Privacy Policy

We, the European Economic Senate (EES), take the protection of your personal data very seriously and strictly adhere to the rules of data protection laws. Personal data is collected on this website only to the extent necessary for technical reasons. Under no circumstances will the collected data be sold or otherwise passed on to third parties.

The following declaration gives you an overview of how we ensure this protection and what kind of data is collected for which purpose. Data protection is very important to us.

Personal data is any data that could be used to personally identify you, such as your name, IP address, telephone number, etc. This data is partially processed automatically when you visit the website (e.g. IP address, browser type, operating system, etc.), or if you give us your consent to process it, or if you voluntarily provide us with your data, e.g. by entering it in a form on our website.

You have the right at any time and at no cost to receive information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your personal data processed by us, as well as the right to correct or delete this data.

You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. If you have given us permission to process your data, you can revoke this permission at any time in the future. Furthermore, you have the right to appeal to the responsible data protection supervisory authority.

 

The controller for data protection is

European Economic Senate e.V.

Nymphenburgerstr. 118

D-80636 Munich

represented by:

Dr. Ingo Friedrich (President)

Dipl.-Kfm. Michael Jäger (Managing Director)

Telephone: +49 (0)89 12 60 08 88

Fax: +49 (0)89 12 60 08 47

E-mail: m.jaeger@eu-wirtschaftssenat.eu

 

Accessing the website – processing of personal data and the nature and purpose of use

When you visit our website, you transmit data to our web server (out of technical necessity) via your internet browser. The following data is processed in the server log files during an ongoing connection for communication between your internet browser and our web server:

  • the page from which the file was requested - referrer URL
  • the name of the file
  • the date and time of the request
  • a description of the type of web browser/browser version and operating system used
  • the IP address of the requesting computer
  • access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.)
  • the amount of data transferred

This data is stored temporarily for technical reasons (accessing the website). It is not possible for us to draw any conclusions about individual persons based on this data. After seven days at the latest, the IP addresses are deleted or anonymized.

The data is evaluated for internal purposes only and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about you as an individual. It is not compared with other data sets.

The data mentioned is processed for the following purposes:

  • ensuring a proper and smooth connection of the website,
  • ensuring a comfortable use of the website,
  • evaluation of system security and stability

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 I 1 lit f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about you as an individual. You can visit our website without providing any personal information.

Cookies – Content tool

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware.

Information is stored in the cookie that arises in connection with the specific terminal device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity. Cookies do not contain any personal data and therefore cannot be directly assigned to a user.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use technically necessary session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages on our website or to set the language. These cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser or after one day. The data processed by cookies is required for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR.

Furthermore, cookies from third-party providers may be used with your consent. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 I S 1 lit a GDPR - your consent. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. You can find a detailed overview of the cookies and other technologies and service providers we use, their purposes and storage periods, the legal basis for cookie use and further information in our Consent Manager.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can also configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a message always appears before a new cookie is created. Each browser manages cookie settings differently. How to disable cookies or change settings is described in your browser's help menu.

Google Analytics

With your consent (Art. 6 I S 1 lit a GDPR), we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (Google). Google Analytics may use “cookies” or other technologies to access your device, such as anonymous and non-reversible ID (“ClientId”) or fingerprinting, to enable an analysis of your use of the website. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage, such as market research and customized website design. By using Google Analytics, we can obtain the following information and data for the following purposes, for example:

  • Duration of session – we can see how long you spend on our site without leaving it. If you are inactive for 20 minutes, the session ends automatically.
  • Bounce rate – a bounce occurs when you view only one page on our site and then leave our site.
  • Location – the IP address can be used to determine the country and your approximate location (city or region).
  • Technical information, such as your browser type, your internet service provider or your screen resolution.
  • Source of origin – Google Analytics evaluates which website or which advertisement referred you to our site.

The list does not claim to be complete and only serves as a general guide to data processing by Google Analytics.

The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. The IP addresses are anonymized after determining your location, so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking). Details can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=de

You can prevent cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

For more information about privacy at Google, please visit https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Google's terms of service can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/.

Google is certified according to the EU-US Privacy Framework. Since Google servers are distributed worldwide, a transfer to third countries (for example to the US) cannot be completely excluded. A possible transfer of your personal data (e.g. IP address) to the US is based on the EU Commission's adequacy decision (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework). Based on the EU's adequacy decisions, personal data can flow freely and securely from the European Economic Area to the third country in question, without the need for further conditions or authorizations. This means that data can be transferred to the third country in the same way as within the EU.

Enquiries by email, fax or phone

If you contact us by email, fax or phone, your request, including all personal data (e.g. name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. The data will not be passed on without your consent. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data, but it is not possible to process your request without providing your data.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 I 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is required for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 I 1 lit. a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us.

The data sent to us via contact requests (e-mail) will be stored by us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Processing of your data in the context of the association's activities

For our senators, members or partners, or in the event that you are interested in our activities and services, the type, scope and purpose of the processing of your personal data are based on the existing contractual or pre-contractual relationships between us. We process personal data that we request from you or that you provide to us in order to answer your request or process your membership. The data subjects here are members, senators, interested parties, business and contractual partners. The purpose of the processing is to provide services under association law, communication, and to answer contact requests and office and organizational procedures.

Unless otherwise stated in the further notes of this data protection declaration, the processing of your data, as well as its disclosure to third parties, is limited to those data that are necessary and expedient to answer your inquiries and/or to fulfill the contract, to protect our rights, and to fulfill legal obligations.

