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Data protection

The person responsible within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Andrew McAllister

Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and their processing (Article 15 GDPR),

  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Article 16 GDPR),

  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Article 17 GDPR),

  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Article 18 GDPR),

  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Article 21 GDPR) and

  • Data transferability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Article 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.

You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. B. to the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your place of residence or to the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.

You can find a list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with their addresses at:https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.

 

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Type and purpose of processing:

If you access our website, ie if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically recorded. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,

  • ensuring smooth use of our website,

  • Evaluation of system security and stability as well

  • to optimize our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this type is statistically evaluated by us, if necessary anonymously, in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

 

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

Yes

The following data protection guarantees exist:

EU Commission adequacy decision
Standard Contractual Clauses
Binding Corporate Rules

 

Storage duration:

The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that it is no longer possible to assign the calling client.

 

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. Without the IP address, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

 

cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or how their storage can be blocked in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Duration of storage and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

4 weeks

Technically necessary cookies

Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. 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.

We need cookies for the following applications:

Remembering search terms

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

 

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

Yes

The following data protection guarantees exist:

EU Commission adequacy decision
Standard Contractual Clauses
Binding Corporate Rules

 

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. Without this data, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

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Read the information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR below.

 

Technically unnecessary cookies

Furthermore, we use cookies in order to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations.

You can find out which providers set cookies from the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Legal basis:

The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For other recipients, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

Third country transfer:

For information on this, please refer to the lists of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.

Provision prescribed or required:

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Withdrawal of consent).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie consent tool.

Profiling:

To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymised user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.

 

Registration on our website

Type and purpose of processing:

In order to register on our website, we need some personal data, which is transmitted to us via an input mask.

At the time of registration, the following data is also collected:

First name, last name, date of birth, email address

Your registration is required for the provision of certain content and services on our website.

Legal basis:

The data entered during registration is processed on the basis of the user’s consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

 

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

Yes

The following data protection guarantees exist:

EU Commission adequacy decision
Standard Contractual Clauses
Binding Corporate Rules

 

Storage duration:

Data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without providing your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content we offer.

 

Provision of paid services

Type and purpose of processing:

In order to provide services that are subject to a charge, we will ask for additional data, such as payment details, in order to be able to carry out your order.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

 

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

Yes

The following data protection guarantees exist:

EU Commission adequacy decision
Standard Contractual Clauses
Binding Corporate Rules

 

Storage duration:

We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper accounting and tax law requirements.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without providing your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content and services we offer.

 

Newsletter

Type and purpose of processing:

For the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input mask.

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to check that the owner of an e-mail address is actually registering, we use the "double opt-in" procedure. To do this, we log the registration for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the response requested here. Further data is not collected.

Legal basis:

On the basis of your expressly given consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation via the contact option given at the end of this data protection notice.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

 

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

Yes

The following data protection guarantees exist:

EU Commission adequacy decision
Standard Contractual Clauses
Binding Corporate Rules

 

Storage duration:

The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given. After that they will be deleted.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. Unsubscribing can be requested via the link contained in each e-mail or to the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection.

 

contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid email address and your name. This is used to allocate the request and then to answer it. Providing further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be processors.

 

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

Yes

The following data protection guarantees exist:

EU Commission adequacy decision
Standard Contractual Clauses
Binding Corporate Rules

 

Storage duration:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code and delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the request.

 

Use of Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google"), is used on this website. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", i.e. text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can find more information on the terms of use and data protection underhttps://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

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 related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics on our website byclick this link. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device. This will prevent future detection by Google Analytics for this website and for this browser as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; we would like to point out to you however that in this case you will if applicable not be able to use all functions of this website in full.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install:Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.

 

Using Adobe Analytics (Omniture)

If you have given your consent, this website uses Adobe Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (hereinafter: "Adobe"), 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland. Adobe Analytics uses so-called cookies (text files) that are stored on your computer. On behalf of the operator of this website, Adobe will use this information to evaluate the use of the website by users, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Adobe Analytics will not be merged with other Adobe data.

If a tracking record is transmitted from a website visitor's browser to Adobe Datacenter, the server settings we make ensure that the IP address is anonymized before geolocalization, i.e. the last octet of the IP address is replaced by zeros. Before the tracking packet is stored, the IP address is replaced with individual generic IP addresses.

Adobe's applicable privacy policy can be found athttp://www.adobe.com/de/privacy.htmlbe retrieved.

