Privacy policy

I. Joint controller pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR

DLG e.V.
Eschborner Landstraße 122
60489 Frankfurt am Main

DLG Service GmbH
Eschborner Landstraße 122
60489 Frankfurt am Main

DLG e.V. and DLG Service GmbH are jointly responsible for data processing on this website. An agreement pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR governs the respective responsibilities. You can assert your data protection rights against both companies.

II Data protection officer

Data Protection Officer of DLG e.V.:
Stephan Kisters
E-mail: datenschutz@dlg.org

Data Protection Officer of DLG Service GmbH
DataCo GmbH
Sandstrasse 33
80335 Munich, Germany
E-mail: datenschutz@dataguard.de

III Hosting and technical infrastructure

The website is hosted by IONOS SE (Elgendorfer Straße 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany). The servers are located in Germany.

When the website is accessed, the following data is processed automatically

IP address
Date and time of the access call
URL of the referring page
Browser type and version
Operating system used
Host name of the accessing computer

This data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to ensure technical functionality and security.

IV. Use of cookies and consent management

We use the consent management system CCM19 Cloud (Papoo Software & Media GmbH, Germany) to control functions relevant to data protection law. You can use the consent banner to decide which cookies or external content you wish to allow.

Cookies are used on our website for the following purposes

for the technical provision and stability of the website (e.g. session management, navigation) - technically necessary
to display and play external content such as embedded videos or dynamic fonts
to secure forms and systems (e.g. through Captcha technologies)
for statistical purposes to measure reach and improve our offering
for marketing purposes, e.g. to display personalized or interest-based advertising via integrated third-party providers

Legal basis for the use of cookies:

§ Section 25 para. 2 no. 2 of the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG) in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for technically necessary cookies
§ Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for cookies requiring consent (e.g. statistics, marketing, media cookies)

V. Making contact

If you contact us via our contact form or by e-mail, we process the following data:

Name
e-mail address
telephone number
Subject and message

In addition, the hCaptcha service (Intuition Machines Inc., USA) is used to protect against spam. Among other things, your IP address and mouse movements are analyzed.

Legal basis:

Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for contract-related inquiries
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for general communication
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR for the use of hCaptcha

VI Newsletter

You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter. The following data is collected:

Salutation
your name
e-mail address
Company name and address, if applicable

We use the following service providers for mailing:

Inxmail GmbH, Freiburg
crm consults GmbH, Wettenberg

The legal basis is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time - a corresponding link can be found in every email.

VII Integrated third-party content and external services

We integrate content and functions from the following third-party providers on our website. Some of these require your consent and lead to data transfer to so-called third countries, in particular the USA:

Google services (Google Ireland Ltd./Google LLC, USA):
Google Fonts: For the uniform and visually appealing display of fonts on our website. The fonts are loaded directly from Google servers when the website is accessed.
Google Photos: For the integration and display of image content stored in Google photo albums.
Google APIs: To use technical functions such as interactivity of forms or load optimization of content.
YouTube NoCookie: For embedding YouTube videos in extended data protection mode. However, personal data may still be transmitted when the video is played.
Youtube Images: For displaying preview images of embedded YouTube videos.

Vimeo (Vimeo Inc., USA):
To display embedded videos.

hCaptcha (Intuition Machines Inc., USA):
To protect the contact form from automated access.

Cloudflare Inc, USA:
For performance optimization and security.

pages.dev (Cloudflare Pages):
For the provision of web content.

medianet.de:
Linking technical content (origin and purpose currently not specified).

inxmail.com:
Extension of newsletter logistics.

Legal basis:
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent)
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest for security-relevant components)

For transfers to third countries, we use standard contractual clauses in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR. Please note that in third countries such as the USA there is no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU.

VIII. Links to social networks

Our website contains links to social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, X). When you click on the logos, you leave our website. We have no influence on the processing of personal data by these providers. Further information can be found in the data protection notices of the respective platforms.

IX. Rights of the data subject

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
Right to withdraw consent given (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)
Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

Responsible data protection supervisory authority: Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1
65189 Wiesbaden, Germany
E-mail: poststelle@datenschutz.hessen.de

X. Up-to-dateness of the privacy policy

This privacy policy is valid as of April 2025 and is updated regularly.