Privacy Policy

Privacy policy for the website berlinscienceweek.com

Falling Walls Foundation gGmbH, (“we”) operates the website berlinscienceweek.com (the “Site”), accessible at https://berlinscienceweek.com.

With this privacy policy, we inform you about the personal data we collect when you visit our Site and how we process it. Thereby, we also fulfil our obligation to inform you pursuant to Article 13 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

I.  Identity of the controller
 

Falling Walls Foundation gGmbH
Kochstraße 6/7
10969 Berlin, Germany

phone: +49 30 60 988 39 70
fax: +49 30 60 988 39 79
mail: office@falling-walls.com 

II. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING, ITS LEGAL BASIS AND THE PERIOD FOR WHICH THE DATA WILL BE STORED

1. Basic information on data processing and legal bases

1.1 This data protection declaration clarifies the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data within our online offer and the websites, functions and contents connected with it (hereinafter jointly referred to as “online offer” or “website”). The data protection declaration applies regardless of the domains, systems, platforms and devices (e.g. desktop or mobile) on which the online offer is executed.

1.2 We refer the terms used, such as “personal data” or their “processing” to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1.3 The personal data of the users processed within the scope of this online offer includes inventory data (e.g., names and addresses of customers), contract data (e.g., services used), usage data (e.g., the web pages of our online offer visited, interest in our products) and content data (e.g., entries in the contact form).

1.4 The term “user” covers all categories of data processing of data subjects. They include our business partners, customers, interested parties and other visitors to our online offer. The terms used, e.g. “user”, are to be understood in a gender-neutral way.

1.5 We process personal data of users only in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations. This means that the data of the users are only processed if a legal permission is available. This means, in particular, if the data processing is necessary for the provision of our contractual services (e.g. processing of orders) and online services, or is required by law, the consent of the users is present, as well as on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation and security of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, in particular in measuring reach, creating profiles for advertising and marketing purposes as well as collecting access data and using the services of third parties).

1.6 We would like to point out that the legal basis of the consents is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the purpose of fulfilling our services and implementing contractual measures is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the fulfilment of our legal obligations Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c. GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to safeguard our legitimate interests Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR is.

2. Legal obligations to retain documents

2.1. We have the statutory obligation to retain certain documents according to Sec. 257 HGB (German Commercial Code) and Sec. 147 AO (Fiscal Code of Germany) as well as social security laws and employment laws. These documents may also include personal data. Specifically, these are:

Accounts and records, inventories, annual financial statements, single fiscal statements according to Sec. 325 par. 2a HGB, group fiscal statements, situation reports, group situation reports the opening balance sheet as well as the operating instructions and other organizational documents needed for their comprehension, accounting records, documents pursuant to Art. 15(1) and Art. 163 of the Union Customs Code.

These documents have to be retained for a period of 10 years. Trade or business letters received, reproductions of trade or business letters sent, other documents to the extent that these are of relevance for taxation. These documents have to be retained for a period of 6 years

2.2. The respective storage period shall begin upon the end of the calendar year in which the last entry was made in the accounts, the inventory, the opening balance sheet, the annual financial statement or the situation report drawn up, the trade or business letter received or sent, the accounting record created, the record made or the other documents created.Ω

III. RECIPIENTS AND TRANSFERS TO THIRD COUNTRIES

If we are not able to provide services ourselves, we use external service providers. These service providers are primarily providers of IT services, such as our web host, e-mail provider or telecommunications provider.

If not specifically mentioned elsewhere in this privacy policy, we do not transfer your data to third countries.

1. Security Measures

1.1 We take organisational, contractual and technical security measures in accordance with the state of the art to ensure that the provisions of the data protection laws are complied with and thus to protect the data processed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons.

1.2 The security measures include in particular the encrypted transmission of data between your browser and our server.

2. Transfer of data to third parties and third party providers

2.1 Data will only be passed on to third parties within the framework of the legal requirements. We will only pass on user data to third parties if this is necessary for contractual purposes, e.g. on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR or on the basis of justified interests in accordance with Art.. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR in the economic and effective operation of our business.

2.2 If we use subcontractors to provide our services, we take appropriate legal precautions as well as appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the protection of personal data in accordance with the relevant legal provisions.

