Data Protection

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

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

Data Collection on This Website

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Information on the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this 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 obtain 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 or deletion of this data.

If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions regarding data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

FlokiNET

The provider is
FlokiNET
P.O. Box No. 4
121 Reykjavik Iceland
(hereinafter Flokinet).
For details, see the Flokinet Privacy Policy. The use of FlokiNET is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website as reliably as possible.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible. ### Note on the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Paul Schiffers c/o Raupe Immersatt e.V. Johannesstr 97 70176 Stuttgart Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#lauti-community:matrix.org Email: mail [at] lauti.org The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data; in the latter case, deletion will occur once these reasons no longer apply.

Data processing is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases in each individual case are explained in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the context of our business activities we work with various external parties for this purpose. No transfer of personal data to these external parties is required.

Right to object to data collection in special cases

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged violation. This right of complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on 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 controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time about this and other questions regarding personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this. You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data while the verification is pending. If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion. If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion. If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, your interests must be weighed against ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising emails

The use of contact details published in accordance with the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example through spam emails.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookies

Our website does not use so-called “cookies.”

Local Storage

Our website uses so-called “local storage.” Data is stored on your device. No other party has access to this data.Access to other websites. This data is processed based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. It is necessary for the correct provision of the website.

Server log files

No log files containing personal data are stored on the server.

Server database

The server uses a database to manage and subsequently display the registered events, groups, and locations. For this purpose, personal accounts are provided to authorized persons to publish events, groups, and locations on the website via the so-called “Backstage.” For this purpose, the following data is processed and stored in the database for the purpose of authentication and contact in the event of technical problems:

The specified nickname Email address All data stored by the account holders, such as their events, groups, locations, and the contact information provided for them, such as website, email address, address, and images, are linked to this personal data. This data can be deleted independently and will be processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR in order to make the information on the website available to users. Furthermore, invitation links created and whether and by whom this link was used (nickname) are stored in the database for moderation purposes and to provide support in the event of technical problems.

Server Data Processing

The server software processes personal data that your browser automatically transmits to us. This includes:

Browser type and version; Operating system used; Referrer URL; Hostname of the accessing computer; Time of the server request; IP address. This data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation of its website. The specified data will be deleted from the server immediately after successful delivery and display of the website. This data will not be merged with other data sources.

Inquiry via email, Mastodon, or Matrix

If you contact us via email or Mastodon, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not share this data without your consent. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Analysis Tools

Plausible Analytics

This website uses the analysis tool Plausible Analytics to statistically evaluate visitor access. Plausible allows us to analyze the use of our website. Plausible processes, among other things, log data (IP address, referrer, browser used, user origin, search engine used) and actions performed by website visitors on the site (e.g., clicks and views). The data collected with Plausible is stored exclusively on our own server. The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior in order to optimize our website.

IP Anonymization

We use Plausible with an anonymized IP. Your IP address is anonymized using a mathematical hash process, and only the hash generated in this way is stored. The IP address can no longer be determined from the hash. This process also applies to other log data such as browsers used, etc. Plausible therefore does not store any personal data.

6. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the specified email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data will not be collected or will only be collected on a voluntary basis. We will use this data exclusively to send the requested information and will not share it with third parties.

The data entered into the newsletter registration form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, email address, and their use for sending the newsletter.You can revoke your consent at any time, for example, via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you have provided to us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or after the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your email address will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider on a blacklist if necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will be used only for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Storage on the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

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