Privacy

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection notice. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. They also explain how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

In the following, we inform you about the processing of your personal data by us and the claims and rights to which you are entitled according to the data protection regulations. Which data is processed in detail and how it is used depends in particular on the business relationship between you and the German Bible Society.

Who is responsible for data processing and whom can I contact?

The responsible body within the meaning of the DSG-EKD is:

German Bible Society
Balinger Street 31 A
70567 Stuttgart
Telephone: +49 711/7181 - 0
E-mail: info@die-bibel.de

Data protection officer required by law
We have appointed a local data protection officer for our responsible office. You can reach the local data protection officer at the following
e-mail address: datenschutzbeauftragter@dbg.de

If you have any questions about data protection, please get in touch with our contact person at the German Bible Society:
E-mail: datenschutz@dbg.de

What sources and data do we use?

We process personal data that we receive from you in the course of your business relationship or other relationship with the German Bible Society. Relevant personal data are personal details (name, address and other contact details, date and place of birth), order data (e.g. purchases, donations, account details), data from the fulfilment of our contractual obligations (e.g. from sales contracts and other contracts).

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website. In addition, this may also be data about your use of the telemedia offered by us as well as other data comparable to the aforementioned categories (e.g. time of calling up our websites, apps or newsletters, pages clicked on by us or entries). We analyse this data on an anonymous basis to improve our offerings.

What do we process your data for and on what legal basis?

We process personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act of the Evangelical Church in Germany (DSG-EKD).

1. To fulfil contractual obligation

Your personal data is processed for the performance of our contractual obligations based on the contracts concluded with you (e.g. purchases of licences) or pre-contractually in the context of concluding contracts.

The legal basis for this is § 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD.

2. To safeguard legitimate interests within the framework of a balancing of interests.

Where necessary, we process your data beyond the actual performance of the contract to safeguard legitimate interests of us or third parties, such as in the following cases:

Legal basis for this is § 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD

3. Based on your consens

We use your personal data if you have given us your consent for certain purposes (e.g. to send our newsletter and to analyse website usage). We only make film recordings and publish them on our websites or on our YouTube channels if you give us your consent to do so.

The legal basis for the processing is then § 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD.

You can revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time. For this purpose, an informal communication by e-mail to us is sufficient. Please note that the revocation is only effective for the future. Processing that took place before the revocation is not affected by the revocation.

4. For the fulfilment of tasks in the interest of the church

The German Bible Society is an ecclesiastical foundation under public law. It translates the biblical scriptures, develops and distributes innovative Bible editions and opens access to the message of the Bible for all people. Internationally, it is responsible for the scholarly editions of the Bible in the original languages. Through World Bible Aid, in cooperation with the United Bible Societies, it supports the translation and distribution of the Bible worldwide so that all people can read the Bible in their own language.

Data processing in this context is based on the legal basis of § 6 No. 4 DSG-EKD.

5. Due to legal requirements or in the public interest

We are also subject to legal obligations that require us to collect personal data (e.g. tax laws). The purposes of the processing include, among others, the fulfilment of control and reporting obligations under tax law.

The legal basis for this is § 6 No. 1 and No. 6 DSG-EKD.

Who receives my data?
Within the German Bible Society, access to your data is given to those offices that need it to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations. Service providers employed by us may also receive data for these purposes. These include companies in the areas of IT services, postal services, financial services, printing services, telecommunications, advice and consulting, and public relations.
How long will my data be stored?
As far as necessary, we process and store your personal data for the duration of our business relationship. If the data is no longer required for the fulfilment of contractual or legal obligations, it is regularly deleted, unless its further processing is necessary for the following purposes:
To comply with various storage and documentation obligations, which result from the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the German Fiscal Code (AO), among others. The periods specified there for storage or documentation are two to ten years.
For the preservation of evidence according to the statutory limitation periods, which, for example, according to §§ 195 ff. of the German Civil Code (BGB), are usually three years, but in certain cases can be up to thirty years.