2.3 If, in the context of this privacy policy, content, tools or other means of other providers (hereinafter jointly referred to as “third parties”) are used and their registered office is located in a third country, it is to be assumed that a data transfer to the countries where the third parties are located will take place. Third countries are countries in which the GDPR is not a directly applicable law, i.e. generally countries outside the EU or the European Economic Area. Data is transferred to third countries either if there is an appropriate level of data protection, user consent or other legal permission.

3. Provision of contractual services

3.1 We process inventory data (e.g., names and addresses as well as contact data of users), contract data (e.g., services used, names of contact persons, payment information) for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations and services in accordance with Art.. 6 paragraph 1 lit b. GDPR.

3.2 Within the scope of registration and use of our online services, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the user’s protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. This data will not be passed on to third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so in accordance with Art.. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

3.3 We process usage data (e.g., the websites visited by our online offer, interest in our products) and content data (e.g., entries in the contact form or user profile) for advertising purposes in a user profile in order to show the user e.g., product information based on the services they have used so far.

IV. INTERNET PROCESSING OR USE OF PERSONAL DATA

1. Contact

1.1 You can contact us, for example, by writing an email. In such cases, we will process the personal data you provide us with in order to answer your request. This may include especially your name, email address, subject of your message and the message itself. We will retain your messages until we have fulfilled your request. Afterwards we will delete it immediately. The processing for such purposes is based on Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f) GDPR, while the purposes of the processing.

1.2 When contacting us (via contact form or e-mail), the user’s details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing in accordance with Art.. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

1.3 The user’s details may be stored in our customer relationship management system (“CRM system”) or a comparable enquiry organisation.

2. Comments and contributions

2.1 If users leave comments or other contributions, on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art.. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR their IP addresses will be stored for no longer than 7 days.

2.2 This is done for our security, if someone leaves illegal content in comments and contributions (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.) In this case we can be prosecuted ourselves for the comment or contribution and are therefore interested in the identity of the author.

3. Collection of access data and log files

3.1 On the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, we collect data about every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes the name of the accessed website, file, date and time of access, transferred data volume, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited site), IP address and the requesting provider.

3.2 For security reasons (e.g. to clarify misuse or fraud), log file information is stored for a maximum of seven days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is required for evidential purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
 

4. Cookies & range measurement

4.1 Cookies are information that is transferred from our web server or web servers of third parties to the web browsers of the users and stored there for later retrieval. Cookies can be small files or other types of information storage.

4.2 We use “session cookies”, which are only stored for the duration of the current visit to our online presence. A randomly generated unique identification number, a so-called session ID, is stored in a session cookie. In addition, a cookie contains information about its origin and the storage period. These cookies cannot store any other data. Session cookies are deleted when you have finished using our online services and close the browser.

4.3 Users are informed about the use of cookies in the context of pseudonymous range measurement within the scope of this data protection declaration.

4.4 If the users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser. Stored cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of this online offer.

4.5 You can object to the use of cookies, which serve to measure reach and advertising purposes, via the deactivation page of the network advertising initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the US-American website(http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).
 

5. Google Analytics

5.1 On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the website by the user is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

5.2 Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

5.3 Google will use this information on our behalf in order to evaluate the use of our website by users, to compile reports on the activities within this website and to provide us with further services associated with the use of this website and the use of the Internet. In doing so, pseudonymous user profiles of the users can be created from the processed data.

5.4 We use Google Analytics in order to display the advertisements placed within the advertising services of Google and its partners only to those users who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who show certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products, which are determined on the basis of the websites visited), which we transmit to Google (so-called “remarketing” or “Google Analytics Audiences”). With the help of remarketing audiences, we also want to ensure that our advertisements correspond to the potential interest of the users and do not appear annoying.

5.5 We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymisation. This means that the IP address of users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

5.6 The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser will not be merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

5.7 You can find further information on data use by Google, setting and objection possibilities on the websites of Google: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners (“Data use by Google when you use websites or apps of our partners”), http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads (“Data use for advertising purposes”), http://www.google.de/settings/ads (“Manage information that Google uses to show you advertising”).

6. Google re/marketing services

6.1 On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) the marketing and remarketing services (in short “Google Marketing Services”) of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, (“Google”).

