Privacy Policy

Information on data processing under the EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (DSGVO)

Information on data processing under the EU Data Protection Basic Regulation (DSGVO) can be found at www.duh.de/datenverarbeitung .

Notes on data protection and the use of cookies

The German Environmental Aid e.V. (DUH) takes the protection of personal data very seriously.

Personal data means information such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and other information required for the respective use which can be directly assigned to a specific person. The handling of personal data is governed in particular by the provisions of the Basic Data Protection Ordinance (DSGVO), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-neu) and the Telemedia Act (TMG).

The DUH ensures at all times that the relevant data protection requirements are observed and that the statutory periods for storage are observed. To this end, we take the necessary technical and organisational measures.

These instructions describe the processing of personal data when using DUH's websites, including mobile applications (apps). They also explain the choices you have about your personal information and how you can contact us.

Responsible office / Contact person

The person responsible within the meaning of the DSGVO is:

Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.
Fritz-Reichle-Ring 4
78315 Radolfzell
Phone +49 7732 999 5 0
Mail info[at]duh.de

Federal Managing Director: Jürgen Resch, Sascha Müller-Kraenner

Deputy Federal Managing Director: Barbara Metz

Executive Board: Prof. Dr. Harald Kächele, Burkhard Jäkel, Carl-Wilhelm Bodenstein-Dresler

Register of associations: Hanover Local Court, VR No.: 202112

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data by us or about data protection in general, please contact our data protection officer at the contact details given in the imprint or at the following e-mail address: datenschutz[at]duh.de

Your rights as a data subject

• Each data subject shall have the following rights:
• Right of access (Art. 15 DSGVO)
• Right to rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 DSGVO)
• Right to cancellation (Art. 17 DSGVO)
• Right to limit the processing of personal data (Art. 18 DSGVO)
• Right to data transferability (Art. 20 DSGVO).

You can object to the processing of personal data for advertising purposes including an analysis of customer data for advertising purposes at any time without stating reasons.

In addition, you as the party concerned are also entitled to a general right of objection (cf. Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO). In this case, the objection to data processing must be justified. If the data processing is based on a consent, your consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

The easiest way to exercise the rights of data subjects is to contact the address given in the imprint. In addition, you have the right to complain to the data protection supervisory authority responsible for you.

On the processing of personal data

As a rule, you can use the DUH website without providing any personal data. If you wish to donate, contact us or make use of our information services, you will be asked to enter the data necessary for processing. For example, we may ask you for your name and some other personal information relevant to the type of use. Mandatory information is marked separately in each case. Your data will come to us via an SSL-secured connection and will be stored on specially protected servers in Germany. Access to it is only possible for a few specially authorised persons who are involved with the technical or commercial support of these servers or are entrusted with the internal work processes. These persons have been instructed in data protection law and are bound to data secrecy. Under no circumstances will your personal data be passed on to third parties without your express consent. When entering your personal data, you will also be informed about the use of your personal data and must ask your consent for this.

We would also like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can be subject to security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible, it is therefore also your responsibility to protect your data by encryption or in any other way against misuse.

In the following, we would like to give you an overview of how we ensure the protection of your personal data when accessing our website and which types of personal data we process for which purposes and to what extent.

Processing of data when accessing our website - Logfiles

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider and the like. In addition, the IP address is transmitted and used to use the service you have requested. This information is technically necessary for the correct delivery of content requested by you from websites and is mandatory when using the Internet.

These log file data are deleted by us within 7 working days after completion of the use process. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 f) DSGVO.

In accordance with our IT security concept, we store the log file data that is generated over this period of time in order to recognize and analyze any attacks against our website.

Processing of data when using the website - your enquiries

If you send us an enquiry by e-mail or via the contact form, we collect the data you provide for processing and answering your request. We store this information for verification purposes over a period of up to two years. Legal basis for data processing Article 6(1) sentence 1(f) DSGVO.

Integration of third-party services and content

Within our Internet offer also contents of third, like e.g. videos of YouTube, or diagrams of other web pages can be merged. This assumes that the providers of this content receive your IP address so that they can send the respective content to your browser. We pay particular attention to the seriousness of these contents, but have no influence on these third-party providers and their data protection regulations.

