The responsible person in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is: Deutsches Empowerment‐Institut®, René Märtin, Domhof 4 c, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
Your data protection rights
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer:
- Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
- Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
- Data portability, insofar as you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.
You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the controller.
A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non‐public sector) with address can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Collection of general information when visiting our website
Nature and purpose of the processing:
When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. These informations (server log files) include, 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 smooth connection setup of the website,
- Ensuring the smooth use of our website,
- Evaluating system security and stability, and
- To optimise our website.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. Information of this kind is statistically evaluated anonymously by us, if necessary, in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage duration:
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.
In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymised so that it is no longer possible to assign the calling client.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Cookies
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 or similar) when you visit our website.
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
- Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE
Storage duration 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:
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| comment_author | 1 Year | This cookie stores the name of the author for comments. |
| comment_author_email | 1 Year | E‑mail address of commenting authors. |
| comment_author_url | 1 Year | The internet address of a commenting author. |
| cookielawinfo‐checkbox‐functional | 1 Year | The cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent to record the user’s consent for the »Functional« category cookies. |
| cookielawinfo‐checkbox‐others | 1 Year | No description |
| pll_language | 1 Year | This cookie is set by the Polylang plugin for WordPress‐powered websites. The cookie stores the language code of the last page accessed. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Session | A test cookie from Wordpress. |
Technically necessary cookies
Nature and purpose of the processing:
We use cookies to make our website more user‐friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.
We require cookies for the following applications:
- Acceptance of language settings
- Remembering search terms
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user‐friendly design of our website.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Provision prescribed or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be restricted.
Objection:
Please read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.
Registration on our website
Nature and purpose of the processing:
For registration on our website, we require some personal data, which is transmitted to us via an input mask.
The following data is also collected at the time of registration:
- IP address
Your registration is necessary for the provision of certain content and services on our website.
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user’s consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Recipients:
Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Storage period:
Data will only be processed in this context as long as the relevant consent has been given.
Provision mandatory or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content we offer.
Comment function
Nature and purpose of processing:
When users leave comments on our website, in addition to these details, the time of their creation and the user name previously selected by the website visitor are also stored. This is for our security, as we can be prosecuted for unlawful content on our website, even if it was created by users.
Legal basis:
The processing of data entered as comments is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
By providing the comment function, we would like to enable you to interact in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow‐up questions.
Recipients:
Recipients of the data are, if applicable, order processors.
Storage period:
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case when the communication with the user has been concluded and the company can infer from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. We reserve the right to delete comments without giving reasons and without prior or subsequent information.
You can also have your comment deleted by us at any time. To do so, please write an e‑mail to the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection and submit the link to your comment as well as, for identification purposes, the e‑mail address used when creating the comment.
Provision mandatory or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to our comment function.
Use of script libraries (Google Web Fonts)
In order to display our content correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across browsers, we use »Google Web Fonts« from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter »Google«) on this website to display fonts.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Social Plugins
Nature and purpose of the processing:
We offer you the option of using so‐called »social media buttons« on our website. To protect your data, we rely on the »Shariff« solution for implementation. This means that these buttons are only integrated on the website as a graphic that contains a link to the corresponding website of the button provider. By clicking on the graphic, you are thus redirected to the services of the respective provider. Only then will your data be sent to the respective providers. If you do not click on the graphic, there is no exchange between you and the providers of the social media buttons. Information about the collection and use of your data in the social networks can be found in the respective terms of use of the corresponding providers. You can find more information about the Shariff solution here: http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html
We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:
- Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Pocket, Mozilla Corporation, 2 Harrison Street, Suite 175, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
- Flipboard, 735 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA
- LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
- XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
SSL encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state‐of‐the‐art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
Information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR
Individual right of objection
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
Recipients of an objection
Deutsches Empowerment‐Institut®, René Märtin, Domhof 4 c, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany
Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection statement will then apply to your next visit.
Questions to the data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an e‑mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:
redaktion[at]existenzielle-fuehrung.de
