Data Privacy Statement

Thank you for your interest in the greenCHEM website. The protection of the personal data of visitors to the greenCHEM website is very important to us. We therefore would like to inform you about data privacy for our website.

As a matter of course greenCHEM observes the legal requirements of data privacy and other applicable regulations.

We are committed to ensuring that you can trust us concerning your personal data. For this reason, transfers of personal or sensitive data are encrypted. In addition, our websites are protected by technical measures against damage or unauthorized access.

1. “greenCHEM” is joint program of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Technische Universität Berlin. The project is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung as part of the initiative “T!Raum – TransferRäume für die Zukunft von Regionen” with the Förderkennzeichen 03TR03W01A. Goal of greenCHEM is to facilitate transfer between academia, industry and society in the field of green chemistry.

Coordination of the program is lead by:

Technische Universität Berlin

greenCHEM

Office AM 1

Hardenbergstraße 38

10623 BERLIN

GERMANY

hello(at)greenCHEM.berlin

Designated spokesperson:

Martin Rahmel (Technische Universität Berlin)

2. This Website is hosted by Strato AG. The Order Processing Contract with Strato can be found here: https://www.strato.de/faq/vertrag/fragen-zur-auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag-avv-und-der-neuen-eu-datenschutzgrundverordnung-dsgvo

The website is created using Squarespace Ireland Limited. The DPA of SquareSpace can be found here: https://www.squarespace.com/dpa.

3. In order to protect your transmitted data as best as possible, we use SSL encryption for any data transmission. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix "https://" in the page link in the address line or by the green/closed lock symbol of your browser. Unencrypted pages are marked by "http://" or an open or red lock symbol.

All data that you transmit to this website - for example when making inquiries or logging in - cannot be read by third parties thanks to SSL encryption.

4. Cookies are often additionally used for data collection and storage. Cookies are small data packets consisting of text that are stored by your web browser when you call up a website.

We use temporary and permanent cookies. Temporary cookies (also known as session cookies) are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. Permanent cookies, on the other hand, have a set lifetime. You can set your web browser to delete cookies that have already been placed.

Necessary cookies are used by us to enable you to make optimal use of the websites. They are never used to track personal user actions or for behavioral analysis. They are only used where they are technically necessary or more useful than other techniques (in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f EU-DSGVO): to record your login status, or your consent to the display of external content (opt-in). As a result, the use of the websites is mainly possible without the use of cookies. However, for functions or pages that require a login or password, cookies are technically necessary.

The greencHEM website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for the website operator and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google will also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will Google associate your IP address with other data stored by Google. The IP addresses are anonymized so that assignment is not possible (so-called IP masking). The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website use and internet use for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of this website. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1) lit. f EU-DSGVO.

Collection and storage of usage data

Log data

To optimize our website, we store the following data such as the IP address of your device, the page accessed, the date and time of the page access, the page from which you accessed our site.

- IP address of your device,

- the date and time you accessed the site,

- the web page you visited or name of the downloaded file,

- the amount of transferred data,

- the “user agent-string” of your web browser,

- the website from which you were referred to the current web page or file and

- a status notification of successful or unsuccessful access

-the date and time of the page access.

Non-depersonalized data will be deleted after two weeks and will not be stored. This data will only be used for non-commercial purposes: It will only be reviewed manually if necessary for error analysis, optimization or investigation of misuse or performance issues.

This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f EU-DSGVO. A right of objection according to Art. 21 EU-DSGVO is not possible due to lack of technical feasibility.

Active communication

The active communication of your personal data is not required for the use of our websites - in order for greenCHEM to fulfill its service mandate, however, we require personal data in individual cases, the processing of which is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a EU-DSGVO. This applies in particular to answering individual e-mail inquiries or ordering special services.

If you commission us to provide a service, we will generally only collect and store your personal data to the extent necessary for the provision of the service and after thime of necessary collection, deleted.

At greenCHEM, mailing lists are used as an instrument for the targeted distribution of information. If you have subscribed to one of our mailing lists with your e-mail address or have given your consent for this, we will use your e-mail address to inform you about important and new information until you unsubscribe or are removed from the list.

You can revoke your consent at any time and without giving reasons and request the deletion of your data. You can request the latter by sending an e-mail to us.

Contact forms

The data you send us via contact forms, including your contact details, will be stored so that we can process your request or ask follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent (see also our information about SSL encryption above).

The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a EU-GDPR). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. For the revocation, an informal notification by e-mail to the institution providing the respective contact form is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with the institution contacted until there is no longer any need to store the data, you request us to delete it or revoke your consent to storage. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

You can revoke your consent at any time and without giving reasons and request the deletion of your data. You can request the latter by sending an e-mail to us.

