Privacy Policy

Data Protection

A. Data Protection at a glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that personally identifies you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details of the website operator in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the imprint. Furthermore, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy.

You can object to this analysis. We will inform you about the objection options in this privacy policy.

B. General information and mandatory information

Data Protection

Designation of the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Igor Mitchnik (Executive Director)

Austausch e.V.
Badstraße 44
13357 Berlin

The responsible body alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, contact details, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Only with your express consent are some processes of data processing possible. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation, an informal notification by e-mail is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law. The competent supervisory authority regarding data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. For this purpose and for further questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact options listed in the imprint.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line of your browser and by the lock symbol in the browser line.

Data protection officer

We have appointed a data protection officer.

Jasper Kruse (Austausch e.V.)
tel. +49 30 44 66 80 18
e-mail: [email protected]

Server log files

The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

    • Visited page on our domain
    • Date and time of the server request
    • Browser type and browser version
    • Operating system used
    • Referrer URL
    • Host name of the accessing computer
    • IP address

There is no merging of this data with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Newsletter data

For sending our newsletter, we require an email address from you. Verification of the provided email address is necessary, and consent to receive the newsletter is required. Additional data is not collected or is voluntary. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

The data provided during newsletter registration is processed solely based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. A simple notification by email is sufficient for the revocation, or you can unsubscribe from the newsletter using the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The lawfulness of the data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of cancellation. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and at another location, it will remain with us.

Objection to Promotional Emails

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of promotional information, such as spam emails.