Privacy Policy
As of: June 2026
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed 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 “Information on the Controller” in this privacy policy. How do we collect your data? Your data is collected, on the one hand, by you providing it to us. This can, for example, be data you enter in a contact form. Other data is recorded automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website. What do we use your data for? Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. Where contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the data submitted will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other order enquiries. What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time 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 regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.2. Hosting and Email Dispatch
We host the content of our website with the following provider and also use the same provider for the dispatch of emails:IONOS
The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany (hereinafter IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS records various log files, including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy. The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG (the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act), insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Data Processing Agreement We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required under data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.Email Dispatch via IONOS (FluentSMTP)
For the dispatch of transactional emails (e.g. confirmation and notification emails in connection with contact form enquiries, the membership application, or the double opt-in confirmation of the newsletter), we use the WordPress plugin “FluentSMTP” in conjunction with the SMTP servers of our host IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. The data required for email dispatch (in particular sender and recipient email addresses, subject, content of the message, and technical header information such as the IP address of the sending server) is processed via the IONOS mail servers. Processing is based on our legitimate interest in reliable and traceable email dispatch (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or – insofar as the dispatch serves the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures – on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. For details on data processing by IONOS, please refer to the IONOS privacy policy linked above. The data processing agreement mentioned above also extends to the use of the IONOS mail infrastructure.3. General Information and Mandatory Information
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 and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.Information on the Controller
The controller for data processing on this website is: Literaturzentrum Hamburg e. V. Schwanenwik 38 22087 Hamburg Germany Telephone: +49 (0)40 227 92 03 Email: lit@lit-hamburg.de The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage period has been mentioned 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 deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will take place once these reasons no longer apply.General Information on the Legal Bases for Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, insofar as special categories of data within the meaning of Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the case of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to information on your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data, insofar as this is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.Recipients of Personal Data
In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. This sometimes requires the transmission of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary in the context of fulfilling a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in passing it on, or if any other legal basis permits the data transfer. When using data processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid data processing agreement. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.Right to Object to the Collection of Data in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of breaches 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, their place of work, or the place of the alleged breach. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.Information, Rectification, and Erasure
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information 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 regarding this and other questions on the subject of personal data.Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we generally need 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 has taken place / is taking place unlawfully, you can request the restriction of the data processing instead of erasure.
- If we no longer need your personal data but you require it for the exercise, defence, or establishment of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
- If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. 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.
SSL / 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 site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.Objection to Promotional Emails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the mandatory imprint information for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example through spam emails.4. Data Collection on This Website
Cookies
Our internet pages use what are known as “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your terminal device. They are stored on your terminal device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them. Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services). Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behaviour or for advertising purposes. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function), or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent has been requested for the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); consent can be revoked at any time. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited. You can find out which cookies and services are used on this website in detail in this privacy policy. To obtain and manage your consents, we use the consent tool “Complianz” (see section “Plugins and Tools”).Enquiries 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 concern. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time. The data you send us via contact enquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.Contact Form (Fluent Forms)