Withdrawal of consent:

You can revoke your consent at any time via the following link:

INSERT THE ADOBE ANALYTICS OPT-OUT COOKIE LINK HERE

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, this offer points out to users that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.

Users can also prevent the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the website (including their IP address) being sent to Adobe and the processing of this data by Adobe by using the browser plug available under the following link -Download and install in:https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/opt-out.html

 

Analysis by WiredMinds

Our website uses tracking pixel technology from WiredMinds AG, a service provided by WiredMinds GmbH, Lindenfühlstraße 32, 70176 Stuttgart, to analyze visitor behavior. The IP address of a visitor is processed here. The processing takes place exclusively for the purpose of company-relevant information such. B. to collect the company name. IP addresses of natural persons are excluded from further use (whitelist procedure). The IP address is never stored.
When processing the data, it is in our particular interest to protect the data protection rights of natural persons. Our interest is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR. The data we collect never allows any conclusions to be drawn about an identifiable person.

WiredMinds GmbH uses this information to create anonymous usage profiles based on visitor behavior on our website. The data obtained in this way is not used to personally identify the visitor to our website.

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You can object to the collection, processing and storage of data at any time with effect for the future using the following link:Opt out of website tracking

Further information and WiredMinds' applicable data protection regulations can be found athttps://www.wiredminds.de/fileadmin/testimages/content/datenschutz/DSB_WiredMinds_16.pdfbe retrieved.

 

Use of script libraries (Google Webfonts)

In order to display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts" from Google LLC (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") to display fonts on this website.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, seehttps://developers.google.com/fonts/faqand in Google's privacy policy:https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

 

Using Typekit web fonts from Adobe Fonts

We use Typekit web fonts from Adobe Fonts for the visual design of our website. Adobe Fonts is a service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; hereinafter "Adobe") that gives us access to a font library.

To integrate the fonts we use, your browser must establish a connection to an Adobe server in the USA and download the font required for our website. This gives Adobe the information that our website was accessed from your IP address.

For more information about Adobe Fonts, see the Adobe Fonts Privacy Policy, which you can access here:https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html

If your browser does not support web fonts or you do not give your consent, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently offers no option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

 

Use of Google Maps

On this website we use the offer of Google Maps. Google Maps is operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). This enables us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.
You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google data protection information:https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.

Detailed instructions for managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here:https://www.dataliberation.org

By visiting the website, Google receives information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account.

If you do not wish to be assigned to your profile on Google, you must log out of Google before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its websites. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently offers no option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

 

Social Plugins

Social plugins from the providers listed below are used on our website. You can recognize the plugins by the fact that they are marked with the corresponding logo.

Information, which may also include personal data, may be sent to the service provider via these plugins and may be used by them. We prevent the unconscious and unwanted collection and transmission of data to the service provider with a 2-click solution. In order to activate a desired social plugin, it must first be activated by clicking on the corresponding button. The collection of information and its transmission to the service provider is only triggered by this activation of the plugin. We do not collect any personal data ourselves using the social plugins or their use.

We have no influence on which data an activated plugin collects and how this is used by the provider. It must currently be assumed that a direct connection to the provider's services will be established and at least the IP address and device-related information will be recorded and used. There is also the possibility that the service provider will try to save cookies on the computer used. Which specific data is collected and how it is used can be found in the data protection notices of the respective service provider. Note: If you are logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook can identify you as a visitor to a specific page.

We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

Facebook: www.facebook.com, Twitter www.twitter.com, LinkedIn www.linkedin.com

 

Google AdWords

Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The operator of the Google AdWords services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you came to our website via an ad placed by Google, Google Adwords will place a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad served by Google.

If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. This means that cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.

You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google data protection information:https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently offers no option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

 

Use of Google Remarketing

This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. The operator of the Google Remarketing services is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”).

The function is used to present interest-based advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A so-called "cookie" is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when he or she calls up websites that belong to the Google advertising network. On these pages, the visitor can be presented with advertisements that refer to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use Google's remarketing function.

You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google data protection information:https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.

Withdrawal of consent:

The provider currently offers no option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.

 

SSL encryption

In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

 

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Individual right of objection

You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you, which is based on Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you file an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

kontakt@ruhrlawschool.de

Change to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always corresponds to the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the data protection officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

Andrew McAllister

kontakt@ruhrlawschool.de

The data protection declaration was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts forexternal data protection officers(Version #2020-09-30).

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