Privacy Notice
Bhakti Marga Belgique asbl
(as revised on 30 November 2023)
Summary
We are pleased with your interest in Bhakti Marga Belgium. To help you understand, this summary provides you with a brief overview of what we do with your personal data. Unless otherwise stated below, the provision of your personal data is neither required by law nor by contract for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the data. Failure to provide will have no consequences. This only applies if no other information is provided during further processing.
“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
For detailed information, we recommend that you read the full version of the Privacy Statement.
I. Scope
This privacy statement applies to the handling of your personal data in the context of the use of our website and the ordering of products and services.
II. Liability
Bhakti Marga Belgium, hereinafter referred to as BMBE, is responsible for the collection and processing of your personal data. In some cases, we use your personal data together with third parties, in particular with other organisations affiliated with BMBE. You can find our contact details in section 2.
III. Data Collected and Purposes of Use
The types of data we process are personal data such as your names, contact details, contract details, registration-related data, communication data, user and IP address and data containing information about your religious, philosophical or philosophical beliefs, such as your spiritual name or initiation status within our organisation.
In order to infringe your fundamental rights and freedoms, we will use your personal data in the context of, for example:
o Entering into contracts
o Handling requests for orders
o courses
o (group) travel
o The pursuit of our legitimate interests
o Promoting our mission by, for example, providing you with news about events and courses, for example
o communicate with you in general.
When we process data about your religious, philosophical or philosophical beliefs, we will ask for your consent. Detailed information on the type of data and the purposes of use, as well as the legal basis, on which we process your personal data can be found in Section 3.
IV. Processing data
We process personal data that you provide to us directly, for example when you:
o register for a course or event
o products and services
o communicate with us.
We may also collect personal data automatically when you use our services, for example through the use of cookies.
V. Data Sharing
We may share certain personal data with, for example, BMBE affiliates and service providers that support us, such as processors of marketing activities and organizations that maintain our website. This includes data controllers, such as payment service providers and providers of donation and accounting services, as well as shipping and distribution companies. Your data may also be shared when you comment via a website or social network. You can find out more about how we share your personal information in Section 5.
VI. International Transfers
We may transfer your personal data to other countries outside the European Union, where less protective privacy laws and regulations may apply. However, we ensure that legal safeguards are put in place for these transfers.
VII. Data storage
We only process and store your personal data for as long as it is necessary for
our processing purposes. Sometimes, however, the law requires such data to be kept for a longer period of time. See section 6. for more information on retention periods.
VIII. Your rights
You have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation in relation to your personal data. The types of rights you have and further information about them can be found in Section 7.
IX. Obligation to provide data
You do not need to provide us with any personal data. This may mean that we will not be able to provide you with our services, as we do not have your personal data.
X. No automated decision-making
BMBE does not use automated decision-making procedures.
XI. Tracking Technology
We use cookies and other tracking technologies, for example, to:
o improve our services
o Provide you with information
o Remember your favorite settings
Information on how tracking technology works, what types of cookies we use and how valid they are can be found in 4. on how they work. Our Cookie Policy incl. Detailed information about the cookies used you will find in the cookie policy on our website.
XII. Third-Party Online Services
We use third-party plug-ins and other online services to provide you with an accessible website and to enable easy access to the content of social media platforms. These third parties are data controllers and decide what personal data they collect. However, in order to respect your privacy, we have selected an implementation of the different plugins. This ensures that personal data is not shared with these third-party service providers when you activate or interact with these services. For more information on these services, see section 4.
XIII. Security
We take the security of your data seriously. We implement various technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. Details can be found in section 8.
XIV. Updates
We update this Privacy Policy from time to time; the date for the last update is stated at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
1. Scope
We are pleased that you are interested in Bhakti MargaBelgium. Data protection is a high priority for BMBE management. We are committed to protecting your privacy and your personal information. With this Privacy Statement, we would like to inform you in detail about how we use your personal data and what rights you have. This Privacy Statement applies to the use of your personal data when you visit our websites: www.bhaktimarga.be, contact us by e-mail, order products and purchase services from us.
2. Responsible for contact details
Bhakti Marga Belgium has its registered office at Rue de Deminche, 75 at 5150 Franière and is responsible for the processing of your personal data, as described in this Privacy Statement. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding your data protection, please contact our data protection officer at info@bhaktimarga.be
3. Data Processing: Which/Purposes/ Legal Basis
Depending on the specific processing situation, we collect and process different types of personal data. Below you will find a list of data and the relevant processing situations. We process your personal data exclusively in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In certain situations, we also process your personal data to comply with other legal obligations, or on the basis of your explicit consent. In general, we process your personal data:
o For the performance of a contract
o to fulfil contractual obligations
o to enter into an agreement
o to support customers
o to answer questions relating to our services.
o to comply with legal obligations
We also process your personal data to protect our legitimate interests, except where your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms prevail, which require the protection of your personal data. Except in individual cases, we generally assume that our legitimate interests prevail in the following processing situations in particular:
o Improving our offers and services
o are view of the use of our websites
o ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of our IT systems
o General communications with you
o cooperation with public authorities
o activities make us and our services known
We also protect ourselves from legal action. If you separately consent us to process your personal data, we will process your personal data within – and on the basis of – your consent. Your consent relates, for example, to:
o the transfer of data to affiliated companies or third parties
o the evaluation of your data for specific advertising activities
o sending newsletters.
