Datenschutzerklärung | abt.zusammenleben

§ 1 Information on the Collection of Personal Data
(1) Below we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data that can be related to you personally, such as your name, address, email address, and user behavior. For the terminology used in this statement, we refer to the definitions provided in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
(2) The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) GDPR is Alif..ba..ta..zusammen-Leben e.V., Rostocker Str. 24, 10553 Berlin, abt.zusammen.leben@gmail.com (see our imprint).
(3) If we make use of commissioned service providers for individual features of our offering or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. In doing so, we also specify the defined criteria for the storage duration.

§ 2 Your Rights
(1) You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to access and confirmation of whether your data is being processed, as well as additional information and copies of the data (Art. 15 GDPR),
Right to rectification, completion, or erasure (Art. 16–17 GDPR),
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR),
Right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR),
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).

The responsible supervisory authority is:
The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Friedrichstr. 219
10969 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 13889 0
Fax: +49 30 2155050
Email: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de

(2) The data we process will be deleted or restricted in processing in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this privacy policy, stored data will be deleted once it is no longer necessary for its intended purpose and no statutory retention requirements prevent deletion. If the data is required for other and legally permissible purposes (e.g., under commercial or tax law), processing will be restricted—meaning the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.

§ 3 Collection of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website
(1) When using our website purely for informational purposes (i.e., without registering or otherwise transmitting information), we only collect the personal data your browser transmits to our server (so-called server log files). This includes the following data, which is technically necessary to display our website and ensure stability and security:

IP address
Date and time of the request
Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
Amount of data transferred
Notification of successful retrieval
Referrer URL (the previously visited website)
Sub-pages accessed via the website
Requesting provider
Browser type and version
Operating system and its interface
Language and version of the browser software
Other similar data and information used for security in case of cyberattacks.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The anonymous server log file data is stored separately from any personal data provided by the individual.
(2) Log file information is stored for security reasons for up to seven days and then deleted. If data is required for evidentiary purposes, it will be stored until the matter is fully resolved.
(3) In addition, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files stored by your browser that transmit certain information to the party that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective.
(4) Use of Cookies:
a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

Transient cookies (see b)
Persistent cookies (see c)

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include session cookies, which store a session ID to assign various browser requests to a common session. These cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
c) Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser settings.
d) You can configure your browser settings to reject third-party or all cookies. Note that you may not be able to use all features of this website if you do so.
[e) We use cookies to recognize you on future visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would need to log in again for each visit.]

§ 4 Additional Features and Offers on Our Website
(1) In addition to purely informational use, we offer various services which you can use if interested. This generally requires the provision of additional personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.
(2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. They are carefully selected, bound by our instructions, and regularly monitored.
(3) If our service providers or partners are located in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the implications in the respective service descriptions.

§ 5 Objection or Withdrawal of Consent for Data Processing
(1) If you have given consent to the processing of your data, you may withdraw it at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7 (3) GDPR). Such a withdrawal affects the lawfulness of processing after you have declared it to us.
(2) Where we base data processing on legitimate interests, you may object to such processing (Art. 21 GDPR). This also applies to profiling based on those provisions. If you object, please explain why we should not process your data as we have. If your objection is justified, we will review the matter and either cease or adapt processing, or demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for continued processing.
(3) You may object at any time to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes. You also have the right to object to processing for scientific, historical, or statistical research purposes per Art. 89 (1) GDPR unless such processing is necessary to perform a task in the public interest. You can inform us of your objection using the following contact details:
Alif..ba..ta..zusammen-Leben e.V., Rostocker Str. 24, 10553 Berlin, abt.zusammen.leben@gmail.com.

§ 6 Contact via Contact Form and Email
(1) You can contact us via our contact form or email. The data provided will be processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
(2) User data is stored using Google Drive, part of Google Workspace offered by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. Google is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov. More information on Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
(3) We store your submitted data (e.g., email address, name, phone number) to respond to your inquiry. We delete this data once it is no longer required or restrict its processing if legal retention obligations apply.

§ 7 Donations
If you donate to us via PayPal (PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg), the provider's terms and privacy policy apply. View PayPal's privacy policy here: https://www.paypal.com/de/legalhub/paypal/privacy-full

§ 8 Use of Cookiebot
(1) We use "Cookiebot" by Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark, to inform you about cookie usage and to obtain your consent. This is done to comply with legal data protection requirements (Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR).
(2) Upon consent, Cookiebot processes:

Your anonymized IP address
Date and time of consent
Browser user agent
URL of the provider
An anonymous, random, encrypted key
User consent status (proof of consent)

The consent data is stored in a cookie on your device and expires after 12 months.
(3) You can disable Cookiebot cookies at any time through your browser settings or by using a script blocker (e.g., https://www.noscript.net or https://www.ghostery.com). Learn more: https://www.cookiebot.com/en/privacy-policy/

§ 9 Instagram Presence
(1) We maintain an Instagram page by Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Legal basis: legitimate interests in communication and outreach (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR).
(2) Instagram collects various metadata (e.g., location, browser settings, device data, activity). It creates user profiles and uses them for marketing and optimization purposes, including cookies and similar technologies.
(3) We have no control over Instagram’s data processing or storage practices. Note: Your data may be transferred outside the EEA. Meta is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov.
(4) More info: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/

§ 10 Facebook Presence
(1) We maintain a Facebook page by Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. We are joint controllers with Meta per Art. 26 GDPR: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.
(2) Facebook collects and uses user data for profiling, advertising, and analytics, using cookies and similar tools.
(3) We are not aware of the full extent of data processing. Your data may be transferred outside the EEA. Meta is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
(4) More info: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

§ 11 Applications
Applicants can send us unsolicited applications via email or through the contact form integrated into our website.
The applicants’ data is evaluated for the purpose of processing the application procedure.
If an employment contract is concluded with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of managing the employment relationship in compliance with legal regulations.
If no employment contract is concluded, the application documents will be deleted seven months after notification of the rejection decision, unless legitimate interests oppose the deletion—such as the obligation to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).
The legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1) sentence 1 lit. b of the GDPR.

§ 12 Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

Last updated: 03.03.2025