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This privacy policy describes how the Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung handles personal and non-personal information.
Website
General
For statistical purposes, we gather certain information that is not personally identifiable from the visitors of our website.
The following information is stored in log files:
- URL of each visited page
- date and time of the visit of a page
The following information is not logged:
- IP address of the visitor
- the referring site
- Information about your system (browser etc.)
The above holds for the portal www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de, the Wiki and the portal freiheitsredner.The portal [1] does not store the IP addresses of its visitors.
As an example, below is an excerpt of the file access.log:
0.0.0.0 - [04/Aug/2007:10:29:18 +0200] "GET /images/favicon.ico HTTP/1.0" 200 1406 "http://" "-"
0.0.0.0 - [04/Aug/2007:10:29:18 +0200] "GET /templates/madeyourweb/css/template_css.css HTTP/1.0" 200 11763 "http://" "-"
0.0.0.0 - [04/Aug/2007:10:29:17 +0200] "GET /index.php HTTP/1.0" 200 15385 "http://" "-"
Excerpt of the file error.log:
[Sat Aug 04 10:06:33 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /var/www/joomla/content
[Sat Aug 04 10:06:32 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /htdocs
The operator of the server ak-vds.de does log the IP addresses of its visitors. The logs are deleted after a few weeks.
Portal
We use a software called Joomla to run our portal. Once you choose a language, a session cookie containing your language of choice is stored on your computer. These cookies are not stored by us.
Wiki
When you edit pages in our Wiki, we store neither your user ID nor your IP address. However, the contents you enter is stored in the version history, and cannot be deleted even by later changes. If you create a user account with the Wiki, it cannot be deleted, although the associated information can be changed.
The Wikimedia software uses cookies when you edit articles. These cookies are stored on your computer and are not logged by us.
Contact Form
If you send us a message via the contact form, only the information you enter is submitted, and nothing else. For instance,
- your IP address or
- information about your computer (browser etc.)
will not be submitted.
Your information is submitted to the seven members of the Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung who handle questions.
E-Mails
E-mails sent to the addresses given on the contact page are sent to the seven members of the Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung who handle questions.
Mailing Lists
We do not create a central archive of our mailing lists. The mail server logs who sent whom an e-mail and at what time, including the IP address of the users. This information is deleted every 2-3 weeks.
Actions
Constitutional Complaint
When you register for participation in the constitutional complaint, only the information you submit is stored. Your information is used exclusively for the complaint. It is neither stored, nor used for other purposes, nor given to third parties. With your consent, we add your name and place of residence to the list of complainants on the Internet. We use a robots.txt file in an attempt to prevent search engines from scanning this list.
Written forms of participation will be entered into the online registration form by us and then forwarded to barrister Starostik.
Procurations received by barrister Starostik are handled with professional secrecy and will be kept confidential.
SPD, CDU, CSU campaign
When you register for participation at the SPD, CDU, CSU campaign, only the information you submit is stored. Your information is used exclusively for the campaign. It is neither stored or used for other purposes, nor given to third parties. Your name and place of residence is added to the list of signatories on the Internet.
Letters to Delegates
When you write a letter to the members of parliament, only the information you submit is stored and submitted. Your information is used exclusively for the campaign. It is neither stored nor used for other purposes, nor given to third parties. Your letter is anonymized and published on the Internet. After examining if it complies with our terms of use, we release it to be sent to the delegates of SPD, CDU, and CSU.
Questions
If you have any further comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.