What data protection rights do I have?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this purpose and for further questions on the subject of data protection. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Supervision of compliance with data protection regulations in the ecclesiastical sector is the responsibility of the EKD Data Protection Commissioner. Responsible for our area is:

Data Protection of the EKD
Lange Laube 20, 30159 Hanover
Phone: +49 (0)511 768128-0
Fax: +49 (0)511 768128-20
info@datenschutz.ekd.de

Branch office for the Data Protection region South
Hafenbad 22
89073 Ulm
Phone: +49 (0)731 140593-0
Fax: +49 (0)731 140593-20
sued@datenschutz.ekd.de

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Is there an obligation to provide data?
You only have to provide the personal data that is required for the establishment, implementation and termination of a business relationship or that we are legally obliged to collect. Without this data, we will generally not be able to enter into a business relationship.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

Information about your right to object

according to §25 DSG-EKD
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out on the basis of § 6 DSG-EKD number 1, 3, 4 or 8.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
Your personal data will be processed in individual cases in order to carry out direct advertising (e.g. sending our newsletter). You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising.

The objection can be made form-free and should preferably be addressed to:

Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
Balinger Straße 31 A
70567 Stuttgart
Telefon: +49 711 7181 – 230
E-Mail: datenschutz@dbg.de

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information on these analysis programmes can be found in the following data protection information.

External hosting

We host our website with Hetzner. The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen (hereinafter referred to as Hetzner).

Details can be found in Hetzner's privacy policy:
https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz.

The use of Hetzner is based on § 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of § 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD and § 25 Para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which guarantees that the provider will only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, data cannot be read by third parties.
Encrypted payment transactions on this website
If, after the conclusion of a contract with costs, there is an obligation to transmit your payment data to us (e.g. account number in the case of direct debit authorisation), this data is required for payment processing. Payment transactions via the common means of payment (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection of the payment provider TeleCash. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
With encrypted communication, the payment data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Cookies
Our Internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your terminal device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website
website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertising. Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions desired by you (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping basket function) or to optimise the website are stored on the basis of § 6 no. 4 and no. 8 DSG-EKD, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services.

Insofar as consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is based exclusively on this consent (the legal basis is § 6 no. 2 DSG-EKD and your consent; consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and
allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.
If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this separately within the scope of this data protection notice and, if necessary, request your consent.

Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on § 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website - for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on § 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD, insofar as your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of the enquiries addressed to us (§ 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD) or on your consent (§ 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD) if this has been requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your enquiry). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

We use JotForm for the contact form. The service provider is the American company Jotform Inc. The company Jotform Limited (25 Cabot Square, London E14 4QZ, United Kingdom) is responsible for the European region.

The place of data processing is Germany. The data collected in the contact forms may be processed in the USA. In the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is no adequate level of protection for this. As a result, there is a risk that US authorities may process your data. Further information on the transfer of data to the USA can be found in the paragraph above in this privacy policy.

JotForm's privacy policy can be found here: https://www.jotform.com/privacy/, information on GDPR compliance can be found here: https://eu.jotform.com/gdpr-compliance/. According to the information provided by JotForm, the data is encrypted during transport and storage.

Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry including all personal data resulting from it (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on § 6 DSG-EKD No. 5, insofar as your request is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interests (§ 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD), as we have a legitimate interest in effectively processing the enquiries addressed to us.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular legal retention periods - remain unaffected.

Registration on this website and via the app "Die-Bibel.de"
You can register on this website and the app in order to use additional functions on the site. We will only use the data you enter for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise we will reject the registration.

In the event of important changes, for example to the scope of the offer or technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you in this way. The data entered during registration is processed for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by the registration and, if necessary, for the initiation of further contracts (§ 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD).

The data collected during registration will be stored by us for as long as you are registered on this website or in the app and will then be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected. We use Google Firebase authentication for the registration service. The service provider is the American company Google Inc. For the European area, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services.

The place of data processing is Frankfurt/Main. The data collected during registration may be processed in the USA. In the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is no adequate level of protection for this. As a result, there is a risk that US authorities may process your data. Further information on the transfer of data to the USA can be found in the paragraph above in this privacy policy.

You can find Google's privacy policy for Firebase here: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy?hl=en.
According to the information provided by Google, the data is encrypted during transportation and storage.

The following data is processed during registration:
First name, last name, email address, password and technical data.

