Thank you for your interest in the Rhineland-Palatinate Victim Support Service. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Below, we provide information about what data is processed when you visit our website and what rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Responsible body

The website is jointly operated by:

AWO Bezirksverband Rheinland e.V.

Dreikaiserweg 4
56068 Koblenz
E-Mail: info@awo-rheinland.de

Wertzeug e.V.

Hauptstraße 17-19
Gleis, F, 52.6
55120 Mainz
E-Mail: info@wertzeug.org

Both institutions are jointly responsible for the processing of personal data in accordance with Article 26 of the GDPR.

2. Purposes and legal basis of data processing

a) Visiting the website / server log files

When you visit our website, our hosting provider [STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/] automatically processes the following information:

• IP address of the end device
• Datum und Uhrzeit des Zugriffs
• Date and time of access
• Operating system of the end device
• Pages/files accessed

This data is technically necessary to provide the website and ensure system security.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest).

b) Cookies and cookie banners

Our website uses cookies. These may be technically necessary (e.g., for the operation of the website) or used for analysis purposes. Cookies that are not technically necessary are only set after you have given your express consent via an opt-in cookie banner.

Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR (consent) and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest for necessary cookies).

c) Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (USA), to analyze and optimize our website. This involves setting cookies that enable analysis of website usage. The information collected (including your IP address, which is anonymized) may be transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there.

Google processes the data on our behalf, but also reserves the right to use it for its own purposes. We have no influence on this data processing by Google. . Legal basis: Your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

d) Google Fonts

We use fonts (“Google Fonts”) on our website that are integrated locally. There is no connection to Google servers.

e) Contact (email, telephone, contact form)

If you contact us by email, telephone, or via a contact form, we will process your information solely for the purpose of handling your inquiry.

• Mandatory fields in the form are limited to the minimum required (e.g., name, email address, message).
• The transmission is encrypted.

Legal basis:

• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (pre-contractual or contractual measures),
• Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in communication).

f) Social media (Instagram)

We maintain an Instagram channel, which is managed by Wertzeug e. V. When visiting our page there, the privacy policy of Instagram (Meta Platforms) applies.
We would like to point out that Meta collects personal data (e.g., IP address, usage behavior) and processes it for its own purposes. We have no influence on this data processing.

3. Recipients of data

Personal data will not be disclosed unless:

• to our hosting provider [STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/],
• if there is a legal obligation (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR),
• if this is necessary to enforce our rights, or

• if you have expressly consented (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

4. Storage period

We only store personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the stated purposes or as long as we are legally obliged to do so.

5. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights in particular:

• Information about stored data (Art. 15 GDPR),
• Correction of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Deletion (“right to be forgotten,” Art. 17 GDPR),
• Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
• Objection to processing (Art. 21 GDPR),
• Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR),
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).

The supervisory authority responsible for Rhineland-Palatinate is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Rhineland-Palatinate (LfDI RLP).

6. Contact Privacy Policy

If you have any questions about data protection, please contact the respective project organizers:

AWO Bezirksverband Rheinland e.V.
datenschutz@awo-rheinland.de

Wertzeug e.V.
info@wertzeug.org

7. Data processing security

Our website is encrypted using SSL/TLS. This means that transmitted data cannot be read by third parties.