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 PRIVACY. 

Data protection

The person responsible within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

BeginnerLuft gGmbH
Bandelstr. 1
10559 Berlin, Germany
Authorized representatives: Lea Bergmann, Beata Rozwadowska

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Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and their processing (Article 15 GDPR),

  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Article 16 GDPR),

  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Article 17 GDPR),

  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Article 18 GDPR),

  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Article 21 GDPR) and

  • Data transferability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Article 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. B. to the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your place of residence or to the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

You can find a list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with their addresses at:https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Collection of general information when visiting our website

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Type and purpose of processing

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically recorded. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,

  • ensuring smooth use of our website,

  • Evaluation of system security and stability as well

  • for other administrative purposes.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this type may be statistically evaluated by us in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

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WIX

If you visit our websitehttp://www.beginnerluft.de/ call up, the browser on your end device automatically sends information to the host server of our website. The host server of our website is operated by theWix.com Ltd., 40 Nemal St., 6350671 Tel Aviv, Israel operated. The servers can be located in the USA, Ireland, Taiwan, South Korea or Ireland.

Detailed information on the data protection declaration can be found in the WIX Privacy Policy, which you can view at any time athttps://www.wix.com/about/privacy.

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As users of the services of WIX.com Ltd. and its hosting services have concluded an order processing contract. The company Squarespace is certified according to the "EU-US Privacy Shield".

 (Certificate:https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnbGAAS&status=Active.)

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information

We collect personal data with our website, which serves as a basis for our website analytics. This includes:

·      Information about your browser, your network and your device

·      Websites you visited before visiting this website

·      IP address used

This information may also include details about your use of our website, among other things

     clicks

·      Internal links

·      visited pages

     Scroll

·      searches

·      time stamp

We share this information with WIX, our website analytics provider, to learn more about traffic and activity on this website.

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Legal basis:

The processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

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Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

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Storage duration:

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. Without the IP address, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

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cookies

Type and purpose of processing

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

This gives us certain data such as B. IP address, browser used and operating system.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or deliver viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can make navigation easier for you and enable our websites to be displayed correctly.

Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or be linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can disable the use of cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your internet browser to find out how you can change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Duration of storage and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Insofar as these cookies can (also) affect personal data, we will inform you about this in the following sections.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings. You will also receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or how their storage can be blocked in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

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contact form

Type and purpose of processing

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid email address and your name. This is used to allocate the request and to subsequently answer it. Providing further data is optional.

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legal basis

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

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Recipient

Recipients of the data may be processors.

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storage duration

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code and delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the request.

Newsletter

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NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PROCESSING

Your data will only be used to send you the subscribed newsletter by e-mail. Your name is given in order to be able to address you personally in the newsletter and, if necessary, to identify you if you wish to exercise your rights as a data subject.

To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your e-mail address. When registering to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers can also be informed by e-mail about circumstances that are relevant to the service or the registration (e.g. changes to the newsletter offer or technical circumstances).

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to check that the owner of an e-mail address is actually registering, we use the "double opt-in" procedure. To do this, we log the subscription to the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the response requested here. Further data is not collected. The data will only be used to send the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties.

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LEGAL BASIS

On the basis of your expressly given consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation via the contact option given at the end of this data protection notice.

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RECIPIENT

Recipients of the data may be processors.

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STORAGE DURATION

The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. After that they will be deleted.

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PROVISION MANDATORY OR REQUIRED

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Social Plugins

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NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PROCESSING

Social plugins from the providers listed below are used on our websites. You can recognize the plugins by the fact that they are marked with the corresponding logo.

Information, which may also include personal data, may be sent to the service provider via these plugins and may be used by them. We prevent the unconscious and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service provider with a 2-click solution. In order to activate a desired social plugin, it must first be activated by clicking on the corresponding button. The collection of information and its transmission to the service provider is only triggered by this activation of the plugin. We do not collect any personal data ourselves using the social plugins or their use.

We have no influence on which data an activated plugin collects and how this is used by the provider. It must currently be assumed that a direct connection to the provider's services will be established and at least the IP address and device-related information will be recorded and used. There is also the possibility that the service provider will try to save cookies on the computer used. Which specific data is collected and how it is used can be found in the data protection notices of the respective service provider. Note: If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook can identify you as a visitor to a specific page.

We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

·      Facebook is a social media network of the company Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland (Facebook's data policy athttps://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update)

·      Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA (subsidiary of Facebook since 2012; privacy policy available athttps://help.instagram.com/519522125107875).

·      LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (Privacy Policy available athttps://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy)

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Use of Google Maps

Type and purpose of processing

On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). This enables us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.

You can find more information about data processing by Googlethe Google privacy policy remove. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.

Detailed instructions on how to manage your own data in connection with Google products You will find here.

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legal basis

The legal basis for the integration of Google Maps and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

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Recipient

By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account.

If you do not wish to be assigned to your profile on Google, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

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storage duration

We do not collect any personal data through the integration of Google Maps.

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third country transfer

Google processes your data in the USA and has submitted to the EU_US Privacy Shieldhttps://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

 

revocation of consent

If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you will not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. If you prevent access, this can lead to functional restrictions on the website.

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Donate with Twingle

Type and purpose of processing

On our website we give you the opportunity to support our charitable projects and us with a donation. For this purpose we use a donation form on our website with which you can donate money to us. This service is operated by twingle GmbH, Prinzenallee 74, 13357 Berlin.

twingle GmbH provides the technical platform for the donation process for this donation form. The information you enter when making the donation (e.g. address, bank details, etc.) is only stored and processed by twingle on servers in Germany for the purpose of processing the donation.

We have concluded an order data processing contract with twingle and fully implement the strict requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the German data protection authorities when using the twingle donation form.

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legal basis

Your data is transmitted on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR (consent) and Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract).

Withdrawal of consent:

You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of past data processing operations.

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Use of Matomo by Twingle

In twingle’s donation form, the analysis software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Matomo”) is used on the basis of twingle’s legitimate interest the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization purposes in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR data is collected and stored. Pseudonymised usage profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Cookies can be used. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor's Internet browser. The cookies enable, among other things, the recognition of the Internet browser. The data collected using Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on twingle servers.

The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not combined with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.

If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to the storage and use at any time with a mouse click. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which means that Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note that if you completely delete your cookies, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and you may have to reactivate it.

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SSL encryption

In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Change to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always corresponds to the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.

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Questions to the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

datenschutz@beginnerluft.de

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The data protection declaration was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts forexternal data protection officers (Version #2019-04-10). It was supplemented with further individual content in accordance with the instructions from activeMind AG.

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