Privacy Policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

The following information provides an overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means any data by which you can be personally identified.

Data collection on this website

Some data is collected when you provide it to us, for example through a contact form, registration, membership application or posts in the forum. Other data is collected automatically by the IT systems used when you visit the website. This mainly includes technical data, such as browser, operating system, IP address and time of page access.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors, securely and in a user-friendly way. Further data is processed in order to answer enquiries, process membership applications, enable association communication and provide the functions of the member and forum areas.

2. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

MMIG46 e.V.
Dr. med. Klaus Gerecht
Am Gymnasium 30
47906 Kempen
Germany
Email: info@mmig46.de

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is processed. This privacy policy explains what data we process and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Note on data transmission

Data transmission on the internet, for example communication by email, may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the address line of your browser and the lock symbol in your browser bar.

4. Cookies and technical functions

This website uses technically necessary cookies, in particular session cookies. These are used to provide basic functions such as login, session management, form protection and security functions.

Session cookies are generally deleted automatically after the end of your visit. You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, only allow cookies in individual cases or generally exclude cookies. If cookies are disabled, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

Tracking or marketing cookies are not used by default on this website.

5. Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in server log files which your browser automatically transmits. This may include in particular:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. Processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure, stable and error-free provision of the website.

6. Contact form and contact

If you send us enquiries via contact form or email, your details, including the contact details you provide, will be processed for the purpose of handling the enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.

Depending on the content of the enquiry, processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as it serves the performance of pre-contractual or similar measures, or on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to our legitimate interest in processing your enquiry.

7. Registration and member area

You may register on this website in order to use additional functions, in particular the member or forum area. The data requested during registration is used only to provide the respective user account and the associated functions.

For important changes, such as changes to the scope of services or technically necessary changes, we may use the email address provided during registration.

The data collected during registration is stored for as long as the user account exists or statutory retention periods require longer storage.

8. Forum and posts

Registered users may publish posts in the forum. In addition to the content of the post, technical and organisational data is processed, such as the time of creation, user name and, where applicable, IP address.

This data is processed in order to enable forum operation, prevent abuse and respond appropriately in the event of unlawful content. Posts and associated data may remain stored until the respective content is deleted or deletion is required for legal reasons.

9. Membership application

If you submit a membership application, we process the personal data you provide in order to review, process and manage the application and to prepare or perform association membership.

Processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, insofar as it is necessary for establishing or performing membership. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

10. Legal bases

Personal data is processed depending on the purpose on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR if you have given consent, on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if processing is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual or similar measures, or on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR if we have a legitimate interest in the processing.

11. Storage period

Personal data is stored only for as long as necessary for the respective purpose. Longer storage may occur if statutory retention obligations exist or if processing is required for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

12. Your rights

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients and the purpose of data processing. You also have the right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and objection to certain processing operations.

Consent that has been granted may be revoked at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of processing carried out before revocation remains unaffected.

13. Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of data protection violations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. In particular, the competent authority is the supervisory authority of the federal state in which the association has its registered office.

14. Objection to advertising emails

The use of contact data published as part of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby objected to. The operators of these pages reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example by spam email.