In accordance with the statutory provisions of data protection law (in particular the new version of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)), we inform you below about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data by our company. This privacy policy also applies to our websites and social media profiles. With regard to the definition of terms such as "personal data" or "processing", we refer to Art. 4 GDPR.

Name and contact details of the controller(s)

Our controller (hereinafter "controller") within the meaning of Art. 4(7) GDPR is

AWAKENING ALLIANCE LTD

Wenlock Road 20 - 22

N1 7GU London

United Kingdom

E-mail address: Click here for the contact form.

Types of data, purposes of processing and categories of data subjects

Below we inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection, processing and use of personal data.

Types of data that we process

Usage data (access times, websites visited, etc.), communication data (IP address, etc.),

Purposes of processing in accordance with Art. 13 para. 1 c) GDPR

Optimize website technically and economically, Enable easy access to the website, Optimize and statistically evaluate our services, Support commercial use of the website, Improve user experience, Make website user-friendly, Compile statistics, Prevent SPAM and abuse,

Categories of data subjects according to Art. 13 para. 1 e) GDPR

Visitors/users of the website,

The data subjects are collectively referred to as "users".

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Below we inform you about the legal basis for the processing of personal data:

- If we have obtained your consent for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis.

- If the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

- If the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g. statutory retention obligations), the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR.

- If processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d) GDPR.

- If the processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party and your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms do not prevail in this respect, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR is the legal basis.

Disclosure of personal data to third parties and processors

We do not pass on any data to third parties without your consent. Should this nevertheless be the case, the data will be passed on on the basis of the aforementioned legal bases, e.g. when passing on data to online payment providers for contract fulfillment or due to a court order or due to a legal obligation to hand over the data for the purpose of criminal prosecution, to avert danger or to enforce intellectual property rights.

We also use processors (external service providers, e.g. for web hosting of our websites and databases) to process your data. If data is passed on to the processors as part of an agreement on order processing, this is always done in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. We select our processors carefully, monitor them regularly and have been granted the right to issue instructions regarding the data. In addition, the processors must have taken suitable technical and organizational measures and comply with the data protection regulations according to BDSG n.F. and GDPR.

Data transfer to third countries

The adoption of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has created a uniform basis for data protection in Europe. Your data is therefore primarily processed by companies to which the GDPR applies. However, if processing is carried out by third parties outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, these must fulfill the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR must be met. This means that processing takes place on the basis of special guarantees, such as the EU Commission's officially recognized determination of a level of data protection corresponding to the EU or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations, the so-called "standard contractual clauses". To the extent that we are obliged to process personal data due to the ineffectiveness of the so-called "Privacy Shield", pursuant to Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR, we would like to draw your attention to the risk of secret access by US authorities and the use of the data for surveillance purposes, possibly without legal remedies for EU citizens.

Deletion of data and storage duration

Unless expressly stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as you withdraw your consent to the processing or the purpose for the storage no longer applies or the data is no longer required for the purpose, unless its further storage is necessary for evidence purposes or there are statutory retention obligations to the contrary. This includes, for example, commercial law retention obligations for business letters in accordance with Section 257 (1) HGB (6 years) and tax law retention obligations for documents in accordance with Section 147 (1) AO (10 years). If the prescribed retention period expires, your data will be blocked or deleted unless storage is still required for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

Existence of automated decision-making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

Provision of our website and creation of log files

If you only use our website for information purposes (i.e. no registration and no other transmission of information), we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data

- IP address;

- Internet service provider of the user;

- Date and time of access;

- Browser type;

- language and browser version;

- Content of the retrieval;

- time zone;

- Access status/HTTP status code;

- Amount of data;

- Websites from which the request originates;

- Operating system.

This data is not stored together with your other personal data.

This data serves the purpose of user-friendly, functional and secure delivery of our website to you with functions and content as well as their optimization and statistical evaluation.

The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR, which also lies in the above purposes.

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Cookies

We use so-called cookies when you visit our website. Cookies are small text files that your Internet browser places and stores on your computer. When you visit our website again, these cookies provide information to automatically recognize you. Cookies also include so-called "user IDs", where user information is stored by means of pseudonymized profiles. When you visit our website, we inform you about the use of cookies for the aforementioned purposes and how you can object to this or prevent their storage ("opt-out") by means of a reference to our privacy policy.

