Data Protection

Usage Data
Usage data according to §15 sec. 1 of the German Tele Media Act (“Telemediengesetz”, TMG) are such personal data which relate to and are a consequence of the use of our websites (for example the IP address and the time of use). Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V. uses this anonymous data only for its own statistical purposes and does not analyze personal data.

Where will the data be stored?
Your data will be stored on specially protected servers. Access to this server and to the data stored is limited to a few authorized persons only, who are responsible for the data stored on the web server or for the server’s technical maintenance. The persons in charge have been bound to secrecy according to §5 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (“Bundesdatenschutzgesetz”, BDSG) by their employment or service contracts.

How will the data be used?
The web server of Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V., as most servers in the world wide web, will store each loading of our websites with the IP address, date and time in so called log files for security reasons. These log files will be used for statistical analysis on a regular basis. Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V. is not permitted by law to draw conclusions about the identity of the user by this data. The statistics are only used to identify weaknesses of the internet services with regard to contents and conception and thus help to continuously improve our services.

No transfer of data to third parties
Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V. and the service providers that have been appointed ensure that the data entered by the users will not be transferred to third parties. Unaffected by that will only be a transfer of data to law enforcement authorities according to a court order.

Your right of revocation at any time
As a user you have the right of withdrawal of your personal data at any time. If you have provided us with personal information, you can have the data deleted at any time. For that purpose please send an e-mail to “info@welttierschutz.org”.

How about cookies?
Cookies are used on this website. A cookie is a small text file, that is stored by our server on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies are used as a part of the web technology and cause no harm to your computer system. With the configuration of your browser you yourself can determine, whether and how you permit the use of cookies on your computer. However it is possible to use the websites of Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V. even if you have disabled cookies or JavaScript.

Your right to information
According to §13 sec. 7 of the German Tele Media Act as a user you have the right to be informed free of charges about the personal data that is stored about you.

Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V. does not endorse the contents of linked websites and is therefore not responsible for the contents of linked websites either. Links to external contents are nothing but the access to those sites. Of course we endeavour at all times to verify the quality of external links; but it lies in the nature of the internet, that the contents of websites change permanently. For that reason it is impossible to react immediately to all possible changes which take place outside our own area of responsibility.

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, an internet analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google“). Google Analytics uses so called “cookies“, text data files, that are stored on your computer and make the analysis of your use of the website possible. The information about your use of this website is generated by the cookie (including your IP address) and will be transferred to a Google server in the USA. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this website, to compile reports of the activities of the website for the operator of the website and to be able to offer services connected to the use of the website and of the internet. Furthermore Google may also share that information with third parties, if required by law or if third parties process the data on behalf of Google. However Google will never link your IP address to other data held by Google.

You have the possibility to prevent the installation of cookies by accordingly amending the software of your browser; however we must point out to the fact that in that case maybe you will not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this website you agree to have your data processed by Google in the manner described above for the purpose mentioned above.

The collection and the storage of data can be revoked at any time with effect for the future (use “tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout”). With regard to the discussion about the use of analytic tools with complete IP addresses we would like to point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the ending “_anonymizeIp()” so that IP addresses will only be processed in a shortened way to avoid any direct reference to people.

Links to external sites
Our websites contain links to external sites of third parties. As we cannot control the contents of these sites we cannot accept any responsibility for the correctness of the contents. For the contents of external sites always the owner or provider is responsible. At the time of linking we have checked those external sites for possible infringements but could not find any violation of rights then. As we cannot afford constant reviewing of all the contents of the websites we linked without actual evidence, we can only cancel links that lead to an external site with illegal contents after the violation of rights has become known to us. Should we become aware of such an infringement we shall remove that link immediately.

Use of Facebook-Plugins
On these web pages we use plugins of the social network facebook.com, which are operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). If you select a page which is provided with such plugins on our website, it connects with the Facebook servers and the plugin will be shown on the website after it was notified by your browser. Thus it is transmitted to Facebook’s server which websites you have visited. Should you have been logged in as a Facebook member, then Facebook assigns that information to your personal Facebook user account. If you use the plugin functions (e. g. by clicking at the “like” button or by writing a comment) such information, too, will be added to your Facebook account, which can only be prevented by logging out before using the plugin.
You will find further information about the collection of data and the use thereof by Facebook, about your rights and the possibilities to protect your privacy in Facebook’s data protection notice.

You will find further information about the collection of data and the use thereof by Facebook, about your rights and the possibilities to protect your privacy in Facebook’s data protection notice.