HEALTH ADVICE
BACKGROUND & OTHER INFORMATION
BACKGROUND & OTHER INFORMATION
The Academic Society for Health Advice provides media and consumer advice on health and hygiene issues and related topics such as the environment and the economy. Due to their complexity, these topics are not self-explanatory and require a professional assessment and classification in the overall context.
The information offered is compiled to the best of our knowledge; we expressly ask you to send us critical, controversial or supplementary information.
Information required under Article 5 Para. 1 of the TMG (German Telemedia Act):
Academic Society for Health Advice
Studiengesellschaft für Gesundheitsberatung e. V.
Fischertwiete 2
20095 Hamburg
Germany
Represented by:
Prof. Dr. Klaus Kocks
Dr. Jan Niklas Kocks
Contact:
E-mail: info@academic-society.de
Registration:
Registered in the Associations Register.
Court of registration: Amtsgericht Hamburg
Register number: VR 23366
Responsible for the content pursuant to Article 55 Para. 2 of the RStV
(Interstate Broadcasting Treaty):
Prof. Dr. Klaus Kocks
Hauptstr. 30
56412 Horbach bei Montabaur
Germany
We are neither willing nor obligated to appear before a consumer arbitration service to participate in dispute settlement proceedings.
Liability for content
In accordance with Article 7 Para. 1 of the TMG (German Telemedia Act), as the service provider we are responsible that our own content on these web pages complies with general legislation. However, in accordance with Articles 8 to 10 of the TMG, as the service provider we are not obliged to monitor third-party information provided or stored here or to search for circumstances that might indicate unlawful activities.
This is without prejudice to obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general legislation. Any obligation in this respect is only possible, however, from such time as we have been made aware of a concrete legal infringement. We will remove such content promptly once we become aware of any such legal infringement.
Liability for links
Our site contains links to external third-party websites for which we have no control over the content. We cannot, therefore, accept any responsibility for such third-party content. The respective provider or operator of such sites is always responsible for the content of the links. The linked pages were checked at the time of linking for possible legal infringements. No illegal content was discernible at the time of linking.
Without concrete evidence of a legal infringement, permanent control of the content of the linked pages is unreasonable. We will remove such links immediately upon notification of any legal infringement.
Copyright
The content and works provided by the website operator are subject to German copyright law. The reproduction, adaptation, distribution or any kind of use that is beyond what is permitted under copyright law requires the written consent of the author or creator. Downloads and copies of these web pages are only permitted for private, non-commercial use.
The copyright of third parties is respected where the content of these pages was not created by the operator. In particular, third-party content is identified as such. Nevertheless, should you become aware of any copyright infringement, we would kindly ask you to notify us. We will remove the content promptly upon notification of any such infringement.
1. General information and mandatory information
a) General information
The following information gives you a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means all data by which you can be identified personally. For detailed information about data protection, please refer to our data privacy statement listed below this text.
b) Name and contact details of the responsible data controller
This data protection information applies to data processed by:
Responsible: Studiengesellschaft für Gesundheitsberatung e. V., Fischertwiete 2, 20095 Hamburg, Germany
E-mail: info@academic-society.de
Tel: + 49 40 32005250
Fax: + 49 40 32005200
2. Hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (web host). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the web host’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated by a website.
The use of the web hosting service provider is for the purpose of fulfilling a contract with our potential and existing clients (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of providing our online service securely, quickly and efficiently via a professional provider (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Our web host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.
To ensure that the processing complies with data protection regulations, we have concluded a contract for order processing with our web host.
3. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use
a) When you visit the website
When you call up our website www.academic-society.de, information is automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser used on your end device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:
The above-mentioned data will be processed by us for the following purposes:
The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the above listed purposes for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.
Furthermore, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed explanations on this under sections 5 and 6 of this data protection declaration.
b) When registering for our newsletter
If you have expressly given your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide an e-mail address.
It is possible to unsubscribe at any time. You can unsubscribe at any time by sending an informal e-mail to info@academic-society.de.
c) When using our contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is thus exclusively based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide via the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage or the purpose for which it was stored ceases to apply (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.
d) Enquiry via e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us via e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry including all personal data (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
This data is processed based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided that your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), because we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us.
The data you provide via contact enquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage or the purpose for which it was stored ceases to apply (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
4. Disclosure of data
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
5. Cookies
6. Analysis tools
a) Tracking tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. With the tracking measures we use, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet the needs of our customers and is continuously optimised. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to record the use of our website statistically and evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate in the sense of the aforementioned regulation.
The respective data processing purposes and data categories are given under the corresponding tracking tools.
b) Matomo
We use the Matomo open source software for analysis and statistical evaluation of the use of the website. Cookies are used for this purpose (see section 5). The information generated by the cookie about the use of the website is transferred to our servers and summarised in pseudonymous user profiles. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website and to enable us to design our website in line with requirements. The information is not transferred to third parties.
