Privacy Policy – Sprachschule Aktiv Braunschweig
Collection of General Information
When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. 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, and similar details. This is exclusively information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person. This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver the content of websites requested by you and is mandatory when using the Internet. Anonymous information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us to optimize our website and the underlying technology.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically provides us with certain data such as IP address, browser used, operating system, and your internet connection.
Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate navigation for you and enable the correct display of our websites.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
Of course, you can view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set up to accept cookies. You can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your internet browser to learn how to change these settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work properly if you have disabled the use of cookies.
Registration on our website
When registering to use our personalized services, some personal data is collected, such as name, address, contact and communication data like telephone number and email address. If you are registered with us, you can access content and services that we only offer to registered users. Registered users also have the option to change or delete the data provided at the time of registration at any time. Upon request, we will of course inform you of the personal data we have stored about you. We will also correct or delete this data upon request, provided there are no legal retention obligations to the contrary. For this purpose, please contact the contact address specified in this privacy policy.
Provision of Paid Services
For the provision of paid services, we request additional data from you, such as payment information.
SSL Encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS.
Comment Function
When users leave comments on the blog, in addition to the information entered, the time of creation and the username previously chosen by the website visitor are also saved. This is for our security, as we may be held liable for illegal content on our website, even if created by users.
Newsletter
When you sign up to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be informed by email about circumstances relevant to the service or registration (such as changes to the newsletter offer or technical issues).
For an effective registration, we require a valid email address.
To verify that the registration is actually made by the owner of the email address, we use the “double opt-in” procedure. This means we log the subscription request for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email, and the receipt of the requested response. No further data is collected. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter and is not passed on to third parties.
Consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time.
Each newsletter contains a corresponding link. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or notify us of your request via the contact option listed at the end of this privacy policy.
Contact Form, Registration, Email
If you contact us by email, registration, or contact form, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for possible follow-up questions.
Use of your data from the contact and registration form
The personal data you provide to us as part of the online registration or contact form is used exclusively to process your registration and participation. This data will not be passed on to third parties.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In this case, your personal data will be immediately deleted.
The personal data will be deleted if you withdraw your consent to its storage, if the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was stored, or if its storage is not permitted for other legal reasons.
Upon request, you will receive information about the personal data we have stored about you.
Detailed information about data protection and handling of personal data can be found in the general privacy policy of this website.
Deletion or blocking of data
We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We therefore store your personal data only as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as required by the retention periods specified by law.
After the respective purpose ceases to apply or after these periods expire, the corresponding data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal regulations.
Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (hereinafter: Google). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Due to IP anonymization being activated on this website, your IP address will first be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a server in the USA and shortened there.
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 IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case not all functions of this website may be fully usable.
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 processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:
Browser-Add-on zur Deaktivierung von Google Analytics.
Additionally or as an alternative to the browser add-on, you can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our pages by clicking this link. An opt-out cookie will then be placed on your device. This will prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics for this website and this browser in the future, as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
Use of Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps API to visually display geographic information. When using Google Maps, data about the use of the map functions by website visitors is also collected, processed, and used by Google. More information about data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy. You can also change your personal privacy settings in the data protection center.
Detailed instructions for managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found here:
Embedded YouTube Videos
Some of our web pages contain embedded YouTube videos. 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. This informs YouTube which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can associate your surfing behavior with you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
When a YouTube video is started, the provider sets cookies that collect information about user behavior.
If you have deactivated the storage of cookies for the Google Ad program, you will not have to expect such cookies when watching YouTube videos either. 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.
Further information on data protection at YouTube can be found in the provider’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Social Plugins
We offer you the option to use so-called “social media buttons” on our website. To protect your data, we rely on the “Shariff” solution. With Shariff, these buttons are only integrated as graphics that contain a link to the corresponding website of the button provider. Clicking the graphic sends no data to the respective provider. Only when you click the graphic will your data be transmitted to the respective provider. So if you do not click the graphic, no data will be exchanged between you and the social media button providers.
More information about the Shariff solution can be found here (in German): http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html
We have integrated social media buttons on our website from the following companies:
Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave – Palo Alto – CA 94304 – USA)
Twitter Inc. (795 Folsom St. – Suite 600 – San Francisco – CA 94107 – USA)
Google Plus / Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway – Mountain View – CA 94043 – USA)
WhatsApp
Pinterest
XING AG (Gänsemarkt 43 – 20354 Hamburg – Germany)
LinkedIn Corporation (2029 Stierlin Court – Mountain View – CA 94043 – USA)
Google AdWords
Our website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you reach our website via an ad placed by Google, a cookie will be set on your computer by Google Adwords. This cookie for conversion tracking is set when a user clicks on a Google-delivered ad. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked across 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 learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users.
If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can refuse the necessary setting of cookies – for example, via a browser setting that disables the automatic setting of cookies in general – or configure your browser to block cookies from the domain “googleadservices.com”.
Please note that you must not delete the opt-out cookies if you do not wish for measurement data to be recorded. If you have deleted all cookies in your browser, you must set the respective opt-out cookie again.
Your rights to information, correction, blocking, deletion, and objection
You have the right at any time to request information about your personal data stored with us. You also have the right to correct, block, or delete this data, except where retention is required for business processing. Please contact our data protection officer for this. You can find the contact details below.
In order for a data block to be taken into account at any time, this data must be stored in a lock file for control purposes. You can also request the deletion of the data, unless there is a legal obligation to archive the data. If such an obligation exists, we will block your data upon request.
You can make changes or revoke your consent by notifying us accordingly. This will be effective for the future.
Amendment of our privacy policy
We reserve the right to occasionally adapt this privacy policy to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will 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 our data protection officer directly:
Mariana Solorzano
Tel.: +49 1575 4150437
E-Mail: info@sprachschule-aktiv-braunschweig.de
Adresse: Bruchtorwall 12, 38100 Braunschweig