Integration of YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube page operated by Google. The site is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection is established to the YouTube servers. This will tell the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged in to your YouTube account, you can allow YouTube to directly associate your surfing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and is therefore based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We only record the extent to which the YouTube videos integrated into our site are accessed and delete this data after 2 years.

You can find further information on the handling of user data in YouTube's data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Cookies

Cookies are small information files that enable your access device (PC, tablet, smartphone, etc.) to store specific information related to the device. For cookie management we currently use Cookie Script. We do not use cookies for advertising purposes.

General information on the use of cookies

Our website uses so-called cookies. We use so-called temporary cookies, which are automatically deleted when you close your browser (session cookies), as well as persistent (permanent) cookies.

You have the choice whether you want to allow the setting of cookies or not. You can make changes in your browser settings. You have the choice whether you accept all cookies, whether you are informed when cookies are set or whether you want to reject all cookies. If you decide for the last variant, it is possible that you cannot use our offer completely.

When cookies are used, a distinction must be made between the mandatory cookies and those required for further purposes (measurement of access figures, advertising purposes).

Mandatory required cookies when using the Internet offer

We use session cookies on our websites, which are absolutely necessary for the use of our websites. This includes cookies that allow us to recognize you while you are visiting the site in a single session. These session cookies contribute to the secure use of our services.

Use of cookies with your consent

Below you will find an overview of the cookies that are used by us with your consent given at the beginning of the use of the website. You will also find an opt-out option for each presentation of the application. These are cookies for recording the usage behaviour of our website and cookies that are used for advertising purposes.

Use of cookies to record user behaviour (tracking)

The use of tracking cookies enables us to recognize users when they access our website again and to assign usage processes to an internally assigned code number (pseudonym). In this way, we can record repeated visits to our website and analyse them in context.

Specifically, the following tracking cookies are used:

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by 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 will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google in advance within Member States of the European Union or in other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.

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 related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and Google from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en available under the following link.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website and to improve it regularly. The statistics obtained will enable us to improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the storage of cookies is the consent given (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO). The further evaluation of the collected data by means of Google Analytics takes place over a period of 2 years on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Further information can be found at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en 

or at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ (general information on Google Analytics and data protection).

Google Ad Grandts / Google Adwords Tracking

 We use the offer of Google Ad Grants, the offer for NGOs of Google Adwords, to draw attention to our important topics with the help of advertising media (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. These advertising media are delivered by Google via so-called "Ad Servers". Ad server cookies are used to evaluate performance parameters such as ad impressions, clicks and conversions. This enables us to determine how successful the individual advertising measures are in relation to the data of the advertising campaigns. If you access our website via a Google advertisement, Google Adwords stores a cookie in your PC. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not intended to identify you personally. The following analysis values are usually stored for this cookie:

• Unique Cookie ID
• Number of ad impressions per placement (Frequency)
• Last Impression (Relevant for Post-View-Conversions)
• OptOut information (marking that the user no longer wishes to be addressed)

These cookies enable Google to recognize your Internet browser. If a user visits certain pages of an AdWords customer's website and the cookie stored on their computer has not yet expired, Google and the customer may recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was directed to that page. Each Adwords customer is assigned a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be traced via the websites of Adwords customers. We ourselves do not collect and process any personal data in the aforementioned advertising measures. We only receive statistical evaluations from Google. On the basis of these evaluations, we can identify which of the advertising measures used are particularly effective. We do not receive any further data from the use of the advertising media, in particular we cannot identify the users on the basis of this information. The legal basis for the storage of cookies by Google is the consent given (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Google server. Please note that data processing by Google may take place outside the European Union. Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, www.privacyshield.gov/EU-USFramework. In addition, we have no influence on the extent and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge:

Through the integration of "tracking tools" Google receives the information that you have called the corresponding website of our Internet presence, or that you have clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider may find out and store your IP address.

You can find further information on data protection at Google here: http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html  

You can refuse to set a cookie. This can be done, for example, via browser settings, which generally deactivate the automatic setting of cookies. Alternatively, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com". By installing a browser plug-in, you can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en .

If you do not wish to receive interest-based advertising, you may opt-out of Google's use of cookies for this purpose by visiting the site.

You can find further information on data protection at Google here: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .

Alternatively, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website: http://www.networkadvertising.org/

Note for parents or guardians

Parents or guardians are responsible for protecting the privacy of their children. We ask you to talk to your children about the safe and responsible handling of your personal data on the Internet.