Data Security
1. Data Security
Welcome to our website. IfaD Institut für angewandte Datenanalyse GmbH (hereinafter called IfaD) takes the protection of your personal data seriously and treats all personal data in a responsible manner. We want you to feel secure when you visit our internet pages. Naturally we handle any data collected during sessions on our website in accordance with statutory regulations, in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG). IfaD has a data protection officer.
2. Storage of Data
When you use our online presentation, certain information is automatically stored for system administration, statistical or backup purposes. Personal data is not collected here. In certain places (e.g. when requesting information), personal data is only stored (in accordance with German data protection regulations) when you voluntarily decide to enter the data or declare your consent. You can revoke your consent by post or e-mail at any time. No transfer of your data to third parties takes place.
3. Web Analysis
For statistical analysis of our website we use the web analytics tool Piwik. The information from the analysis is not provided to third parties. The Independent Centre for Privacy Protection (ULD) Schleswig-Holstein certifies Piwik to be a legally compliant web tracking tool. The data used for the tracking of visits to our web site is not processed externally by third parties, but only on the server of IfaD itself. Piwik prevents the unabridged storage of IP addresses, which is forbidden in this country. This is done by the plug-in Anonymize IP. By default, this sets the last octet of the IP address to zero, and only then is it written into the database. Thus it is no longer possible to directly identify a visitor.
4. Forms
On our website we use online forms (for example, to register for workshops) to help you and us to communicate with each other. The forms are designed to meet the needs of users of our site. We collect only the obligatory personal information that is required for processing your request / order. The collection of data that is not essential but in which we have an interest is only optional. You may decide for yourself whether and what data you want to give us. It will not result in any limitation in our service to you.
5. No Advertising and no User Profiles
We do not use the information collected for advertising purposes. Furthermore, we do not create user profiles of our visitors. Only an analysis of the log files is performed.
6. Spam Mails
The use by third parties of contact data such as postal addresses, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses published in the legal notice or elsewhere on this website for sending unsolicited information is not permitted. We expressly reserve the right to take legal action against senders of so-called spam mails in violation of this prohibition.
7. Your Rights
You can terminate your session on the IfaD website at any time. We will give you at any time, without delay and at no cost, information about the data stored about your person or your pseudonym. This information may also be provided in electronic form upon request. You have the right to revoke your consent to the storage of your data at any time, effective for the future. This revocation does not apply to data, the deletion of which would be contrary to legal, statutory or contractual retention periods.
Cookies
Cookies are ASCII files in which text information is collected in a special format during an online session and stored on the user’s hard disk. Your web browser determines where the cookies are stored on your hard disk. Cookies contain information that is sent back to the host server during your next online visit. They can be read only by the server that originally placed them on your hard disk. IfaD only employs cookies that are absolutely necessary for providing user functionality, aiding users in navigating our website or for gathering market statistics. This information is not made available to any third parties – and cookies are used solely for the above-mentioned purposes. As the default setting, most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can deactivate this function at any time, and set your browser to notify you whenever a cookie is sent.
Liability
1. Contents of Online Publication
IfaD Institut für angewandte Datenanalyse GmbH (hereinafter called IfaD) does not guarantee the actuality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided on its website. IfaD cannot be held liable for any material or immaterial damage caused by using or not using information of any kind provided on these pages or by using faulty or incomplete data, as long as IfaD did not purposely or carelessly provide this data. All offers are subject to change and non-binding. IfaD explicitly reserves the right to alter, complete or delete parts of the pages or the whole presentation without separate announcement and to cease publication temporarily or definitely.
2. References and Links
In the case of direct or indirect links or reference to websites ("hyperlinks") of different institutions or individuals not included in the responsibilities of IfaD, IfaD cannot be held liable for any possible unlawful content unless it had knowledge of the unlawful content of the site and it was technically possible and reasonable for it to prevent the use of the unlawful content. IfaD states explicitly that at the time of establishing any links to the external websites, no illegal content was present on the linked web pages. IfaD has no influence on present and future content of linked pages. It strictly disassociates itself from all content of all linked pages that have been changed after being linked on our website. This declaration applies to all links and references established on the IfaD website as well as to external content or links inserted in guest books, discussion forums, link directories, mailing lists and any other form of database made available by IfaD to which external write access is enabled. For illegal, erroneous or incomplete content, especially for any kind of damage caused by the use or non-use of such content, only the person or persons responsible for the referenced page can be held liable, not the individuals that solely linked the page as a reference.
3. Copyright
IfaD strives to comply with all applicable copyright laws when using graphics, images, texts as well as audio and video files in all publications, to use its own graphics, images, texts and audio and video files or to use license-free graphics, images, texts and audio and video files. All trademarks and logos of third parties mentioned or used within these web pages are subject to the copyright laws applicable to the owners of the respective trademarks and logos. Solely the appearance on our website does not imply that those trademarks are not protected by third parties under copyright law. The copyright of published data or objects of any kind developed by IfaD solely belongs to IfaD. It is illegal to use or reproduce any of these graphics, images, texts and audio and video files in any other electronic or printed publication without the prior written approval of IfaD.
4. Legal Validity of this Disclaimer
This disclaimer is to be regarded as part of the internet publication of IfaD. Insofar as parts or individual formulations of this text do not/no longer comply with the law – or do not comply with the law in full – this shall not affect the content or validity of the remaining sections of the document.
