DATA PROTECTION PROVISIONS AND DECLARATIONS OF CONSENT
The Goethe-Institut e.V., Oskar-von-Miller-Ring, 18, 80333 Munich, Germany (“Goethe-Institut” or “We”), as the operator of the website www.designediniraq.org (“Website”), is the data controller for the personal data of the users (“You”) of the Website within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German data protection laws, in particular the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
The Goethe-Institut takes the protection of your data very seriously. With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you transparently about what personal data (“your data”) we collect, process and use about you when you visit our online presence and / or use the Goethe-Institut’s website.
1. DESIGNATION OF THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICE
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Goethe-Institut Iraq
Anaïs Boelicke (Director of the Institute)
Nawroz Street, Close to Sardam Hospital
44001 Erbil, Iraq
The controller alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, contact details or similar).
2. INFORMATIONAL USE OF THE WEBSITE
You can visit our website and use some of our internet offers without providing any personal information. Each time you access a website, the web server only automatically stores access data in so-called server log files, which are automatically communicated by your browser, such as the name of the requested file, last visited website, date and time of access, browser used, amount of data transferred, the IP address, the requesting provider, etc.. As part of processing on our behalf, a third-party provider provides the services for hosting and displaying the website on our behalf. This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.
3. DATA COLLECTION IN CASE OF CONTACT BY E-MAIL
Should you wish to make use of the option to upload your own content to this website, this will be done by sending an e-mail to submit@designediniraq.org. By sending the content you agree that it will be published on our website. We reserve the right to contact you if we have any queries about the published content.
The data transmitted by sending by e-mail, including personal data, will be stored by us. These personal data are:
- • E-mail address
- • First and last name
We collect and process the personal data provided by you as part of the contract processing for the use of the free service in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b GDPR and on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of a possible defense against claims in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Deletion and restriction of processing
We may store the logged out personal data for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete it. The processing of this data will be limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims, in particular in connection with alleged copyright infringement.
4. YOUR RIGHTS AND HOW TO CONTACT US
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
• pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
• pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to request without undue delay the correction of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, the right to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessary
o for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
o for the fulfillment of a legal obligation;
o for reasons of public interest; or
o for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims
is necessary;
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as
o the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
o the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure;
o we no longer require the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or
o you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller;
• the right to complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.
If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, about information, correction, restriction of processing or deletion of data, as well as revocation of any consent given or objection to a particular use of data, as well as the right to data portability, please contact our company data protection officer:
The data protection officer
Goethe-Institut e.V.
Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18
80333 Munich
datenschutz@goethe.de
5. RIGHT OF OBJECTION
Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to protect our legitimate interests, which prevail in the context of a balancing of interests, you may object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is carried out for direct marketing purposes, you may exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is carried out for other purposes, you will only have the right to object if there are grounds arising from your particular situation.
After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing is for the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims
This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not further process your personal data for this purpose.
