Data Protection Policy

It is generally possible to use our p4d | partnership for development GmbH (hereinafter referred to as p4d) website without providing any personal data. If personal data is processed, this is always done in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in compliance with the applicable country-specific data protection regulations.

Every time you access our website, information is automatically collected by us or the Internet provider – so-called server log files, which do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person and are automatically communicated by your browser, such as the name of the website, the requested file, date and time of access, data volume, browser used, operating system, the domain name of your Internet provider, the referrer URL and the IP address. Without this data, it is not technically possible to deliver and display the content of our website, which is why its collection is absolutely necessary. We also use the anonymous information for statistical purposes.
As the controller, p4d uses technical and organisational measures to protect this website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification or processing of your data by unauthorised persons, e.g. through SSL encryption. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, meaning that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed.
Your personal data will also be deleted in routine checks as soon as the purpose of processing and statutory retention periods no longer apply.

We only process your personal data if the processing purpose is justified on the basis of legal requirements. Processing takes place, for example, if:

• you have given your express consent (Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR),
  processing is necessary in the course of initiating a contract (Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR),
• the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR)
• processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR)
• processing is necessary for the protection of vital interests (Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR)
• processing is necessary to safeguard legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data (Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR).

We clarify 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).

p4d uses so-called cookies on this website – small text files that are transferred from an Internet server to your hard drive. This automatically provides us with certain data such as your IP address, browser used, operating system and your connection to the Internet. We can use this information to make navigation easier for you and enable our website to be displayed correctly.
Under no circumstances will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
In principle, you can also use our website without cookies. You can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if cookies are deactivated.

You can subscribe to our free newsletter on the p4d website. To organise and analyse the sending of the newsletter, we use the services of CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede, Germany. The data you enter to subscribe to the newsletter is stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany and Ireland. A contract for order data processing has been concluded with CleverReach.
Information about CleverReach’s data protection provisions can be found in the data security information.

Newsletter tracking
CleverReach enables us to analyse the behaviour of newsletter recipients in order to understand, among other things, how many recipients have opened the newsletter and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked on. Further information on data analysis by CleverReach newsletters can be found here.

Google reCAPTCHA
CleverReach uses the Google reCAPTCHA service as part of the newsletter registration process to determine whether a person or a computer has made a certain entry in our newsletter contact form. Google uses the following data to check whether you are a human or a computer IP address of the end device used, the website visited, the date and duration of the visit, the identification data of the browser and operating system type used, Google account (if you are logged in to Google), mouse movements on the reCAPTCHA areas and tasks that require you to identify images.

Unsubscribing from the newsletter
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by sending an informal message to p4d. All data will be deleted from both our servers and the CleverReach servers within one week of cancellation, provided that there are no legal obligations to retain the data.

The p4d website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. A contract for commissioned data processing has been concluded with Google.
Google Analytics also uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

IP anonymisation
p4d has activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. This means that your IP address will be truncated by Google before being transmitted to the USA; only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google uses this information on behalf of p4d to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin
You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Objection to data collection
You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in Google’s privacy policy.

p4d uses Google Maps API on this website to visualise geographical information. When Google Maps is used, Google collects, processes and utilises data about the use of the map functions by visitors.

Further information can be found in the applicable Google data protection provisions. You can also change your personal data protection settings there in the data protection centre. You can also make further settings using the detailed instructions for managing your own data in connection with Google products.

p4d offers you the use of so-called social media buttons on this website.
Each time you visit our website, which is operated by p4d and equipped with a social media plugin from the companies listed below, this causes the browser you are using to automatically download a corresponding representation of the plugin from the respective company.
As part of this technical process, the respective companies receive information about which specific subpage of our website you are visiting.
If you are logged into your user account of the respective company at the same time, the respective plugin recognises which specific subpage you are visiting each time you access our website and for the entire duration of your visit. This information is collected by the respective plugin and assigned to your user account by the provider – regardless of whether you click on one of the available social media buttons or not. If you also click on one of the social media buttons integrated on our website, the respective company also assigns this information to your user account and stores this personal data.
If you do not want this information to be transmitted to the respective company, you can prevent this by logging out of your respective user account before accessing our website.

We have integrated the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

Use of Facebook plugins
p4d has integrated components of the social network Facebook on this website.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland is responsible for data protection matters outside the USA or Canada.
A complete overview of all Facebook plugins can be found at the link provided.
The data policy published by Facebook provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains the setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition, various applications are available that make it possible to suppress the transmission of data to Facebook.

