Data protection notice

Responsible Organisation

Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (HSFK/PRIF)
Baseler Straße 27-31
D-60329 Frankfurt am Main
E-Mail: info@hsfk.de

 

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Data protection explained

This following section gives a short and comprehensible overview about how we collect and process data. See the next section on this page for the full Data Protection Notice.

What we collect

  • Domain name or IP address of your device, the filename and URL you requested, the http response code and the website that might have referred you to our site.
  • We use cookies, but you can use your browser settings not to save them or clear them after your browser session.
  • Should you register for our newsletter, we will collect the timestamp, the registration itself and the email address you provide. We will also analyse your usage of the newsletter itself, like when you open it.

How we collect data

Data collection about the usage of our website is automated and might involve the use of cookies. This is also true for our newsletter.

What we use the data for

  • Technical administration and hosting
  • Sending our monthly newsletter
  • Anonymous traffic analysis via Matomo.

Furthermore we use the data

  • Only within the legal frameworks
  • For abuse detection and bug fixing
  • For possible requests by state authorities.

How long we keep it

We process and store the data only for the purposes given above, and only for the period necessary to achieve these purposes. In case of a longer storage period prescribed by law, we are obliged to store some data for this longer period.

 

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Full Privacy Policy

By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process.

The following paragraphs describe which data is collected by using this website, and how it is used

1. Collection and usage of data

Every access of our website and the files stored there is being logged in the server log files. The purpose of this collection is the correct delivery of the content of our website (according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO), and for internal statistics. This information will be stored no longer than six months.

The logged information, in detail:

  • The name of the downloaded file,
  • date and time of access,
  • the amount of data transferred,
  • the HTTP standard response code,
  • your browser type,
  • the Referrer URL,
  • the current IP address of your device.

This website also uses so-called cookies. Cookies are text files from our server that are stored on your computer via an Internet browser. A cookie from our server contains information about your usage of our site (date and site) and can only be used by our server. It also includes your IP address, but no other personal information like your name. You can decide if you want to allow cookies, via your browser settings. The following options should be available:

  • allow and store all cookies,
  • allow all cookies, but delete them after the session
  • do not allow the use of cookies.

If you choose to deactivate the use of cookies, some non-essential functions of our website may not be entirely usable.

2. Newsletter

We use RapidMail to send our newsletter. In case you subscribed to our newsletter, we will use the email address you provided to send our newsletter. By providing your email address you agreed to this usage, and we will use this email address only for this purpose. You are able to unsubscribe from the newsletter any time, either through the form on our website or by the unsubscribe link by each newsletter. In this case, your email address will be permanently deleted from our system.

We also collect data about how you use our newsletter: date and time you open the newsletter will be stored. This data is used to optimise our newsletter design.

Additional personal data is not stored automatically.

3. Transfer of Personal Data

There will be no transfer of personal data to third parties without your consent.

4. Integration of third party providers: YouTube

It may happen that YouTube videos are embedded within our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the YouTube servers. This tells the YouTube server which pages you have visited. If you are logged in with your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. 

If you log out of your YouTube account before accessing our website, such transmission of information can be prevented. 

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour.

Anyone who has deactivated the saving of cookies for the Google Ad programme will not have to assume such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you would like to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in the browser.

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

YouTube is only loaded with your consent, i.e. no data about you as a user is transmitted to YouTube if you have not given your consent. Only with your consent can the videos be played, and thereby also data be transmitted to the YouTube server as to which of our Internet pages you have visited.

By activating the service, you voluntarily consent to the aforementioned data processing. This also includes your consent to data processing outside the EEA, in this case in the USA, in accordance with Art. 49 (1) a GDPR. In countries outside the EEA, the high European level of data protection cannot necessarily be guaranteed despite careful selection and commitment of the service providers. In the case of data transfer to the USA, for example, there is a risk that this data can be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without effective legal remedies being available or all data subject rights being enforceable. You can revoke your consent at any time.

5. Integration of third party providers: Twitter 

It may happen that functions of the Twitter service are integrated within our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of Twitter. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by Twitter and integrated into the website by it. In the process, the Twitter server is informed which pages you have visited. If you are logged in with your Twitter account, you enable Twitter to assign your surfing behaviour to you personally.

If you log out of your Twitter account before accessing our website, such transmission of information can be prevented. 

For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to Twitter's privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

Twitter is only loaded with your consent, i.e. no data about you as a user is transmitted to Twitter if you do not allow Twitter. Data is only transmitted to the Twitter server if you agree to the integration.

By activating the service, you voluntarily consent to the aforementioned data processing. This also includes your consent to data processing outside the EEA, in this case in the USA, in accordance with Art. 49 (1) a GDPR. In countries outside the EEA, the high European level of data protection cannot necessarily be guaranteed despite careful selection and commitment of the service providers. In the case of data transfer to the USA, for example, there is a risk that this data can be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without effective legal remedies being available or all data subject rights being enforceable. You can revoke your consent at any time.

6. Use of Matomo

(1) On this website we use the web analytics service Matomo to analyze and review the use of our website. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user.

(2) We operate Matomo in a version that does not require cookies. Thus, no Matomo cookies are stored on your computer for the purpose of web analysis. For the analysis of website usage, your IP address and information such as timestamp, web pages visited and your language settings are collected. We store the information collected in this way on our server in Germany for a period of 365 days. Data is not passed on to third parties.

This website uses Matomo with the extension AnonymizeIP. This means that IP addresses are processed in a shortened form and a direct reference to a person is excluded. The IP address transmitted by your browser via Matomo will not be merged with other data collected by us. The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.

(3) Preventing the use of Matomo is possible by removing the following checkmark and thus activating the opt-out plug-in:

Opt-out-Cookie (deactivate tracking)

7. Data Protection Officer

PRIF has named an external Data Protection officer to ensure your rights as users of our site and compliance with Date Protection legislation.

Mr Heinz Eifert
gds – Gesellschaft für Datenschutz Mittelhessen mbH
Auf der Appeling 8
35043 Marburg
datenschutz @gdsm .de
06421 / 804 1310

Feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer in case you need more information that this Data Protection Notice did not offer, or if you need additional information regarding data protection at PRIF.

8. Your Rights

These are the specific rights you have

  • Right of confirmation/access
  • Right to erasure
  • Right to be forgotten
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to object

The contact info of our supervisory authority:

Der Hessische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Postfach 3163
65021 Wiesbaden

Security Notice

PRIF maintains current technical measures to guarantee for data security, in particular to protect your personal information against risks during data transfers, as well as knowledge acquisition by third parties. Communication via email, however, does not provide full information security, so we advise you to correspond by mail.

We reserve the right to modify this data protection notice at any time. Should any such modification change the purpose of the storage and use of data, we will ensure proper documentation and compliance with current data protection legislation.