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Privacy Policy

§ 1 General Provisions

We process your personal data (e.g., title, first and last name, address, email address, phone number) only in accor­dance with the provi­sions of German data protec­tion law and the data protec­tion laws of the Euro­pean Union (EU). The follow­ing provi­sions inform you not only about the purposes of process­ing, recip­i­ents, legal bases, and reten­tion peri­ods, but also about your rights and the controller respon­si­ble for your data process­ing. This Privacy Policy applies only to our websites. If you are redi­rected to other websites via links on our pages, please review the privacy poli­cies of those sites to learn how they handle your data. 

§ 2 Contacting Us

(1) Purpose of Processing

We process the personal data you provide to us via email, contact form, etc., in order to respond to and handle your inquiries. You are not required to provide us with your personal data. However, if you do not provide your email address, we will not be able to respond to you via email. 

(2) Legal Basis

a) If you have given us your explicit consent to process your data, Arti­cle 6(1)(a) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for such process­ing.
b) If we process your data to take steps prior to enter­ing into a contract, the legal basis is Arti­cle 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.
c) In all other cases (in partic­u­lar when using a contact form), the legal basis is Arti­cle 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. 

RIGHT TO OBJECT: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relat­ing to your partic­u­lar situ­a­tion, to the process­ing of your personal data that is based on Arti­cle 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and is not for the purpose of direct market­ing.
In the case of direct market­ing, however, you may object to the process­ing at any time with­out provid­ing a reason.

(3) Legitimate Interest

Our legit­i­mate inter­est in process­ing your data is to commu­ni­cate with you quickly and respond to your inquiries cost-effectively. If you provide us with your address, we reserve the right to use it for direct mail adver­tis­ing. You can protect your privacy by limit­ing the infor­ma­tion you share (e.g., by using a pseudonym). 

(4) Recipient Categories

Web host­ing providers, ship­ping service providers for direct marketing

(5) Retention Period

Your data will be deleted once it is clear from the circum­stances that your inquiry or the matter in ques­tion has been fully resolved.

However, if a contract is concluded, we will retain the data required under commer­cial and tax law for the peri­ods spec­i­fied by law, which is gener­ally ten years (see § 257 HGB, § 147 AO).

(6) Right of Withdrawal

If your personal data is processed based on your consent, you have the right to with­draw your consent at any time.

§ 3 Information About Cookies

(1) Purpose of Processing

This website uses cook­ies that are tech­ni­cally neces­sary. These are small text files that are not perma­nently stored on your computer system by your web browser and are used solely to ensure the website func­tions prop­erly. Other cook­ies are perma­nent and recog­nize your browser on your next visit to enhance the website’s user-friendliness. 

(2) Legal Basis

The legal basis for the process­ing is Arti­cle 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. 

(3) Legitimate Interest

Our legit­i­mate inter­est is to ensure the func­tion­al­ity and user-friendliness of our website. The user data collected through tech­ni­cally neces­sary cook­ies and the long-term cook­ies described here is not used to create user profiles. This safe­guards your inter­est in data protection. 

(4) Retention Period

Tech­ni­cally neces­sary cook­ies are usually deleted when you close your browser. Persis­tent cook­ies have vary­ing lifes­pans, rang­ing from a few minutes to several years. 

(5) Right to Object

If you do not wish to have these cook­ies stored, please disable them in your web browser. However, this may result in limited func­tion­al­ity on our website. You can also delete persis­tent cook­ies at any time through your browser. 

§ 4 Your Rights as a Data Subject

If we process your personal data, you are a data subject within the mean­ing of the GDPR, and you have the follow­ing rights with respect to us as the data controller:

1. Right to Access

Under Arti­cle 15 of the GDPR, you may request infor­ma­tion about your personal data that we process.

2. Right to Rectification

If the infor­ma­tion concern­ing you is not (or is no longer) accu­rate, you may request a correc­tion pursuant to Arti­cle 16 of the GDPR. If your data is incom­plete, you may request that it be completed. 

3. Right to Erasure

You may request the erasure of your personal data in accor­dance with the provi­sions of Arti­cle 17 of the GDPR.

4. Right to Restriction of Processing

Under the provi­sions of Arti­cle 18 of the GDPR, you have the right to request that the process­ing of your personal data be restricted.

5. Right to Data Portability

Under Arti­cle 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concern­ing you that you have provided to us in a struc­tured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or to request that it be trans­ferred to another controller.

6. Right to Withdraw Consent Under Data Protection Law

Pursuant to Arti­cle 7(3) of the GDPR, you have the right to with­draw your consent to the process­ing of your personal data at any time. This does not affect the lawful­ness of the process­ing carried out on the basis of your consent prior to its withdrawal. 

7. Right to File a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

If you believe that the process­ing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right under Arti­cle 77 of the GDPR to lodge a complaint with a super­vi­sory author­ity (in partic­u­lar in the Member State where you reside, where you work, or where the alleged infringe­ment occurred).

Please also note your right to object under Article 21 of the GDPR:

a) General: A substantiated objection is required

If the process­ing of your personal data is carried out
– to protect our over­rid­ing legit­i­mate inter­est (legal basis under Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) or
– in the public inter­est (legal basis under Arti­cle 6(1)(e) of the GDPR),

You have the right to object to the process­ing at any time on grounds relat­ing to your partic­u­lar situ­a­tion; this also applies to profil­ing based on the provi­sions of the GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demon­strate compelling legit­i­mate grounds for the process­ing that over­ride your inter­ests, rights, and free­doms, or the process­ing is neces­sary for the estab­lish­ment, exer­cise, or defense of legal claims.

b) Special Case: Direct Marketing—A Simple Objection Is Sufficient

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct market­ing, you have the right to object to such process­ing at any time and with­out provid­ing a reason; this also applies to profil­ing, to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to the process­ing of your personal data for direct market­ing purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for those purposes.

Data Controller:

Asso­ci­a­tion of Conter­gan Victims in North Rhine-Westphalia e.V.
Mater­nusstr. 9
50996 Cologne
Phone: 0152–343 425 04
herterich@contergan-nrw.eu

Contact information for our Data Protection Officer:

Udo Hert­erich
Mater­nusstr. 9
50996 Cologne
Phone: 0152–343 425 04
herterich@contergan-nrw.eu