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BLUE GLACIER Association
Association for the Preservation of the Environment

Blue Glacier Association

Association for the Preservation of the Environment

Quaderstrasse 11,
CH-7000 Chur
Switzerland

Phone +41 77 486 63 64

Email contact@blue-glacier.org

Liability for content

The contents of this website have been created with the greatest care. However, the Blue Glacier Association (hereinafter referred to as BGA) cannot guarantee that all pages are up-to-date, complete and correct. As a service provider, the BGA is liable for its own contents on these pages in accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 1 of the Telemedia Act under general law. According to Sections 8, 9 and 10 of the Telemedia Act, the BGA is not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored information. As soon as the BGA becomes aware of a specific violation of law, the BGA removes this content immediately. The BGA can therefore only accept liability for a specific violation of law from the time of knowledge.

Information according to
ODR-VO Art. 14 Paragraph 1 / VSBG § 36

The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution, which you can find at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. You can find our email address in our legal notice. We are neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.

Liability for links

BGA does not accept responsibility for third-party content on third-party websites that can be accessed via links from this BGA website. BGA has no influence on their content and therefore cannot accept any liability for the third-party content. The provider of the respective information on the linked websites is responsible for the content and accuracy of the information. BGA was not aware of any legal violations at the time the link was created. However, if BGA becomes aware of any legal violations, the link to the third-party website in question will be removed immediately.

copyright

Content and works published on the BGA website are protected by copyright. Any reproduction, processing or distribution is prohibited without the prior written consent of the respective author.

Subject to errors and changes.

Privacy Policy

General information on data processing

Scope of processing of personal data
The protection of personal data is a very important concern for the Blue Glacier Association (hereinafter referred to as BGA). The BGA is subject to the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The RKI website (www.rki.de) can generally be used without disclosing personal data. Personal data is processed when using contact forms, newsletters, internal areas and when contacting the BGA by telephone. Automated decision-making (so-called profiling) does not take place.

Personal data is information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. This includes information that allows conclusions to be drawn about your identity. Further definitions of the terms used (e.g. “processing”) can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.

Since new technologies and the constant development of this website may result in changes to this privacy statement, we recommend that you read the privacy statement again at regular intervals.

Date and time of access
Name of the requested file
Website from which the file was requested
Access status (e.g. file transferred, file not found)
the web browser you use and the operating system of your device
the IP address of the requesting device
Online identifiers (e.g. device identifiers, session IDs).
The processing of this access data is necessary to enable visits to this website and to ensure the long-term functionality and security of our systems. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b of GDPR.

Google Analytics
Matomo uses so-called "cookies", which are small text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. These "session cookies" are only stored temporarily on your computer and are deleted as soon as the web browser is closed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is stored on a server of the provider in Germany and evaluated exclusively by ITZBund. Collected data is not passed on to third parties and is only used to identify and improve relevant content on our website.

Every time a user accesses the RKI's website and every time a file is accessed, data about this process must be temporarily processed in a log file. Your IP address is neither recorded nor stored in the access logs of the web servers of our hosting platform. Matomo is configured according to the recommendations of the Independent State Center for Data Protection (ULD) Schleswig-Holstein and follows the applicable data protection regulations.

In detail, the following data is processed for each access/retrieval:

Storage period

Storage is carried out in accordance with the guidelines for processing and managing documents in federal ministries, which are implemented in the RKI as the registry guidelines (RegR). Technical provision of the website, statistics and cookies. These websites are hosted by the Federal Information Technology Center (ITZBund), as an IT service provider for federal authorities. The ITZBund creates usage statistics for the websites it hosts. The Matomo program (formerly PIWIK) is used for this purpose. The ITZBund's privacy policy can be found here. The BGA receives evaluations from the ITZBund on the use of the website www.rki.de. These evaluations do not contain any personal data. The BGA uses these evaluations exclusively to analyze, maintain and improve its website.

