Data Protection Statement of the ZOEK gGmbH
ZOEK gGmbH takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We want you to know when we store which data and how we use it when you visit the website of the ZOEK gGmbH. Personal data are collected on the central web server only to the necessary extent. Under no circumstances will the data collected be sold or passed on to third parties for any reason.
The following statement in accordance with Chapter 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives you an overview of how we guarantee this protection and what kinds of data are collected for what purposes.
1. Name and contact of responsible person
Responsible for the processing of personal data for the operation of this website is:
Zentrum für organische Elektronik Köln gGmbH
Im Käuelchen 18
51503 Rösrath
Germany
E-Mail: info@zoek.de
2. Purposes, duration, and legal basis of the processing of personal data
2.1 Web protocols of the central WWW server
ZOEK gGmbH collects and automatically stores information your browser sends in the protocol files of the web server. This includes:
- browser type and version
- computer name or IP address of the accessing computer
- time of the request to the server
- requested website
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to your computer. To do this, the IP address of your computer must remain stored for the duration of the session.
In addition, the data helps us to ensure the security of our information technology systems and to optimize our website. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context. Of the above data, the IP address is considered to be personal. Your IP address will be stored for a maximum of 7 days and then completely anonymized (deleted or alienated). After that time, the above data is no longer personal. It shall be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. Backups are stored for 4 weeks.
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Chapter 6 Art. 1 (f) of the GDPR, because the ZOEK gGmbH has a legitimate interest in identifying and eliminating malfunctions and in optimizing its website.
2.2 Cookies
Cookies in general
We use so-called cookies in various places on ZOEK’s website. Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your computer and sends to our server when you visit our pages. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. They make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. The cookies we use are so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. You have full control over the use of cookies: By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the use of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions in full.
Other measuring methods
Some sub-pages use other methods (e.g. Google Analytics) to measure their reach, the number of visitors, and the way users use the pages. These pages will inform you about the special features of these systems under data protection law.
2.3 Social Media
We offer our users so-called share opportunities with social media platforms (e.g. LinkedIn, Google, etc.).
Plugins
These platforms can temporarily be embedded on www.zoek.de using so called plugins.
By integrating the plugins, LinkedIn, for example, receives the information that a user with a certain IP address is visiting the website at a given moment. If you are logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, your visit to www.zoek.de can be assigned to your LinkedIn account. In this way, your friends are also displayed in this plugin. You can read and change the purpose and scope of data collection, further processing and use of the data by LinkedIn, as well as your rights and settings options for the protection of your privacy, in the data protection information of LinkedIn.
If you access one of our pages with such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct, short connection to its servers. This is primarily used to display the content of the plugin (for example the friend box). In this case, the cooperation partner will know your IP address and other device-related things. In practice, this information cannot easily be assigned to you by name. Under certain circumstances, the cooperation partner may also place a cookie on your computer, which is deleted when you close your browser (see the section on cookies). You can decide this yourself in the browser settings by accepting or rejecting cookies.
Legal basis
The legal basis for processing the personal data of users in connection with the use of cookies is Chapter 6 Art. 1 (f) of the GDPR, because the ZOEK gGmbH has a legitimate interest in understanding how and how often our websites are accessed as well as optimizing our pages.
3. Your rights
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right, in accordance with the legal provisions, to request free information or confirmation from us regarding the personal data stored about him or her.
In addition, you have the right to the immediate correction or deletion of incorrect personal data concerning you, or to the restriction of the processing, or to object to the processing. (However, the collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection in this respect.)
You can revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time. This does not affect the legality of the ZOEK’s processing of your data on the basis of your consent until your revocation.
Data subjects have the right to request information regarding their personal data in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to transmit it to other persons responsible.
We are happy to answer your questions regarding the processing of your personal data at any time. If you would like to know which personal data we store about you or your pseudonym, or if you have questions that this data protection statement could not answer, or if you would like more detailed information on a particular point, please contact us, preferably using our contact address: info@zoek.de. If you communicate by email, we cannot guarantee the complete confidentiality of the provided information. If your information is confidential, please send it to us by post.