Use of Google+ plugins
p4d has integrated components of the social network Google+ on this website.
The operating company of Google+ is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
You can find more detailed information about Google+ here.
In addition to the automatic storage mentioned above, Google is able to link your visit to this website with other personal data stored by Google for the purpose of optimising Google’s own services. Further information can be found in Google’s applicable data protection provisions. Further information from Google on the Google+1 button can be found at the link provided.

Use of LinkedIn plugins
p4d has integrated components of the social network LinkedIn on this website.
The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for data protection matters outside the USA.
Further information on the LinkedIn plugins can be found at the link provided.
LinkedIn offers an unsubscribe function that allows you to unsubscribe from and manage email messages, SMS messages and targeted adverts. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame, which may set cookies. Such cookies can be rejected here.
The applicable data protection provisions of LinkedIn are available under the link provided, as is the LinkedIn Cookie Policy.

Use of Twitter plugins
p4d has integrated Twitter components on this website. Twitter is a publicly accessible microblogging service whose short messages can also be accessed by people who are not registered with Twitter.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter, Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Further information on the Twitter buttons can be found here. The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter can be found here.

Use of XING plugins
p4d has integrated components of the social network Xing on this website.
The operating company of Xing is XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Further information on the Xing plug-ins can be found here.
The data protection provisions published by Xing provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Xing. Xing has also published data protection information for the XING share button.

Use of YouTube
Our website uses YouTube plugins for the integration and display of video content. The operators of the corresponding plugins are

YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behaviour. If you wish to prevent this, you must deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser.
Further information can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy

p4d uses the Zoom video conferencing tool from the American software company Zoom Video Communications for video conferences with customers, business partners, clients and employees. The company’s headquarters are located in San Jose, 55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th floor, CA 95113, California There is a contract for commissioned data processing with Zoom.

When you use Zoom, data is also collected from you so that Zoom can provide its services. On the one hand, this is data that you consciously provide to the company. This includes, for example, your name, your telephone number or your e-mail address. On the other hand, data is also automatically transmitted to Zoom and stored. This includes, for example, technical data from your browser or your IP address. Further information can be found in Zoom’s privacy policy.

p4d uses the asynchronous collaboration platform Howspace from the Finnish software company Howspace Oy, based in Bulevardi 6 A 14, 00120 Helsinki, Finland, for projects and knowledge management with customers, business partners, clients and employees. There is a contract for commissioned data processing with Howspace.

When you use Howspace, data is collected from you so that Howspace can provide its services. For example, Howspace may collect and process the following user data: First and last name, address details, telephone number, email address, other personal data provided by users themselves, information provided by users when they rate services or provide feedback on services, other data about users that Howspace’s customer enters into the service. Howspace collects and processes user data exclusively in connection with the use of the Howspace service and the Howspace website and stores it on European servers. Further information can be found in Howspace’s privacy policy.

p4d uses the Microsoft Teams tool from the American software company Microsoft Corporation for chats, file transfers and video conferences with customers, business partners, clients and employees. The company’s headquarters are located at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA. There is a contract for commissioned data processing with Zoom.

When you use MS Teams, data is also collected from you so that Microsoft can provide its services. On the one hand, this is data that you consciously provide to the company. This includes, for example, your name, your telephone number or your e-mail address. Further information can be found in Microsoft’s privacy policy.

p4d uses the Cisco Webex video platform from the American software company Cisco Systems, Inc. based in Corporate Headquarters, 170 West Tasman Dr., San Jose, CA 95134
USA, for projects and digital events with customers, business partners, clients and employees. There is a contract for commissioned data processing with Cisco.

When you use Webex, data is collected from you so that Cisco Webex can provide its services. On the one hand, this is data that you consciously make available to the company. This includes, for example, your name, your telephone number or your e-mail address. Further information can be found in Cisco Webex’s privacy policy.

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details below:

• Right to confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us,
• Information about your data stored by us and its processing,
• Correction and adjustment of your personal data,
• Cancellation of your personal data stored by us,
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations,
• Objection to the processing of your data by us
• Data portability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us.

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. This does not affect the legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation. You can also contact the supervisory authority responsible for you at any time with a complaint.

If you have any questions about data protection or information about your personal data, please contact

p4d | partnership for development GmbH
Willy-Brandt-Allee 4
53113 Bonn, Germany
Phone: +49 – 228 – 98164 – 60
E-mail: info@p-4-d.org
Website: www.p-4-d.org

partnership for development GmbH, October 2023