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PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE

This data protection declaration contains the "duty to inform when collecting personal data from the data subject" in accordance with Art. 13 of the Basic Data Protection Ordinance (DS-GVO).


1 Name and address of the person responsible

The responsible body for this homepage is

People for Animal Rights - The Federal Association Against Vivisection, (Menschen für Tierrechte – Bundesverband der Tierversuchsgegner e.V.), Dr. Christiane Hohensee, Severinusstr. 52, 53909 Zülpich, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Tel. +49 (0) 3053026377

2 Data collection and processing

The use of our homepage is possible without providing personal data. We do not store any personal data of visitors to our pages.
Only the following data is recorded and stored until it is automatically deleted:

- IP address of the requesting computer
- date and time of access
- name and URL of the retrieved file
- amount of data transferred
- message as to whether the retrieval was successful
- identification data of the browser and operating system used
- the website from which the access is made
- name of your Internet access provider

This data is processed for the purpose of enabling the use of the website (connection establishment), system security and optimization of the Internet offer.

3 Use of the data and recipients of the data

Data will not be transmitted to third parties.

4 Newsletter

The newsletter is only sent on explicit request by the user. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter. The subscription to the newsletter can be cancelled by the person concerned at any time. Likewise, consent to the storage of personal data can be revoked at any time. For this purpose, each newsletter contains a corresponding note.

5 Contact by e-mail

If you contact us via our e-mail address, the personal data transmitted by you will be stored automatically. This data is stored solely for the purpose of processing or contacting the person concerned. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The legal basis for the processing of data if the user has given his consent is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If the e-mail contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 exp. 1 lit. b DSGVO.

6 Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subjects for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (DS-GMO) serves as legal basis.
In the processing of personal data required for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6(1) (b) DS-GMO serves as the legal basis. This also applies to the processing procedures required to carry out pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is required to fulfil a legal obligation to which our organization is subject, Art. 6 (1) (c) DS-GMO serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our corganization or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) (f) DS-GMO serves as the legal basis for processing.

7 Recipients of data or categories of recipients

Recipients of the data are public bodies that receive data on the basis of legal regulations (e.g. social insurance institutions, tax authorities), internal bodies that are involved in the execution of the respective business processes (personnel administration, bookkeeping, banks/payment service providers, accounting, customer service, marketing, sales), in the case of shipping products to the transport company/shipping company commissioned by us, contractual partners, business partners insofar as required or permitted by legal regulations.

Data will not be transmitted to third parties, with the exception of the transmission of credit card data/ Paypal data to the processing company for the purpose of debiting the purchase price to the transport company/shipping company commissioned by us. for the delivery of the goods and to our tax consultant for the fulfilment of our tax obligations.


8 Routine deletion and storage of personal data


We process and store personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or insofar as this has been provided for by the European Directive and regulation giver or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose ceases to apply or if a storage period prescribed by the European Directive and Regulation Giver or another competent legislator expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.


9 Your rights


If personal data are processed by you, you are affected within the meaning of the DSGVO and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the person responsible:

Right to information
You can ask the person in charge to confirm whether personal data concerning you will be processed by us.
If such processing has taken place, you can request the following information from the person responsible:

a. the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
b. the categories of personal data processed;
c. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or are still being disclosed;
d. the planned duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
e. the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you, a right to limitation of the processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
f. the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
g. any available information on the origin of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
h. the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22(1) and (4) DS-GMO and - at least in these cases - meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate guarantees in accordance with Article 46 DS-GMO in connection with the transmission.

Right to correction
You have a right of rectification and/or completion towards the data controller if the personal data processed concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. The person responsible shall make the correction without delay.

Right to limitation of processing
Under the following conditions, you may request that the processing of personal data concerning you be restricted:

a. if you dispute the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period of time that enables the data controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
b. the processing is unlawful and you refuse to delete the personal data and instead request that the use of the personal data be restricted;
c. the data controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you do need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or
d. if you have filed an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DS-GMO and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the person responsible outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may only be processed - apart from being stored - with your consent or for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending rights or protecting the rights of another natural or legal person or on grounds of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State.
If the processing restriction has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the person responsible before the restriction is lifted.

