Daniel Gerlach

Privacy Policy

General Information
The following information provides an overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. As a rule, it is possible to use our website without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our website, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.
Data protection declaration according to the DSGVO
This data protection declaration informs you about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within our online offer and the websites, functions and content associated with it as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter jointly referred to as “online offer”). With regard to the terms used, such as “processing” or “controller”, we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). The data processing of this website is carried out by the website operator. The contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.
Person Responsible
The responsible person in terms of the Basic Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
Daniel Gerlach
c/o Candid Foundation
Chausseestrasse 11
10115 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 0049 (0) 30 3983 51880
E-mail: info(at)daniel-gerlach(dot)de
Website: www.daniel-gerlach.de
Scope of the processing of personal data
As a matter of principle, we process personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functional website as well as our contents and services. The processing of personal data of our users is regularly only carried out with the consent of the user. This may, for example, be data that you enter in a contact form. An exception applies in those cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data such as internet browser, operating system or time of page view). The data is collected automatically when a website is visited. Part of the data is collected for error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data
Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) serves as the legal basis. When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) c DSGVO serves as the legal basis. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6 (1) (d) DSGVO serves as the legal basis. If the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Data deletion and storage period
The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the person responsible is subject. Data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need to continue storing the data for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

Rights
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data concerned is being processed and to be informed about this data and to receive further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 of the GDPR. You have according to. Article 16 of the GDPR, you have the right to request that the data concerning you be completed or that the incorrect data concerning you be corrected. You have the right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of your data at any time. For further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address in the imprint.
Analysis and third-party tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is done primarily with cookies and so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually anonymous. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools.
General information
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. This data protection declaration explains what data we use and for what purpose. At this point, we would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (communication by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible party

Responsible for the data processing on this website is:
Daniel Gerlach
c/o Candid Foundation
Chausseestraße 11
10115 Berlin
Deutschland
Tel.: +49 (0) 30 3983 51880
E-Mail: info(at)daniel-gerlach(dot)de
Website: www.daniel-gerlach.de
Photos: Katrin Sandman, Florian Zettel, Friedrich Klütsch, Belabbes Benkredda. All right reserved

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

SSL- bzw. TLS-encryption
For security reasons, this website 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://”. If this SSL / TLS encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Data collection on our website – Cookies
Cookies are small text files that your browser stores and are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server-Log-Files
The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in server log files. These are browser type and browser server, operating system used, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer, IP address, time of the server request. This data is not merged with other data sources. The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. B DSGVO, which permits the use of data for the fulfilment of a contract.

Contact Form
If we receive an enquiry from you via the contact form, your details from the enquiry contact form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in the event of further follow-up enquiries. We do not pass on this data without your consent. Thus, the data entered in the contact form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. A DSGVO).
The following data of the input mask
The following data of the input mask:
Salutation: Mr / Mrs
Name: xxx
Email: xxx
Message: xxx
You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient for this purpose. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to data storage or the purpose of the data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected by this.

Plugins and Tools
Facebook plugins with sheriff solution Our website uses so-called social plugins of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ing, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. For the protection of your data, these buttons are not unrestrictedly integrated as plugins, but as HTML links on the page. This ensures that no connection is established with the Facebook servers when you call up our website with such buttons. After clicking on the buttons, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page on which you can interact. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy. Facebook is one example of our website. Other examples are Instagram ( We maintain online presences within the social networks and platforms in order to be able to communicate with the customers, interested parties and users active there and to inform them about our services there. When calling up the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing policies of their respective operators apply. Unless otherwise stated in our privacy policy, we process the data of users if they communicate with us within the social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presences or send us messages

Google Webfonts
This site uses so-called web fonts to display the font. These are provided by Google. When you visit our website, the required web font is loaded into your browser cache. This is necessary for a visually improved presentation of our texts.
Rights of the data subject
If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

Right of access
You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data relating to you is being processed by us.
If such processing is taking place, you may request the controller to provide you with the following information:
(1) the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
(2) the categories of personal data which are processed;
(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
(4) the envisaged duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
(5) the existence of a right to obtain the rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to obtain the restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
(6) the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
(7) any available information on the origin of the data, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.
You have the right to request information on whether personal data concerning you are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 DSGVO in connection with the transfer.

Right of rectification
ssed concerning you is inaccurate or incomplete. The controller must make the rectification without undue delay.

Right to restriction of processing
You may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you under the following conditions:
(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
(2) the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of the use of the personal data;
(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
(4) if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) DSGVO and it has not yet been determined whether the controller’s legitimate grounds override your grounds.
Where the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, such data may only be processed – apart from being stored – with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of substantial public interest of the Union or a Member State. If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Right to deletion
a. Obligation to erase
You may request the controller to erase the personal data concerning you without undue delay and the controller is obliged to erase such data without undue delay if one of the following reasons applies:
(1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
(2) You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) or Art. 9 (2) (a) DSGVO and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
(3) You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
(4) The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
(5) The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
(6) The personal data concerning you have been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) of the GDPR.
b. Information to third parties
If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, it shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, having regard to the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested them to erase all links to, or copies or replications of, that personal data.
c. Exceptions
The right to erasure does not apply insofar as the processing is necessary to.
(1) for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
(2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) of the GDPR;
(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section (a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing; or
(5) for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right to Information
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed of these recipients by the controller.

Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data has been provided, provided that.
(1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and
(2) the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures. In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. This must not affect the freedoms and rights of other persons. The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Right of objection
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) DSGVO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims. If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.
Right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law
You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the revocation.
Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision
(1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the controller,
(2) is permissible on the basis of legal provisions of the Union or the Member States to which the controller is subject and these legal provisions contain appropriate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests; or
(3) is made with your express consent. However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Article 9(1) of the GDPR, unless Article 9(2)(a) or (g) of the GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.
With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR. The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.