Privacy Policy
We take the matter of protecting the personal data of our users very seriously
and strictly adhere to the relevant provisions of national and European
data protection legislation. Furthermore, all collected data is protected
to the very best of our ability by the technological and organizational
measures put in place in our IT security and privacy policies.
This statement provides you with an overview of the measures designed to
assure such protection, together with an outline of the type of data
collected and the purposes for which this is used.
1. Name and contact details of data controller and contact details of data protection officer
Name and contact details of the data controller: Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung,
im Hause Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH, Mainzer Landstraße 251,
60326 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
If you have any questions that this data protection declaration could not
answer, or if you would like more detailed information on any point,
please contact us at any time at
info@wilhelm-lorch-stiftung.de
or by post (Wilhelm-Lorch-Stiftung, im Hause Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH,
Mainzer Landstraße 251, 60326 Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
You can contact our data protection officer as follows:
Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH, Betriebliche Datenschutzbeauftragte,
Mainzer Landstraße 251, 60326 Frankfurt am Main, Germany or by e-mail to
datenschutz@dfv.de.
2. Automatic data processing on this website
When you visit our website, the information transferred to us by your
browser is automatically stored in our server log files. This includes:
– IP-address of the accessing computer,
– time and date of the server request,
– browser type/ -version, *
– operating system used, *
– referrer URL (the website previously visited). *
*We will store this data only if your browser transmits it to us.
The server log files can be used for security purposes on the one hand,
e.g. to avoid overloading the servers, and on the other hand to ensure
the utilization of the servers and their stability. The temporary storage
of the IP address by the system is furthermore necessary to enable delivery
of the website to your computer altogether. The legal basis for the
temporary storage of this data is Section 25 Para. 2 No. 2 TTDSG.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the
purpose for which it was collected.
3. Establishing contact
When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, email, telephone or via social media),
we process your information for the purpose of processing the contact
request and its handling.
If you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the
processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Otherwise, the
legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR,
in particular in the event that the data is transmitted to us by you by
sending an e-mail. Insofar as you wish to work towards the conclusion of
a contract by contacting us, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR represents an
additional legal basis.
If we provide a contact form on our website, the data you enter in the
input mask will be transmitted to us and stored, e.g. name and e-mail address.
The data is used exclusively to respond to your inquiries. This is also our
legitimate interest in processing your personal data. Unless explicitly
stated in the contact form, the data will not be passed on to third parties.
In addition, we record your IP address at the time of sending.
Your information may also be temporarily stored in a customer relationship
management system ("CRM system") or comparable inquiry organization.
Subject to legal retention periods, the data will be deleted as soon as we
have finally processed your inquiry.
4. Tracking and analysis technologies
4.1 Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the
Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the computer system.
If you call up a website, a cookie may be stored on your operating system.
This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the
browser to uniquely identify you when you return to the website.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. These cookies help
make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation
and access to secure areas of the website.
The legal basis for the use of technically necessary cookies is Section
25 Para. 2 No. 2 TTDSG. The purpose of the use in these cases is to
simplify the use of websites for you. Some functions of our website cannot
be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that
the browser is recognized even after a page change.
By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can deactivate or
restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored
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 of the website in their full scope.
4.2 Purposes and legal basis of the data processing for the following tools
We also use services on our website that enable an analysis of your surfing behavior.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data by the services listed below is,
if you have given us your consent,
Section 25 Para. 1 Sentence 1 TTDSG. For some data processing,
on the other hand, Section 25 Para. 2 No. 2 TTDSG is the legal basis.
This serves the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content.
Through this, we learn how the website is used and can thus continuously optimize our offer.
Please refer to the cookie settings on the website for the specific legal basis
for the respective data processing. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer
required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.
You can change your privacy settings or revoke your consent at any time by
clicking on the "Cookie settings" link in the footer of the website
4.3 Piwik PRO
We use the web analytics software PIWIK PRO Analytics Suite from Piwik
PRO GmbH, Kurfürstendamm 21, 10719 Berlin ("Piwik PRO") on our website to
analyze visitor flows and user behavior. Piwik PRO may use cookies, tags,
IP addresses and so-called fingerprinting for this purpose.
This may include the collection or processing of the following data:
- IP address (anonymized)
- user ID
- Date and time of the request
- Title or URL of the page visited
- URL of the previously visited page
- Screen resolution
- time zone
- files clicked and downloaded
- links leading to external websites that were clicked on
- page loading speed
- user's geographic data (country, region, city, approximate latitude and longitude)
- browser language
- user agent of the browser used
- randomly assigned unique visitor ID
- Time of a user's first visit
- Time of a user's previous visit
- number of visits of a user
Privacy policy: https://piwik.pro/privacy-policy/
Opt-Out: You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
5. Rights of the data subject
As data subject, you have the following rights against us:
- Right of access, Art. 15 GDPR
- Right to rectification, Art. 16 GDPR
- Right to erasure, Art. 17 GDPR
- Right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 GDPR
- Right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR
- Right to object, Art. 21 GDPR
In addition, you are also entitled to file complaints at the competent supervisory agency.
In singular instances, the disclosure of personal data may be required owing to statutory requirements (for example under tax-related laws) or contractual agreement or may be required for conclusion of contract. In such case, you are obligated to make the personal data available, as in other case it might not be possible to conclude contracts.
6. Changes and reference to data protection policy
Changes to this data protection policy might be required due to changes
and adaptations of the services made available, due to statutory and legal
amendments and reforms, as well as possible subsequent closures of legal
voids. You may open and print the current data protection policy
from any website of this Internet service by clicking the Privacy Policy link.
The German version of this data privacy policy shall be solely authoritative; the English version is for information purposes only.