Privacy policy

Personal data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (for example, name, address or e-mail address). We process personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functional website and our services. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) or b) DS-GVO. The processing of personal data of our users that goes beyond this regularly takes place after explicit consent. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO. In exceptional cases, we also process data if this is permitted by legal regulations, e.g. via the legal bases of Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. c), d), e) and f) DS-GVO.

Personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. As long as legal storage obligations, such as tax and commercial law regulations, prevent the deletion of your personal data, we restrict the processing of your data for this period. As soon as these statutory storage periods expire, the data will be deleted.

We usually collect personal data directly from you as the data subject by providing it to us yourself. In the event that we process data that has not been collected from you, we will inform you of this fact. In addition, we do not transfer any data to third parties unless you have given us your express consent to do so. In exceptional cases, we may involve service providers who may also come into contact with personal data. If this is the case, we will ensure that these commissioned data processors are properly selected and, in accordance with Art. 28 DS-GVO, undertake on their part to comply with data protection laws. If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below.

Insofar as we collect and process data in order to fulfill our statutory and/or business-related services, the legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DS-GVO. Within the scope of our statutory and/or business tasks and contractual obligations, we process data of members, interested parties, participants, customers, visitors, applicants as well as partners. As a rule, the data processing thereby relates to the following categories:

• Personal and master data (e.g.: name, address, date of birth),
• Contact data (e.g.: telephone number and e-mail address),
• contract data (e.g. date and content of the contract) and
• Payment data (e.g.: bank details), if these are required for the contractual relationship.

For data processing that goes beyond the fulfillment of statutory and/or business tasks or the initiation and execution of contracts, we refer to the protection of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f) DS-GVO, unless we have obtained express consent for this purpose from you (Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a) DS-GVO). We will obtain such consent in particular if the data processing concerns special categories of personal data (e.g.: health data). If consent concerns a child's data, consent will be obtained from the legal guardian. You can revoke any consent to the processing of your data at any time with effect for the future.

You have the following rights regarding the personal data concerning you:

• the right to free information about your stored data,
• the right to rectification,
• the right to erasure,
• the right to restriction of processing,
• the right to data portability.

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you. Such a right of objection concerns the cases of data processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. e) as well as f) DS-GVO. An objection at any time is also possible against profiling as well as against data processing for direct advertising. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the General Data Protection Regulation. If processing is based on your consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future. To assert your rights or if you have any questions, you can contact the data protection officer of the Internationaler Bund e. V. at the following address: datenschutz@ib.de.

Automated decision making including profiling according to Art. 22 (1) and (4) DS-GVO does not take place.

When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data accruing in this context after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are legal retention obligations. Your personal data is protected by technical and organizational measures during collection, storage and processing in such a way that it is not accessible to third parties. However, we would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating by e-mail, so we recommend that you send information requiring a high level of confidentiality by post.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses a so-called TLS encryption. You can recognize such an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the closed "lock" symbol in your browser line. If this TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us can generally not be read by unauthorized third parties during transmission to us.

In the case of mere informational use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DS-GVO).

• IP address Date and time of the request
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Access status/HTTP status code
• Amount of data transferred in each case
• Website from which the request comes
• Browser
• Operating system and its interface
• Language and version of the browser software.

In the following, we describe how we collect information during your visit to our website and how it is used.

In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device in the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the place that sets the cookie (here: us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer.

This website uses transient and persistent cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the same session. This allows your device to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you close the browser. These transient cookies are necessary in order to provide you with the website and to be able to deliver the content you have accessed. Some of these cookies are also used to enable certain website functions, such as saving your cookie settings on our website, thereby making your visit more convenient. The use of these cookies is based on Section 25 Paragraph 2 No. 2 TDDDG.

Persistent cookies, on the other hand, are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie.
Insofar as our cookies are technically necessary for the provision of the website and its basic functions, their storage and access to these cookies is based on Section 25 Paragraph 2 No. 2 TDDDG. Any subsequent data processing is based on Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR, whereby our legitimate interest is to provide visitors with a properly functioning website and to use the website as efficiently as possible close. The user data collected by these technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.

Otherwise, cookies are generally only used with your consent on the basis of Section 25 (1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. For more information about the functions of these cookies, see the explanations below in this privacy policy (depending on the function or service that uses such optional cookies).
You can manage your consent to the use of optional cookies in the cookie settings. You can also control the setting of any cookies via the settings in your browser. You can delete all cookies in your browser settings at any time. You can also configure your browser settings according to your wishes, e.g. B. so-called third-party cookies, which are set by third parties, or generally prevent all cookies or only allow cookies individually. We would like to point out that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website if you prevent or restrict cookies for the website.

The consent management tool Cookiebot is implemented on our website; the provider is Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, DK. With the help of Cookiebot, we can provide our website visitors with comprehensive information about the services implemented on this website and the technologies behind them. We can also use this tool to scan all cookies and tracking measures and check that they are correct. Your data can be sent to Cybot, the operator of Cookiebot, stored and processed. 

This involves the following data:

• Anonymized IP address (the last 3 digits are set to 0);
• Date and time of consent;
• URL of our website;
• Technical browser data;
• Encrypted / anonymous key;
• Cookies authorized by you as a website visitor (this serves as proof of consent)

The data is processed exclusively within the European Union. The data is stored in an Azure data center, the provider is Microsoft. Further information on all “Azure regions” can be found at https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/explore/global-infrastructure/geographies/. All data collected by Cookiebot will be deleted 12 months after registration (consent) or immediately after termination of the service.

If we are permitted to set cookies as a result of the consent obtained in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, this also constitutes the legal basis for data processing. The solution also enables us to operate our website in a legally compliant manner, which constitutes a legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further information on data processing by Cookiebot or Cybot can be found at https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/.

Technical developments or changes in our business operations require adjustments to our data protection guidelines from time to time. We reserve the right to make changes to this declaration and will inform you about the changes here.