Privacy Policy

Data Protection

This privacy statement (version 25.05.2018) complies with the new EU General Data Protection Regulation. The statement explains which information we collect, how we use data and what data protection options you have as a user of this website.

Unfortunately, it is in the nature of such statements to sound very technical, but we tried to describe the most important things in plain language.

Automatic Data Storage

Nowadays, when you visit any website, including our website, certain information is automatically created and stored.

When you visit our website as you are doing just now, our web server (computer on which this website is hosted) automatically stores data, such as:

  • Address (URL) of the website visiting
  • Browser and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Address (URL) of the previously visited website (‘referrer URL’)
  • Host name and IP address of the device from which it is accessed
  • Date and time

Generally, web server log files are stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not disclose this information, but we cannot rule out that it will be seen in the event of unlawful behaviour.

Storage of Personal Data

Personal data that you submit electronically to us on this website, such as name, e-mail address, address or other personal information in the course of submitting a form or comments in the blog, will be used by us, together with the time and IP address, solely for the purpose indicated in each case, and shall be stored securely and not disclosed to third parties.

We only use your personal data for communication with those visitors who expressly request contact and for the handling of the services and products offered on this website. We will not disclose your personal information without consent, but we can not rule out that this information will be seen in the event of unlawful behaviour.

If you send us personal information by e-mail (not by using a form on this website) we cannot guarantee secure transmission and protection of your data. We recommend that you never send confidential data by e-mail.

Rights according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

According to the provisions of the GDPR, you have the following rights in principle:

  • Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (‘Right to be forgotten’) (Article 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
  • Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
  • Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
  • Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
  • Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can complain to the supervisory authority (see Impressum, EU Mediation).

Cookies

Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.

A cookie is a short data package that is exchanged between the web browser and the web server but is completely meaningless to them, and only becomes significant for the web application, e.g. an online shop, such as the contents of a virtual shopping cart.

There are two types of cookies: First-party cookies are created by our website, and third-party cookies are created by other websites (e.g. Google Analytics).

There are three categories of cookies: Essential cookies to ensure basic functionality of the website, functional cookies to ensure website performance and targeted cookies to improve the user experience.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. They enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

If you do not wish that we use these cookies, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and you can restrict cookies to be allowed only in specified cases.

You can always delete cookies that are already on your computer or disable cookies. The procedure for doing this varies according to browser, it is best to look for the instructions in Google for the term “delete cookies chrome” or “disable cookies chrome” in the case of a Chrome browser or replace the word “chrome” with the name of your browser, e.g. “edge”, “firefox” or “safari”.

If you generally do not allow us to use cookies, i.e. you disable them in your browser settings, some features and pages may not work as expected.

Newsletter Privacy Policy

If you subscribe to our newsletter, you submit the above personal information and give us the right to contact you via email. We use the data stored in the registration for the newsletter exclusively for our newsletter and not for any other purposes.

If you unsubscribe from the newsletter we delete all data that was saved with the registration for the newsletter. You can find the link to unsubscribe at the bottom of each newsletter.

MailChimp Privacy Policy

We use MailChimp to send newsletters, and we use MailChimp services to record newsletter signup on our website.

General Information about MailChimp

Rocket Science Group LLC (MailChimp), LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA, maintains online platforms that enable their users to stay in touch with their subscribers, primarily via email. They allow users e-mail addresses, and other subscriber profile information, such as: Name, physical address, and other demographic information to upload to the MailChimp database. This information is used to send emails and allow the use of certain other MailChimp features by these users. In accordance with the published Privacy Policy, MailChimp shares some information with third parties to provide and support the services that MailChimp provides to its users. MailChimp also shares some information with third party advertisers to better understand users’ needs and interests so that more relevant content and targeted advertising can be provided.

Newsletter Subscription

When you sign up for our newsletter on our website, the data entered will be stored by MailChimp.

Deletion of your Data

You can withdraw your consent to receive our newsletter at any time by clicking the link at the bottom the email. If you unsubscribe by clicking the link, your data will be deleted from MailChimp.

Newsletter Evaluation

When you receive a newsletter via MailChimp, information such as IP address, browser type and e-mail program are stored to give us information about the performance of our newsletter. MailChimp can use the images embedded in the HTML emails called “web beacons” (see https://kb.mailchimp.com/reports/about-open-tracking for details); MailChimp can tell whether the email arrived, whether it was opened, and whether links in it have been clicked. All this information is stored on the servers of MailChimp, not on this website.

