Data Privacy Policy
Below you will find information about,
- who you can contact at GIZ on the subject of data protection.
- what data is processed when you visit the website.
- what data is processed when you contact us, subscribe to newsletters or press releases or use other GIZ online services.
- what possibilities there are to object to the storage of the data.
- what rights you have with respect to us.
1. Controller and Data Protection Officer
Address:
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 32 + 36, 53113 Bonn
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1–5, 65760 Eschborn
Contact:
sekretariat@d-eiti.de
If you have specific questions about the protection of your data, please contact GIZ’s data protection officer: datenschutzbeauftragte@giz.de
2. Information about the collection of personal data
2.1 General
GIZ processes personal data exclusively in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
2.2 Collection of personal data when using visiting our website
Log file fields
Field | Displayed as | Description |
Date | date | The date on which the activity occurred. |
Time | time | The time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), at which the activity occurred. |
Server IP Address | s-ip | The IP address of the server on which the log file entry was generated. |
Method | cs-method | The requested action, for example, a GET method. |
URI Stem | cs-uri-stem | The target of the action, for example, Default.htm. |
URI Query | cs-uri-query | The query, if any that the client was trying to perform. A Universal Resource Identifier (URI) query is necessary only for dynamic pages. |
Server Port | s-port | The server port number that is configured for the service. |
User Name | cs-username | The name of the authenticated user who accessed your server. Anonymous users are indicated by a hyphen. |
Client IP Address | c-ip | The IP address of the client that made the request. |
User Agent | cs(User-Agent) | The browser type that the client used. |
Referrer | cs(Referrer) | The site that the user last visited. This site provided a link to the current site. |
HTTP Status | sc-status | The HTTP status code. |
Protocol Substatus | sc-substatus | The sub status error code. |
Win32 Status | sc-win32-status | The Windows status code. |
Time Taken | time-taken | The length of time that the action took, in milliseconds. |
Further information on the storage and transfer of data:
2.3 Cookies
2.4 Analysis service Matomo (user analysis)
Further information on data protection at Matomo can be found here Matomo Cloud Privacy Policy – Matomo Analytics
Further information on user analysis
Information on opting out
Further information on opting out
3. Processing of personal data when contacting us
When users contact us, the data provided will be processed in order to be able to respond to the enquiry. The following contact options are available:
- contact form
- telephone
3.1 Contact form
3.2 Contact by e-mail
Alternatively, it is possible to contact GIZ via the e-mail addresses provided. In this case, at least the email address but also any other personal user data transmitted with the email (e.g. family and given name, address) as well as the information contained in the email are stored solely for the purpose of contacting the user and processing the request.
3.3 Contact by telephone
4. Processing of personal data in connection with social network use
Social media with GIZ appeareances
- The privacy policy for the social network LinkedIn, which is operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, can be viewed at https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=%7Berror-page%7D-privacy-policy
- The privacy policy for the social network X (Twitter), which is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA, can be viewed at https://twitter.com/de/privacy;
5. Disclosure to third parties
6. Transfer of data to third countries
7. Duration of data retention
8. IT security of user data
9. Reference to user rights
Visitors to the GIZ website have the right to
- Access to information about your data stored by us (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Rectification of your data stored by us (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Erasure of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of the processing of your data stored by us (Art. 18 GDPR),
- Object to the storage of your data, provided that this data is processed based on Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) and e) GDPR (Art. 21 GDPR),
- receive the data concerning you in a commonly used and machine-readable format from the controller in order to have it transmitted to another controller if necessary (right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR),
- withdraw your consent, provided that the processing of the data has been carried out on the basis of consent (Art. 6 para. 1 a) GDPR). The lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given remains unaffected until the reception of the withdrawal.
Furthermore, and in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority. The competent authority is the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).