Consent is always freely given. Refusing or withdrawing your consent will not have any negative consequences for you and you can do so at any time.
3.1 Visiting our website
3.1.1. Visit website – Data processing
When using the services of BMBE on our website, we process, among other things, the following personal data of the user:
o data about the use of the websites offered (e.g. browser)
o Operating system used
o Internet Service Provider Access System
o Referrer URL
o Sub-websites
o Date and time of server request
o Requested content
o Duration of use)
o IP address
3.1.2 Data processing – purposes and legal basis
When using the data, BMBE does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. On the other hand, this information is necessary to:
o display the content of our website correctly
o Optimize the content of our website
o Ensuring the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology
o providing information to the authorities/law enforcement officers if this is necessary for e.g. criminal prosecution in the case of e.g. attacks on the website.
BMBE statistically analyzes anonymously collected data and information, with the aim of increasing the protection and security of the data and ensuring an optimal level of protection of the personal data that we process. Anonymous data from the server’s log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by you. Processing is necessary for the protection of our legitimate interests, except where your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms prevail, in relation to the protection of your interests and personal data (Art. 6 GDPR).
3.2 Subscribing to our newsletter
3.2.1 Data processing newsletter subscription
Through our website you have the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletter. If you subscribe, we will ask you for your email address. Immediately after your registration, you will receive a confirmation on the screen of the device you used to log in. It is also possible to enter your first and last name. This allows BMBE to approach you in a personal way, if you would like to do so and to respond personally to any comments and/or questions you may have regarding the newsletter, for example. We would like to point out that our newsletter contains tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a thumbnail image embedded in an email. These are sent in HTML format to enable the recording and analysis of log files, such as a statistical analysis of the success or failure of our online marketing campaigns. Based on the built-in tracking pixel, we can see if and when an email has been opened and which links have been opened. Such data is stored and analyzed by us in order to optimise the sending of the newsletter and to adapt its content for future newsletters, tailored to the interests of the data subjects. This personal data will not be shared with third parties. We will only use your e-mail address to send newsletters for our own advertising purposes, regardless of the performance of the contract, insofar as you have expressly consented to this. The processing takes place with your consent on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of any processing carried out on the basis of consent until to the withdrawal.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by using the relevant link in the newsletter or by notifying us. Your email address will then be removed from the mailing list.
3.2.2 Data processing – purposes and legal basis
Personal data collected as part of the registration for the newsletter will only be used for the purpose of sending our newsletter. Our newsletters will keep you up to date with what’s new and upcoming. This way you can stay informed of new developments. Newsletter subscribers will be informed of this by e-mail, as long as this is desirable for the operation of the newsletter service in relation to a respective registration and possible, as could be the case in the event of changes in the newsletter offer or in the event of a change in circumstances. There is no transfer of personal data collected by the newsletter service to third parties. We process your personal data in connection with the sending and tracking of the newsletter within and on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 GDPR and Art. 9 GDPR respectively). Consent is always freely given. Refusing and withdrawing your consent will not have any negative consequences for you. You can revoke your consent and unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. For the purpose of revoking consent, a corresponding link is included in each newsletter.
It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the BMBE website
https://www.bhaktimarga.be/newsletter/unsubscribe or by contacting us via email at info@bhaktimarga.be.
3.2.3 For this service of newsletter we use the service provider mailerlite.com.
The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data- protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_de. Your personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR for our overriding legitimate interest in a targeted, effective advertising and user-friendly newsletter system. You have the right to object to this processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. Your data may be transferred to the United States Mailerlite is not certified according to the TADPF. For more information please see their privacy policy. https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy?_gl=1*7xbh2x*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgK2qBhCHARIsAGACuzkxbl15gHe9NV6CG3Q07GrJq0h328T87eqvmGijK50BDy3of8lllikaAjgOEALw_wcB.
In the event of revocation, your personal data will be deleted.
3.3 Events
3.3.1 What data do we process in the context of booking and managing events?
If you register for our events or paid courses in the events calendar on our website, we will process your title, first and last name, country, address, email address, telephone number, spiritual name (optional), information about the event for which you have registered, payment data such as credit card number or other bank details, among other things. If you register for our free events in the event calendar on our website, we will process your username, email address, spiritual name (optional), information about the event for which you have registered, among other things.