When registering, you will be asked to give your consent to this data processing. The legal basis for this is § 10 para. 2 DSG-EKD. Your consent is voluntary and you can revoke it at any time by deleting your account. Your data will be deleted when there is no longer an obligation to retain it.

Google Re-Captcha
In order to ensure sufficient data security when submitting forms, we use the reCAPTCHA service from Google Inc. in certain cases. This is primarily used to distinguish whether the input is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing. The service includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. This is information that is absolutely necessary for the security of our website within the meaning of Section 6 No. 4 DSG-EKD. The deviating data protection provisions of Google Inc. apply here. Further information on the data protection guidelines of Google Inc. can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Data processing as part of the Captcha service is carried out on the basis of § 6 No. 4 DSG-EKD in order to protect our resources.

Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered in the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent § 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD. You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing procedures already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us in the newsletter distribution list until you unsubscribe from the newsletter.

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a black list.
newsletter service provider in a blacklist in order to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of § 6 no. 4 and no. 8 DSG-EKD). The storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

Inxmail

This website uses Inxmail to send newsletters. The provider is Inxmail GmbH, Wetzinger Straße 17, 79106 Freiburg, Germany (hereinafter referred to as Inxmail).

Inxmail is a service with which, among other things, the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is processed on Inxmail's servers.

Data analysis by Inxmail
With the help of Inxmail, we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. In this way, we can determine, among other things, which links were clicked on particularly often. We can also see whether certain previously defined actions were carried out after opening/clicking (conversion rate). For example, we can see whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter.
Inxmail also allows us to divide newsletter recipients into different categories ("clustering"). The newsletter recipients can be subdivided according to age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups. If you do not wish to be analyzed by Inxmail, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message.

You can find Inxmail's privacy policy at:
https://www.inxmail.de/datenschutz.

Anonymized tracking
We use Inxmail's anonymized tracking, which only allows us to identify you personally if you have expressly consented to this in advance.

Legal basis
Data processing is based on your consent (Section 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD). You can revoke this consent at any time for the future.

Storage period
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter or after the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block e-mail addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our own discretion within the scope of our legitimate interest. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this. After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Section 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD. Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

Order processing
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which guarantees that the provider will only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent that it is necessary for the establishment, content or amendment of the legal relationship,
the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of § 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD. which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process and use personal data about the use of this website (usage data) only insofar as this is necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill the user.

The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship.
business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

Data transfer upon conclusion of a contract for online shops, dealers and goods dispatch

When you order goods from us, we pass on your personal data to the company entrusted with the delivery, Brockhaus Kommissionsgeschäft GmbH, and to the payment service provider commissioned to process the payment. Only the data that the respective service provider needs to fulfill its task will be disclosed.
task. The legal basis for this is § 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. If you have given your consent in accordance with Section 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD, we will pass on your e-mail address to the transport company entrusted with the delivery so that it can inform you by e-mail about the shipping status of your order; you can revoke your consent at any time.

Payment services
We integrate third-party payment services on our website. When you make a purchase from us, your payment details (e.g. name, payment amount, account details, credit card number) are processed by the payment service provider for the purpose of payment processing. The respective contractual and data protection provisions of the respective providers apply to these transactions. The payment service providers are used on the basis of Section 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD (contract processing) and in the interest of making the payment process as smooth, convenient and secure as possible (Section 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD). Insofar as your consent is requested for certain actions, Section 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD is the legal basis for data processing; consent can be revoked at any time for the future.

We use the following payment services / payment service providers on this website:

PayPal
The provider of this payment service is PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as "PayPal").

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
Details can be found here: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/pocpsa-full.

Details can be found in PayPal's privacy policy:
https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

Mastercard
The provider of this payment service is Mastercard Europe SA, Chaussée de Tervuren 198A, B-1410 Waterloo, Belgium (hereinafter referred to as "Mastercard").
Mastercard may transfer data to its parent company in the USA. The data transfer to the USA is based on Mastercard's Binding Corporate Rules. Details can be found here:
https://www.mastercard.de/de-de/datenschutz.html and https://www.mastercard.us/content/dam/mccom/global/documents/mastercard-bcrs.pdf.

