Privacy Notice

1. Introduction

We appreciate your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. This privacy notice provides detailed information on how we handle your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of your personal data on this website is:

Carola Wark

Borsigstrasse 28, 50825 Köln
+49 172 176 00 72

warkconferenceinterpreting@t-online.de

3. Data Collection and Use

a) Visiting the Website

When you visit our website, the browser on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file,
  • Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
  • Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

The mentioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
  • Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability,
  • and for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above.

b) Using Our Contact Form

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us using a form provided on the website. It is necessary to provide a valid email address so that we know who the request is from and to be able to respond to it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR based on your voluntary consent.

4. Data Sharing

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only share your personal data with third parties if:

  • You have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR,
  • The disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
  • There is a legal obligation for disclosure in accordance with Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, and
  • It is legally permissible and required for the performance of a contract with you in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

5. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not harm your device and do not contain viruses, trojans, or other malware.

Information is stored in the cookie, which results in each case in connection with the specific device used. This does not mean, however, that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a certain fixed period. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what inputs and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

We also use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer (see Section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests as well as third parties in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

6. Data Subject Rights

You have the right to:

  • In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of the processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the source of your data if it was not collected from us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about their details;
  • In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, request the immediate correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us;
  • In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims;
  • In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure, we no longer need the data but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or you have objected to processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
  • In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller;
  • In accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR, revoke your once given consent to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future, and
  • In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters.

7. Right to Object

If your personal data is processed based on legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without specifying a particular situation.

If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, please send an email to [Your Email Address].

8. Data Security

We use the widely used SSL (Secure Socket Layer) procedure in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. As a rule, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether a single page of our website is being transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the bottom status bar of your browser.

We also take appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

9. Updates and Changes to this Privacy Notice

This privacy notice is currently valid and has the status [Month, Year].

Due to the further development of our website and offers above or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to change this privacy notice. The current privacy notice can be viewed and printed by you at any time on the website at [URL of your privacy notice].