3.3.2 For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process this data?
The personal data collected in the context of booking and managing the event will be used in particular to respond to your request. In addition, we may use the data collected to contact you directly and offer you similar offers and events based on your booking history and personal interests. The processing is necessary for the fulfilment of contractual or pre contractual obligations (Art. 6 GDPR). We may also ask for your explicit consent to the processing of personal data collected in connection with the booking and management of the event. Consent will be entirely voluntary
3.4 Events like Darshan with Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda and photo and video recordings
During the events with Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda photo and Video recordings of the event will be taken. As a live broadcast and as video-on-demand on the Bhakti Marga channels, such as the Bhakti Marga You-Tube channel, on the Bhakti Marga website https://www.bhaktimarga.org/livestream and our Bhakti Marga Belgium website, on the bhaktimarga.org website, on our Bhakti Marga Belgium Facebook page, as well as on the Bhakti Marga Facebook page, on Bhakti Marga’s Instagram page, on Bhakti Marga’s Flickr, and also as video on-demand on Bhakti Marga’s media platform. The contents of these video recordings are used for this purpose and will be stored for that purpose. Above all, Guruji, Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda is filmed. Recordings of guests are avoided as far as possible, but this cannot be ruled out. Livestream-free zones will be offered in certain areas mentioned.
3.4.1 For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process this data?
The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, as well as the voluntary consent of the participants in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. The legitimate interest Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, of Bhakti Marga is the public relations work of Bhakti Marga, so these video and photo recordings are made for the purpose of publicity.
When registering for events with us, etc., participants can decide whether may be filmed or not. We respect your privacy. On the spot we have Livestream-free zones, where no recordings are taken. If you don’t want to be filmed, you will receive on the day of the event a black bracelet, so the video team can recognise you and will know, that you don’t want to be filmed during our event and our event team will show you our “Livestream-free zone”.
3.4.2 Affiliated company for the service of a lifestream and video recordings:
Bhakti Event GmbH, Am Geisberg 1-8, 65321 Heidenrod Germany, Tel. 06124/609-1125
E-mail dataprotection@bhaktimarga.org, commercial registration number: 23765, / E-mail: info@bhaktimarga.org.
For more information, please see their privacy policy https://bhaktimarga.org/privacy. https://www.bhaktimarga.org/impressum/impressum-de
You can contact their data protection officer at: Anna Aman lawyer, E-mail info@kanzlei-anna-aman.de. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Bhakti Event GmbH that complies with the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR.
3.5 Participating in an event
3.5.1 Which data do we process when you consent to a participate in an event?
If you give us a consent via our website, we process from you, inter alia, first and last name, e-mail address, pictures, videos and testimonials, language of interpretation, spiritual name (optional), information about the event you have registered for. We also process videos recordings of you while you participate in the event to share the common experience with the whole participating (online and offline) community during a livestream and a period then after. Moreover, we may use your photos and videos taken during the event for the purpose of commercial use. This means your photos and videos may be used on our websites, in (print) publications and our Facebook, Flickr, Instagram page as well as our YouTube channel.
3.5.2 For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process this data?
The processing of photos and/or videos collection, storage and transfer to third parties is based on the explicit consent of the person(s) entitled or the person(s) concerned, therefore in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR, Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR. The processing is based on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR (your consent, you have given. Consent is always freely given. Refusing or revoking your consent will not have any negative consequences for you). If you have signed a contract with Bhakti Event GmbH, with you as a participant regarding the event documentation production, then the contract is the legal basis Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
3.5.3 Categories of possible recipients of the personal data:
The photos and/or videos can be shared with Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. For purposes of public relations, as well as commercial use and sales work, they may be posted on the homepage of bhaktimarga.org and used for the facebook fan page, twitter page, you-tube channel of Bhakti Event GmbH. The content is also going to be livestreamed on YouTube. YouTube is an American company and, as with all American companies that analyse user behaviour, there is a risk that we do not know exactly, how your data is analysed and we cannot influence this. The content is also going to be livestreamed on YouTube. YouTube is an American company and, as with all American companies that analyse user behaviour, there is a risk that we do not know exactly, how your data is analysed and we cannot influence this.
Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If a person lives outside of the United States or Canada, the controller is the Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. To learn more about Facebooks data collection and use, please read their Privacy Notice. Together with Facebook Ireland, Bhakti Event GmbH is jointly responsible in the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR for the processing of so-called pages insights in the course of operating their Facebook fan page. Facebook Ireland uses these page insights to analyse the activity on our Facebook page and provides us this information in a form which does not relate to the specific person. We have concluded for this purpose an agreement with Facebook Ireland about joint responsibility under data protection law which you can access using the following the link. Facebook Ireland undertakes in this agreement, among other points, to assume the primary responsibility under the GDPR for the processing of page insights and to fulfil all duties under GDPR with regard to the processing of the page insights.
• Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland. For more information, please see the Privacy Notice of Twitter.
• Instagram, operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. To learn more about Facebook Ireland’s data collection and use with respect to Instagram, please read their Privacy Notice.
• Flickr, operated by Flickr, Inc., Flickr c/o Yahoo! Inc., 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA. For more information, please see the Privacy Notice of Flickr.
• YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, (“YouTube https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10364219?hl=de )
3.6.1 Collection and processing when using the contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent. When using the contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) only to the extent that you have provided it. The purpose of the data processing is to establish contact. In the case of a contract concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. If contact is made for other reasons, this data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR is based on our overriding legitimate interest in answering your question. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f of the GDPR. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, insofar as your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. Your email address will only be used to process your request. Your data will then be deleted if you have not consented to further processing and use. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
3.6.2 Subscription forms
If you submit a subscription form on our site you will be opting in for us to save your name, email address and other relevant information.
These subscriptions are used to notify you about related content, discounts & other special offers.
You can opt out or unsubscribe at any time in the future by clicking link in the bottom of any email.
3.6.3 Seva form
When using the seva contact form, we collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, nationality, spiritual name, telephone number, talents message text, and for international events the country of origin) only to the extent that you have provided it. The purpose of the data processing is to establish contact. In the case of a contract concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. If contact is made for other reasons, this data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR is based on our overriding legitimate interest in answering your question. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f of the GDPR. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, insofar as your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. Your email address will only be used to process your request. Your data will then be deleted latest after 6 months, if you have not consented to further processing and use. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
3.7 Server Log Files
You can visit our website without providing any personal information.
Every time you visit our website, usage data is transmitted to us or our web host/IT service provider via your internet browser and stored in log data (so-called server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page visited, the date and time of access, the IP address, the amount of data transmitted and the requesting provider. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR is in the legitimate interest of ensuring the uninterrupted operation of our website and for the improvement of our offer.
Your data may be transferred to a third country outside the European Union, for which an adequacy decision has been issued by the EU Commission.
3.8 Proactive contact of customers by e-mail
If you contact us for business purposes via e-mail, we will only collect your personal data (name, e-mail address, message text) to the extent provided by you. The purpose of the data processing is to process and respond to your contact request.
In the case of a contract concluded between you and us, this data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit.b GDPR.
If contact is made for other reasons, this data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR is based on our overriding legitimate interest in answering your question. In this case, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. f of the GDPR.
Your email address will only be used to process your request. Your data will then be deleted in accordance with statutory retention periods if you have not consented to further processing and use.
3.9 Collection, processing and transfer of personal data in the context of orders
We collect and process your personal data only to the extent necessary for the fulfilment and processing of your order and for the processing of your requests. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to make it available will result in the conclusion of an agreement. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6, (1) lit. b GDPR and is necessary for the conclusion of a contract with you.
For example, your data will be passed on to your chosen transport companies and drop-shipping providers, payment service providers, order fulfillment service providers and IT service providers. In all cases, we strictly adhere to the legal regulations. The scope of data transmission is kept to a minimum.
Your data may be transferred to a third country outside the European Union, for which an adequacy decision has been issued by the EU Commission.
3.10 Advertising
3.10.1 Use of the e-mail address for the purpose of sending direct mail
We use your e-mail address, which we received in the context of the sale of a good or service, for the electronic transmission of advertising for our own goods or services, which comparable to those you have already purchased from us, provided that you have not objected to this use. The provision of the e-mail address is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. Failure to make it available will result in the conclusion of an agreement. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR from the legitimate point of view of direct advertising. You can object to this use of your e-mail address at any time by notifying us. The contact details for the objection procedure can be found in the legal notice. You can also use the link provided for this purpose in the promotional email. There are no costs for this other than the shipping costs according to the basic rates.
3.11 Transport companies: Passing on the e-mail address to shipping companies for information about the shipping status
As part of the contract processing, we will pass on your e-mail address to the transport company, provided that you have expressly consented to this during the ordering process. The purpose of the transfer is to inform you of the shipping status by e-mail. The processing takes place with your consent on the basis of Article 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. You may withdraw the consent at any time by notifying us or the transport company without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent.
4. What kind of cookies and tracking technology do we use?
For the provision, maintenance, and analysis of our websites and their usage, we use various software tools from third parties and ourselves, which are regularly based on the use of cookies, Flash cookies (also called Flash Local Shared Objects), web beacons or similar technologies (collectively as “Tracking Technologies”). Tracking Technologies can help us understand how you use our services (e.g., the pages you display or the links you click and other actions you perform with the services), give us information about your browser and online usage patterns (e.g., IP address, log data, browser type, browser language, referring/exiting pages and URLs, pages viewed, whether you have opened an e-mail, clicked links, etc.) as well as information about the devices with which you access our services. Tracking Technologies allow us to link the devices you use to access our services so that we can identify and contact you on the various devices you use. It also helps us and our advertising partners to determine products and services that may be of interest to you, in order to serve you targeted advertisements.
You can limit the use of Tracking Technologies by changing the settings of your browser. You can determine what access you grant us and whether and for how long cookies can be stored on your device. You can also delete cookies that have already been stored at any time. Please note that the functionality of our websites may be affected after deactivating all cookies. Similar functions (such as Flash cookies), which are used by so-called browser add-ons, can be switched off or deleted by changing the settings of the browser add-on or via the website of the browser add-on provider.
