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This privacy policy provides information about the processing of personal data on this website in accordance with Art. 13 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Visiting this website is generally possible without providing personal data. If the input of personal data is required, we will notify you at the relevant location and obtain your consent if necessary.

The Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy gGmbH, as the responsible entity, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most comprehensive protection possible of the personal data processed via this website. However, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, every data subject is free to transmit personal data by alternative means, such as by telephone.

1. Definitions

The privacy policy of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy gGmbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator when enacting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

What is personal data?

Personal data refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A person is identifiable if they can be identified, directly or indirectly, particularly by referencing an identification number or other factors specific to their physical, physiological, psychological, economic, cultural, or social identity. This includes IP addresses or unique identifiers that can be stored in cookies when visiting this website.

What does processing mean?

Processing of personal data refers to activities such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or any other form of making data available, as well as restriction, erasure, or destruction of personal data.

2. Name and Address of the Responsible Entity

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy gGmbH
Döppersberg 19
42103 Wuppertal
Germany
Tel.: +49 202 2492-0
Email: info@wupperinst.org
Website: www.wupperinst.org

3. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer

2B Advice GmbH
Joseph-Schumpeter-Allee 25
53227 Bonn
Germany
Tel.: +49 228 926165-120
Fax: +49 228 926165-109
Email: dsb@wupperinst.org

Any data subject can contact the data protection officer directly at any time with questions or suggestions regarding data protection or to exercise their rights. The data protection officer is bound by confidentiality.

4. Collection of General Data and Information (Log Data)

Each time this website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system, a series of general data and information is collected. These general data and information are stored in the server's log files. The following may be collected:

• Browser types and versions used
• Operating system used
• Referrer-ID (the website from which a requesting system reaches this website)
• Subpages accessed
• Date and time of access
• IP address
• Internet service provider
• Other similar data for hazard prevention

5. Storage Duration, Deletion, and Blocking of Personal Data

Personal data is stored only as long as required for the purpose of storage or as mandated by law. Once the storage purpose ceases to exist, the data is routinely deleted or blocked.

6. Services and Cookies

This website uses third-party services, but no cookies are set.

7. Newsletter

We use the double opt-in procedure for our newsletter registration. After signing up, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription. This confirmation ensures that no one can register using another person's email address. The registration is logged to provide evidence of the registration process as required by law. This includes storing the times of registration and confirmation as well as the IP address.

Use of MailChimp as Newsletter Service

We use MailChimp, a platform operated by The Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA, to send our newsletter. The information provided during newsletter registration is stored on MailChimp servers in the USA.

When accessing the newsletter signup page, you are automatically redirected to a MailChimp-hosted page under the domain uni-wuppertal.us13.list-manage.com. Your IP address is transferred to MailChimp's servers in the USA. This transfer is based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, ensuring that MailChimp commits to complying with European data protection regulations. Nevertheless, a complete guarantee for the protection of data transferred abroad cannot be ensured.

Use of Cookies and Google Services by MailChimp

On the MailChimp page, various cookies and Google services (e.g. ajax.googleapis.com, www.google.com) are used for tracking and analysis. These cookies and services are subject to MailChimp's and Google's privacy policies. We have no influence on these. For newsletter use, the following cookies are set by MailChimp:

• _abck
• mcid
• ak_bmsc
• bm_sv
• bm_sz

Withdrawal and Unsubscription

You can withdraw your consent to receive our newsletter at any time, thus unsubscribing. After unsubscribing, your data will be deleted from the newsletter mailing list unless there are legal retention periods. A link to unsubscribe is provided at the end of each newsletter.

Legal Basis

The use of MailChimp and the redirection to their servers is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. A revocation does not affect the lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the revocation.

8. Contact

If you contact the Wuppertal Institute by email, the information you provide will be stored to process your request and any follow-up questions. A valid email address and your name are required to assign and answer your inquiry.

9. Rights of Data Subjects

1. Right to Confirmation: Every data subject has the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed.
2. Right to Access: Every data subject has the right to obtain information about the personal data stored about them, at no cost.
3. Right to Rectification: Every data subject has the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data.
4. Right to Erasure: Every data subject has the right to request the deletion of their personal data.
5. Right to Restriction of Processing: Every data subject has the right to request the restriction of the processing of their personal data.
6. Right to Data Portability: Every data subject has the right to receive their personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
7. Right to Object: Every data subject has the right to object to the processing of their data for reasons arising from their particular situation.
8. Right to Withdraw Consent: Every data subject has the right to withdraw their previously given consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

Status of this Privacy Policy

Status: October 7, 2024