Privacy statement

Responsible Persons in terms of Data Protection Law are:

Alliance 90/The Greens
Parliamentary Party
represented by Britta Haßelmann and Katharina Dröge
Platz der Republik 1
11011 Berlin
T: +49 (0) 30 - 227 567 89
F: +49 (0) 30 - 227 565 52
E-Mail: info (at) gruene-bundestag.de

Data Protection Officer

Datenschutzbeauftragter (at) gruene-bundestag.de

The protection and security of the personal data of visitors to our website and online services is important to us. We treat your data carefully and confidentially in terms with the Federal Data Protection Act and the German Telemedia Act as well as the General Data Protection Regulation and will process your personal data only to the extent described in this privacy statement.

Personal data is collected on our pages and in forms, (for example name or email addresses), only insofar as it is consistent with the objectives outlined here. This data is never provided to third parties.

General IT security remarks

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet can have security gaps. An absolute protection of the data against access by third parties is technically not possible. We protect your data as well as it is possible for us to do so. These pages use an SSL encryption for security and to protect the transfer of confidential content, such as data that you send to us via forms. You can recognise an encrypted connection from the address line of the browser when "http://" changes to "https://" and from the lock symbol on your browser line. When the SSL encryption is activated the data that you transfer to us are particularly secured.

Hosting

To operate our website we do not use our own server but rather that of a service provider, we have commissioned (so-called Managed Hosting):

wegewerk GmbH, Saarbrücker Straße 24, 10405 Berlin

Wegewerk, manages the appearance of our website and contracts First Colo GmbH, Freseniusstr 31h, 81247 Munich with the hosting of our website. We have a data processing agreement with Wegewerk , which meets the requirements of Art. 28 Basic Data Protection Regulation and includes this subcontractor.

What personal data do we collect?

Personal data is any information that allows conclusions to be drawn about your identity. We collect personal data only when you provide this to us voluntarily. Exceptions are the IP address, the access time, Referrer URL and browser type, which are automatically transmitted. Technically, a website cannot be accessed without the transfer of an IP address, as it is through the IP address that the transfer of data between the calling terminal device and the server of the website being contacted is made possible.

If we collect personal data from you and process it further, without it being anonymised, we assess this as a special categories of personal data and request explicit permission for the processing of this data. This assessment is based on the possibility that conclusions could be drawn about your political opinion. You can withdraw your permission for the processing of your personal data at any time by email to: adressen@gruene-bundestag.de.

Depending on your use of our Internet offering, the following data will be collected:

IP address

When you visit our website, your IP address as well as the date, URL accessed, size of the transferand browser type are stored for 30 days as part of our server log files. This storage is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO the legitimate interest to use this data to detect and track attacks on our information technology systems. If you have consented to the processing of your anonymized IP address for purposes of web analysis Matomo, it will also be processed accordingly.

Newsletter subscription

If you subscribe to one of our Newsletters, you agree that we store and process your e-mail address as well as the date and time of your subscription or unsubscription. These data are saved as special categories of personal data for the period of your newsletter subscription and are deleted as soon as you terminate your subscription. You can do this at any time, either directly via the unsubscribe link provided at the end of each newsletter or you can write to us at: adressen(at)gruene-bundestag(dot)de .

Registration for Events

If you register for one of our events using the registration form, the data that you provide in that form, such as your name, your email address, possibly your date of birth as well as voluntary information about the organisation you work for, or your interest in participating in certain workshops will be saved by us to enable the conduct and management of the event. If you have chosen the option in the registration form of being informed in the future about our parliamentary work and events, your data will be saved in our address database as special categories of personal data and added to corresponding lists until you withdraw permission by email.(Email: adressen@gruene-bundestag.de).

The date of birth is required for events in the buildings of the German Bundestag, unless you are in possession of a house ID card for the German Bundestag, as the police at the German Bundestag carry out a reliability check for visitors and guests who gain access to the properties of the German Bundestag on the basis of § 2 paragraph 6c of the House Rules of the German Bundestag, in particular by inspecting the police information system at the German Bundestag and the police information system (INPOL). The personal data provided in the registration, such as surname, first name and date of birth are deleted or destroyed after the visit is concluded.

Technical support for digital events

We are supported by a service provider for the technical implementation of hybrid and online events: 3pc GmbH Neue Kommunikation, Prinzessinenstraße 1, 10969 Berlin. We have concluded a data processing agreement with 3pc, which meets the requirements of Art. 28 DSVGO.

