// Data protection
Original version in German, legally non-binding translation.
1) responsible for data processing
Authorized representative: Ulrich Müller
Rebalance Now e.V. (in foundation)
Pellenzstr. 39
50823 Cologne
Tel: 0221/ 560880004
2) general information on data processing
Rebalance Now collects, processes and uses personal data in compliance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Federal Data Protection Act.
If the website offers the option of entering personal or business data (email addresses, names, addresses, account details, etc.), the disclosure of this data by the user is expressly voluntary (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).), this data is disclosed by the user on an expressly voluntary basis (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR).
You can object to this use of data at any time, for example if you no longer wish to be informed about the work of Rebalance Now. In addition, according to the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to free information about your stored data as well as a right to correct, block or delete this data.
In addition, personal data is processed insofar as this is necessary for the processing of an order or a donation. We store the personal data of association members for association purposes. We use the personal data of donors and supporting members to manage donations and issue donation receipts (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR). Due to the legitimate interest of Rebalance Now (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR), we also inform you about our work by post.
3) Our specific handling of your data
1. usage data
We automatically collect and store information that your browser transmits to us in our server log files. These are:
– browser type and version
– operating system used
– referrer URL (the previously visited page)
– date and time of the server request
– pages viewed
Host names of the accessing computers and IP addresses are anonymized in real time and not stored.
2. cookies and tracking
We do not use any cookies on our website that are not essential for the technical operation of the website. In particular, we do not use cookies that refer to third-party providers. We also do not use any other form of tracking (e.g. advertising banners and web bugs).
If a user logs in with an account on this website, we will set up some cookies to store the login information and display options. Login cookies expire after seven days and cookies for the display options after one year. If “Stay logged in” is selected during registration, the registration will be maintained for two weeks. When you log out of your account, the login cookies are deleted.
3. contact database
We work with the open source software CiviCRM (https://civicrm.org/), a constituent relationship management system, to manage and maintain the data of people and organizations with whom we are in contact. These contacts include, for example, association members, donors, subscribers to our newsletters and/or press releases, stakeholders or guests at our events. Accordingly, data is stored and processed in connection with
– the type and progress of the relationship with the contact,
– details of the desired contact,
– event registrations and participations,
– donation and/or membership transactions,
– participation in signature campaigns or petitions,
– contact details such as first and last name, business and private addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers.
4. e-mail newsletter
To keep you up to date with the activities of Rebalance Now, we regularly send out free newsletters. The newsletter can be ordered via various forms on our website, for example here. The data you enter when ordering the newsletter will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter. Title, surname and first name are used for personalized contact. The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. We send our newsletter from our own CiviCRM database.
To prevent misuse of your email address, we will send you a confirmation email after you have completed the form. We will only add you to our newsletter mailing list after you have clicked on a confirmation link. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, for example via the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.
5. donations and sponsoring memberships
Donations and sponsoring memberships that we receive on our online donation pages or by other means, e.g. by bank transfer, are stored in our contact database. In addition to the contact details of the donors or members, the payment details (amount, date, payment method) are also stored. This storage is necessary for the creation of tax donation receipts, which are also stored in CiviCRM. The legal basis for data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and our legal obligation pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. In addition to consent, the administration and processing of members’ data also takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) (performance of a contract).
If the payment is made online, we will arrange for the payment data to be forwarded to the payment service providers you have selected. The legal basis is therefore Art. 6 (1) (a) and (b) GDPR.
6. Matomo (web analysis service)
We use the web analysis service Matomo on our website. We use Matomo without the use of cookies and without fingerprinting, which is why there is no corresponding cookie query for users.
We track the following information:
– anonymized IP address of the user
– date and time of access
– title of the page accessed
– URL of the page accessed
– URL of the page accessed before the current page
– screen resolution used
– files clicked and downloaded
– links to an external domain clicked
– page generation time
– user agent of the browser used
Sie haben die Möglichkeit zu verhindern, dass von Ihnen hier getätigte Aktionen analysiert und verknüpft werden. Dies wird Ihre Privatsphäre schützen, aber wird auch den Besitzer daran hindern, aus Ihren Aktionen zu lernen und die Bedienbarkeit für Sie und andere Benutzer zu verbessern.Matomo Opt-out:
7) Social media buttons
The Rebalance Now website uses buttons with the so-called Shariff solution from Heise to share content on social networks. The Shariff Wrapper plugin based on this is used.
The usual social media buttons transmit visitor data to the social networks each time the page is accessed and thus provide information about your surfing behavior. You do not need to be logged in or a member of the network to do this. In contrast, a Shariff button only establishes direct contact between the social network and the visitor when the visitor actively clicks on the share button. This prevents you from leaving a digital trace on every page you visit and improves data protection. Further details on the type and scope of data stored when clicking on the buttons can be found in the privacy policies of the individual providers:
Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland)
X (Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland)
LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)
Pocket (Bird & Bird DPO Services SRL, Avenue Louise 235 b 1, 1050 Brussels, Belgium)
Share₂Fedi for Mastodon posts
more about the Shariff solution from Heise
8) Disclosure of data to third parties
Your data will not be made available or accessible to third parties for use outside of this declaration.
To carry out our tasks and handle our business processes, we use the services of external companies and provide them with data for data processing on our behalf. This is the case, for example, with our contact and donation database, which is managed and hosted by an external service provider. We conclude data protection agreements or order processing contracts in advance with all external service providers who process personal data from us. The service providers may only process the data for the execution of the order in accordance with our instructions, the involvement of subcontractors must be approved by us, and the data is deleted after the end of the order.
9) Your rights such as information and objection
Irrespective of the above, you can object to the use of your data at any time in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR and revoke any consent you may have given to the use of your data at any time, for example by sending an e-mail to info@rebalance-now.de.
If you revoke your consent to data processing or object to the use of the data, this does not affect the legality of the data processing up to the time of revocation. The legal basis is the right to withdraw consent (Art. 7 (3) GDPR “Conditions for consent”) and the right to object (Art. 21 GDPR “Right to object”).
You can also have the data we have collected and stored corrected, blocked or deleted at any time. We expressly point out that there may be legal obligations to continue storing data, in which case the data can only be blocked. The legal basis is the right to data rectification (Art. 16 GDPR “Right to rectification”), the right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR “Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)”) and the right to restriction (Art. 18 GDPR “Right to restriction of processing”).
You also have the right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR and the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. You also have the right to know what data we store about you (right to information (Art. 15 GDPR “Right of access by the data subject”)).
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR. The competent supervisory authority for Rebalance Now is the State Data Protection Commissioner of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Postal address:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Postfach 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Internet: https://www.ldi.nrw.de/
