The person responsible for data processing on this website is
Institute Water for Africa e.V.
Jürgen Baisch
Silcherstr. 74
71384 Weinstadt, Germany
The controller decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.)
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Only with your express consent are some data processing operations possible. A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
As a data subject, you have a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law:
Landesbeauftragter für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Baden-Württemberg
Königstraße 10a,
70173 Stuttgart
Contact for data protection issues
Name and contact of the person responsible in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 7 DSGVO:
Institute Water for Africa e.V.
Silcherstr. 74
71384 Weinstadt, Germany
Phone: +49 7044 - 9068116
Right of access, rectification, blocking, erasure
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, its recipients and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correct, block or delete this data. In this regard and also for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the contact options listed in the imprint.
TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the "https://" address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser line.
Donation portal
This website uses the donation form of twingle GmbH, Prinzenallee 74, 13357 Berlin, Germany. The twingle GmbH provides the technical platform for the donation process for this donation form. The data you enter when making a donation (e.g. address, bank details, etc.) will only be stored by twingle on servers in Germany for the purpose of processing the donation.
We have concluded a contract with twingle for order data processing and when using the twingle donation form we fully implement the strict requirements of the EU data protection basic regulation and the German data protection authorities.
Your data will be transmitted on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (processing for the fulfilment of a contract).
Server log files
In server log files, the provider of the website automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us. We have no influence on this. These are:
- Visited page on our domain
- Date and time of the server request
- Browser type and version
- Used operating system
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- IP address
The IP address is partially anonymized by the hosting provider, i.e. the last three digits of the IP address are made unrecognizable (e.g. abc.abc.abc.xxx). This means that the IP address loses its personal reference. Identification is no longer possible. It is no longer a personal date. We reserve the right to check this data subsequently if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 letter b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. The server log files are deleted by the hosting provider after 60 days.
Collection of personal data with Matomo
Matomo is an open source web analytics platform. This web analytics platform is used by us to perform reach measurement. Measure, collect and analyze visitor data to understand and optimize our website.
1 - Purpose of processing
Matomo is used to analyze the behavior of website visitors to identify potential pitfalls: pages not found, search engine indexing issues, which content is most appreciated. Once the data is processed (number of visitors reaching a page not found, viewing only one page...), Matomo generates reports for us to take actions, such as changing the layout of the pages, publishing new content, etc.
Matomo processes the following personal data: Cookies
and also:
- Date and time
- Title of the page accessed
- URL of the page accessed
- URL of the page that was accessed before the current page
- Screen resolution
- Time in the local time zone
- Files that were clicked and downloaded
- Clicks on links to an external domain
- Time of page generation
- Country, region, city
- Main language of the browser
- User agent of the browser
The processing of your personal data, such as cookies, helps us to identify what works and what does not on our website. For example, we can determine whether the way we communicate is appealing or not and how we can better design the structure of the website. Our team benefits from the processing of your personal data and is directly involved in the website. By processing your personal data, you can benefit from an ever-improving website.
Without the data, we would not be able to provide you with the service we currently offer. Your data will only be used to improve the user experience on our website and to help you find the information you are looking for.
2 - Recipients of personal data
The personal data obtained Matomo will remain with us. They will not be shared with third parties.
3 - Information on transfer to a third country and security measures.
Matomo data is hosted Germany.
4 - Rights of the data subject
As Matomo processes personal data on the basis of legitimate interests, you may exercise the following rights:
Right of access: you can request information about your personal data at any time.
Right to erasure: you may at any time request us to erase any personal data we process about you.
Right to object:
5 - Whether providing the personal data is part of a legal or contractual obligation; or obligation and possible consequences of not providing the personal data.
If you do not want us to process personal data with Matomo, you can opt-out at any time. This will not have any consequences for the use of our website. To do so, use the opt-out function above.
6 - The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and information about how decisions are made, the significance and consequences.
Matomo does not carry out profiling.
Use of umap / OpenStreetMap
We use map sections from umap on our website to show you how to get to us and to show you where our projects are.
umap is an open source mapping tool that works on the basis of the French OpenStreetMap service. Your IP address is forwarded to OpenStreetMap so that the maps can be displayed. You can find out how the data is stored by OpenStreetMap on the OpenStreetMap data protection page and in the OpenStreetMap wiki.
The provider of OpenStreetMap is the OpenStreetMap Foundation:
Openstreetmap Foundation
132 Maney Hill Road
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B72 1JU
United Kingdom
We base the use of the above-mentioned tool on Art. 6 para. 1 letter f) GDPR: the data processing is carried out to improve the user-friendliness of our website and is therefore in our legitimate interest.
Contact form
Data transmitted via the contact form will be stored including your contact data in order to be able to process your enquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. These data will not be passed on without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal notification by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out up to revocation remains unaffected by revocation.
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to its storage or until there is no longer any need to store the data. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Contact by phone or e-mail
If you call us or send us an e-mail, the personal data such as name, phone number, e-mail address, address and inquiry will be stored by us until the end of the processing. Afterwards they will be deleted. Legal regulations, e.g. legally required retention periods, remain unaffected.
Newsletter subscription
Description and purpose: We use Brevo to send out newsletters. The provider is Brevo GmbH, a German limited liability company, with its registered office at Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany. Brevo is used to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters. The data you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Brevo’s servers in Germany. If you do not wish Brevo to analyse your data, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message.
Cookie Policy
Our website uses session cookies. These are necessary for our website to function. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website works. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
