Data protection
Personal data (mostly referred to as “data” below) are only processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.

According to Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), “processing” is any process carried out with or without the help of automated processes or any such series of processes with personal data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, arranging, storing, adapting or changing, reading, querying, using, disclosing through transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, comparison or the linking, the restriction, the deletion or the destruction.

With the following data protection declaration we inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, as far as we decide either alone or together with others about the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we will inform you below about the third-party components we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data on their own responsibility.

Our data protection declaration is structured as follows:

I. Information about us as the person responsible
II. Rights of users and data subjects
III. Information on data processing
I. Information about us as responsible
Responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection law is:

Head of Mission:

Erik Bürklin
8191 SouthPark Lane
Suite 112
Littleton, CO 80120
USA

Represented by:

Gerd Hutschenreuter
Margit Grab-Heider
Erik Bürklin

Contact:

China Partner eV
Oberwiesenweg 2
64572 Büttelborn
Germany
Phone: + 49-6152-40878
Email: [email protected]

Link to the imprint: https://german.chinapartner.org/node/170

II. Rights of users and data subjects

With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

• for confirmation as to whether the data concerning you are being processed, for information about the processed data, for further information about the data processing and for copies of the data (see also Art. 15 GDPR);

• to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR);

to the immediate deletion of the data concerning them (see also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;

• to receive the data concerning them and provided by them and to transfer this data to other providers / responsible parties (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);

• to complain to the supervisory authority if they are of the opinion that the data concerning them are being processed by the provider in violation of data protection regulations (see also Art. 77 GDPR).

In addition, the provider is obliged to notify all recipients to whom data has been disclosed by the provider of any correction or deletion of data or the restriction of processing that takes place on the basis of Articles 16, 17 Paragraph 1, 18 GDPR teaching. However, this obligation does not exist if this notification is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Irrespective of this, the user has a right to information about these recipients.
According to Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects also have the right to object to the future processing of the data concerning them, provided that the data is provided by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR are processed. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.

III. Information on data processing

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, the deletion of the data does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements and no other information on individual processing methods is given below.

Cookies
a) Session cookies / session cookies
We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are stored and stored on your device by the internet browser you use. These cookies process certain information about you on an individual basis, such as your browser or location data or your IP address.
This processing makes our website more user-friendly, more effective and more secure, as the processing enables, for example, the reproduction of our website in different languages or the offer of a shopping cart function.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit b.) GDPR, provided that these cookies are used to process data to initiate or process contracts.
If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
These session cookies are deleted when you close your Internet browser.
b) Third party cookies
Our website may also use cookies from partner companies with whom we work for the purpose of advertising, analysis or the functionality of our website.
Please refer to the following information for details on this, in particular on the purposes and legal basis for processing such third-party cookies.
c) possibility of elimination
You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by setting your internet browser. You can also delete cookies that have already been saved at any time. The steps and measures required for this, however, depend on the specific Internet browser you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support. In the case of so-called flash cookies, however, processing cannot be prevented via the browser settings. Instead you have to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the specific Flash player you are using.
However, should you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, this may mean that not all functions of our website can be used to their full extent.

Newsletter

If you register for our free newsletter, the data you have requested for this purpose, i.e. your e-mail address and – optionally – your name and address, will be transmitted to us. At the same time, we save the IP address of the Internet connection from which you access our website, as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will obtain your consent to the sending of the newsletter, describe the content in detail and refer to this data protection declaration. We use the data collected in this way exclusively for sending the newsletter – therefore, in particular, it is not passed on to third parties.
The legal basis for this is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. To do this, all you have to do is inform us of your revocation or use the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.

Contact inquiries / contact options

If you contact us via the contact form or email, the data you provide will be used to process your request. The specification of the data is necessary for processing and answering your request – without providing it, we cannot answer your request, or at least only partially.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.
Your data will be deleted if your request has been finally answered and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention requirements, e.g. in the event of a subsequent contract processing.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”)
https: //www.privacyshield.gov/participant? id = a2zt000000001L5AAI & status = A …
Google guarantees that the EU’s data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.
The Google Analytics service is used to analyze the usage behavior of our website. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.
Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, location, time or frequency of visits to our website, are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function. With this function, Google shortens the IP address within the EU or the EEA.
The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of the visit to our website and of the usage activities there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.
Google states that it will not associate your IP address with other data. In addition, Google maintains
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners
Further data protection information is available for you, for example also on the possibilities to prevent the use of data.
Google also offers
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
a so-called deactivation add-on along with further information on this. This add-on can be installed with the usual internet browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs the JavaScript (ga.js) of Google Analytics that information about visiting our website should not be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analysis services. You can of course also find out in this data protection declaration whether and which other web analysis services we use.