VISA
The provider of this payment service is Visa Europe Services Inc, London Branch, 1 Sheldon Square, London W2 6TT, United Kingdom (hereinafter referred to as "VISA").
The United Kingdom is considered a secure third country under data protection law. This means that Great Britain has a level of data protection that corresponds to the level of data protection in the European Union. VISA may transfer data to its parent company in the USA. The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:
https://www.visa.de/nutzungsbedingungen/visa-globale-datenschutzmitteilung/mitteilung-zuzustandigkeitsfragen-fur-den-ewr.html.

Further information can be found in VISA's privacy policy:
https://www.visa.de/nutzungsbedingungen/visa-privacy-center.html.

twingle
This website uses the donation form of twingle GmbH, Prinzenallee 74, 13357 Berlin. For this donation form, twingle GmbH provides the technical platform for the donation process. 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 commissioned data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the German data protection authorities when using the twingle donation form. Your data is transmitted on the basis of § 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD (consent) and § 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD (processing for the performance of a contract).

You have the option of withdrawing your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of data processing operations in the past.

Details can be found in twingle's privacy policy:
https://www.twingle.de/datenschutz/

Data processing
We use online conferencing tools, among others, to communicate with our customers. If you communicate with us by video or audio conference via the Internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the respective conference tool. The conferencing tools collect all data that you provide/enter to use the tools (e-mail address and/or your telephone number). The conference tools also process the duration of the conference, the start and end (time) of participation in the conference, the number of participants and other "contextual information" in connection with the communication process (metadata).

Furthermore, the provider of the tool processes all technical data that is required to process the online communication. This includes, in particular, IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or loudspeaker and the type of connection.

If content is exchanged, uploaded or provided in any other way within the tool, it is also stored on the tool provider's servers. Such content includes, in particular, cloud recordings, chat/instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards and other information shared while using the service. Please note that we do not have full control over the data processing operations of the tools used. Our options are largely determined by the company policy of the respective provider. Further information on data processing by the conference tools can be found in the privacy policies of the tools used, which we have listed below this text.

Purpose and legal basis
The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Section 6 No. 5 DSG-EKD). Furthermore, the use of the tools serves the general simplification and acceleration of communication with us or our company (legitimate interest within the meaning of Section 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD). If consent has been requested, the tools in question are used on the basis of this consent: consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

Storage period
The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the conference tools directly.

Conference tools used

We use the following conference tools:

Zoom
We use the tool "Zoom" to conduct telephone conferences, online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars (hereinafter: "online meetings"). For this purpose, we have concluded a contract with Connect4Video GmbH from Germany, which ensures that the image and sound data of the online meetings are processed in Germany. We have concluded an order processing contract with Connect4Video GmbH in accordance with § 30 DSG-EKD.

"Zoom" is a product of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. which is based in the USA.

The data controller for data processing directly related to the conduct of online meetings is the German Bible Society.

Note: If you call up the "Zoom" website, the provider of "Zoom" is responsible for data processing. However, accessing the website is only necessary to use "Zoom" in order to download the software for using "Zoom".

You can also use "Zoom" if you enter the respective meeting ID and, if applicable, further access data for the meeting directly in the "Zoom" app. If you do not want to or cannot use the "Zoom" app, the basic functions can also be used via a browser version, which you can also find on the "Zoom" website.

What data is processed?

Various types of data are processed when using "Zoom". The scope of the data also depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an "online meeting".

The following personal data are subject to processing:

User details: first name, last name, telephone (optional), e-mail address, password (if "single sign-on" is not used), profile picture (optional),

Department (optional)

Meeting metadata: Topic, description (optional), participant IP addresses, device/hardware information.

For recordings (optional): MP4 file of all video, audio and presentation recordings, M4A file of all audio recordings, text file of the online meeting chat.

For dial-in with the telephone: information on the incoming and outgoing call number, country name, start and end time. If necessary, further connection data such as the IP address of the device can be stored.

