Data protection

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The following contents of the data protection declaration apply to the

Ringbeck FOUNDATION
Rehweg 4
40883 Ratingen
GERMANY

mail@jazztalentaward.de
www.ringbeck.foundation

Thank you for your interest in our homepage. The protection of your personal data during the collection, processing and use on the occasion of your visit to our homepage is an important concern for us. Your data will be protected within the framework of the legal regulations. Please take a moment to read the following information. This will tell you how we handle your personal data, how and for what purpose this data is used, to whom we pass this data and how we protect your personal data. Your personal rights are our highest priority and we do our best to protect and ensure these rights.

 

Collection and processing of data
Every access to our homepage and every retrieval of a file stored on the homepage is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following are logged:

- Name and URL of the file accessed
- Date and time of access
- amount of data transferred
- message about successful retrieval
- Web browser used / operating system and access provider, if applicable
- pages visited and requesting domain
- IP address of the requesting computer

Insofar as further personal data (such as name, address, email address, etc.) is collected on this website, this is done in voluntary agreement with the enquirer and with his/her knowledge.

Any personal data provided when contacting us may be collected, used and stored in accordance with the provisions of the German Telemedia Act and the German Federal Data Protection Act. Revocation is possible at any time.


Use and disclosure of personal data
Insofar as you have provided us with personal data, we will only use this in accordance with the German data protection regulations to answer your enquiries, to establish, process and terminate contracts concluded with you and for technical administration.
Your personal data will only be passed on to third parties or otherwise transferred if this is necessary for the purpose of fulfilling the contract - in particular the transfer of order data to service providers and / or suppliers etc., if this is necessary for billing purposes or if you have given your prior consent. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.

You have the right to receive information about the personal data stored about you free of charge upon request. In addition, you have the right to correct, block and delete this personal data in accordance with the legal provisions.


Protection of the stored data
We use technical and organisational security measures to protect the personal data you have made available to us from manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons. Our security measures are continuously improved and adapted according to the state of the art. It cannot be ruled out that data disclosed unencrypted can be viewed by third parties. We would like to point out that no secure transmission can be guaranteed with regard to data transmission via the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail). Sensitive data should therefore either not be transmitted at all or only via a secure connection (SSL).

 

Storage of anonymised data/»Cookies«
On this website, usage data is collected and stored in anonymised form. So-called "cookies" may be used for this purpose. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. However, these only collect and store data in pseudonymous form. They are not used to identify you personally and are not merged with data about the bearer of the pseudonym. We use this information to determine the attractiveness of our website and to continuously improve its content.

It is also possible to use the website without "cookies". Most browsers are preset to automatically accept "cookies". However, you can deactivate the storage of "cookies" or set your browser to notify you before "cookies" are stored.

 

Google Analytics
This website uses "Google Analytics", a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc - "Google". "Google Analytics" uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. 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. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by "Google" within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a "Google" server in the USA and shortened there. Google" will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of "Google Analytics" will not be merged with other data from "Google". 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. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the "cookie" and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to "Google" as well as the processing of this data by "Google" by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link. The current link is

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB

In view of the discussion about the use of analysis tools with complete IP addresses, we would like to point out that this website uses "Google Analytics" with the extension "_anonymizeIp()" and therefore IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude direct personal references.


Contact
On our website, we offer you the opportunity to contact us by email and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user will be stored for the purpose of processing the contact. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The data collected in this way is also not compared with data that may be collected by other components of our site.


Revocation, amendments, corrections and updates
The user has the right, upon request and free of charge, to obtain information about the personal data stored about him/her. In addition, the user has the right to correct incorrect data, block and delete his or her personal data, insofar as this does not conflict with any legal obligation to retain data.