4.1 What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file that is transferred during the use of a website from the host server of the website and stored on the user’s device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, other Internet-enabled devices) by the browser used. Cookies are used to store information about the user and to retrieve it when the website is called up again.
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on a user’s computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables a unique identification of the browser when the website is called up again.
Cookies are stored on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings in your internet browser, you can be informed before the setting of cookies and individually decide whether to accept them and prevent the cookies from being stored and the data they contain from being sent. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. However, we would like to point out that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.
4.2 What are cookies used for?
Cookies help us understand the use of our websites, analyze trends, administer the websites, track a user’s steps on our websites, collect demographic information about our user base as a whole, allow you to navigate efficiently between the pages, remember your preferences and settings on our websites, and generally improve your browsing experience. We process the data collected using Tracking Technologies to (i) remember information so that you do not have to re-enter them during your visit or a new visit, (ii) recognize you across multiple devices, (iii) control the functionality and performance of our websites, (iv) collect aggregated metrics regarding the total number of visitors, total traffic, usage and demographic patterns on our websites, (v) diagnose and resolve technical issues, (vi) determine products and services that may be of interest to you, in order to serve you targeted advertisements and (vii) otherwise plan and improve our website.
4.3 What types of cookies are used on our websites?
The cookies used on our website can usually be categorized as follows: mandatory cookies, analytical / performance cookies, function-related cookies, and marketing cookies.
4.3.1 Mandatory cookies
These cookies are essential for the functioning of our websites and enable you to move around our websites and to use their functions. Without these cookies, certain services that are required for the full functioning of our websites cannot be provided.
4.3.2 Analytical / performance cookies
With the help of these cookies, we collect information about how our users use our websites, e.g., which pages are accessed and read most frequently, or how users move from one link to the next. All information collected by this type of cookie does not relate to a single user but is aggregated and processed with the information of other users. Cookies provide us with analytical data on how our websites work and how we can improve them.
4.3.3 Function-related cookies
These cookies allow us to save a specific selection you have made and to adapt our website in such a way that it offers you extended functions and content. These cookies can be used, for example, to save your language selection or country selection.
4.3.4 Marketing cookies
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it, and the marketing messages we send to you more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties who provide a service to us for this purpose.
4.3.5 Cookies
You can use the following links to find out how to manage (including how to deactivate) cookies on the main browsers:
• Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=nl
• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-edge/cookies-in-microsoft-edge-lB6schen-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
4.3.6 Technically necessary cookies
Unless otherwise provided in the data protection declaration below, we only use these technically necessary cookies to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. In addition, cookies allow our systems to recognize your browser, even after a page change, and to provide you with services. Some features of our website cannot be provided without the use of cookies. For this, it is necessary that the browser is recognized, even after a page change. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of an overriding legitimate interest in the optimal functioning of our website as well as a user-friendly and effective design of our website. offer. For reasons relating to your particular situation, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
4.3.7 Use of Web Toffee’s cookie consent plug-in
We use on our website the GDPR cookie consent plugin from WebToffee of Mozilor Limited (10 Paxton Crescent, Shenley Lodge, Milton Keynes MK5 7PY, United Kingdom; “WebToffee”).
The plug-in allows you to consent to the processing of data via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to exercise your right of revocation for previously given consent. The data processing must obtain the necessary consent for data processing for the purpose and thus comply with legal obligations. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Among other things, the following information may be collected and transmitted to WebToffee: anonymizedIP address, user ID, consent status, date and time of consent or refusal. This data will not be passed on to third parties.
The data is processed for the fulfilment of a legal obligation based on Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR. You can find more information about data protection at
WebToffee at: https:// www.webtoffee.com/privacy-policy/
4.4 How long are cookies stored on your device?
The retention period depends essentially on whether the cookie is “persistent” or “session-based.” Session- based cookies are deleted after you leave the websites that set the cookie. Persistent cookies remain on your device even after you have finished browsing until they are deleted or until they have expired.
5. Third Party Online Services (data sharing)
To offer you a convenient website, we use, inter alia, mailerlite, Google, Google Maps, and YouTube (Google Maps and YouTube are together referred to as “content plug-ins”), and so-called social media plugins of the social networks.
5.1 Plug-ins
5.1.2 Use of Social Plug-ins
We use plug-ins from social networks on our website. The integration of social plug-ins and the data processing that takes place in this process serves to optimise the advertising of our products. When social plug-ins are integrated, a link is established between your computer and the servers of the social network provider and the plug-in is thereby message to your browser will be displayed on the page, provided that you have expressly consented. In this process, both your IP address and the information about which of our pages you have visited are transmitted to the provider’s server transferred. This applies regardless of whether you are registered with the social network or logged in. Even with unregistered or non-logged-in users, a transfer takes place. When you are connected to one or more of your social network accounts at the same time, the information collected may also be assigned to your respective profiles. When using the plug-in functions (e.g. by pressing the button), this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and activating the buttons.
