Leben im Denken e.V. takes the protection of your data seriously and regards it as a central concern. Your data is processed and protected in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and is only collected to the extent technically necessary.

With this declaration, we want to inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of your data. If you have any further questions, please contact

1. Responsible person

Leben im Denken e.V. - Jahrestraining Philosophie der Freiheit, represented by the board members Andreas Schmitt, Ludger Scharlipp, David Martin and Elvira Kraus
Stäudach 46,
72074 Tübingen, Germany
E-Mail: info@philosophy-of-freedom.org 

2. 2. Purposes and legal bases of data processing

There is a contact form and a registration form on our website that can be used to contact us electronically and register for seminars. If a user makes use of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored.
The following data is also stored when the message is sent: IP address and browser data of the user, date and time of contact.
Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data as part of the sending process and reference is made to this privacy policy.

Alternatively, you can contact us via the email addresses provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.

The data will not be passed on to third parties in this context. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation and, if necessary, for providing information about our seminar offers.

In the context of seminars, some of the video conferences are recorded in order to make them available to the participants in a password-protected area. Only the active speakers who make a contribution are recorded, not the group as a whole. It is possible to switch off the camera, in which case only the voice and the name given will be recorded. People who do not speak are not recorded.

Group photos of the "video conference tiles" are also taken on special occasions. These can be published on the homepage, for example.

The recordings and publication can be objected to in text form at any time.

2.1 We process the following types of data

• Inventory data (e.g. first and last names, addresses)
• Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers)
• Content data (e.g. text entries)
• Usage data (e.g. access times)
  Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Images and recordings of video conferences

2.2 Purposes of the processing of personal data

• Provision of our website, its functions and content,
• Booking of seminars offered by "Leben im Denken e.V",
• Maintenance of user accounts to simplify the booking of seminars and for the administration of user data by registered users themselves,
• processing enquiries via our contact form,
• Security measures,
• Communication with participants and participants among themselves for the purpose of organising seminars.

2.3 Booking of seminars

When booking seminars, we collect the first and last names, address, telephone number and email address of participants making bookings in order to properly fulfil the contractual relationship and the seminars.
When booking seminars, the details and data of the booking participant are processed for the mutual fulfilment of the contract or pre-contractual measures in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR.

2.4 Making contact via the contact form

When contacting us (e.g. via contact form, e-mail, telephone), the user's details are processed to process the contact enquiry and its handling in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S.1 lit. b) GDPR. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form is processed exclusively on the basis of your consent as the person making the enquiry (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. We process enquiries received exclusively for the purpose of responding to them and delete enquiries received as soon as their further processing is no longer necessary. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

2.5 Hosting

The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offering.
In doing so, we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors to this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with. Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of order processing contract).

2.6 Collection of access data and log files

We, or our hosting provider, collect on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, we collect data about every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider. Servers in this sense are our web, content, application and database servers that we use to operate the website.

2.7 Cookies, pixels, direct advertising

We do not use cookies, pixels or direct advertising.

2.8向第三方传输数据

Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, data will not be passed on to third parties.

2.9 Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the fulfilment of our services and implementation of contractual measures as well as answering enquiries is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfil our legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.
In addition, the other legal bases expressly mentioned in this privacy policy apply.
If we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties) as part of our processing, transfer it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of legal permission (e.g. if the transfer of data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is required to fulfil a contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR), you have consented, a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.).
If we commission third parties with the processing of data on the basis of a so-called order processing contract, this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR. 

2.10 Third-party services

Posts on this website may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, posts, links, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to this website. Please refer to the linked websites for information on data protection in this respect.

2.11 Deletion of personal data

We erase the data processed by us in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR or restrict its processing. Unless otherwise stipulated in this privacy policy, we delete the data stored by us as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of processing and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing is restricted, i.e. the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies in particular to data that must be retained under commercial or tax law.
German law currently provides for the following retention periods: 6 years in accordance with Section 257 (1) HGB (trading books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual financial statements, commercial letters, accounting vouchers, etc.) and 10 years in accordance with Section 147 (1) AO (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial and business letters, documents relevant for taxation, etc.).

3. Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent once given with effect for the future;
• to request information about your personal data processed by us, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your data or, alternatively, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your data
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to request to receive the data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used format and to request its transmission to other controllers
• to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.

4. Right to object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation.
If you would like to exercise your right to object, simply send an email to info@philosophy-of-freedom.org

5. Up-to-dateness of the privacy policy

The privacy policy is up to date and has the status: August 2023