Affected data are:

  • Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses)
  • Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices)
  • Contact data (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number, postal address)
  • Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, contract duration)

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 I 1 lit. b GDPR, the fulfillment of the contract or the fulfillment of pre-contractual requests.

If no specific storage period is mentioned in this data protection declaration, we store your personal data until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. We delete your personal data when we no longer need it, i.e. after the termination of the contractual relationship between us, or after our legitimate interest in further processing of the data no longer applies, or if you request us to delete it. Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected. Likewise, it may be necessary to process your personal data until the expiry of these deadlines in order to assert, exercise or defend legal claims arising from contractual relationships or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person. We will then delete the personal data required for this purpose only after these deadlines have expired. However, until these deadlines have expired, we will limit the processing of this data to these purposes.

Photographs/film recordings at events

At events organized by the European Economic Senate, photos or film recordings may be created that could also depict participants. These recordings may be published in the press and on the internet in accordance with Art. 6 I S 1 lit f GDPR for reporting about the event. Recipients are users of online and print media worldwide.

We assume that the persons participating in or otherwise involved in the event consent to the creation and publication of the recordings solely for public relations purposes, including social media, by virtue of their behavior of participating or being involved. The consent includes the permission to download recordings from our website.

For images that do not show people of contemporary history, people as an accessory in addition to landscapes or other locations, or images that reflect gatherings, parades or similar events and their character, you will be asked for your consent in individual cases (Art. 6 I 1 lit a GDPR).

In the event that consent for these photographs is not granted or is revoked, you will not suffer any disadvantages.

In the case of recordings in which the focus is on individual persons, the persons concerned have the right and the opportunity at any time to point out to the photographer that they do not want to be included. If this is not possible or is ignored, we will subsequently prevent publication by us if we are notified accordingly.

If you do not want to be depicted in such recordings, you can contact the person in charge at the event at any time or contact the photographer directly.

Photographs and films are generally stored by us for an unlimited period of time for archiving purposes. Photos for which consent has been obtained because it was required will be deleted immediately upon revocation of consent.

Data protection when sending application documents

If you send us your application documents, we will use them exclusively for the purpose of deciding on your application and will not pass on your data to third parties. We would like to point out that if you send us your application documents by e-mail, we do not currently offer any encryption of your data. However, you can send us your encrypted attachments by e-mail, for example using the 7ZIP program (http://www.7-zip.de/), and provide us with your password separately, for example by telephone. You will receive an e-mail message from us at your e-mail address confirming that we have received your application. You can also send us your application by post at any time.

Application data is stored and managed separately from other data sets.

If we conclude an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal requirements. If no employment contract is concluded with the applicant, the application documents shall be automatically erased no later than six months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller are opposed to the erasure or if the applicant has expressly consented to a longer storage and retention of his application, e.g. for possible later contact in the event of vacancies. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

The data processing for the purpose of establishing contact and processing your application data is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 I 1 lit. a,b GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily granted consent, as well as for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Privacy Policy for the use of Ajax and jQuery

Like many other websites, this website can use Ajax and the Javascript library jQuery to optimize loading speed. This involves retrieving program libraries from the servers of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (Google), in particular Google's CDN (Content Delivery Network). If you have already used jQuery on another Google CDN page, your browser will use the cached copy. If this is not the case, a download will be required, whereby the Google server will be informed of which of our web pages you have visited. Furthermore, according to our information, the IP address of the browser of the visitor's end device is stored by Google.

The scripts are integrated on the basis of Art. 6 I 1 lit. f GDPR to ensure that our web pages are designed in a way that is appealing to users and to optimize loading times.

Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework. Since Google servers are distributed worldwide, a transfer to third countries (for example, to the US) cannot be completely ruled out. A possible transfer of your personal data (e.g. IP address) to the US is based on the EU Commission's adequacy decision (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework). Based on the EU's adequacy decisions, personal data can flow freely and securely from the European Economic Area to the third country concerned, without the need for further conditions or authorizations. This means that data can be transferred to the third country in the same way as within the EU.

Data security - SSL encryption

We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure on our website to encrypt and protect the transmission of confidential content. When SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the status bar of your browser – the address line of your browser shows “https://” when SSL encryption is used.

Processing/forwarding of data

Your personal data will not be forwarded to third parties for any purposes other than those listed above and below.

We will only forward your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 I 1 lit a GDPR,
  • this is legally permissible and, according to Art. 6 I 1 lit. b GDPR, is necessary for the fulfillment of contractual relationships or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures with you,
  • in the event that we are subject to a legal obligation to disclose the data pursuant to Art. 6 I 1 lit. c GDPR,
  • processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party in accordance with Article 6 I 1 lit f GDPR, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR;
  • pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
  • to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
  • to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;
  • pursuant to Art. 7 III GDPR, to withdraw your consent to us at any time. This means that we will no longer be allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent in the future;
  • pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or at our registered office for this purpose.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

If we process your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 I 1 lit f GDPR in order to safeguard our legitimate interests, which are overriding in the process of balancing of interests, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data with future effect in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time. This also applies to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you have the right to object only on grounds relating to your particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right to object, simply send us an email.

After you have exercised your right of objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling reasons for the processing worthy of protection that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

In the event of your objection to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

No automatic decision-making or profiling takes place on our website.

Amendment of this data protection declaration

Due to the further development of our website and offers above or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to amend this data protection declaration in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on our website under data protection.

October 2024                                     e-Data Protecion GmbH – www.e-data-protection.de

 

 



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