The use of cookies or similar technologies is carried out with your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal.
The social networks listed below are integrated into our website by means of a social plug-in. You can find more information about the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data as well as about your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in the linked data protection information of the providers.
Facebook of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland).
Meta Platforms Ireland and we are jointly responsible for the data generated by the integration of the service and the transfer of this data to Facebook. This is based on an agreement between us and Meta Platforms Ireland on the joint processing of personal data, which sets out the respective responsibilities. The contract can be called under https:// www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Thereafter, we are responsible in particular for the fulfilment of the information obligations in accordance with Art. 13, 14 GDPR, for compliance with the security provisions of Art. 32 GDPR for the purpose of the correct technical implementation and configuration of the service and for the arrest of the obligations under Art. 33, 34 GDPR, insofar as a violation of the protection of personal data concerns our obligations under the joint processing agreement. Meta Platforms Ireland is responsible for enabling the rights of data subjects in accordance with Art. 15 – 20 GDPR, adhering to the security provisions of Art. 32 GDPR with a view to the security of the service and fulfilling the obligations pursuant to Art.33, 34 GDPR, insofar as a violation of the protection of personal data violates Meta Platforms Ireland’s obligations under the agreement on the joint processing.
Your data may be transferred to the United States. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Meta has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to follow European data protection principles.
You can find more information about data protection during use at https:// www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
Instagram of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland):
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Your data may be transferred to third countries such as the USA. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Meta has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to follow European data protection principles.
X (Twitter International Unlimited Company), One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland)
https://twitter.com/privacy
https://twitter.com/personalization
Your data may be transferred to the United States. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). X is not certified according to the TADPF.
5.2 Use of Social Plug-insusing “Shariff Wrapper”
On our website we offer you the possibility to use so called “Social Media Buttons”. To protect your data, we use a solution called “Shariff”. Hereby the share buttons are implemented as static images, which contain a link to the corresponding social network site. If you click on such a button, you will be redirected to the respective social network site in the same way, as normal links would do as well. Only in that moment of time the provider of the social network site will get information about you, for example your IP address. If you do not click on such a share button, no data will be transmitted. Information about the collection and usage of your date on the social network sites can be found in the corresponding terms of use of the respective provider. More information about the plugin and the Shariff solution can be found here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/shariff/
On our website we offer share buttons for the following services / companies: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
You can find more information about the scope and purpose of the collection and use of the data as well as about your rights in this regard and options for protecting your privacy in the linked data protection information of the providers.
Facebook of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square,Dublin 2, Ireland)
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Your data may be transferred to third countries such as the USA. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Meta has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to follow European data protection principles.
Instagram of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland)
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Your data may be transferred to third countries such as the USA. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Meta has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to follow European data protection principles.
5.3 Use of Google invisible re CAPTCHA
We use the eCAPTCHA service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”). This is used to differentiate between the input by a person or by automated, machine processing. In the background, Google collects and analyzes usage data, which is used by Invisible reCaptcha, to distinguish regular users from bots. For this purpose, your input will be transmitted to Google and further used there. In addition, the IP address and any other data required by Google for the Invisible reCAPTCHA service will be transmitted to Google. This data is processed by Google in the European Union and, if necessary, also in the USA.
For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection principles.
The use of cookies or similar technologies is carried out with your consent pursuant to § 25 para. 1 S. 1 TTDSG i.c.w. Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal.
You can find more information about Google reCAPTCHA and its privacy policy at:
https:// www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html and https:// www.google.com/privacy.
5.4 Use of Google Maps
We use the GoogleMaps map embedding function of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “Google”).
The function enables the visual display of geographical information and interactive map. In addition, Google also collects, processes and uses data from visitors to the websites when visiting pages in which Google Maps maps are integrated.
If necessary, your data will also be transferred to the USA. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection principles.
Cookies or similar technologies are used with your consent pursuant to § 25(1) S. 1 TTDSG i.c.w. Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal.
More information about the collection and use of data by Google canbe found in Google’s information on privacy policy at https:// www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. There, you can also change your settings in the Privacy Center so that you can manage and protect your data processed by Google.
5.5 Use of YouTube
We use the YouTube video embedding function of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; “YouTube”). YouTube is a partnership with Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; ‘Google’).
The feature displays videos that have been deposited with YouTube in an iFrame on the website. In doing so, the “Advanced Privacy Mode” option is activated. As a result, YouTube does not store any information about the visitors to the website. Only when you watch a video is the information about it transmitted to YouTube and stored there. If necessary, your data will be transferred to the USA. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). YouTube has certified itself in accordance with the TADPF and is therefore obliged to comply with European data protection principles.
The use of cookies or similar technologies is carried out with your consent pursuant to § 25 para. 1 S. 1 TTDSG i.c.w. Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal.
