Privacy Policy

The contents of this Privacy Policy apply to the internet offer of the Green Recovery Tracker which is available at www.wupperinst.org, hereinafter called "the website". The Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH as the controller responsible for the processing of data has put in place numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data processed at this website are as far as possible seamlessly protected. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transfers may fundamentally exhibit security loopholes, with the result that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, it is open to all data subjects to communicate personal data to Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH by alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. Definitions

This Privacy Policy is based on the terms and definitions employed by the European legislators in issuing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is intended that the Policy should be easily read and understood both by members of the public and by our cooperating partners. In order to guarantee this, we would like first of all to explain the terms used.

The following terms among others are used by us in this Privacy Policy:

1. Personal data  
   Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or  more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
2. Data subject
   ‍Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
3. Processing
   ‍Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
4. Restriction of processing
   ‍Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
5. Profiling  
   Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural  person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
6. Pseudonymisation  
   Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
7. Controller or controller responsible for the processing
   Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
8. Processor  
   Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.  
9. Recipient  
   Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be  regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the  purposes of the processing.
10. Third party  
    Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
11. Consent  
    Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a  statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.  

2. Name and Address of the controller

Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:

Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH
Döppersberg 19
42103 Wuppertal Deutschland
Phone: +49 202 2492-0
Email: grt@wupperinst.org
Website: wupperinst.org

3. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer of the controller is:

Christian Radtke
Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH
Döppersberg 19
42103 Wuppertal
Deutschland Phone: +49 202 2492-307
Email: datenschutzbeauftragter
@wupperinst.org  

Any data subject may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer directly with all questions and suggestions concerning data protection.

4. Collection of general data and information

The website of the Green Recovery Tracker collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. In server log files, the provider of the website automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

1. Visited page on our domain  
2. Date and time of the server request  
3. Browser type and version  
4. Operating system used  
5. Referrer URL  
6. Host name of the accessing computer  
7. IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data  

The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the  controller is subject to.  If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.

6. Rights of the data subject

1. Right of confirmation  
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this  right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.
2. Right of access  
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:  

• the purposes of the processing;
• the categories of personal data concerned;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
• where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
• the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the  data subject, or to object to such processing;
• the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
• where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international  organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.  If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at  any time, contact any employee of the controller.  c) Right to rectification   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal  data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing,  the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed,  including by means of providing a supplementary statement. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

1. Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data  without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the  processing is not necessary:‍

• The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
• The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
• The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
• The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
• The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the  controller. An employee of Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH  shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately. Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to  Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that  the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy  or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. An employees of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

1. Right of restriction of processing
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the  personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
• The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The employee of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH will arrange the restriction of the processing.

1. Right to data portability
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a  controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without  hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have personal data  transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH.
2. Right to object  
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to  processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH shall no longer process  the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate  compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. If the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH processes personal  data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object  at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such  marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes. In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her  particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH for scientific or  historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest. In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any  employee of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
3. Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly  affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is  subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data  subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject's explicit consent. If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract  between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data  subject's explicit consent, the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights  and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human  intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and  contest the decision. If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH.
4. Right to withdraw data protection consent
   Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she  may, at any time, contact any employee of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH.

7. Supplementary data protection information when using Twitter

The Wuppertal Institute uses the technical platform and services of Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A. for the short message service.

1. Responsibility
   Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland is responsible for the data processing of persons living outside the U.S.A.. We would like to point out that you use the Twitter short message service offered here and its functions under your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. sharing, rating). The Wuppertal Institute has no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by Twitter, the way in which it is processed and used or the transfer of this data to third parties. Nor does it have any effective means of control in this respect.
   

1. Data processed by Twitter
   Information on what data is processed by Twitter and for what purposes can be found in Twitter's privacy policy:
   https://twitter.com/de/privacy.‍

By using Twitter, your personal data will be collected, transferred, stored, disclosed and used by Twitter Inc. and transferred to and stored and used in the United States, Ireland and any other country in which Twitter Inc. does business, regardless of your country of residence.
On the one hand, Twitter processes your voluntarily entered data such as name and user name, email address, telephone number or the contacts in your address book when you upload or synchronise this. On the other hand, Twitter also evaluates the content you share to determine what topics you are interested in, stores and processes confidential messages that you send directly to other users and can determine your location using GPS data, information on wireless networks or your IP address in order to send you advertising or other content. Twitter Inc. may use analytics tools such as Twitter- or Google-Analytics to analyse this. The Wuppertal Institute has no influence on the use of such tools by Twitter Inc. and has not been informed about such potential use. If tools of this kind are used by Twitter Inc. for the Wuppertal Institute's account, the Wuppertal Institute has neither commissioned, approved nor otherwise supported them in any way. Nor are the data obtained during the analysis made available to us. Only certain non-personal information about tweet activity, such as the number of profile or link clicks by a particular tweet, is visible to the Wuppertal Institute via the account. Moreover, the Wuppertal Institute has no possibility to prevent or switch off the use of such tools on its Twitter account. Finally, Twitter also receives information when you view content, for example, even if you have not created an account. This so-called "log data" can be the IP address, browser type, operating system, information about the website you previously visited and the pages you viewed, your location, your mobile phone provider, the terminal device you use (including device ID and application ID), the search terms you used and cookie information.
Twitter buttons or widgets integrated into websites and the use of cookies enable Twitter to record your visits to these websites and to assign them to your Twitter profile. This data can be used to offer content or advertising tailored to you. As Twitter Inc. is a non-European provider with a European branch only in Ireland, it is not bound by German data protection regulations according to its own interpretation. However, due to the principle of establishment in Art. 3 (1) GDPR, Twitter Inc. is bound by the regulations of the GDPR. You have options to restrict the processing of your data in the general settings of your Twitter account and under the item "Data protection and security". In addition, you can restrict Twitter's access to contact and calendar data, photos, location data, etc. on mobile devices (smartphones, tabs) in the settings options there. However, this depends on the operating system used. Further information on these points is available on the following Twitter support pages:

1. https://support.twitter.com/articles/105576
2. https://help.twitter.com/en/search?q=privacy
3. You can find out about the possibility of viewing your own data on Twitter here: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20172711
4. Information about the conclusions drawn about you by Twitter can be found here: https://twitter.com/your_twitter_data
5. Information on the available personalisation and data protection settings can be found here (with further links): https://twitter.com/personalization
6. Furthermore, you have the option of requesting information via the Twitter data protection form or the archive requirements: https://support.twitter.com/forms/privacy‍
7. https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170320

8. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google). Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. The Google Analytics service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.
Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our website will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function, whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US. The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general. Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides further information with regard to its data protection practices at
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners, including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data.
In addition, Google offers an opt-out add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en in addition with further information. This add-on can be installed on the most popular browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs Google Analytics' JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.

9. Google Fonts

Our website uses Google Fonts to display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (hereinafter: Google). Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active Google guarantees that it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States. To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our site. When you access our site, a connection to Google is established from which Google can identify the site from which your request has been sent and to which IP address the fonts are being transmitted for display. Google offers detailed information at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated https://policies.google.com/privacy
in particular on options for preventing the use of data.

10. Legal basis for the processing

‍Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of  goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require  protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR). ‍

‍11. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party

‍Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favour of the well-being of all our employees and the shareholders.

12. Period for which the personal data will be stored

The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

13. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data  would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

14. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.