1. General comments:
Bertelsmann Stiftung is pleased that you are interested in our portal and have chosen to visit our website. We take the privacy of your personal data very seriously. All of Bertelsmann Stiftung’s web activities comply with legal requirements governing the protection of personal data and ensuring data security. We outline below how Bertelsmann Stiftung deals with information collected during your visit to our website.

2.  Data protection
a) When entering your case study, you are asked to provide personal data; doing so is optional. The personal and substantive data collected by Bertelsmann Stiftung regarding your company, along with the special contact address, are published on our website under “Case studies – Company information.” While we do not publish personal information concerning the author of the case study, such data are used by Bertelsmann Stiftung for coordination purposes with regard to the case study  as well as for purposes of documentation.

In addition, Bertelsmann Stiftung uses the data you provide about your company and the special contact address in connection with website operations, the coordination of thecase study and other information about the website. These data may also be used to enable us to send out (by regular mail or e-mail) specialized or general information about the provider’s corporate social responsibility project or related projects of its partners (e.g. events, newsletters and other information and reports concerning corporate social responsibility). The company’s data and the special contact address may be passed on to partners of the editorial group. We do not share personal data concerning the author of the case study with partners of the editorial group or other third parties. We can assure you that the information you provide will be handled in accordance with data protection regulations. The data we save are used exclusively for the aforementioned purposes. If, however, Bertelsmann Stiftung should be required by law or by a court order to do so, it will provide such information to the party entitled to receive it.

b) When you access the Bertelsmann Stiftung website, general information that is not personally identifiable (e.g. Internet browser used, number of visits, average length of visit, pages accessed) is automatically collected, i.e. independent of the registration process. This information is used to enhance the appeal, content and functionality of our website. Again, no other use is made of your data, nor are they shared with others.

c) Cookies are small files that are temporarily installed on your hard drive. We use them for the sole purpose of obtaining information about the use of the Bertelsmann Stiftung website. They enable our site to recognize your computer the next time you visit the Bertelsmann Stiftung home page. Since cookies contain no personally identifiable data, the protection of your privacy is ensured. Depending on your settings, your Internet browser may automatically accept cookies; however, you may change your browser settings at any time and choose to access the Bertelsmann Stiftung website without accepting cookies.

d) You may set your browser to inform you when a cookie is installed so that you can decide whether to accept it or not. You may also choose not to accept any cookies at all. In that case, however, some areas of this website may no longer function properly. 

e) We protect stored data from access by unauthorized third parties, in accordance with current technology. However, Bertelsmann Stiftung explicitly notes that abuse is possible when data are transmitted through open Internet channels, and in this case unauthorized access or even tampering by third parties cannot be ruled out. Bertelsmann Stiftung assumes no liability in this regard.

3. Links to other websites
This privacy policy applies to Bertelsmann Stiftung’s website www.csr-weltweit.de. The pages of this website may contain links to other providers, both within and outside of Bertelsmann Stiftung, to whom the policy does not apply. When you leave the website of Bertelsmann Stiftung, we recommend that you read carefully the privacy policy of any website that collects personal data.

4. Right to information
If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, please contact our data protection officer:

 

Bertelsmann AG/ arvato AG

Data Protection Department
Carl-Bertelsmann-Str. 270
33311 Gütersloh
Germany

E-Mail: datenschutz (at) bertelsmann (dot) de

Upon request, we will inform you in writing, in accordance with applicable legislation, about which of your personal data, if any, have been collected by Bertelsmann Stiftung during your visits to its websites.

Furthermore, you have the right at any time to request that your data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You are always free to suspend delivery of a newsletter by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link contained in every e-mail message. In this case your data will be deleted automatically.

5. Notification of amendments
Upon amendment of this privacy policy, notification will be given in the policy itself, on our home page and in other appropriate venues.