6.2 Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

6.3 Google’s marketing services allow us to display ads for and on our website in a more targeted manner so that we only show users ads that potentially match their interests. For example, if a user is shown ads for products that he or she has been interested in on other websites, this is called “remarketing”. For these purposes, when you access our and other websites on which Google marketing services are active, Google will execute code directly by Google and (re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or code, also known as “web beacons”) will be embedded in the website. With their help, an individual cookie, i.e. a small file, is stored on the user’s device (instead of cookies, comparable technologies can also be used). The cookies can be set by various domains, including google.com, doubleclick.net, invitemedia.com, admeld.com, googlesyndication.com or googleadservices.com. In this file it is noted which websites the user has visited.

7. Facebook Social Plugins

7.1 On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) Social Plugins (“Plugins”) of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”). The Plugins can display interaction elements or content (e.g. videos, graphics or text contributions) and can be recognized by one of the Facebook logos (white “f” on blue tile, the terms “Like”, “Like” or a “thumbs up” sign) or are marked with the addition “Facebook Social Plugin”. The list and appearance of the Facebook Social Plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

7.2. Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).

7.3 If a user calls up a function of this online offer that contains such a plugin, his device establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to the user’s device and integrated into the online offer by the user. User profiles can be created from the processed data. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore inform the users according to our state of knowledge.

7.4 By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that a user has called up the corresponding page of the online offer. If the user is logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to his or her Facebook account. If users interact with the plugins, for example, by pressing the Like button or making a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your device to Facebook and stored there. If a user is not a member of Facebook, it is still possible for Facebook to find out his or her IP address and store it. According to Facebook, only an anonymized IP address is stored in Germany.

7.5 The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as the relevant rights and settings to protect the privacy of users, can be found in the Facebook privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

7.6 If a user is a Facebook member and does not want Facebook to collect data about him or her via this online offer and link it to his or her membership data stored on Facebook, he or she must log out of Facebook and delete his or her cookies before using our online offer. Further settings and objections to the use of data for advertising purposes are possible within the Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads or via the US-American page http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU page http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. The settings are platform-independent, i.e. they are adopted for all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

8. Facebook, custom audiences and facebook marketing services

8.1 Within our online offer, the so-called “Facebook pixel” of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are located in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”), is used due to our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer and for these purposes.

8.2 Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).

8.3 With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is on the one hand able to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the presentation of advertisements (so-called “Facebook Ads”). Accordingly, we use the Facebook Pixel in order to display the Facebook Ads placed by us only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who exhibit certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called “custom audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook Ads correspond to the potential interest of users and do not appear to be annoying. With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook Ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users are redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook Ad (so-called “conversion”).

8.4 The Facebook pixel is integrated directly by Facebook when you call up our websites and can save a so-called cookie, i.e. a small file, on your device. If you then log in to Facebook or visit Facebook when logged in, the visit to our online offer will be noted in your profile. The data collected about you is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and can be used by Facebook as well as for our own market research and advertising purposes. If we should transmit data to Facebook for comparison purposes, this data is encrypted locally on the browser and only then sent to Facebook via a secure https connection. This is done solely for the purpose of comparing the data with the data equally encrypted by Facebook.

8.5 The processing of the data by Facebook is carried out within the framework of Facebook’s data use policy. Accordingly, general information on the display of Facebook Ads, in the Facebook Data Usage Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Specific information and details about the Facebook pixel and its functionality can be found in the Facebook help section: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.

8.6 You may object to the collection by the Facebook Pixel and use of your information to display Facebook Ads. To control what types of ads are displayed to you within Facebook, you can go to the Facebook-established page and follow the instructions on usage-based advertising settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. The settings are platform-independent, which means they apply to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.

8.7 You may also object to the use of cookies for audience measurement and advertising purposes via the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally via the US website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).

9. Twitter Ads

We use the “Twitter Ads” of Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”).

Twitter Ads stores and processes information about your user behavior on our website. For this purpose, Twitter Ads sets cookies that enable Twitter to analyze your use of our website. In addition, a so-called “Twitter pixel” can be used to track your actions after you have seen or clicked on a Twitter advertisement.

We use Twitter Ads for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to analyze the use of our ads and tailor the audiences of our ads on twitter as well as to analyze the conversion on our website. By statistically evaluating user behavior, we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The aforementioned purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by Twitter. The le-gal basis is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Using Twitter Ads data are being processed in the USA. However, Twitter Inc. is certified under the EU-US-Privacy Shield. Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield Twitter guarantees that an adequate level of protection is ensured when processing data in the United States. The certificate is available at: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active. Further information on data protection for Twitter Ads can be found on the following website: https://twitter.com/de/privacy.