Accessing the website

Every time you use this website, your browser automatically sends certain access data, which is only processed pseudonymously. This access data includes in particular:

Date and time of retrieval (time stamp)

Request details and destination address (protocol version, HTTP method, referrer, user agent string) Name of the retrieved file and amount of data transferred (requested URL including query string, size in bytes) Message as to whether the retrieval was successful (HTTP status code) This data is retained by ITZBund for 30 days. When individual pages are accessed, so-called temporary cookies are used to make navigation easier. These session cookies do not contain any personal data and expire at the end of the session. Techniques such as Java applets or Active-X controls, which make it possible to track user access behavior, are not used.

Revocation of data collection by Matomo

Matomo supports the "Do Not Track" feature of current web browsers. If you generally want to prevent the analysis of your behavior on the Internet, we recommend that you activate this option in your browser.

Web analytics

You can decide here whether a unique web analysis cookie may be stored in your browser to enable the website operator to collect and analyze various statistical data. If you would like to opt out, please select the appropriate option to store the Matomo deactivation cookie in your browser. Activate web analysis on this website Deactivate web analysis on this website Electronic correspondence The website www.rki.de offers the opportunity to contact employees of the institute, send messages, make inquiries or find out about public health issues (through publicly accessible pages, registration for internal pages (specialist public) or sending newsletters). We usually use forms for this purpose. For data protection reasons, the mandatory fields on the forms have been limited to the minimum necessary to answer inquiries. The personal data you submit will only be used to answer your inquiry, enable access to internal areas or send you the requested newsletter. It will not be passed on to third parties and will not be used for any other of our own purposes. Your information is transmitted using an encrypted “Secure Socket Layer” (SSL) connection so that unauthorized persons cannot view it (https connection).

Contact forms

In email contact forms we collect the following data categories: Mandatory field and automatically collected data: First name and last name, email, subject, message text, date and time of form submission Voluntary information: Telephone number, fax number, institution, street, postal code, place of residence

For order forms, we collect the following categories of data in order to ensure dispatch: Mandatory field and automatically collected data: Salutation, name, street, zip code, place of residence, email, goods ordered, date and time the form was sent Voluntary information: first name, company, department, country, message Inquiries in electronic form are stored in accordance with the deadlines for the storage of documents set out in the RKI’s registry guidelines – based on the registry guidelines for processing and managing documents in federal ministries, which supplement the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (GGO). The processing of your data is based on your consent, contract (for orders) and the RKI’s tasks in the public interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a, lit. b, lit. e GDPR in conjunction with Section 2, Section 4 BGA-NachfG), in particular the information of the public.

You can revoke your consent to further processing at any time with effect for the future. If retention periods prevent deletion, the processing of the data will be restricted. You can find further information in the section "Your data protection rights".

Newsletter

In the case of newsletter subscriptions, your email address and registration date are stored for the duration of the subscription. The legal basis for processing your data is your consent when ordering the respective newsletter (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). After registering to receive the newsletter, you will receive an automatically generated confirmation message. Registration is only completed when you click on the confirmation link contained in the email (double opt-in procedure) to prevent unauthorized registration of your email address. When your subscription ends, your data will be deleted. You can unsubscribe and thus revoke your consent for further processing at any time, for example by clicking the unsubscribe link at the end of each email or by sending a separate email to the editorial team. You can find more information in the "Your data protection rights" section.

Internal areas (for specialist audiences)

If you have personalized access to an internal area within www.rki.de, your email address and personal password will be stored securely. The legal basis for processing your data is your consent when registering for the respective internal area (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to further processing at any time with effect for the future. If you unsubscribe, your data will be deleted. You can find further information in the "Your data protection rights" section. For other closed areas within www.rki.de, the RKI provides user names and passwords; these data are not personal. The login is not evaluated.

Contact by phone/fax

You can also reach us using the telephone numbers provided. In this case, the following categories of data will be stored: a) Telephone call: name, telephone number, all content information b) Fax: sender, name, device number, time of transmission, content information Telephone calls are usually stored in a telephone note, and faxes are stored in a printout. The storage period depends on the deadlines for storing documents in the RKI’s registry guidelines – based on the registry guidelines for processing and managing documents in federal ministries, which supplement the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (GGO). The processing of your data is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to further processing at any time with effect for the future. If retention periods prevent deletion, the processing of the data will be restricted. Further information can be found in the “Your data protection rights” section.

