Imprint and Privacy Policy

Imprint

Organisation with registered office and contact details

Responsible for the processing of data protection is

GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Eulenkrugstraße 82
22359 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 40 603 06 100
Fax: +49 40 603 06 199
E-mail: info@gfa-group.de
www.gfa-group.de

Managing Directors
Dr. Heiko Weißleder
Dr. Ilona Schadl
Anja Desai

Responsible for content according to § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Anja Desai
Local court of Hamburg, register of companies: HRB: 30219
Sales Tax (VAT) Identification Number: DE118655931
GFA’s quality management system is certified according to the DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 standards.
GFA Consulting Group appreciates your interest in its products and your visit to this website.

Pictures

All pictures are cortesy of GFA Consulting Group.

Concept, Design & Technical Implementation

Lucid.Berlin GmbH

Disclaimer

Contents

The FRSD-FC continuously checks and updates the information on its website. The information within this website has been carefully researched and diligently compiled. Despite all diligence, data may have changed in the meantime. Nevertheless, we do not accept any liability or give any guarantee for the validity, accuracy, and completeness of the information provided. Any liability for damages arising directly or indirectly from using this website is excluded unless based on intent or gross negligence.

The FRSD-FC expressly reserves the right to change, supplement, delete or temporarily or permanently cease the publication of parts of the website or the entire site without prior notice.

Copyright and Links

Copyright protects the content and structure of the websites. The duplication of information or data, in particular the use of texts, parts of texts, or images, requires the prior agreement of the FRSD-FC. Links to the homepage of the FRSD-FC may be created, provided the FRSD-FC website opened is then the sole content of the browser window.

Privacy Policy

Disclaimer

Name and address of the person responsible for data protection

The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other provisions of data protection law, is:

Susanne Eggers
Contact: datenschutz@gfa-group.de
If you have any specific questions concerning the protection of your data, please contact our data protection officer: datenschutz@gfa-group.de

General information on data processing

Scope of the processing of personal data

Personal data is processed according to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG).
We process the personal data of our users only to the extent necessary to provide a functioning website and our content and services. The processing of our user's personal data only takes place with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where it is impossible to obtain prior consent for actual reasons, and the data processing is permitted by statutory provisions.
Personal data can be related to you personally, e.g., name, address, e-mail address, and user behavior.

Processing of personal data when visiting our website

When you use our website for informational purposes only, i.e., when you do not send us any other information, we only collect the personal data that your browser sends to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the technically necessary data to display it and ensure its stability and security.
In more detail, the following data is temporarily stored in a log file for each access/retrieval:

• Technical features of the browser used
• User's IP address
• Date and time of access
• Page/name of the file accessed
• Amount of data transferred
• Message indicating whether the access/retrieval was successful

The data is also stored in our system's log files. These data are not stored together with the user's other personal data.
GFA Consulting Group is additionally obliged, based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e GDPR, in conjunction with § 5 of the BSI-Gesetz, to store data to protect against attacks on the internet infrastructure of GFA Consulting Group and its communication technology beyond the time of your visit. This data is analyzed and may be required to initiate legal and criminal prosecution in the event of attacks on communications technology. The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfill the task.
Data that is logged when you access the website is only transferred to third parties if we are legally obliged to do so or if the transfer is necessary for legal or criminal prosecution in the event of attacks on the communication technology of GFA Consulting Group. We do not pass on information in other cases. A consolidation of this data with other data sources does not take place either.

Purpose of data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.
The data is stored in log files to ensure the website's functionality, optimize the website, and ensure the security of our information technology systems. In this context, the data is not evaluated for marketing purposes.

Duration of data storage

Your data will not be stored for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it is processed or as required by law.

Cookie Policy

Description and scope of cookie policy

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie can be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website may require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change. The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:

• Session cookies

Purpose of the cookie policy

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, the browser must also be recognized after a page change. The user data collected by technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.

Possibility of objection and removal

Via your browser

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our site by the user. Therefore, you, as a user, have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict cookies' transmission by changing your Internet browser's settings. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated from our website, it is possible that all website functions can no longer be used to their full extent.

Via your cookie consent settings

We use “Borlabs Cookie,” which sets a technically necessary cookie (borlabs cookie) to store your cookie consent settings. Borlabs Cookie does not process any personal data. The borlabs cookie stores your cookie consent settings, which you can decide on when visiting our website. If you wish to change your cookie consent settings, you can do this here at any point in time: contact@lucid.berlin

Information on data processing when contacting us

Our website contains contact forms for electronic communication. When using the contact form, your e-mail address and, if applicable, your full name are processed. The processing is based on your consent following Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR to process your request.
You agree to transmit and store your personal data by sending the contact form. If you do not agree with the processing of your data, you can cancel the contact process at any time. Then, your message will not be sent.

Contact via e-mail

Alternatively, you can contact us via the provided e-mail address. In this case, the user’s personal data transmitted with the e-mail – at least the e-mail address and the information contained in the e-mail (any personal data you may have transmitted) – will be stored exclusively to contact and process your request.
The legal basis for data processing when sending an e-mail is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e GDPR.

Transfer of your data to third parties

We share data with our project partners, ECOWAS and KfW, in compliance with our project agreement. This data is web analytics data (if you visit our website, we collect an anonymized visitor IP address). Please refer to “4. Web analytics service” for a more detailed description.
We share data with our project partner for project evaluation and website management in the context of executing all tasks pertaining to the FRSD project as a whole.
As an authorized third party, ECOWAS and KfW are not permitted to use your personal data for any other purposes. We require them to act consistently with this Policy and to use appropriate security measures to protect your personal data.
Apart from this, GFA Consulting Group will not pass on your personal data to other third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so.

Transfer of your data abroad

GFA Consulting Group does not transfer personal data to third countries. If you use third-party social media, the data protection regulations of the respective providers apply. 

Duration of data storage

Your data will not be stored for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it is processed or as required by law.

Reference to users’ rights

You have the right

• to receive information about your data stored by us (Art. 15 GDPR)
to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• to request the erasure of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
• to request restriction of the processing of your data (Art. 18 GDPR),
• to object to the processing of your data if your personal data are processed based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f and e GDPR (Art. 21 GDPR),
• to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, to, if necessary, have them forwarded to another data processor (Art. 20 GDPR).

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the respective data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR. This authority is the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).
If you have any questions or complaints about this website, contact our data protection officer at the contact address mentioned above.

Objection or revocation against the processing of your data

Opposition

If the GFA Consulting Group processes your personal data to perform a task in the public interest (Art. 6 para. 1 letter e GDPR), you have the right to object to this processing following Art. 21 GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation.

Revocation

If personal data is processed based on your consent (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a DGPR), you can revoke this consent at any time for the corresponding purpose. The legality of the data processing based on your consent remains unaffected until receipt of your revocation.