Privacy Policy

The website serves to provide information about the activities of the Dewender Foundation.
Personal data is processed to fulfill the foundation’s information obligations and to protect legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

When you access our website, data is automatically collected that your browser transmits to our server:

• IP address (shortened/anonymized where technically possible)
• Date and time of the request
• Time zone difference to GMT
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Access status / HTTP status code
• Amount of data transferred in each case
• Website from which the request originates
• Browser type and version
• Operating system and its interface

This data is technically necessary in order to display the website correctly and to ensure stability and security (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

There is no merging of this data with other data sources.

Our website uses continuous SSL/TLS encryption.
You can recognize this by “https://” and the lock symbol in the browser bar.

Through HSTS, browsers are permanently instructed to use only the secure connection.

If you contact us by form or e-mail, the data you submit will be processed to handle your inquiry.

The following data may be processed in particular:

• Name
• E-mail address
• Telephone number
• Content of your message or enquiry

Legal basis:
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent)
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (pre-contractual measures)
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (the foundation’s legitimate interest in communication)

Data from inquiries is not shared with third parties.

Personal data is only disclosed in the following cases:

• if you have expressly consented
• if this is necessary to fulfill legal obligations
• if this is required in the context of vital interests
• if this is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims

No data is disclosed to advertising or tracking service providers.

Our website may use technically necessary cookies (e.g. session cookies of the CMS). These are required to ensure the secure operation of the website.

No tracking cookies are set.

Our hosting provider creates anonymized access statistics based on the server log files.
No analysis is carried out that can identify individuals.

Our website may contain links to external websites over whose content the Dewender Foundation has no control. The privacy policies of those websites apply to them.

You have the following rights:

 

• Access to your stored data (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Objection to certain processing activities (Art. 21 GDPR)
• Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Withdrawal of granted consent (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The competent authority is:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW)
Kavalleriestraße 2–4
40213 Düsseldorf

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy as needed in order to reflect new legal requirements or technical changes.