Privacy policy for the newsletter

The EU GDPR, which came into force on May 25, 2018, stipulates, among other things in Article 13, that the controller must provide certain information to the data subject when collecting personal data.

 

1. Name of the responsible body
   German Chemical Society eV)
2. Executive Director: Dr. Tom Kinzel
   Commercial Director: Dipl.-Ökonom Volker Kilz
   Data Protection Officer: Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing (FH) Arnd Bohl
3. Address of the responsible body
   Varrentrappstraße 40-42
   60486 Frankfurt am Main
4. Purpose of data processing
   Information service for prospective members and member recruitment
5. Admissibility of data processing
   Consent of the data subject
6. Recipients or categories of recipients to whom the data are or will be disclosed
   Internal: GDCh staff of member services, the Editorial staff of Nachrichten aus der Chemie) and member marketing, IT, data protection officer
   External: SaaS Marketing IT service provider
7. Data deletion deadlines
   The data will be deleted no later than two months after unsubscribing from the newsletter.
8. Data transfer to a third country or an international organization
   No data is transferred to a third country outside the European Union.

Rights of those affected

In order to comply with the transparency and modalities regulated in Article 12 of the EU GDPR, the controller provides the following information about the rights of data subjects.

a) Right to information (Art. 15)

The data subject has the right to request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. The controller shall provide a copy of the personal data undergoing processing. For any further copies requested by the data subject, the controller may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs.

b) Correction (Art. 16)

The data subject has the right to request the rectification or completion of personal data concerning him or her.

c) Deletion (Art. 17) – “Right to be forgotten”

See point 7: Deadlines for data deletion

d) Right to object (Art. 21)

If the data subject objects to the processing of personal data concerning him or her, the controller shall no longer process such data unless he or she can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

e) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Personally affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

f) Consequences of not providing personal data

Failure to provide or objection to the processing of personal data of the data subject will result in unsubscription from the newsletter.