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Privacy policy

§ 1 Information on the collection of personal data

  1. In the following, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, email address, user behaviour, etc.
  2. The legal basis for this declaration is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

  3. The controller pursuant to Art. 4 para. 7 GDPR is the

    Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e. V.
    Reitstallstraße 7
    37073 Göttingen
    info@vhbonline.org

    You can contact our data protection officer at
    - address as above -
    Phone +49 551 79778566
    Email: kathrin.schoeps@vhbonline.org

  4. If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes. In doing so, we will also state the specified criteria for the storage period.

§ 2 Your rights

  1. You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:
    1. Right of access,
    2. Right to rectification or erasure,
    3. Right to restriction of processing,
    4. Right to object to processing,
    5. right to data portability.
  2. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

§ 3 Collection of personal data

  1. Consent to the use of cookies

    We use cookies to ensure that our website functions properly. In order to obtain your valid consent to the use and storage of cookies in the browser you use to access our website and to properly document this, we use a consent management platform: CookieFirst. This technology is provided by Digital Data Solutions BV, Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cookiefirst.com referred to as CookieFirst.

    When you access our website, a connection is established with the CookieFirst server to enable us to obtain valid consent from you for the use of certain cookies. CookieFirst then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to activate only the cookies to which you have consented and to properly document this. The processed data will be stored until the specified storage period expires or you request the deletion of the data. Notwithstanding this, certain statutory retention periods may apply.

    CookieFirst is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

  2. Data processing agreement

    We have concluded a data processing agreement with CookieFirst. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

  3. Server log files

    Our website and CookieFirst automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The following data is collected:

    - Your consent status or the withdrawal of your consent
    - Your anonymised IP address
    - Information about your browser
    - Information about your device
    - The date and time of your visit to our website
    - The URL of the website on which you saved or updated your consent preferences
    - The approximate location of the user who saved their consent preferences
    A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the website visitor who clicked on the banner cookie

§ 4 Other functions and offers on our website

  1. In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you must generally provide additional personal data that we use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.
  2. In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored.
  3. Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if contracts or similar services are offered by us together with partners. You will receive more detailed information on this when you provide your personal data or in the description of the offer below.
  4. If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you of the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

§ 5 Objection to or revocation of the processing of your data

  1. If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this at any time. Such a revocation affects the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have given it to us.
  2. If we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if, in particular, the processing is not necessary for the fulfilment of a contract with you, which is described by us in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling reasons worthy of protection on the basis of which we will continue the processing.

§ 6 Forms and e-mail contact

  1. There are forms on our website that you can use to register for events. If you use this option, the following data will be transmitted to us and stored in addition to the data entered in the input mask:
    1. The IP address of the user;
    2. Date and time of transmission.
  2. Your consent to the processing of the data is obtained during the sending process and reference is made to this privacy policy.
  3. Alternatively, you can contact us via the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.
  4. Your data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will be used exclusively for processing your enquiry or registration.
  5. The purpose of processing your personal data from the input screen is to process your request and fulfil the contract. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR if you have given your consent. The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted in the course of sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, for example when registering for courses, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The processing of the additional data mentioned in para. 1 serves the security of our information technology systems and the prevention of their misuse. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
  6. Your data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. For the personal data from the input screen of the contact form and those sent by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. In the contractual context, the matter is concluded with the mutual fulfilment of all obligations or the expiry of any limitation periods. The additional personal data collected during the sending process (see paragraph 1 above) will be deleted after a period of seven days at the latest. If we are obliged to store data for a longer period due to legal obligations, we will restrict data processing accordingly.

§ 7 Payment of course fees via PayPal

You can make payments to us via PayPal. In this case, the bank details you have stored with PayPal will be used by PayPal for payment. We have no access to this data. The data will not be passed on to other third parties. The address of PayPal is: PayPal (Europe), S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.

§ 8 Newsletter

  1. With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, which we use to keep you informed about our offers.
  2. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to subscribe to our newsletters. This means that after you have registered, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. We also store the time of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data.
  3. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further, separately marked data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. After your confirmation, we will save your e-mail address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis for this form of data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
  4. You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare your cancellation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter e-mail, by e-mail to info@vhbonline.org or by sending a message to the contact details given in the imprint.