Privacy Policy
1. Privacy at a Glance
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified.
Data Collection on This Website
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section “Notice of the Responsible Party” below.
2. Notice of the Responsible Party
The party responsible for data processing on this website is:
Thilo Rau
c/o Impressumservice Dein-Impressum
Stettiner Straße 41
35410 Hungen
Germany
Phone: +49 6183-8039368
Email: webmaster@foundic.org
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
3. Data Retention
Personal data collected on this website will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Data collected for contract performance will be retained for the duration of the contract and any statutory retention periods thereafter.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Where we obtain your consent before processing personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis. For processing necessary for the performance of a contract, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR applies. Where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR applies. Where processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of ours or a third party, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis.
5. Data Collection on This Website
Contact Form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry. Processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract or pre-contractual measures) or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). Data submitted via the contact form will be deleted once your enquiry has been fully resolved, unless statutory retention obligations require longer storage.
Comments
When you leave a comment on this website, in addition to your comment, the time of submission, your email address, and optionally your IP address are stored. This storage is for the security of the operator and to defend against legal violations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Comments and their associated data are stored for as long as the commented post remains online, or until deletion is requested.
6. Analytics and Tools
Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
This website uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. GA4 uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about how visitors use this website. The data collected (e.g. pages visited, time spent, referral source) is transmitted to and stored on Google servers. IP addresses are anonymised before transmission. We use GA4 on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time via the cookie settings on this website. For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy.
WPS Hide Login
This plugin is used for security purposes and changes the login URL. No additional personal data is stored.
Relevanssi
This website uses Relevanssi to improve the search function. Logging of search queries (Search Logs) is disabled.
WP Fastest Cache
This website uses WP Fastest Cache for performance optimisation. Static versions of pages are created to reduce loading times. No personal data of visitors is stored in the process.
Google Fonts (Local Hosting)
This website uses web fonts (“Google Fonts”) that are stored and served locally from the server of this website. No connection to Google servers is established when the page is loaded, and no data is transmitted to Google.
Rank Math SEO
This website uses Rank Math SEO for search engine optimisation. Rank Math SEO does not itself process any personal data of website visitors.
7. Your Rights
You have the right at any time to:
- Access information about the personal data we hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Erasure of your personal data, where no legal retention obligation applies (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Restriction of processing under certain conditions (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Data portability of data you have provided (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR)
- Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the Legal Notice. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority in your place of residence or work.