Our Privacy Policy

We only process personal data (in the following usually referred to simply as “data”) when absolutely necessary and for the purposes of providing a functioning, user-friendly website, including its contents and the services we offer.

Article 4, paragraph 2 of EU Regulation 2016/679—the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter simply GDPR)—defines “processing” as “any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.”

Our privacy policy explains the scope, purpose, extent, and legal basis of our processing of personal data insofar as we decide on the purposes and means of this processing on our own or together with others. It also explains the third-party components we use for the purposes of optimization and the improvement of user experience, insofar as this entails the processing of data by third parties on their own authority.

Our privacy policy includes the following sections:

I. Information about us as controllers of your data
II. Rights of users and data subjects
III. Information about the data processing

I. Rights of users and data subjects

The entity legally responsible for data protection in relation to this website is:

Umverteilen! Stiftung für eine, solidarische Welt
Merseburger Straße 3
10823 Berlin

fon + 49 (0)30 - 785 98 44
fax + 49 (0)30 - 786 52 24

mail stiftung@umverteilen.de

II. Rights of users and data subjects

As concerns the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

• to obtain confirmation as to whether their data is being processed, to receive information about the processed data and further information about the nature of the data processing, and to be given copies of their data (see also Article 15 of the GDPR);
• to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected or completed (see also Article 16 of the GDPR);
• to have data concerning them erased without undue delay (see also Article 17 of the GDPR) or, alternately, if further processing of their data is necessary according to Article 17, paragraph 3 of the GDPR, to restrict processing of their data in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR;
• to receive copies of the data concerning and/or provided by them and to have it transmitted to other providers/controllers (see also Article 20 of the GDPR);
• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if they believe that data concerning them has been processed by the controller in a way that infringes data protection regulations (see also Article 77 of the GDPR).

Furthermore, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any corrections or deletions of data or any restriction on processing the same per Article 16, Article 17, paragraph 1, or Article 18 of the GDPR. This obligation does not apply if communicating this information is impossible or would involve a disproportionate effort. Notwithstanding this, the user has a right to be informed about these recipients.

According to Article 21 of the GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the future processing of data concerning them insofar as the controller is processing it according to Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. f of the GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purposes of direct marketing is permissible.

III. Information about the data processing

The data processed when you use our website is automatically deleted or blocked by our provider as soon as the purpose of storing it ceases to apply, provided its deletion is not in breach of any statutory storage obligations or unless otherwise stipulated below.

Server data
For technical reasons, and in particular to ensure a secure and stable website, your Internet browser transmits data to us or to our server provider. These server log files record the type and version of your browser, your operating system, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the web pages you visited on our site, the date and time of your visit, and the IP address from which you visited our site.

The data thus collected is temporarily stored, but not in association with any of your other data.

The basis for this storage is Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. f of the GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.

The data is deleted within no more than seven days, unless continued storage is required for evidentiary purposes. In that case, all or part of the data is stored until the investigation of the incident in question is conclusively resolved.


Cookies
a) Session cookies
We do not use cookies on our website.

b) Third-party cookies
Where appropriate, our website also uses cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analysis, or of improving the functionality of our website.

Please refer to the following information for details, in particular for the legal basis and the purpose of processing data obtained through third-party cookies.

c) Disabling cookies
You can prevent or limit the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. You can also delete stored cookies at any time. The steps and measures required to do this depend on your browser. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact the manufacturer for support. Flash cookies, however, cannot be disabled by changing browser settings, but only by changing the settings of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact the manufacturer for support.

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our site may be fully usable.

Contact requests

If you contact us via contact form or e-mail, the data you provide will be used to process your request. Without this data, we cannot properly process or answer your inquiry. Your data will be stored in order to document the activities of the Foundation and in observation of mandatory storage periods.

The legal basis for processing this data is Article 6, paragraph 1, lit. b of the GDPR.