10. Linkedin Conversion Tracking And Insight Tag

We use the “LinkedIn Insight Tag” of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

The LinkedIn Insight Tag is a piece of lightweight JavaScript code that we have added to our websites to enable in-depth campaign reporting and to help us unlock valuable insights about our website visitors. We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to track conversions, retarget website visitors, and unlock additional insights about members interacting with our LinkedIn adverts.

The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of metadata such as IP address information, timestamp, and events such as page views. All data is encrypted. The LinkedIn browser cookie is stored in a visitor’s browser until they delete the cookie or the cookie expires (there’s a rolling six-month expiration from the last time the visitor’s browser loaded the Insight Tag).

You can opt out of cookies on your LinkedIn settings page. And you can opt-out of LinkedIn retargeting here. We recommend you read their Cookie Policy for more information.

11. YouTube

11.1. We embed YouTube videos on our Site. The website de.youtube.com is a video portal operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”. YouTube is a subsidiary of Google. If you are watching embedded YouTube videos on our Site, you will be connected to youtube.com. This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our Site within your browser.

11.2. We embed all YouTube videos using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. According to YouTube, the privacy-enhanced mode will ensure that no activity is collected to personalize the viewing experience.

11.3. Please note that YouTube will record and process at a minimum your IP address, the date and time the video was displayed, as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the DoubleClick advertising network of Google is established.

If you are logged in to YouTube when you access our Site, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our Site or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube account.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options is available in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

12. Events

12.1. For some events we use the tool XING Events, a service provided by XING Events GmbH, Sandstr. 33, 80335 Munich, Germany, for the registration, invoicing and payment regarding our events. The operator of the XING Events websites and controller in respect of data protection law is New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

12.2. XING Events is an event management tool that allows you to register for an event or to buy a ticket for an event. When you purchase tickets or register yourself, XING Events collects your data and transmits it to us as the organizer. XING Events collects and processes your data as a controller in its own right. We only receive the necessary data from XING Events to carry out the event. We process your data for the performance of the contract with you (e.g. for checking admission to the event) on the basis of Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b) GDPR. For these purposes we process the data until the respective event had been held and store it for three more years if we have to make or defend against claims resulting from our contractual relationship.

After this period, we will retain your information for additional 3 years in order to be able to make claims resulting from our contractual relationship or defend ourselves against such claims.

Further information on XING’s data protection can be found at: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy.
 

13. Jobs

13.1. If you apply for a position at our organization, we will process your personal data the application procedure based on Sec. 26 par. 1 BDSG (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, German Federal Data Protection Act). If your application is not successful, we will retain your personal data for additional 6 months, beginning at the end of the month in which we decide on your application. During this time we will use your data to defend ourselves against claims based on the anti-discrimination law (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz, AGG) and delete it thereafter. The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 par. 1 lit. c) GDPR. For Recruiting purposes we are using the Personio software: Personio GmbH, Rundfunkplatz 4, 80335 München, Deutschland

13.2. You can view the privacy policy of the software here: www.personio.com/privacy-policy/

14. Integration of third party services and content

14.1 We set within our online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use content or service offers from third parties in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “content”). This always presupposes that the third-party providers of these contents are aware of the IP address of the users, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the contents to their browsers. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. We make every effort to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the content. Third party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. The “pixel tags” can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain, among other things, technical information on the browser and operating system, referring web pages, visiting time and other details on the use of our online offer, as well as being able to be linked to such information from other sources.

14.2 The following presentation offers an overview of third party providers and their contents, together with links to their data protection declarations, which contain further information on the processing of data and, in some cases already mentioned here, the possibility to object (so-called opt-out):

– If our customers use the payment services of third parties (e.g. PayPal or Sofortüberweisung), the terms and conditions and the privacy policy of the respective third party provider apply, which can be accessed within the respective websites or transaction applications.

– External fonts from Google, Inc. https://www.google.com/fonts (“Google Fonts”). The integration of Google Fonts is done by a server call at Google (usually in the USA). Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.

– Maps of the “Google Maps” service provided by the third party provider Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.

– Videos from the “YouTube” platform of the third-party provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.