Contact us and taking part in a participation format

If you contact us or take part in a participation format, such as surveys, your personal data provided for that purpose will be saved internally for up to six month, in order to respond to you or use for documentation. If it appears to us– from the content, the addressee or the responsible area – that the contact or request is intended for a particular division of ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS or another parliamentary group, a state parliamentary group or European parliamentary group, we forward it to them. You are informed about the forwarding of your contact to third parties.

Webshop

If you order publications from our webshop, the data provided (name, address, email address and if provided a different delivery address) are processed and saved in order to make delivery. The delivery documents are subject to a commercial retention period under the commercial law code and are destroyed by us in the proper way at the end of that period.

Job applications

Receiving and processing personal data

Personal data obtained or transmitted by you in the course of your job application and also special categories of personal data are processed according to the General Data Protection Regulation and the Federal Data Protection law. We treat your data with the at most care and process your job application data exclusively for the purpose of the application process and human ressource management.

We process the data, that you have sent us in the context of your application to check your suitability for the position, or on occasion for other open positions in the federal parliamentary group, and to conduct the application process. You agree to the processing and transmission of your data exclusively for the application process. You assure that the information you provide is true and correct.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in this employment application procedure is primarily Article 26 of the Federal Data Protection Act in the version valid since 25.05.2018. The processing of data, which is required for making decisions about suitability for an employment relationship, is permitted under this article.

Should the data be required beyond the conclusion of the employment application procedure, for example for a legal prosecution, the processing of data may occur under the terms of Article 6 General Data Protection Regulation, in particular to ensure justified interests are met under Article 6 para. 1 f) of the General Data Protection Regulation. It is our concern to ensure rights are asserted or defended.

If your application is successful, the data that you have sent to us and data relevant to your employment relationship will be further used including by the salary and human resources department. Should your application for an advertised position not be successful, or if you have made an unsolicited application for a job or traineeship, we will keep your data for six months on our applicant database. If you wish to have your data saved for a shorter period or wish for an earlier deletion of your application material, please send us a message at: jobs(at)gruene-bundestag(dot)de.

Your online application

Once your data has been entered and transmitted, it is sent directly to our server via an encrypted connection. All data are encrypted through an SSL procedure and are not forwarded to third parties outside the Federal parliamentary group. For the job application process we use a specialised software application by the company (LOGA). They act for us as a service provider and can have access to your data in the context of maintenance of the systems. We have a data processing agreement with this service provider to ensure that data processing occurs in a permitted way.

Your application data are seen upon receipt by the human resources department. In the next step suitable applications are forwarded to the relevant person being responsible for the open position. In the federal parliamentary group, only persons who need to ensure the proper and correct conduct of our application procedure have access to your data. This also includes members of the federal parliamentary group, so members of the German Parliament, who are included in decision-making on the internal staffing process.

Data security

The parliamentary group Alliance 90/The Greens uses technical and organisational security measures to protect the data you have provided from manipulation – whether planned or by chance -, as well as from loss, destruction or attacks by unauthorised persons. Our security measures are continually improved in line with technological developments.

Why and on which legal grounds do we collect your personal data?

We use the data, which you give for example via the contact form, the web shop, the newsletter or registration forms exclusively to provide the services you have requested. We do this on the basis of Art. 6 para.1 b of the General Data Protection Regulation. The purpose of processing data is to operate a website which provides information about the parliamentary work of parliamentary group of Alliance 90/The Greens, the offering of events, sending publications and newsletters, activities and about further services on these topics.

Your rights

You can contact us and ask for information, reports, deletion or limitations to the processing of the data saved about you at any time. Further you have the right to data transferability, the right of objection and withdrawal and the right to make complaints to a supervisory authority. To exercise your rights, please contact auskunftsrecht(at)gruene-bundestag(dot)de. Upon request we will gladly advise you of the relevant legal situation and whether and which personal data we save about you. If you would like to withdraw permission for the processing of your data, that you have previously given, please write to us at adressen(at)gruene-bundestag(dot)de.