Text, audio and video data: You may have the opportunity to use the chat, question or survey functions in an "online meeting". To this extent, the text entries you make are processed in order to display them in the "online meeting" and, if necessary, to record them. In order to enable the display of video and the playback of audio, the data from the microphone of your terminal device and from any video camera of the terminal device are processed accordingly during the meeting. You can switch off or mute the camera or microphone yourself at any time via the "Zoom" applications.

In order to participate in an "online meeting", you must at least provide details of your name in order to enter the "meeting room".

Scope of processing

We use "Zoom" to conduct online meetings. If we want to record online meetings, we will transparently tell you in advance and - where necessary - ask for consent. The fact of the recording will also be displayed to you in the "Zoom" app.

If it is necessary for the purposes of logging the results of an online meeting, we will log the chat content. However, this will not usually be the case.

In the case of webinars, we may also process questions asked by webinar participants for the purposes of recording and following up webinars.

If you are registered as a user with "Zoom", then reports of online meetings (meeting metadata, telephone dial-in data, questions and answers in webinars, survey function in webinars) can be stored for up to one month at "Zoom".

The possibility of software-based "attention monitoring" ("attention tracking") existing in "online meeting" tools such as "Zoom" is deactivated.

Legal basis for data processing

For employees of the German Bible Society, § 49 DSG-EKD is the legal basis for data processing. If data is not required for data processing in connection with the use of "Zoom", but is nevertheless an elementary component of the use of "Zoom", then § 6 No. 4 DSG-EKD is the legal basis for data processing. In these cases, our interest is in the effective implementation of "online meetings".

For other participants in "online meetings" - insofar as the meetings are held within the framework of contractual relationships - § 6 No. 5 is the legal basis for data processing.

If there is no contractual relationship, the legal basis is § 6 No. 4 DSG-EKD. Here, too, our interest is in the effective conduct of "online meetings".

Recipients / passing on of data

Personal data processed in connection with participation in "online meetings" will not be passed on to third parties as a matter of principle, unless it is specifically intended to be passed on. Please note that the content of "online meetings", as well as personal meetings, is often used to communicate information with customers, interested parties or third parties and is therefore intended to be passed on.

Other recipients: The provider of "Zoom" necessarily receives knowledge of the above-mentioned data insofar as this is provided for in the context of our order processing agreement with "Zoom".

Data processing outside the European Union

"Zoom" is a service provided by a provider from the USA. A processing of personal data therefore also takes place in a third country. We have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider of "Zoom" which meets the requirements of §3 0 in conjunction with §1 0 DSG-EKD.

An appropriate level of data protection is guaranteed on the one hand by the "Privacy Shield" certification of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. and on the other hand by the conclusion of the so-called EU standard contractual clauses.

Data processing through social networks

We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The social networks used by us in detail can be found below.
Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter etc. can generally comprehensively analyse your user behaviour when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). By visiting our social media presences, numerous data protection-relevant processing operations are triggered.

In detail:

If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media portal can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected under certain circumstances if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media portal. In this case, this data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your end device or by recording your IP address. With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media portals can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, interest-based advertising can be displayed to you inside and outside the respective social media presence. Provided you have an account with the respective social network, the interest-based advertising may be displayed on all devices on which you are or were logged in. Please also note that we are not able to track all processing procedures on the social media portals. Depending on the provider, further processing procedures may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media portals. For details, please refer to the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective social media portals.

Legal basis

Our social media presences are intended to ensure the most comprehensive possible presence on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of § 6 no. 4 DSG-EKD. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which are to be stated by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of § 6 no. 2 DSG-EKD).

Responsible party and assertion of rights

If you visit one of our social media sites (e.g. Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during this visit. In principle, you can assert your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both vis-à-vis us and vis-à-vis the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g. vis-à-vis Facebook). Please note that despite the joint processing with the social media portal operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing procedures of the social media portals. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policy of the respective provider.

Storage period

The data collected directly by us via the social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies, you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected. We have no influence on the storage period of your data, which is stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. For details, please contact the operators of the social networks directly (e.g. in their privacy policy, see below).

Social networks in detail

Facebook

We have a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. According to Facebook, the data collected is also transferred to the USA and other third countries.

If consent has been obtained, the above-mentioned service is used on the basis of Section 6 (2) DSG-EKD and Section 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.

If personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook. The processing carried out by Facebook after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly were set out in an agreement on joint processing. The wording of the
agreement can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook tool and for the secure implementation of the tool on our website in accordance with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook products. Data subject rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by
data processed by Facebook can be asserted directly with Facebook. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

You can find details here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381 and https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

Twitter

We have a profile on Twitter. The provider of this service is Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.

If consent has been obtained, the above-mentioned service is used on the basis of Section 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD and Section 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here:
https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.

You can change your data protection settings on Twitter in the account settings at
https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Instagram

We have a profile on Instagram. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2,
Ireland.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

If consent has been obtained, the above-mentioned service is used on the basis of Section 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD and Section 25 TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the service is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility in social media.
If personal data is collected on our website with the help of the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited exclusively to the collection of the data and its transfer to Facebook or Instagram. The processing carried out by Facebook or Instagram after forwarding is not part of the joint responsibility. The obligations incumbent on us jointly were set out in an agreement on joint processing.
processing agreement. You can find the wording of the agreement at
https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum.

According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for the secure implementation of the tool on our website in accordance with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook and Instagram products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g. requests for information) regarding the data processed by Facebook or Instagram directly with Facebook. If you assert your data subject rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Further information can be found in Instagram's privacy policy:
https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

etracker
This website uses the analytics service etracker. The provider is etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany.

With etracker we can analyze the behavior of our website visitors. For this purpose, etracker collects, among other things, your shortened IP address, geo-information (maximum city level), log files and other information that your browser transmits to our web server when you visit the website. This allows us to measure website interactions such as length of visit, conversions (e.g. registrations, orders), scroll events, clicks and page views of the website visitor. These interactions are assigned to the website visitor for the duration of the current day so that they can be recognized on subsequent visits. After the end of the day, visitor recognition is no longer possible. Without your consent, no cookies will be stored in your browser and no information will be read from the memory of your end device. The cookie-free use of this analysis tool
is based on § 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD 6. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. The rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subjects are safeguarded. The IP address is anonymized as early as possible during the analysis with etracker and visitor recognition is possible for a maximum of the duration of the current day.

Matomo
Our Bible app "Die-Bibel.de" uses the open source web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses technologies that enable the cross-page recognition of the user to analyze user behavior (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Matomo about the use of the app is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before storage. With the help of Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our app by app users. This allows us to find out, among other things, when which pages were accessed and from which region. We also record various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser and operating system used) and can measure whether our app users perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

This analysis tool is used on the basis of § 6 No. 4 and No. 8 DSG-EKD. The app operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of § 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD and Section 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Section 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD and Section 25 (1) TTDSK. Consent can be revoked at any time.

In this case, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit our site again.

IP anonymization
We use IP anonymization for the analysis with Matomo. Your IP address is shortened before the analysis so that it can no longer be clearly assigned to you.

Hosting
We host Matomo exclusively on our own servers so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.

OptinMonster
We use the Optinmonster plugin from Retyp LLC, 3701 Savoy Ln West Palm Beach, FL 33417, USA (Optinmonster) on our website. This enables us to provide visitors to our website with additional offers by displaying them, for example to enable them to register their e-mail address for a newsletter or to draw attention to promotions. The legal basis for this is Section 25 (2) No. 2 TDDDG. Optinmonster uses cookies for this purpose. Any email addresses collected via the plugin are not stored by Optinmonster on its own servers, but are forwarded directly to us. We have concluded an order processing contract with Optinmonster in which we oblige Optinmonster to protect your data in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR. In order to fully comply with the requirements of the GDPR, we have concluded corresponding standard contractual clauses with Optinmonster.

Further information about OptinMonster can be found at https://optinmonster.com/about/ and in OptinMonster's privacy policy: https://optinmonster.com/privacy/.

You can refuse the installation of the cookie required for the use of the plugin - for example, by deleting existing cookies and generally deactivating the automatic setting of cookies in the settings of your web browser.

This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of the pages is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. For example, YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you watch a video.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube may store various cookies on your end device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts. If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of a YouTube video, over which we have no influence.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of § 6 No. 2 DSG-EKD and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.