– Functions of the Google+ service are integrated within our online offer. These functions are offered by the third-party provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you are logged in to your Google+ account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Google+ profile by clicking the Google+ button. This allows Google to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Google+. Privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, Opt-Out: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/.

– Within our online offer, functions of the Instagram service are integrated. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our site with your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. Privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

– Our online services use functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you access one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn will be notified that you have visited our sites using your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn’s “Recommend Button” and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to track your visit to our site to you and your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

– Within our online offer functions of the service Twitter can be integrated. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter in the process. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Privacy policy of Twitter at http://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings.

– We use functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstrasse 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you access one of our pages that contains Xing functions, a connection is established to Xing servers. To the best of our knowledge, no personal data is stored. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or the usage behaviour is evaluated. Privacy policy: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

– Web analysis and optimisation with the help of the Hotjar service, the third party provider Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe. Hotjar allows you to track movements on the websites where Hotjar is used (so-called heat maps). For example, you can see how far users scroll and which buttons users click on how often. Furthermore, technical data such as selected language, system, screen resolution and browser type are recorded. In this context, user profiles can be created, at least temporarily during the visit to our website. Furthermore, Hotjar also makes it possible to obtain feedback directly from the users of the website. In this way, we obtain valuable information to make our websites even faster and more customer-friendly. Privacy policy: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy. Opt-out: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out.

– External code of the JavaScript framework “jQuery”, provided by the third-party provider jQuery Foundation, https://jquery.org.

– We use functions of Recombee. Recombee is a recommendation service that provides personalized content via recommendations to users based on user behavior, the similarity of items, and a range of other factors. Behind the scenes it tracks the content users view and is able to use this behavioral data, along with its content index, to make recommendations to users in various scenarios. Privacy Policy: https://www.recombee.com/cookie-policy.html

– We use the Algolia search technology on our website. The provider is Algolia SAS, 55 Rue d'Amsterdam, 75008 Paris, France. By using the Algolia search, your IP address and your search query will be transmitted to an Algolia server in Europe or in the USA and stored there for 90 days for statistical purposes. You can view Algolia's data protection information here: www.algolia.com/policies/privacy/

V. NEWSLETTER

1. Drip

1.1 With the following information, we will inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch and statistical evaluation procedure and your rights of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and to the described procedures.

1.2 Content of the newsletter: We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications containing advertising information (hereinafter “newsletter”) only with the consent of the recipients or with a legal permission. Insofar as the contents of the newsletter are specifically described in the context of a registration for the newsletter, they are decisive for the consent of the users. Our newsletters also contain information about our products, offers, promotions and our company.

1.3 Newsletter registrations are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored by the shipping service provider are also logged.

1.4 Mailing Service Provider: Newsletters are sent via Drip from Drip Global, Inc., 700 Van Ness Avenue Fresno, CA 93721 United States, hereinafter referred to as the “Mailing Service Provider”. You can view the privacy policy of the shipping service provider here: https://www.drip.com/privacy.

1.5 Furthermore, according to its own information, the mail-order service provider may use this data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assigning it to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g. to technically optimize the sending and presentation of newsletters or for statistical purposes to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, the dispatch service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or pass them on to third parties.

1.6 registration data: In order to subscribe to the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your e-mail address.

1.7 Statistical survey and analyses – The newsletters contain a so-called “web beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file which is retrieved from the server of the dispatch service provider when the newsletter is opened. Within the scope of this retrieval, technical information, such as information on the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval are initially collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of the services based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behaviour based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined by means of the IP address) or the access times. Statistical surveys also include determining whether newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our nor the dispatch service provider’s intention to observe individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

1.8 The use of the mail-order service provider, the performance of statistical surveys and analyses and the logging of the registration procedure are based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We are interested in the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves our business interests and meets the expectations of the users.

1.9 Cancellation/revocation – You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. Your consent to the dispatch of the newsletter by the dispatch service provider and the statistical analyses will expire at the same time. A separate cancellation of the dispatch by the dispatch service provider or the statistical analysis is unfortunately not possible. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. If users have only registered for the newsletter and cancelled this registration, their personal data will be deleted.

2. MailJet

2.1 With the following information, we will inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch and statistical evaluation procedure and your rights of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and to the described procedures.