Data transfer to third countries As explained in this data protection declaration, we use services (e.g. links to our social media presence) whose providers are sometimes based in so-called third countries (such as the USA), i.e. countries whose data protection level does not correspond to that of the European Union. To the extent that this is the case and the European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision for these countries (Art. 45 GDPR), we have taken appropriate precautions to ensure an appropriate level of data protection for any data transfers. These include in particular the standard data protection clauses of the European Union (Art. 46 Para. 2 lit. c GDPR) including - depending on the case - supplementary clauses containing additional protective measures. In such a case, you have the right to request a copy of the "standard data protection clauses".

If a transfer to a third country takes place and there is no adequacy decision or suitable guarantees, it is possible and there is a risk that authorities in the respective third country (e.g. secret services) can gain access to the transmitted data in order to record and analyze it, and that the enforceability of your data subject rights cannot be guaranteed." Your data protection rights (rights of the data subject) If we process personal data from you, you have the following data protection rights:

the right to obtain information about the processing of your personal data at any time (Art. 15 GDPR), the right to have inaccurate data corrected or incomplete data completed (Art. 16 GDPR), the right to have data deleted or restricted in processing in accordance with legal requirements (e.g. in the event of withdrawal of your consent or unlawful processing) (Art. 17, 18 GDPR), the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future in the case of data processing based on consent (Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR), the right to data portability (you can have an overview of your data made available to you in an electronic format) (Art. 20 GDPR),

the right to object to data processing that is carried out for reasons of a legitimate interest of the RKI, for the performance of public tasks or in the exercise of official authority (Art. 21 GDPR) the right to contact the data protection officer of the RKI and to raise your concerns (Art. 38 para. 4 GDPR) and

the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority for data protection (The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Graurheindorfer Str. 153 - 53117 Bonn, +49 (0)228-997799-0, email: poststelle(at)bfdi.bund.de, https://www.bfdi.bund.de) (Art. 77 para. 1 GDPR)

Content from other providers

The Internet pages www.blue-glacier.org contain links to other websites. On all pages, links to content from third-party Internet pages ("external content") were created by the BGA to the best of its knowledge and with the greatest possible care. They merely provide access to "external content". Particular attention was paid to the trustworthiness of third-party providers and the accuracy and legality of the "external content".

However, since the content of websites is dynamic and can change at any time, it is not always possible to carry out a constant case-by-case review of all content to which a link has been created. The RKI therefore expressly does not adopt the content of third-party websites that are linked to its own website as its own. The respective provider of the page to which reference was made is solely liable for damages and violations of law arising from the use or non-use of "third-party content". Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general law remain unaffected. In this case, liability is only possible at the time of knowledge about a specific violation of law. If we become aware of such violations of law, we will remove this content immediately. The RKI does not monitor and has no influence on whether their operators comply with data protection regulations.

Social Media

The BGA takes the current discussion about data protection in social networks very seriously. It is currently not legally clear whether and to what extent all networks offer their services in accordance with European data protection regulations. We therefore expressly point out that the services Twitter, Instagram and YouTube used by the BGA store their users' data (e.g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with their data usage guidelines and use it for business purposes. The BGA has no influence on the data collection and further use by the social networks. There is no knowledge of the extent, location and duration of the data storage, the extent to which the networks comply with existing deletion obligations, the evaluations and links made to the data and to whom the data is passed on.

Own content

Insofar as the content on these pages contains legal provisions, official notices, recommendations or information, they have been prepared to the best of our knowledge and with the greatest possible care. In the event of any discrepancies, however, only the current official version as published in the official publication organ provided for this purpose applies. Any legal notices, recommendations and information are non-binding.

Legal advice is not provided. BGA is not liable for damages or violations of law that arise from the use or non-use of the information provided.

Error messages

The editorial team asks users to draw attention to illegal or incorrect content from third parties to which a link is provided on the website. We also ask that you send a message to the contact address provided if your own content is not error-free, current, complete or understandable.