We want you to know when we store which data and how we use it. We have taken technical and organisational measures to ensure that data protection regulations are observed.
We would therefore like to take this opportunity to inform you about how we protect your privacy when you provide us with your personal data. In addition to complying with the legal provisions on data protection, we would like to use this information to commit ourselves to the responsible handling of your data so that your privacy is protected at all times. Upon request, any information provided will be deleted immediately. It is important to us that you feel safe and comfortable when visiting our website.
General information
Below, we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that relates to you as an individual, e.g. your name, contact details, user behaviour.
The controller responsible for processing your personal data in accordance with Art. 4(7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is ICJA Volunteer Exchange Worldwide, Stralauer Allee 20e, 12054 Berlin, Germany
Further information can be found in our legal notice. You can contact our data protection officer at datenschutz(at)icja.de or at our postal address with the addition ‘the data protection officer’. When you contact us by email or via a contact form, we will store the data you provide (email address, name and telephone number, if applicable) in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected in this context once it is no longer necessary to store it, or restrict its processing if there are legal retention obligations.
Personal data
Personal data is only collected when using this page if you provide it to us voluntarily, for example when filling out a contact form or registering for our online application. The data you enter in the form will only be stored for the respective purpose. For example, we need your full address to process applications and donations.
Collection of personal data when visiting our website
When using the website for informational purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR
- IP address
- Date and time of the request
- Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Content of the request (specific page)
- Access status/HTTP status code
- Amount of data transferred in each case
- Website from which the request originates
- Browser
- Operating system and its interface
- Language and version of the browser software.
In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the hard drive of the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programmes or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offering more user-friendly and effective overall.
Use of cookies
This website uses types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
- Transient cookies
- Persistent cookies
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This allows your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.
Please note: If you deactivate cookies, some areas of our website will no longer function properly.
Disclosure of personal information to third parties
We do not generally disclose your data to third parties. All persons at ICJA Volunteer Exchange Worldwide are bound by the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and subsequent legal regulations. We will only disclose your data to authorities entitled to receive such information if we are required to do so by law or court order.
Right to information
Upon request, we will inform you as soon as possible in accordance with applicable law whether and which personal data we have stored about you. If, despite our efforts to ensure that data is accurate and up to date, incorrect information is stored, we will correct it at your request.
Right of revocation
As a data subject, you can object to the use of your data at any time in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act. If you contact us, we will immediately block you from this processing.
In addition, under certain conditions, you have the right to correct, block and delete the data we have stored.
The Like button from Facebook, Google and Twitter
We use the Facebook Like button so that you can share content with friends on Facebook. This button collects personal data even if you are not registered with Facebook or logged in. We do not know whether, how and by whom this data is further processed and are not responsible for this. Only by clicking on the button will you be taken to the page of the respective provider.
Use of Google Charts
We use the Google Charts module on our website to display maps. By using Google Charts maps on our website, information about your use of our website, including your IP address, is transmitted to a Google server and stored there as soon as you visit the page with the embedded Google Charts map. When data is transferred to the USA, data protection risks cannot be ruled out. The transfer of data is governed by Google’s privacy policy and terms of use, which you can find at the following links: policies.google.com/privacy/update
If you do not agree to the transfer of your data to Google Charts and the data transfer, you can deactivate the map service by disabling JavaScript in your browser. In this case, the service and map display cannot be used.
Use of Matomo (formerly Piwik)
This website uses the web analytics software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (‘Matomo’) on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Pseudonymised usage profiles can be created and evaluated from this data for the same purpose. Cookies may be used for this purpose. The data collected using Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on our servers. The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify visitors to this website and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.
If you do not agree to the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to the storage and use at any time by clicking below. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that Matomowill not collect any session data. Please note that completely deleting the cookies will also delete the opt-out cookie and you may have to reactivate it.
Please note that our website uses JavaScript technology.
Embedded YouTube videos
We embed YouTube videos on some of our web pages. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube is informed which pages you visit. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour. If you have deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ad programme, you will not have to expect such cookies when watching YouTube videos. However, YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block the storage of cookies in your browser.
Weitere Informationen zum Datenschutz bei „Youtube“ findet man in der Datenschutzerklärung des Anbieters unter: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Technical standards
Our software is continuously adapted to the state of the art in the event of changes. Nevertheless, we would like to point out that data protection for the transmission of data within the Internet cannot be comprehensively guaranteed according to the current state of the art. Other users of the Internet may be technically capable of unauthorised interference with network security and monitoring of message traffic. Our online offering contains links to other websites. We have no influence on whether their operators comply with data protection regulations. Nor do we have any influence on the legality of the content of these websites. We therefore accept no responsibility for the content of other websites.
Data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please contact our data protection officer. You can reach them at datenschutz(at)icja.de.