Under no circumstances is the IP address linked to other user-related data. The IP addresses are rendered anonymous so that it is not possible to assign them (IP masking).
Matomo cookies remain on your device until you delete them. The storage of Matomo cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. The corresponding consent is requested by a cookie banner when visiting the website and is granted by the user of the website actively checking the Statistics box. Consent can be changed or revoked at any time (see section 5).
7. Social media plug-ins
We use plug-ins from social media networks on our website based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR to thus promote awareness of our company. The advertising purpose behind this is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. The respective providers are responsible for ensuring that their operations comply with data protection regulations. The integration of these plug-ins by us takes place by means of the so-called double-click method to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way.
a) Facebook
Social media plug-ins from Facebook are used on our website to make its use more personal. You can recognise the Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the SHARE button. It is a service provided by Facebook Inc., Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
If you call up a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, from where it is integrated into the website.
By integrating the plug-ins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign your visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by clicking the SHARE button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and shown to your Facebook friends.
Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and designing the Facebook pages to meet your needs. To do this, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements that Facebook shows you, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log off from your Facebook account before visiting our website.
Please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy for the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights and the setting options to protect your privacy (https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation).
b) Twitter
Plug-ins from the short message network of Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (Twitter) are integrated into our website. You can recognise the Twitter plug-ins (tweet button) by means of the Twitter logo on our site.
If you call up a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, from where it is integrated into the website.
If you call up a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter thereby receives the information that you have visited our site, together with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter tweet button while you are logged in to your Twitter account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to correlate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Twitter.
If you do not want Twitter to be able to link your visit to our pages, please log off from your Twitter user account.
You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings under https://twitter.com/account/settings.
You can find more information on this in Twitter’s data privacy statement (https://twitter.com/de/privacy).
8. Plug-ins und tools
a) Vimeo
This website uses plug-ins from the Vimeo video portal. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York 10011, USA.
When you visit one of our sites that has a Vimeo plug-in you will be connected to the Vimeo servers. This tells the Vimeo server which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo or do not have an account with Vimeo. The information collected by Vimeo is transferred to the Vimeo server in the USA.
If you are logged in to your Vimeo account, you allow Vimeo to correlate your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging off from your Vimeo account.
Vimeo is used to present our online services in an attractive manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The storage and use of Vimeo cookies is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. The corresponding consent is requested by a cookie banner when the user visits the website and is granted by actively checking the Statistics box. Consent can be changed or revoked at any time (see section 5).
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Vimeo’s data privacy statement (https://vimeo.com/privacy).
b) Google Fonts
This site uses so-called Google Fonts, which are fonts provided by Google to ensure that fonts are displayed uniformly. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required Google Fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
To do this, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This enables Google to know that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support Google Fonts, your computer will use a standard font.
Further information about Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy declaration (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de).
c) YouTube
Our website uses plug-ins from the YouTube website operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit one of our sites that has a YouTube plug-in you will be connected to the YouTube servers. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.
Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your end device. YouTube can obtain information about visitors to our website with the help of these cookies. This information is used, among other things, to gather video statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud. The cookies remain on your device until you delete them.
If you are logged in to your YouTube account, this will allow YouTube to correlate your surfing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this happening by logging off from your YouTube account.
YouTube is used to present our online offers in an attractive manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The storage and use of YouTube cookies is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. The corresponding consent is requested by a cookie banner when visiting the website and is granted by the user of the website actively checking the Marketing box. Consent can be changed or revoked at any time (see section 5).
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy declaration (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de).
9. Rights of affected parties
You have the right:
10. Right to object
If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Article 21 GDPR if there are reasons for doing so that arise from your special situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without indicating any special situation.
If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw consent or to object, simply send an e-mail to info@academic-society.de.
11. Data security
This site uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as site operator. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is being transmitted in encrypted form by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from http:// to https:// and the key or padlock icon displayed in the lower status bar of your browser is closed. This encryption prevents data that you transmit to us from being read by third parties.
We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or deliberate manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are improved continuously in line with technological developments.
12. Up-to-dateness and changes to this data privacy statement
This data privacy statement is currently valid and is the status as of September 2019.
It may become necessary to amend this data privacy statement as a result of the further development of our website and related services or due to changes in legal or statutory requirements. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at http://academic-society.de/datenschutz.html.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments:
Academic Society for Health Advice
– an initiative of PACCOR –
Studiengesellschaft für Gesundheitsberatung e.V.
Prof. Dr. KLAUS KOCKS Ass.
Fischertwiete 2
20095 Hamburg
Germany
Tel.: +49 40 32005250
Media-Hotline: 0800 2286547
E-mail: info@academic-society.de
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