With the subscription to the newsletter, greenCHEM stores your email address, name and job and use it to send the relevant newsletter. The data will not be published or passed on to third parties. The data is generally only stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose. For the newsletter, the data will be stored as long as a newsletter is to be sent and you have not objected to the use of your data (in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. a EU-DSGVO)

You can revoke your consent at any time and without giving reasons and request the deletion of your data. You can request the latter by sending an e-mail to us.

Event registration

By registering for events (either online or in person), you consent to the electronic processing and storage of the contact data you have provided. Data processing is carried out for the purpose of implementing the event and is intended to enable communication on the event and association topics. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b EU-GDPR. If film and/or photo recordings are made at this event, you declare with your participation your consent to the creation, processing and use of the image, video and sound recordings for documentation purposes as well as in the context of the press and public relations work of the greenCHEM. Your data will be stored until revoked by you. If you agree to storage only for the purpose of holding an event or if you do not agree to the creation, processing and use of image, video and sound recordings, please contact the office responsible for the event (hello@greenCHEM.berlin). If we hold events jointly with third parties, we reserve the right to transfer your data to them solely for the purpose of holding the event.

Registration of the events are handled via Congeno or Evenbrite.

For more information about Congeno see https://portal.alumni.tu-berlin.de/de/pages/8889e192-a7a6-49e7-8f41-67a1aadd49c2

For more information about Eventbrite see

Our online events are held via the Webex of the Technische Universität Berlin. For the data privacy of Webex see here: https://help.webex.com/de-de/article/pdz31w/Compliance-und-Zertifizierungen-f%C3%BCr-Webex.

You can revoke your consent at any time and without giving reasons and request the deletion of your data. You can request the latter by sending an e-mail to us.

Social media links

On our web pages we link to greenCHEM accounts or profiles on social media networks of the third-party providers listed below. Only by your active click on the corresponding graphic you will be directed to the service of the respective social network. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a EU-GDPR). Information about you is then collected by the respective network. Initially this includes data such as your IP address, the date, time and page visited. We do not know if or how this data is processed in the USA. If you are signed in to your user account with the respective social network, the network provider is able to attribute the collected information about your visit to your personal account. If you interact via the respective network’s “share” button, this information may be saved to your user account and published. If you would like to prevent the collected information from being directly associated with your user account, you must first sign out before clicking the button. You also have the option of configuring your user account accordingly.

Third-party social media providers:

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of the LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA

Twitter International Unlimited Company, Attn: Data Protection Officer, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07 IRLAND

https://twitter.com/de/privacy

YouTube

Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA

Instagram:

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Irland

https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870/

Tiktok:

TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Irland

https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de

Storage location and data usage for a specific purpose

We collect, process and store your personal data exclusively internally (usually in the computer center of the Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und Technische Universität Berlin aswell as servers of the MeisterLabs GmbH. The AVV with Meisterlabs can be found here: https://support.meistertask.com/hc/de/article_attachments/15422763668114) only for the purpose for which you have communicated it to us and thus observe the principle of purpose-bound data use. Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, unless this is necessary for the provision of the service or the execution of the contract. The transfer to state institutions and authorities requesting information will also only take place within the framework of the legal obligations to provide information or if we are obliged to provide information by a court decision.

We also take greenCHEM‘s internal data protection very seriously. Our employees and contracted service providers are bound to confidentiality and compliance with data protection law.

Right to information

You can obtain information about the data we have stored about you free of charge at any time without having to give a reason. We will be happy to answer any further questions you may have about our privacy policy.

In addition, you have the right to correct, delete, restrict and transfer your data.

Right of complaint

If you recognize any indications that we are not handling your data in a data protection-compliant manner, you can contact the Data Protection Team at TU Berlin at any time.

Contact persons for general data privacy issues

Annette Hiller, Alexander Hoffmeier, Mattis Neiling

Data Protection Team of TU Berlin

Straße des 17. Juni 135

10623 Berlin

Tel.: +49 (0)30 314-24293

Fax: +49 (0)30 314-23915

info@datenschutz.tu-berlin.de

Of course, you also have the right to contact the supervisory authority:

Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Alt-Moabit 59-61

10555 Berlin

Phone: +49 30 13889-0

Fax: +49 30 2155050

mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de

Final information

Please note that data privacy regulations and handling of data privacy are subject to change requiring you to regularly inform yourself about changes of data privacy laws and company policies.

This data privacy statement only applies for content of greenCHEM website.