You can find more information about the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google as well as the associated rights and options for protecting your privacy in YouTube’s privacy policy (https:// www.youtube.com/t/privacy).
5.6 Google Translate
On our website, we use Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland) to provide translation services via API integration. Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). The purpose of data processing is to display the information on the website in other languages. In order to display the translation automatically after you have selected a national language, the browser you are using establishes a connection to Google’s servers. Cookies may be used for this purpose. Among other things, the following information may be collected and processed: IP address, URL of the page visited, date and time. Your data may be transferred to the United States. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). Google has certified itself in accordance with the TADPFand is therefore obliged to follow European data protection principles. The use of cookies or similar technologies is subject to your consent pursuant to Section 25(1)(1) TTDSG in conjunction with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent pursuant to Art.6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal. For more information about Google’s collection and use of your data, please visit: https:// www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
5.8 Donations and Payment services
5.8.1 Which data do we process in the context of the fundraising function?
You can use a fundraising function on our website. If you fundraise, we process from you, inter alia, name, surname, email, and payment information such as credit card number or other payment information. The processing of donations is handled by the third-party providers Stripe Ltd. For more information in relation to the data processing by Stripe Ltd. see the imprint information: Stripe Inc. 354 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco California 94080, USA
5.8.2 Use of the payment service provider stripe
On our website we use the Stripe payment service of Stripe Payments Europe Ltd, 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland). The data processing serves the purpose of offering you payment via the payment service. By selecting and using Stripe, the data required for payment processing is transmitted to Stripe in order to be able to fulfil the contract with you with of the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
If required, Stripe reserves the right to obtain a credit report on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures using credit rating agencies. For this purpose, Stripe transmits the personal data required for credit assessment to a credit rating agency and uses the obtained information on the statistical probability of payment default in order to reach a reasonable decision on the establishment, implementation or termination of the contractual relationship. The credit report may contain probability values (score values) which are calculated on the basis of scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical methods and include, among other things, address data. Your legitimate interests will be taken into account in accordance with the legal requirements. The data processing serves the purpose of a credit check for contract initiation. The processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our overriding legitimate interest in protection against payment default if Stripe pays in advance.
For reasons that arise from your particular situation, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR at any time by notifying Stripe. The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract with the payment method of your choice. Failure to provide such data shall mean that the contract cannot be concluded with the payment method you have selected.
All Stripe transactions are subject to Stripe Privacy Policy. You can find these at https://stripe.com/at/privacy
5.9 Payments in the Bhakti Shop
You can pay in our Shop. If you pay in our shop , we process from you, inter alia, name, surname, email, and payment information such as credit card number or other payment information. For our Shop we use Sumup Ltd, Block 8, Harcourt Centre, Charlotte Way, Dublin D02 K580, Ireland. For more information please see their privacy policy: privacybeleid: https://www.sumup.com/en-gb/consumer/legal/privacy/ .By paying and using Sumup, the data required for payment processing is transmitted to Sumup in order to be able to fulfil the contract with you with of the selected payment method. This processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Failure to provide such data shall mean that the donation cannot be concluded with the payment method you have selected. Your data may be transferred to third countries such as the USA. For the US, there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission: the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (TADPF). SUMUP is not certified according to the TADPF.
5.10 API Keys
We make use of certain APIs, in order to provide specific features.
These APIs may include the following third party services: Google Maps (API key), Meetup (OAuth token), PayPal (email, Client ID, Client Secret), Eventbrite (API key, auth URL, Client Secret), and Zoom (email, Client ID, Client Secret).
5.11 Event Tickets
5.11.1 The personal data collected and why
Event, participant and ticket seller information
If you create, submit, import, save, or publish event ticket information, as well as obtain RSVPs or purchase tickets to events, such information is retained in the local database:
• Participant information (RSVPs and Tickets): name and email address.
• Ticket information (RSVPs and Tickets): name, e-mail address, and ticket number/SKU (via checkout page).
• Ticket buyer information: name and email address
• Ticket buyer’s billing address, which is collected through the use of WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads or PayPal
Note: the website owner can collect almost all visitor information requested from ticket buyers by creating a custom registration form.
6. How long do we store your personal data?
At the end of the contract, the data will first be stored for the duration of the warranty period, then in compliance with the statutory retention periods, in particular tax and commercial law, and deleted at the end of this period, if you have not consented to further processing and use. Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these reasons no longer apply.
We process and store your personal data only as long as necessary for our processing purposes. If we process and store your personal data based on your consent, we delete such data immediately after you withdraw your consent.
Upon request, we will regularly delete the data collected and stored for our websites’ usage at any time. We will do this ourselves and within a few days, unless we have a particular interest in continuing storage for individual cases, e.g., cyberattacks. Regarding your contact requests, we only store your data for the time period necessary to answer your request.
Insofar as you have registered for our newsletter, we process your data in this context for the duration of the registration to our newsletter and delete it at any time, should you unsubscribe from our newsletter or withdraw your consent.
