Privacy policy
1. Data protection at a glance
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy set out below this text.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section titled 'Information on the controller' in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may, for example, include data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems or after you have given your consent when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right, at any time and free of charge, to obtain information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time if you have further questions about data protection.
2. General information and mandatory disclosures
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG – German Federal Data Protection Act), as well as this privacy policy.
When you visit this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
EUROPA-CENTER Uwe Heinrich Suhr Stiftung
Hammerbrookstr. 74, D-20097 Hamburg
Tel. +49 40 27 144 0
Email: info[at]uwe-suhr-stiftung.com
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage period
Unless a more specific storage period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or withdraw your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once those grounds no longer apply.
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may withdraw any consent you have already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the point of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Article 21 of the GDPR)
Where data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6, paragraph 1, point (e) or (f), of the GDPR, you have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, where such processing is based on Article 6, paragraph 1, point (e) or (f), of the GDPR.
Log file information is stored for a maximum period of eight weeks and is then deleted or anonymised. Data whose further retention is required for evidential purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally resolved.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the data that we process (automated) on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract, in a commonly used, machine-readable format, either for yourself or for transmission to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be carried out where technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the website operator, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the change in the browser address line from 'http://' to 'https://' and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Access, erasure and rectification
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, where applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time if you have further questions about personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You may contact us at any time in this regard.
The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
- If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we will generally require time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
- If you have objected pursuant to Article 21, paragraph 1, of the GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
Where you have restricted the processing of your personal data, such data may – apart from storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a member state.
3. Data collection on this website
Server log files
For the provision of our online services, we use storage space, computing capacity and software that we obtain from a server provider (also referred to as a 'web host'). The provider of these pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources.
The collection of this data is based on Article 6, paragraph 1, point (f), of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website – for this purpose, server log files must be recorded. These may include the address and name of the retrieved web pages and files, date and time of access, volumes of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider. Server log files may be used for security purposes, for example to prevent server overload (in particular in the event of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks), and also to ensure server utilisation and stability.
Contact by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass this data on without your consent.
This data is processed on the basis of Article 6, paragraph 1, point (b), of the GDPR, provided that your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Article 6, paragraph 1, point (f), of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6, paragraph 1, point (a), of the GDPR), where this has been requested.
The data you send to us via contact enquiries will remain with us until you request us to erase it, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
Web fonts
For the consistent display of fonts, we use locally hosted font files. These are loaded from our own server. No connection to servers of external providers takes place.
4. Updates or changes to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend or review this privacy policy from time to time. The date of the current version can be found under 'Last updated on'. Your continued use of the platform following the publication of such changes on our website constitutes your acceptance of such changes to the privacy policy and your agreement to be bound by the amended terms.
If you have any general questions about the website, the data we collect about you, or how we use this data, please contact us at info[at]uwe-suhr-stiftung.com.