Google reCAPTCHA

On our website we use Google reCAPTCHA to check and avoid interactions on our website through automated access, e.g. through so-called bots. This is a service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”)
https: //www.privacyshield.gov/participant? id = a2zt000000001L5AAI & status = A …
Google guarantees that the EU’s data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.
Through this service, Google can determine from which website a request is being sent and from which IP address you are using the so-called reCAPTCHA input box. In addition to your IP address, Google may also collect additional information that is necessary for offering and guaranteeing this service.
The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the defense against undesired, automated access in the form of spam or similar.
Google offers below
https://policies.google.com/privacy
further information on the general handling of your user data.

“Facebook” social plug-in

We use the plug-in of the social network Facebook on our website. Facebook is an internet service provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU, this service is in turn operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter both referred to as “Facebook”.
Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”)
https: //www.privacyshield.gov/participant? id = a2zt0000000GnywAAC & status = A …
Facebook guarantees that the EU’s data protection requirements are also adhered to when processing data in the USA.
The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.
Further information about the possible plug-ins and their respective functions is available from Facebook
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
ready for you.
If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your Internet browser will download a representation of the plug-in from the Facebook servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Facebook to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website are also recorded.
If you are logged into Facebook while you are visiting one of our websites with the plug-in, the information collected by the plug-in about your specific visit will be recognized by Facebook. Facebook may assign the information collected in this way to your personal user account there. If you use the so-called “Like” button on Facebook, for example, this information will be saved in your Facebook user account and possibly published on the Facebook platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Facebook before visiting our website or use an add-on for your Internet browser to prevent the Facebook plug-in from being blocked.
Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard is available from Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
available data protection information.

YouTube

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal from YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, hereinafter referred to as “YouTube”.
YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”)
https: //www.privacyshield.gov/participant? id = a2zt000000001L5AAI & status = A …
Google guarantees, and thus also its subsidiary YouTube, that the EU’s data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA.
We use YouTube in connection with the “Extended data protection mode” function so that we can show you videos. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to information provided by YouTube, the “extended data protection mode” function means that the data described in more detail below are only transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.
Without this “extended data protection”, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access one of our Internet pages on which a YouTube video is embedded.
This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least record and process your IP address, the date and time and the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the Google “DoubleClick” advertising network is established.
If you are logged into YouTube at the same time, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.
For the purpose of functionality and to analyze usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your Internet browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the storage of cookies by making a setting in your Internet browser. You can find more information on this under “Cookies” above.
Google holds further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard in the
https://policies.google.com/privacy
available data protection information.

MailChimp – Newsletter

We offer you the option of registering for our free newsletter on our website.
We use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as “The Rocket Science Group”, to send the newsletter.
Through certification according to the EU-US data protection shield (“EU-US Privacy Shield”)
https: //www.privacyshield.gov/participant? id = a2zt0000000TO6hAAG & status = A …
The Rocket Science Group guarantees that EU data protection requirements will also be complied with when processing data in the USA. The Rocket Science Group also offers
http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
further data protection information.
If you register to receive our newsletter, the data requested during the registration process, such as your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address as well as the date of your registration and time are saved. As part of the further registration process, your consent to the sending of the newsletter is obtained, the content is specifically described and reference is made to this data protection declaration.
The newsletter then sent via The Rocket Science Group also contains a so-called tracking pixel, also known as a web beacon. With the help of this tracking pixel, we can evaluate whether and when you have read our newsletter and whether you have followed any further links contained in the newsletter. In addition to other technical data, such as the data of your IT system and your IP address, the data processed in the process is stored so that we can optimize our newsletter offer and respond to the wishes of the readers. The data are therefore used to increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter offer.
The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a.) GDPR.
You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. To do this, all you have to do is inform us of your revocation or use the unsubscribe link contained in every newsletter.
Sample data protection declaration from the law firm Weiß & Partner