Data protection

Updated at: 14.01.2025

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and are interested in our organisation. Details about how we handle your data are given below.

Privacy policy

We comply with the statutory data protection provisions governing the collection and processing of user data and will only store data to the extent and for as long as this is necessary and permitted by law. Personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and not be sold or disclosed to any third party.

When you access our website the following data will be stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request and general information transmitted to the operating system or browser. These data will form the basis for anonymous statistical evaluations and give no indication of the data subject involved.

Our website, databases and other systems are secured by means of technical and organisational measures against the loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of user data by unauthorised persons.

Users have the right to obtain, free of charge, information about which of their personal data have been stored, as well as the rectification, blocking, or deletion of such data. For any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of personal data, requests for the rectification, blocking, or deletion of data, or requests to revoke any previously granted consent, please contact the following e-mail address: international@cipra.org.

Use of data

The user agrees to the following rules on the use of personal information:

We will store personal information (in particular, contact information such as first and family names, e-mail address, postal address) in order to send newsletters, invitations, news about events and information about activities.

The personal information stored is gathered by filling out forms on our website through the user (eg. when subscribing to our publications).

We only send information by e-mail at the express request of the user, who in this case consents to our use of their contact details to provide information about our activities and events. Users can at any time opt out of this information or delete their contact data.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website in order to accelerate navigation. Cookies are small files which will be temporary placed on your hard disk. Our cookies do not contain any personal information ensuring that your privacy remains protected.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to recollect your choices and settings and thus to increase the user experience by improving our websites and offercontent that is better tailored to your needs.

Which Cookise are we using?

Want to get rid of cookies or change your cookie settings?

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer or device by setting your browser to not accept cookies. Some browsers provide a mode where cookies are always deleted after a visit. This is called InPrivate in Internet Explorer version 8 and newer; Incognito in Google Chrome version 10 and newer; Private Browsing in Firefox version 3.5 and newer; Private Browsing in Safari version 2 and newer and Private Browsing in Opera version 10.5 and newer.

The exact instructions for changing your cookie settings can be found in the ‘Help’ section of your browser. You can delete cookies already on your computer or device at any time. If you choose not to accept cookies at all, you can still visit our website, however, when cookies are disabled, we cannot guarantee an optimum experience and there may be content that is not available.

Privacy statement regarding the use of Meta plugins (Facebook-Like-Button)

Our websites feature plugins from the social network Facebook from Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland. Facebook plugins can be recognised by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our website. More details of Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/ .

When you are logged in with your facebook account and you have provided consent to the “App and Website Cookies” control in the Facebook settings, Meta is getting the information, that your IP-address has visited our website and you can use the “Like-Button”. With the button you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile, allowing Meta to associate your visit to our pages with your user account.

Please note that, as the provider of the web pages, we have no knowledge of either the content of the transmitted data or their use by Meta. For more details see the Meta privacy policy at: www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If you do not want Meta to be able to associate your visits to our sites with your Facebook account, please log out of your Facebook account.

Privacy statement regarding the use of Matomo Analytics

This website uses Matomo Analytics, an open-source software. With your consent, we use the open source software Matomo to analyse and statistically evaluate the use of the website. Cookies are used for this purpose. The information obtained about website usage is transmitted exclusively to our servers and summarised in pseudonymous usage profiles. We use the data to analyse the use of the website. The data collected is not passed on to third parties.

The IP addresses are anonymised (IP masking) so that they cannot be assigned to individual users.

The data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. In doing so, we are pursuing our legitimate interest in optimising our website for our public image.

You can revoke your consent at any time by deleting the cookies in your browser or changing your data protection settings.

Privacy policy for the use of Donorbox

We use Donorbox to accept online donations; if a user makes use of this option, the data entered in the associated form will be transmitted to us. The donation is processed by the third-party provider Donorbox of Rebel Idealist LLC, located at 5 3rd St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103. Data protection information: Privacy policy.

The following data is collected with the form: Full name (surname, first name), address (street, house number, city, postcode, country), e-mail address, credit card information such as card type, card number, CVV/CVC verification number, credit card validity period.

The data entered is transmitted directly via an encrypted SSL connection to the technical service providers (Visa, Mastercard and PayPal) used by Donorbox to provide the form in order to execute the donation order.

The data collected is required to complete and fulfil the donation order. The e-mail address is required to confirm receipt of the donation order and to thank for the donation. The data will not be used for any other purposes.

The data will not be passed on to other third parties. CIPRA International does not store any card data itself. Our service providers may only use the information to fulfil their tasks and are obliged to comply with data protection regulations.

At the time the form is sent, the user's IP address is also stored. We use the IP address to prevent misuse of the donation form. The IP address is used for the purpose of fraud prevention and to prevent unauthorised transactions to the detriment of third parties. The legal basis for the processing of the IP address is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The user has the option to object to the processing of the data at any time. However, it should be noted that in the event of an objection, the donation order can no longer be executed as desired.