Right to cancellation
You may request the data controller to delete the personal data relating to you immediately, and the controller is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

a. The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
b. You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DS-GMO, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
c. You file an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DS-GMO and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing or you file an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 DS-GMO.
d. The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
e. The deletion of personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the data controller is subject.
f. The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 DS-GMO.

If the data controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17 para. 1 DS-GMO, he shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform data processors who process the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.

The right to cancellation does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary

a. the exercise of freedom of expression and information;
b. for the performance of a legal obligation required for processing under the law of the Union or of the Member States to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority conferred on the controller;
c. for reasons of public interest in the field of public health pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 DS-GMO;
d. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 DS-GMO, insofar as the right referred to in para. 1 is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the attainment of the objectives of such processing, or
e. to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Right to information
If you have exercised your right to have the data controller correct, delete or limit the processing, he/she is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction on processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

The person responsible shall have the right to be informed of such recipients.

Right to data transferability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the person responsible in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to pass this data on to another person in charge without obstruction by the person in charge to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

a. processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS GMO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DS GMO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DS GMO and
b. processing is carried out using automated methods.
In exercising this right, you also have the right to request that the personal data concerning you be transferred directly from one data controller to another data controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to transferability shall not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority conferred on the controller.

Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) DS-GMO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The data controller no longer processes the personal data concerning you, unless he can prove compelling reasons worthy of protection for the processing, which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing.
If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

You have the possibility to exercise your right of objection in connection with the use of Information Society services by means of automated procedures using technical specifications, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

Right to revoke the data protection declaration of consent
You have the right to revoke your data protection declaration of consent at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

Automated decision in individual cases including profiling
They shall not be subject to a decision based exclusively on automated processing, including profiling, which has legal effect vis-à-vis it or significantly affects it in a similar manner. This does not apply if the decision

a. is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the person responsible,
b. is admissible by law of the Union or of the Member States to which the person responsible is subject and that law contains appropriate measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms and legitimate interests; or
c. with your express consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 DS-GMO, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or g applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases mentioned in a. and c., the person responsible takes appropriate measures to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person by the person responsible, to state his own position and to challenge the decision.

Right of appeal to a supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where you are staying, working or suspected of infringing, if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the DS GMO.
The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 DS-GMO.


10 Information, objection, correction and removal possibilities

You have the possibility at any time to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data with effect for the future and to have your personal data deleted or modified. If the data is required to fulfil the contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, premature deletion of the data is only possible insofar as there are no contractual or statutory obligations to the contrary.

Requests for information, correction and deletion as well as the revocation or objection regarding the further use of the data of any consent given to us can be declared informally as follows:

People for Animal Rights- Bundesverband der Tierversuchsgegner e.V., Dr. Christiane Hohensee, Mühlenstr. 7a, 40699 Erkrath, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Tel. +49(0)3053026377


11 Cookies

We use so-called "cookies" for our websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. By setting cookies, our web server can recognize your browser, your individual settings on our web pages and, if necessary, parts of the login data in encrypted form, thus making it easier for you to use our pages and enabling automatic login.

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. This requires the browser to be recognized even after a change of page. The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.

Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted to our site. Therefore, you as a user also have full control over the use of cookies. Your browser settings allow you to refuse cookies, delete cookies from your computer, block cookies or to be requested before setting a cookie. The cookies we set are deleted from your computer after each session. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.


12 Google Analytics
       
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. "("Google").

Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

However, by activating IP anonymization on this website, Google will previously reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website and Internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

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 Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the appropriate browser plug-in.

As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, you must set an opt-out cookie to prevent future collection by Google Analytics within this website.


13 Protection of underage persons

Children and persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children, do not collect them and do not pass them on to third parties.

 

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