The same apply in relation to the registration on our website and the data in connection with your personal user profile.
In the context of product or service orders and fundraising, we retain your data only as long as necessary to fulfill your booking, order or other request. In the context of event, course, accommodation, registrations, we store your personal data collected during the booking for two years, starting at the end of the calendar year of the customer’s last visit to ensure a better customer care. Personal data that is necessary to establish or defend against claims may be stored until limitation periods have expired.
However, insofar as a longer retention period is required by statutory retention and documentation obligations or to protect our legitimate interests, e.g., in the event of possible legal disputes, your personal data will be stored and processed even after the above-mentioned period has expired. With complete execution of a contract or quasi-contractual relationship, we will, as far as possible, immediately restrict your personal data from further processing.
7. Rights of the data subjects and storage period
7.1 Right of revocation in case of consent:
The consent to the processing of the photos and/or videos can be revoked at any time for the future with future effect. The data subject can exercise their withdrawal rights with:
Bhakti Marga Belgique asbl
Rue de Deminche, 75 à 5150 FranièreBelgium
info@bhaktimarga.behttps://bhaktimarga.be/
The legality of the data processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation is not affected by this. In case of a contract with you as a participant is signed, regarding the production of the documentation an event, than a contract is the legal basis for the processing of your data according to Art. 6 I b GDPR.
7.2 Rights of the data subject
If the legal requirements are met, you have the following rights in accordance with Articles 15 to 20 of the GDPR: Right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability.
In addition, pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR, you have the right to object to processing based on Article 6 (1) f GDPR, as well as to processing for direct advertising purposes.
• If your personal data are processed, you have the right to receive information about the data stored about you. (Art. 15 GDPR)
• If incorrect personal data is processed, you have the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR).
• If the legal requirements are met, you may request erasure or restriction of processing, as well as object to processing (Art. 17, 18, 21 GDPR)
• If you have consented to the data processing or a contract for data processing exists and the data processing is carried out with the help of automated procedures, you may have a right to data portability. (Art. 20 GDPR)
If you make use of the aforementioned rights, the controller will check whether the legal requirements for this are met.
This takes place in the form of a negative or positive decision or a determination of identity. In the case of a positive decision in accordance with Art. 15 of the GDPR, the data subject will be provided with complete detailed information. An email confirmation will be sent by WordPress with the request for confirmation of the request for deletion as a security mechanism and serves the purpose of establishing identity. After confirmation of this deletion request, the data is first removed from the systems and then stored on local servers, depending on the deletion deadlines.
Even without a special request from our customers, the parties naturally comply with the obligations to delete personal data. Such obligations arise, for example, from Art. 17 GDPR. However, there are personal data that are exempt from this obligation to delete and for which we the parties even obliged by other laws to continue to store it. Deletion is exceptionally excluded in the cases described in Art. 17 (3) GDPR. This applies in particular if, pursuant to Art. 17 (3) (b) GDPR further storage is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation of the obligation of the responsible party justified by law as well as when, pursuant to Art. 17 (3) lit. GDPR, further storage is indicated for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
7.3 RIGHT TO OBJECT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 GDPR
7.3.1 OBJECTION ON GROUNDS OF YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION
ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, AT ANY TIME, TO PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU WHICH IS BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS, INCLUDING PROFILING (E.G., CREDIT RATING). WE SHALL NO LONGER PROCESS THE PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE THE INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OF YOU, OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
7.3.2 OBJECTION AGAINST DIRECT MARKETING
ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR PURPOSES OF DIRECT MARKETING, WHICH INCLUDES PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSED FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
7.4 Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
In accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.
You can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us, which can be reached under the following contact details:
Data Protection Authority
Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Bruxelles
+32 (0)2 274 48 00
+32 (0)2 274 48 35
contact@apd-gba.be
https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/citizen
7.5 Right to object
If the processing of personal data referred to here is based on our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right, on grounds arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to this processing with future effects.
Upon successful objection, the processing of the data in question will be terminated, unless we can demonstrate that there is a compelling justifiable reason for the processing which outweighs your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is for the purpose of to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
If the personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you can object to this processing at any time by notifying us. Upon successful objection, we will terminate the processing of the data in question for direct marketing purposes.
8. Technical security measures
We implement a variety of security measures designed to maintain the safety of your personal data we store and process. For example, to protect the transmission of confidential information that you send to us as the website provider, we use SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems 100%. In the event that any personal data under our control is compromised as a result of a security breach, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and, where appropriate, notify those individuals whose personal data may have been compromised and or the competent data protection authority.
9. Status of the Privacy Notice and Updates
Please note, this privacy notice may be amended by us at any time to the extent necessary to provide you with adequate information about the processing of your personal data. Therefore, please check this privacy notice at regular intervals, insofar as you regularly visit our website or regularly use our products and services. The date of the last update of this privacy notice is indicated at the beginning of this privacy notice.
