Data Protection Information
1. Data protection at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens with your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all the data that can be used to identify you personally. You can find detailed information about the topic of data protection in our privacy policy below.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for recording data on this website?
Data are processed on this website by the website operator, whose contact data you can find in the Legal Notice for this website.
How do we record your data?
Firstly, we collect your data that you provide to us. This could be data that you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data are automatically recorded during your visit to the website by our IT systems. This is mostly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system and the time of the page view). These data are recorded automatically as soon as you arrive on our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some data are recorded to ensure that the website functions correctly. Other data can be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have relating to your data?
You have the right to receive information, free of charge and at any time, about the origin, recipient(s) and the purpose for which your data are stored. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking or erasure of these data. You can contact us at any time regarding this matter or other questions about data protection at the address given in the Legal Notice. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
Analytical tools and tools of third-party providers
When you visit our website your surfing behaviour can be evaluated statistically. This is mainly done using cookies and “analysis programs”. Your surfing behaviour is usually analysed anonymously; the surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You may object to this analysis, or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information on this in the following privacy policy.
You may object to this analysis. We inform you about the possibilities for objection in this privacy policy.
2. General and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these webpages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various items of personal information are recorded. Personal data are data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use them for. It also explains how this is done and for what purpose.
We wish to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. during communication by email) may have security loopholes. Absolute protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.
Responsible controller
The controller of the data processing on this website is:
Gemeinnützige Umwelthaus GmbH
Rüsselsheimer Strasse 100
D-65451 Kelsterbach
Tel.: +49 6107 98868-0
Fax: +49 6107 98868-19
Email: info@umwelthaus.org
The controller is the natural or legal person which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Withdrawing your consent to data processing
Many data processing procedures are possible only with your explicit consent. At any time you can withdraw consent already given. To do so, it is sufficient to send an informal email message to us. The lawfulness of the data processing that took place before withdrawal of consent remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority
In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has a right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company has its registered office. A list of the data protection officers and their contact data can be found by following this link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links- node.html .
Right to data portability
You have the right to have the data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or to fulfil a contract issued to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request direct transmission of the data to another controller, this will be done only as far as is technically feasible.
SSL and TLS encryption
This website uses SSL and/or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential contents, such as orders or inquiries, which you send to us as the operators of the website. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the change in the address line of the browser from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data which you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, erasure
Within the scope of the applicable legal regulations, you have the right to receive information, free of charge and at any time, about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient(s) and the purpose of the data processing, and if applicable a right to rectification, blocking or erasure of these data. You can contact us at any time regarding this matter or other questions about personal data at the address given in the Legal Notice.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
These internet pages use “cookies” in some places. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our online presence more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies”. They are deleted automatically at end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
You can adjust your browser’s settings so that you are informed when cookies are set and can allow cookies only in individual cases, refuse to accept cookies for certain cases, or refuse all cookies, and can activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. Deactivation of cookies can restrict the functionality of this website.
Cookies that are necessary for performing the electronic communication process or for providing certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping basket function), are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are saved, they are covered separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in “server log files”, which your browser transmits to us automatically. This information is:
- browser type and version
- operating system used
- referrer URL
- host name of the computer accessing the website
- time of the server request
- IP address.
These data are not combined with other data sources. The basis for the data processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data to fulfil a contract or precontractual measures.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data that you have entered there, are stored by us for the purpose of handling the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass these data on without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form are thus processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time. To do so, it is sufficient to send an informal email message to us. The lawfulness of the data processing that took place before withdrawal of consent remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
We retain the data you have entered in the contact form until you request us to erase them, or you withdraw your consent to their storage, or the purpose of the data storage ceases to exist (e.g. when the processing of your inquiry is complete). Mandatory legal provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.
4. Plugins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins of the YouTube website operated by Google. The operator of those pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection is established to the YouTube servers. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our website. This represents a legitimate interest in the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
You can find further information about how user data are handled in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy .