Data Protection and Legal Information

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Data protection

Thank you for your interest in the Ilse Blank-Mezger-Hesselberger Foundation. Data protection is important to us. If a data subject wishes to make use of special services of our institution via our website or via a funding enquiry, it will be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations and in accordance with the data-protection regulations applicable within the state in which the Blank Foundation is located, namely the Free State of Bavaria. By means of this data protection declaration, we aim to inform you and the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us. Furthermore, this data protection declaration informs data subjects about the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller responsible for processing the data, the Blank Foundation has implemented technical and organisational measures to ensure as far as possible the complete protection of personal data processed via its website or otherwise. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions in general can be subject to security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions of terms
The data protection declaration of the Blank Foundation is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We use the following terms, among others, in this privacy policy:
a) Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter ‘data subject’).
b) Data subject
The data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller. The data subject may exercise their rights before a supervisory authority in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, his or her place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. In Bavaria, the competent supervisory authority is the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA), Promenade 18, 91522 Ansbach.
c) Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
d) Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting its future processing.
e) Processor
The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
f) Recipient
The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data within the framework of a particular enquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
g) Third party
A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process the personal data.
h) Consent
Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she signifies by means of a statement or by a clear affirmative action, agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Name and address of the controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is

Ilse Blank-Mezger-Hesselberger-Foundation
Brienner Strasse 9
80333 Munich
Germany
E-Mail:info@ilseblank-stiftung.de

3. Collection of general data and information
The Blank Foundation collects a range of general data and information about its contacts, in particular the persons and projects it supports. This general data and information is stored in the IT systems of the Blank Foundation (including servers and individual computers).

The Blank Foundation uses the personal data collected as part of a funding enquiry and funding commitment exclusively in order to assess the funding enquiry, to decide on the commitment, to process a successful commitment, to regularly check whether the purpose of the funding has been achieved and to contact you if this is necessary. The Blank Foundation will not pass on to third parties any personal data collected in the course of this work. Consent to the storage of personal data given by the data subject can be revoked at any time. In this case, however, the funding commitment can also be revoked because we cannot process our funding without the consent.

4. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or inasmuch as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject. We also store your data after the end of the sponsorship, insofar and as long as this is necessary for other reasons, e.g. for information to the foundation’s supervisory authority or the tax office, which review our activities.

If the purpose of storage ceases to apply or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

5. Rights of the data subject
Each data subject shall have the rights granted by the European legislator, which he or she may exercise vis-à-vis the controller. If a data subject wishes to avail himself or herself of these rights, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. The rights include:

a) Right to confirmation of the stored data.
b) Right of access to the personal data stored about him/her and access to further information.
c) Right to rectification of inaccurate or completion of incomplete personal data.
d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten) of personal data if there is a reason for this and if the processing is not necessary.
e) Right to restriction of processing of personal data where certain specific conditions are met.
f) Right to data portability of personal data.
g) Right to object to the processing of personal data. In the event of an objection, the Blank Foundation will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. In such a case, however, we will also have to withdraw funding commitments because we will then no longer be able to process them.
If the Blank Foundation processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. If the data subject objects to the Blank-Stiftung to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the Blank-Stiftung will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by the Blank Foundation for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
h) Right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data under data protection law. In such a case, however, we will also have to withdraw funding commitments because we will then no longer be able to process them.

6. Legal basis of the processing
Art. 6 I lit. a to f GDPR serve our institution as the legal basis for processing operations, including consent for a specific processing purpose, the processing of personal data for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or if this is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, or if our institution is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as the fulfilment of tax obligations. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured on our premises and their name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party (Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR). Finally, processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our institution or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail.

7. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third party
Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our beneficiaries.

8. Duration for which the personal data is stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the relevant statutory retention period. Once this period has expired, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract.

9. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision
We hereby inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for the conclusion of a contract for a data subject to provide us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our institution concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded or would have to be cancelled. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract; whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data; and what the consequences would be if the personal data were not provided.

Data protection officer required by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our foundation.

Dr. Markus Kaum
Brienner Strasse 9
80333 Munich
E-Mail: info@ilseblank-stiftung.de