefore required for the consent management service “Borlabs Cookie” in order to comply with the legal obligations to store consent in accordance with Section 25 (2) TTDSG. When you enter our website, a Borlabs cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the revocation of these consents are stored. This data is not passed on to the provider of Borlabs Cookie. The cookie stores the following information: Cookie runtime, cookie version, domain and path of the WordPress website, consents, UID (the UID is a randomly generated ID and not personal information). Borlabs Cookie does not store any personal data. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) c) GDPR.

Data processing of Borlabs Cookie: https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.
Service provider: Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg

WordPress Cookie

We use the WordPress plugin WPML to be able to offer this website in several languages. Cookies are set to save the language selection. These cookies do not contain any personal data an no data will be transmitted to a third party.
Service provider: OnTheGoSystems Limited, 22/F 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

 

3.3.2 Statistics / Analysis

Matomo

This website uses the open-source web analysis service Matomo. Through Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data on the use of our website-by-website visitors. This enables us to find out, for instance, when which page views occurred and from which region they came. In addition, we collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser, and operating system used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user patterns, in order to optimize the operator’s web offerings and advertising. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and §25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Opt-out complete; your visits to this website will not be recorded by the Web Analytics tool. Note that if you clear your cookies, delete the opt-out cookie, or if you change computers or Web browsers, you will need to perform the opt-out procedure again.

You may choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. Doing so will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.

You are not opted out. Uncheck this box to opt-out. You are currently opted out. Check this box to opt-in.

The tracking opt-out feature requires cookies to be enabled.

IP anonymization

For analysis with Matomo we use IP anonymization. Your IP address is shortened before the analysis, so that it is no longer clearly assignable to you.

Analysis without cookies

We have configured Matomo in such a way that Matomo will not store cookies in your browser.

Hosting

We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.

 

3.4 Integration of external content on our website

YouTube

The YouTube video player service is integrated on the website. The company that processes the data is Google Ireland Limited. The data processing purposes are: displaying videos. The technology used is cookies and pixels that are placed in the browser (if “Privacy-Enhanced Mode” is not activated). The following data is processed: IP address, referrer URL, device information, videos viewed. This service may forward the collected data to another country. Please note that this service may transfer data outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and to a country that does not offer an adequate level of data protection. This may be the case for various purposes, e.g. for storage or processing. The recipients are: Alphabet Inc, Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited

The legal basis for the storage of cookies and the further evaluation of the data as well as the transfer of data to the USA is the consent you have given via the Cookie Consent Manager Tool in accordance with Art. 49 (1) a), 6 (1) a) GDPR.Cookies/Pixel: ENID, YSC, CONSENT, AEC, NID; Maximum limit for the storage of cookies: 10 years

Data Privacy Policy Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Cookie Policy Google: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en
Revocation bei Google: https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/
Service provider: Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

 

4 Information for parents or guardians

Parents or guardians are responsible for protecting the privacy of their children. We ask you to talk to your children about the safe and responsible use of their personal data on the Internet.

 

5  Changes or additions to the information on data processing

DUH reserves the right to amend or supplement this information on data processing at any time in compliance with legal requirements. This may be the case, for example, to comply with new legal provisions or to take account of new services. We therefore recommend that you visit the website at regular intervals to find out about our current data processing activities.

 

6 Questions and comments

If you have any questions or comments, please write to Jens Hürdler (huerdler@duh.de) or to the contact details given under 2.1!

 

Status: 13.03.2024