Responsible oversight authority:

The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Ulrich Kelber
Graurheindorfer Straße 153
53117 Bonn
Email: poststelle@bfdi.bund.de

Forwarding of data to third parties

We don´t forward any personal data to third parties, except in relation to visit the buildings of the German Parliament and, where appropriate, for making contact by email, unless we are required to do so by administrative or legal orders. These orders can involve the provision of information for the purpose of criminal prosecution, prevention of danger or the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Links and activity buttons to other websites

Our website contains links to websites of other providers, which are not connected to us. Once you click on these links, we no longer have any influence over the processing of any data provided (such as the IP address or the URL, on which the link is located), as the behaviour of third parties is outside our control. We can therefore take no responsibility for the processing of such data by third parties.

Security

All information that you transfer to us will be processed on the server under the terms of the General Data Protection Regulation. We use technical and organisational security measures to ensure that the personal data of our users is protected from loss, destruction, incorrect alterations or unauthorised access by third parties. In particular your data are encrypted for transfer.

From our side only authorised persons have access to the content of your personal data, which is saved on the gruene-bundestag.de site – and only insofar as it is necessary in terms of the uses described above. This is governed by corresponding distribution of tasks and access rights. In the case of embedded content of third parties we are not able to ensure this.

What kind of cookies do we use?

Our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer nor contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are entries in your respective browser. The website uses technically necessary cookies. These are cookies that are necessary for the website's operation or functions desired by the visitor (e.g. shopping cart functionality, saving language preference or login functions). These cookies are automatically deleted after the browser session ends.

You can set up your browser so that you are informed about the placement of cookies. You can allow the acceptance of cookies only in individual cases, for specific cases only, or exclude them in general as well as activate their deletion when you close your browser. If cookies are completely deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

If you have activated the so-called Do-Not-Track-Function ("DNT"), then your visit to websites will not automatically be recorded by the web analysis tool. However, this does not work on all browsers. To activate DNT on your browser, please look on the help function of your browser.

Matomo web analysis

The visit to this website will be recorded by the Matomo web analysis. Matomo is an open source software and is operated and maintained directly on our server by our service partner. The software is configured in a way, so that it does not use cookies and processes the usage data in an anonymized form.

The IP address will be reduced to 2 bytes (e.g. 168.192.xxx.xxx). The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) of the DSGVO. Nevertheless, we respect further data protection preferences and provide the option to also prevent this form of user analysis on our website.

Right of objection:

According to Art. 12 DSGVO, you have a right to object to this processing of data analysis, which you can assert as follows: You can stop the anonymized analysis of user behavior by setting an opt-out cookie here. This cookie saves your preferences so that you will not be asked again.

Cookies from third parties

There are many social media or activity buttons included in the content of our website. They allow you to use the interactive possibilities of both the social networks used by you or of other websites. Only after a click on one of these buttons the data will be transferred to the relevant website operator. They can then, via your IP address, collect information about your browser and the operating system, about the screen resolution, installed browser plugins, the location of the visitor, Referrer and the URL of the current site. We ourselves do not collect any data from you, but the operators of the respective social media service may do. The respective operators of these services or offers can also set cookies, which are described in the privacy policies of the respective services.

If you click on one of these icons, a direct connection will be created between your browser and the social media service, without you thereby leaving our site. In this way, this service receives the information that you have visited our internet address. If you click such a link while you are also logged in at the relevant service, then your visit to our site can be further identified by that service or a cookie is set by the social media service. You can prevent this by first logging out of the relevant account.

Social Media

The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group is represented on various social media platforms in order to provide information about the parliamentary work of the group and to address different target groups. The content is selected according to editorial focus and relevance. In addition to communication on legislative processes, parliamentary group resolutions and opinions, represented by parliamentary group members, the work of the members of the Green parliamentary group is presented and explained. Citizens have the low-threshold opportunity to gain access and insights into our work and to contact us via social media. We want to communicate our work transparently through interaction and dialog with the community.