For our contact and enquiry forms, we use the WordPress plugin “Fluent Forms” by WPManageNinja LLC. The data you enter in the form (in particular name, email address, and message) will be stored exclusively on our web server at IONOS or transmitted to us by email; no transmission to WPManageNinja takes place. We do not pass on this data without your consent. Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; consent can be revoked at any time. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.Membership Application
On our website, we offer you the option of submitting an application for membership in Literaturzentrum Hamburg e. V. In the context of the application, we collect the following data: name, address, desired date of entry, telephone number, email address, amount of the contribution, and the type of payment you select (bank transfer or direct debit). Bank details are not collected via the website. The processing of this data is carried out for the handling of your membership application and – in the event of admission – for the implementation of the membership relationship. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract or implementation of pre-contractual measures). If you select “direct debit” as the type of payment, you will be informed that a separate form must be sent to us by email to grant the SEPA direct debit mandate. The collection of account details does not take place via this website. Your data will be stored for the duration of your membership. After termination of the membership, your data will be deleted unless statutory retention obligations (in particular under tax and commercial law) preclude this; in this case, deletion will take place after the expiry of the respective periods. If your application is rejected or withdrawn by you, your data will be deleted immediately, unless statutory retention obligations exist.5. Newsletter
Newsletter Data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data, or only data on a voluntary basis, will be collected. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is carried out exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke the consent given to the storage of the data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter, and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe or after the purpose has ceased to apply. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Data stored with us for other purposes remains unaffected by this. After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not subject to a time limit. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.Brevo
This website uses Brevo for the dispatch of newsletters. The provider is Brevo GmbH (formerly Sendinblue GmbH), Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter “Brevo”). Brevo is a service with which, among other things, the dispatch of newsletters can be organised. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Brevo’s servers in Germany. Registration for the newsletter takes place via what is known as the double opt-in procedure. This means that after registering, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register with someone else’s email address. Newsletter registrations are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation times, as well as the IP address. Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you have stored with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter, and will be deleted from both our servers and the servers of Brevo after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored with us for other purposes remains unaffected by this. Recipient-related performance measurement (e.g. through tracking pixels or click tracking) does not take place as part of our newsletter dispatch. For further information, please refer to the Brevo privacy policy at: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/. Data Processing Agreement We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required under data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.Newsletter Registration Form via Brevo (sibforms.com)
The registration form for our newsletter is embedded in our website via the Brevo service. The form itself is not loaded from our server but directly from the Brevo subdomain “sibforms.com”. The provider is Brevo GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany. When you access a page with the embedded registration form, technical data (in particular your IP address, the date and time of access, and browser and device information) is transmitted to the servers used for sibforms.com. Brevo may use its own cookies or comparable recognition technologies in this context, which serve exclusively to provide the form technically. When you submit the registration form, the data you have entered (in particular your email address) is transmitted to Brevo for further processing and – after successful double opt-in (see above) – is added to our newsletter distribution list. The integration of the Brevo form only takes place after you have consented to the use of this service via our consent tool Complianz. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG). Consent can be revoked at any time. The data processing agreement with Brevo mentioned above also extends to the use of the form service via sibforms.com.6. Plugins and Tools
Polylang (with Connect Polylang for Elementor)
To provide our website in multiple languages (German / English), we use the WordPress plugin “Polylang” (provider: WP SYNTEX SAS, 24 rue Louis Blanc, 75010 Paris, France). In addition, we use the plugin “Connect Polylang for Elementor” to enable multilingual functionality within Elementor content.
Both plugins are hosted locally on our server at IONOS. No connection to the plugin providers’ servers is established when you visit our website, and no personal data is transmitted to WP SYNTEX SAS or any third party.
Polylang sets a technically necessary cookie (usually with the prefix “pll_”) in order to remember your language selection for the rest of your visit. No analysis of your user behaviour takes place.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing our website in multiple languages and in conveniently storing your language preference (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR).
Rank Math SEO
For the search engine optimisation of our website, we use the WordPress plugin “Rank Math SEO” (provider: One SEO Sp. z o.o., ul. Pańska 96/85, 00-837 Warsaw, Poland). The plugin assists us with the creation and maintenance of meta data (e.g. page titles, descriptions, Open Graph and Twitter Card information), with the generation of XML sitemaps, and with structuring content for search engines.
Rank Math is hosted locally on our server at IONOS. When you visit our website, Rank Math does not transmit any personal data to external servers; any potential connection to third-party services (e.g. the Analytics function of Rank Math or Google services) is not activated.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in presenting our website in a search-engine-friendly and properly structured manner (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR).