2.2 Content of the newsletter: We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications containing advertising information (hereinafter “newsletter”) only with the consent of the recipients or with a legal permission. Insofar as the contents of the newsletter are specifically described in the context of a registration for the newsletter, they are decisive for the consent of the users. Our newsletters also contain information about our products, offers, promotions and our company.

2.3 Newsletter registrations are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored by the shipping service provider are also logged.

2.4 Mailing Service Provider: Newsletters are sent via MailJet from Mailjet service, offered by Mailjet SAS, 13-13 bis, 13 Rue de l'Aubrac, 75012 Paris, France, hereinafter referred to as the “Mailing Service Provider”. You can view the privacy policy of the shipping service provider here: https://www.mailjet.com/privacy-policy/.

2.5 Furthermore, according to its own information, the mail-order service provider may use this data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assigning it to a user, to optimize or improve its own services, e.g. to technically optimize the sending and presentation of newsletters or for statistical purposes to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, the dispatch service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or pass them on to third parties.

2.6 Registration data: In order to subscribe to the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your e-mail address.

2.7 Statistical survey and analyses – The newsletters contain a so-called “web beacon”, i.e. a pixel-sized file which is retrieved from the server of the dispatch service provider when the newsletter is opened. Within the scope of this retrieval, technical information, such as information on the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval are initially collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of the services based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behaviour based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined by means of the IP address) or the access times. Statistical surveys also include determining whether newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our nor the dispatch service provider’s intention to observe individual users. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

2.8 The use of the mail-order service provider, the performance of statistical surveys and analyses and the logging of the registration procedure are based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We are interested in the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves our business interests and meets the expectations of the users.

2.9 Cancellation/revocation – You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. Your consent to the dispatch of the newsletter by the dispatch service provider and the statistical analyses will expire at the same time. A separate cancellation of the dispatch by the dispatch service provider or the statistical analysis is unfortunately not possible. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. If users have only registered for the newsletter and cancelled this registration, their personal data will be deleted.
 

VI. RIGHT TO OBJECT AND WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT

1. Users’ Rights

1.1 Users have the right to request information free of charge about the personal data we have stored about them.

1.2 In addition, users have the right to correct incorrect data, restrict processing and delete their personal data, if applicable, to exercise their rights to data portability and, in the event of suspected unlawful data processing, to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

1.3 Users may also withdraw their consent, in principle with consequences for the future.

2. Deletion of Data

2.1 The data stored with us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage obligations. If the users’ data are not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing is restricted. This means that the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to user data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.
 

3. Right of Objection

3.1 Users can object to the future processing of their personal data in accordance with the legal requirements at any time. The objection may in particular be made against processing for the purposes of direct advertising.

VII. AMENDMENTS TO THE DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION

1.1 We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy to adapt it to changes in the law or to changes in the Service and data processing. However, this only applies with regard to declarations on data processing. Insofar as the consent of the users is required or components of the data protection declaration contain regulations of the contractual relationship with the users, the changes will only be made with the consent of the users.

1.2 Users are asked to inform themselves regularly about the content of the data protection declaration.
 

NECESSARY COOKIES

There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent.

wall-shown
First-Party persistent cookie, expires after 24 hours. Remembers if the falling wall animation was shown.

rhps_*
First-Party persistent cookie, does not expire. Remembers your privacy settings.

autonext
Remember your video autoplay preferences. Does not expire.

srollTop
Restores your scroll position on page reload. Expires after 1 second.

shownPopups (SessionStorage)
First-Party session storage, expires after you quit your browser. Remembers popups that should be shown each session.

shownPopups (LocalStorage)
First-Party local storage, does not expire. Remembers popups that should be shown only once.

ANALYSE COOKIES

We use these purely for internal research on how we can improve the service we provide for all our users.

_ga
Identifies the user. Expires after 2 years.

_gid
User journey. Expires after 24 hours.

_gat
Throttle request rate. Expires after 10 minutes.

MARKETING COOKIES

There cookies enable third parties to show you relevant content about Falling Walls Foundation.

personalization_id
Used by Twitter pixel. Expires after 2 years.

fr
Used by Facebook pixel. Contains a unique browser and user ID, used for targeted advertising. Expires after 90 days.

IDE
This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts. Expires after 390 days.
 

Berlin, December 2020

Data Protection Officer

Lucija Bobinec