  • Bluesky: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group operates a Bluesky account. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the Bluesky service. The platform is operated by Bluesky PBLLC, Seattle, WA, US. You can recognize links on our site that lead to Bluesky by the button with the butterfly. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of the data by Instagram as well as the related rights and setting options for protecting the privacy of users can be found in Bluesky's data protection information: https://blueskyweb.xyz/support/privacy-policy
  • Facebook: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group runs a profile page on Facebook. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the social network facebook.com. The platform is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. You can recognize it by the Facebook logo on our pages. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of the data by Facebook as well as the related rights and setting options to protect the privacy of users can be found in Facebook's data protection information: https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/
  • Instagram: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group operates an Instagram account. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the Instagram service. The platform is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. You can recognize links on our site that lead to Instagram by the Instagram logo (a camera button). The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of the data by Instagram as well as the related rights and setting options to protect the privacy of users can be found in Instagram's data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511
  • LinkedIn: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group has a profile page on LinkedIn. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the LinkedIn service. The platform is operated by LinkedIn Corporation, ATTN: Copyright Agent, Legal Department, 1000 West Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA. You can recognize links on our site that lead to LinkedIn by the LinkedIn logo. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of the data by LinkedIn as well as the related rights and setting options to protect the privacy of users can be found in LinkedIn's data protection information: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
  • Mastodon: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group operates a Mastodon account. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the platform, specifically to the Mastodon instance gruene.social. The instance is operated by NETZBEGRÜNUNG - Verein für grüne Netzkultur e.V., Heilig-Kreuz-Straße 16, 86609 Donauwörth, Germany. You can recognize links on our site that lead to Mastodon by the Mastodon logo (similar to an elephant). The purpose and scope of the data collection and further processing of the data, as well as the relevant rights and setting options to protect the privacy of users, can be found in the data protection information of the instance: https://gruene.social/privacy-policy
  • Threads: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group operates a Threads account. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the Threads service. The platform is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. You can recognize links on our site that lead to Threads by the symbol with the @ sign. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of the data by Threads as well as the related rights and setting options to protect the privacy of users can be found in Threads' data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/515230437301944
  • TikTok: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group operates a TikTok account. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the TikTok service. The service is operated by TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland. You can recognize links on our site that lead to TikTok by the black symbol with the stylized musical note. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of the data by TikTok, as well as the relevant rights and setting options for protecting the privacy of users, can be found in TikTok's data protection information: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de
  • Twitter, since July 2023 X: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group operates an X account. On our website, we use graphics with a link to the Twitter/X service. The service is operated by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland. They are recognizable by the X logo, an X. With the help of the buttons, it is possible to share a post or page of this offer on Twitter or to follow the provider on Twitter. Further information on this can be found in Twitter's privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy
  • YouTube: The Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group operates a YouTube channel. On our website, we use graphics with links and buttons from the YouTube service. The platform is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. You can recognize links on our site that lead to YouTube by the YouTube logo (a "Play" button). The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of the data by YouTube as well as the related rights and setting options to protect the privacy of users can be found in YouTube's data protection information: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

The parliamentary group places advertisements on social media at irregular intervals. This is currently the case with YouTube. We use a media planning service provider (WayUpAds) for this purpose. We do not receive any further personal data as a result, only abstract evaluations.

  • Swat.io: We use the services of swat.io, a social media management tool for analysis and comment moderation, which is operated by Swat.io GmbH, Schönbrunner Straße 213-215, 1120 Vienna. The tool makes it possible to evaluate and manage reactions to our social media content. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing of data by swat.io is governed by a data processing agreement. The protection of privacy is comprehensively ensured, and no personal data is passed on to third parties or processed for other purposes. You can find more information about the service provider and swat.io's privacy policy here: https://swat.io/de/datenschutzbestimmungen/

Podigee Podcast Player

We use the podcast hosting service Podigee of the provider Podigee GmbH, Schlesische Straße 20, 10997 Berlin, Germany on this site. The podcasts are thereby loaded by Podigee or transmitted via Podigee, including through the player embedded on our website.

The use is based on our legitimate interests, i.e. interest in a secure and efficient provision, analysis as well as optimization of our podcast offer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR.

Podigee processes IP addresses and device information to enable podcast downloads/playbacks and to determine statistical data, such as call-up figures. This data is anonymized before being stored in Podigee's database.

For more information and opt-out options, please see Podigee's privacy policy: https://www.podigee.com/de/about/privacy/

Changes to this data protection explanation

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in/for the future. A current version is always available here. Please check the website regularly and inform yourself about the valid privacy policy.

14 June 2021: Job applications & Podigee Podcast Player
1 September 2022: Changes to cookie settings/ rejection and website analysis
1 November 2022: Specification of the storage of data
24 May 2023: Changes in paragraph 'What kind of cookies do we use?', 'Matomo web analysis' and 'Right of objection'
5 September 2023: Changes to entry Scoial Media
4 June 2024: Changes to entry Scoial Media