Thank you for your interest in our online presence. The protection of your personal data is particularly important to us. Below, we would like to inform you in detail about how we handle your data. Of course, all legal provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and, from 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Telemedia Act (TMG) and other data protection regulations are observed.
This data protection information applies to data processed by

INZIN e.V., Werdener Str. 4, 40227 Düsseldorf, Deutschland;

Email: institut(at)inzin(dot)de

Telefon: +49 (0)211 – 913 16 163

 

Register Court
Düsseldorf Local Court
Non-profit organisation
Register No. VR 11691

1. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use

a) When visiting the website

When you visit our website www.inzin.de, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,
  • Date of access,
  • Website from which the access was made (referrer URL)
  • browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer,
  • Server status code,
  • Size of the requested file

The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
  • Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
  • Analysing system security and stability and for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations on this in sections 3 and 4 of this privacy policy.

b) When registering for our newsletter

If you have expressly consented in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. GDPR, we will use your personal data to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. You can unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you can also send your cancellation request to institut(at)inzin.de at any time.

c) When using our contact form

If you have questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. You must provide a valid email address and your full name so that we know who sent the enquiry and can respond to it.

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.

The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after your enquiry has been dealt with.

2. Transfer of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR,
  • the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR.

3. Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
  • in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller;
  • gemäß Art. 7 Abs. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future and
  • to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. Therefore, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters.

4. Right to object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation. if you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to institut(at)inzin.de

5. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware.

In the cookie, information is stored that results from the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. For example, we use session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognised that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you (see section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies is required for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all functions of our website.

6. Analysis tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the continuous optimisation of our website. Fruthermore, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

a) Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics (https://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/features/), a web analysis service of Google Inc (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”) for the purpose of demand-oriented design and continuous optimisation of our pages. In diesem Zusammenhang werden pseudonymisierte Nutzungsprofile erstellt und Cookies (siehe unter Ziff. 4) verwendet.In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to analyse the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of this website. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will Google merge your IP address with other data. The IP addresses are anonymised so that they cannot be assigned to you (IP masking).

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics help centre (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

7. Social media plug-ins

We use social plug-ins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter, Xing, LinkedIn and WhatsApp on our website on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR in order to make us better known. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the GDPR. Responsibility for data protection-compliant operation must be guaranteed by the respective provider. We integrate these plug-ins using the so-called two-click method to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way.

a) Facebook

Social media plugins from Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA (Facebook) are used on our website to personalise their use.

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, which integrates it into the website.

By integrating the plugin, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our website with your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.

Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and customising Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to analyse your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook’s data protection information (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/) von Facebook.

b) Twitter

Plugins of the short message network of Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (Twitter) are integrated on our website. You can recognise the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our website. You can find an overview of tweet buttons here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons).

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter then receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter “tweet button” while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to associate your visit to our website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter.

If you do not want Twitter to be able to associate your visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account.

Further information on this can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy (https://twitter.com/privacy).

c) Xing

The “XING share button” is used on this website. The plugin is offered by XING AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (“XING”). When you access this website, a short-term connection to XING servers is established via your browser, which is used to provide the “XING Share Button” functions (in particular the calculation/display of the counter value). XING does not store any personal data about you when you access this website. In particular, XING does not store any IP addresses. There is also no evaluation of your usage behaviour via the use of cookies in connection with the “XING Share Button”. You can access the latest data protection information on the “XING share button” and additional information on this website: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

d) LinkedIn

Our website also uses the “share function” of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you click on the LinkedIn “Share button” (plug-in), you will be redirected to your user account in a separate browser window – provided you are logged into your LinkedIn user account – and can share the electronic publication stored on our website by adding a comment. The plug-in establishes a direct connection between your browser and the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. In addition, LinkedIn is then able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted (personal) data or its use by LinkedIn. Further information on this can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at:https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

e) Whatsapp

For communication with the WhatsApp Ireland Limited service 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (WhatsApp), we use the third-party service WhatsATool by atms. The following data is stored when you use our WhatsApp service: User name (this may also include your first name and surname), mobile phone number, messages sent and which messages you have opened or clicked on. This data is used exclusively for Messenger communication and is not transferred to third parties for use. You can unsubscribe from our service at any time with the “Stop” message. If you contact us via WhatsApp, the WhatsApp Inc. user guidelines also apply, which you can find here: “WhatsApp Legal Notice.”

8. Data security

We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser when you visit our website. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can recognise whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

9. Topicality and amendments to this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018.

It may become necessary to amend this privacy policy as a result of the further development of our website and services or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on the website at https://www.inzin.de/privacy-policy/von.