Elementor
For the creation and design of our page content, we use the page builder “Elementor” and its commercial extension “Elementor Pro” (provider: Elementor Ltd., 6 Yosef Karo St., Tel Aviv 6701108, Israel). All script, style, and font files required for display are delivered exclusively from our own server at IONOS. No connection to servers of Elementor Ltd. or other third-party providers is established when you visit our website. In particular, the “Load Google Fonts locally” function is active, or Google Fonts are delivered locally via the OMGF plugin (see section “Google Fonts”). The legal basis is our legitimate interest in an appealing and consistent presentation of our website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).Font Awesome (Local Hosting)
To display symbols and icons (e.g. in menus and buttons), we use the icon font library “Font Awesome” (provider: Fonticons, Inc., 6 Porter Road, Apartment 3R, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA). The Font Awesome font files are installed locally on our server at IONOS. No connection to servers of Fonticons, Inc. (in particular to “kit.fontawesome.com” or “use.fontawesome.com”) is established when you visit our website; no personal data is transferred to Fonticons, Inc. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a consistent and appealing presentation of our web offering (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). For further information on Font Awesome, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.Google Fonts (Local Hosting via OMGF)
This site uses so-called Google Fonts, provided by Google, for the consistent display of fonts. The Google Fonts are installed locally and are delivered exclusively from our own server at IONOS via the plugin “OMGF” (Optimize My Google Fonts). No connection is established to Google servers (in particular to “fonts.googleapis.com” and “fonts.gstatic.com”) in this context; no personal data is transmitted to Google. For more information on Google Fonts, see https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.Popup Maker
For the display of the newsletter registration pop-up, we use the WordPress plugin “Popup Maker” by Code Atlantic LLC. The plugin is operated locally on our server at IONOS; no connection to servers of Code Atlantic LLC is established when you visit our website. After a pop-up has been displayed or closed, Popup Maker stores a technically necessary cookie (usually with the prefix “pum-“) in your browser. This ensures that a pop-up that has already been closed is not immediately displayed to you again. An evaluation of your user behaviour does not take place. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in user-friendly control of the pop-up display (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).Google reCAPTCHA
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to verify whether the data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form or in the membership application) is made by a human or by an automated programme. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of the website visitor based on various characteristics. For its analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent by the website visitor on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The integration of reCAPTCHA only takes place after you have consented to the use of this service via our consent tool Complianz. As long as no consent has been given, reCAPTCHA is not loaded and no data is transmitted to Google. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG). Consent can be revoked at any time. The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks. The company has certification under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780. For further information on Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google privacy policy and the Google terms of use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en.Google Maps
On our event pages, we embed maps of the Google Maps service via the “The Events Calendar” plugin. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. When Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of consistent display of fonts. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. The integration of Google Maps only takes place after you have consented to the use of this service via our consent tool Complianz. As long as no consent has been given, Google Maps is not loaded and no data is transmitted to Google. The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG). Consent can be revoked at any time. The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/. The company has certification under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information can be obtained from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780. For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.The Events Calendar – Calendar Export
For the display and management of our events, we use the WordPress plugin “The Events Calendar”. On our event pages, we offer you the option of exporting individual dates to an external calendar service or adding them there. Specifically, the following export options are available:- Google Calendar – provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
- Microsoft Outlook 365 / Outlook Live – provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, D18 P521, Ireland.
- iCalendar (.ics file) – the file is generated on our own server at IONOS; no data transfer to third parties takes place with this variant.
- Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
- Microsoft: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Complianz (Cookie Consent Tool)
Our website uses the consent tool “Complianz” to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your terminal device or to the use of certain technologies, and to document this in a data protection-compliant manner. The provider of this technology is Complianz B.V., Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG Groningen, Netherlands (hereinafter “Complianz”). Complianz is installed locally on our server. No connection to servers of the provider is established when you visit our website; your consent data remains exclusively on our server. When you enter our website, Complianz stores a cookie in your browser in order to assign the consents you have given, or their revocation, to you. The data collected in this way (in particular consent ID, date and time of consent, anonymised IP address, information on browser and terminal device, status of consent) is stored until you request us to delete it, you delete the Complianz cookie yourself, or the purpose for the data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected. The use of Complianz takes place in order to obtain and prove the legally required consents for the use of cookies and comparable technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with § 25(1) TDDDG. The Netherlands is a Member State of the European Union; no data transfer to a third country takes place. Since Complianz is processed entirely locally on our server and no personal data is transferred to Complianz B.V., a data processing agreement with Complianz is not required. For further information, please refer to the Complianz privacy statement at: https://complianz.io/legal/privacy-statement-eu/.Source (template wording for parts of this privacy policy): https://www.e-recht24.de