MailChimp is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. For more information on this subject, visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG. To learn more about the use of cookies on MailChimp, visit https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies; for information about data privacy at MailChimp (‘Privacy’), visit https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.

MailChimp Order Data Processing Contract

We have a contract with MailChimp for ‘Data Processing Addendum’. This agreement secures your personal information and ensures that MailChimp adheres to applicable privacy policies and does not share your personal information with third parties.

More information about this contract can be found at  https://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy

We use Google Analytics from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to statistically analyse visitor data. Google Analytics uses targeted cookies.

Google Analytics Cookies

  • _ga
    • Expiration time: 2 years
    • Usage: Differentiation of website visitors
    • Example value: GA1.2.1326744211.15221060829
  • _gid
    • Expiration time: 24 hours
    • Usage: Used to distinguish website visitors
    • o Example value: GA1.2.1687193234.15221060829
  • _gat_gtag_UA_<property-id>
    • Expiration time: 1 minute
    • Usage: Used to throttle the request rate. If Google Analytics is provided through Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_ <property-id>.
    • o Example value: 1

For more information about Terms of Use and Privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms, or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Pseudonymisation

Our concern in terms of GDPR is to improve our services and our website. Since the privacy of our users is important to us, the user data is pseudonymized. The data processing takes place on the basis of the legal regulations of the §96 Para. 3 TKG (Telecommunications Act), and of Art. 6 EU-GDPR Para. 1(a) (Consent) and/or (f) (Legitimate Interest) of the GDPR.

Deactivation of Data Collection by Google Analytics

Website users can prevent Google Analytics from using their data with the browser add-ons for the deactivation of Google Analytics-JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js).

You can prevent Google from collecting the cookie-generated data relating to your use of the website and from processing these data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Google Analytics Data Processing Addendum

We have concluded a direct-client agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics by accepting the ‘Data Processing Addendum’ in Google Analytics.

For more information on the Data Processing Addendum for Google Analytics, visit: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=en&utm_id=ad.

Google Analytics IP Anonymisation

We have implemented Google Analytics IP address anonymisation on this website. This feature has been developed by Google to enable websites to comply with applicable privacy practices and recommendations of local data protection authorities when they prohibit storage of the full IP address. The anonymisation or masking of the IP takes place as soon as the IP addresses arrive in the Google Analytics data collection network and before the data is stored or processed.

For more information on IP anonymisation, visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en.

Google Analytics Deactivation Link

By clicking on the deactivation link below, you can prevent Google from logging further visits to this website. Attention: The deletion of cookies, the use of the incognito / private mode of your browser, or the use of another browser results in the collection of data again.

Deactivate Google Analytics

Facebook Privacy Policy

We use functions of Facebook, a social media network of FIrma Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2 Ireland.
Visit https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins to learn more about the features (social plug-ins) provided by Facebook.

By visiting our website information can be transmitted to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, Facebook can associate that information with your personal account. If you do not want that, please log out of Facebook.

The privacy policy, which information Facebook collects and how they use them can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

YouTube Privacy Policy

We use the video service YouTube of YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA on this website.

Visiting pages on our website with embedded YouTube videos results in information being sent to YouTube, stored and analysed. If you have a YouTube account and are logged in, this information will be associated with your personal account and the information stored in it.

Visit https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy to learn what information is collected by Google and how it is used.

Twitter Privacy Policy

We use features of Twitter, a social network of Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland, on this website.

This can also result in the sending of personal data to Twitter. We do not monitor this data exchange, and do not store anything about it.

If you wish to learn more about the use of your data by Twitter, you’ll find all the relevant information in the Twitter Privacy Policy at https://twitter.com/en/privacy.

If you have a Twitter account, you can change your privacy settings in the account settings under https://twitter.com/settings/account.

WordPress Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.iobc-wprs.org

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

WooCommerce Privacy Policy​

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

  • Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
  • Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
  • Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

  • Send you information about your account and order
  • Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
  • Process payments and prevent fraud
  • Set up your account for our store
  • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
  • Improve our store offerings
  • Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it.

We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

  • Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
  • Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.

Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.

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