A distinction is made between the following types of cookies

Necessary, essential cookies: Essential cookies are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the operation of the website in order to store certain functions of the website such as logins, shopping cart or user input, e.g. regarding the language of the website.

Session cookies: Session cookies are required to recognize multiple uses of an offer by the same user (e.g. if you have logged in, to determine your login status). When you visit our site again, these cookies provide information to automatically recognize you. The information obtained in this way is used to optimize our offers and make it easier for you to access our site. When you close the browser or log out, the session cookies are deleted.

Persistent cookies: These cookies remain stored even after the browser is closed. They are used to store the login, to measure reach and for marketing purposes. They are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.

Cookies from third-party providers (third-party cookies, in particular from advertisers): You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website. Read more about these cookies in the respective privacy policies of the third-party providers.

Data categories: User data, cookie, user ID (inb. the pages visited, device information, access times and IP addresses).

Purposes of processing: The information obtained in this way serves the purpose of optimizing our web offers technically and economically and to provide you with easier and more secure access to our website.

Legal bases: If we process your personal data with the help of cookies on the basis of your consent ("opt-in"), then Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis. Otherwise, we have a legitimate interest in the effective functionality, improvement and economic operation of the website, so that in this case Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR is the legal basis. The legal basis is also Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR if the cookies are set to initiate a contract, e.g. for orders.

Storage period/deletion: The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. Cookies are otherwise stored on your computer and transmitted from it to our website. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.

Here you can find information on deleting cookies by browser:

- Chrome

- Safari

- Firefox

- Internet Explorer

- Microsoft Edge

Objection and opt-out: You can generally prevent the storage of cookies on your hard disk, regardless of consent or legal permission, by selecting "Do not accept cookies" in your browser settings. However, this may result in a functional restriction of our offers. You can object to the use of cookies from third-party providers for advertising purposes by opting out via this American website or this European website.

Purposes of data processing: Compliance with legal obligations, consent storage.

Legal basis: The legal basis for the processing of personal data is our legitimate interest in the above purposes pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR and the fulfillment of legal obligations pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR.

Storage period: Storage of the data until you delete the CMP cookie in your browser yourself or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. The proof of revocation of a previously granted consent is stored for a period of three years. On the one hand, the retention is based on our accountability pursuant to Art. 5 para. 2 GDPR. This obliges us to comply with the processing of personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. On the other hand, the retention is based on the regular limitation period of three years pursuant to Section 195 BGB. This limitation period begins at the end of the year in which the claim arose (Section 199 BGB). Consequently, the three-year limitation period begins at the end of December 31 and ends three years later at midnight on December 31.

Google Analytics

We have used the website analysis tool "Google Analytics" (service provider: Google Ireland Limited, registration no.: 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our website.

Data categories and description of data processing: User ID, IP address (anonymized). When you visit our website, Google places a cookie on your computer in order to analyze your use of our website. We have activated the IP anonymization "anonymizeIP", which means that the IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form. On this website, your IP address will therefore be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the controller. We have also activated the cross-device analysis of website visitors, which is carried out via a so-called user ID. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. Further information on the use of data by Google Analytics can be found here: Analytics terms of use, information on data protection at Analytics and Google's privacy policy.

Purpose of processing: Google Analytics is used for the purpose of analyzing, optimizing and improving our website.

Legal basis: If you have given your consent ("opt-in") for the processing of your personal data by means of "Google Analytics" by the third-party provider, then Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis. The legal basis is also our legitimate interest in the above purposes (the analysis, optimization and improvement of our website) in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. In the case of services provided in connection with a contract, tracking and analysis of user behaviour is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR in order to be able to offer optimized services to fulfill the purpose of the contract with the information thus obtained.

Storage period: The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after months. Data that has reached the end of its retention period is automatically deleted once a month.

Objection and removal options ("opt-out"):

You can generally prevent cookies from being stored on your hard disk by selecting "do not accept cookies" in your browser settings. However, this may result in a functional restriction of our offers. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link.

As an alternative to the browser plugin above, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by opting out. By clicking, an "opt-out" cookie is set that prevents the future collection of your data when you visit this website. This cookie only applies to our website and your current browser and only lasts until you delete your cookies. In this case, you would have to set the cookie again. You can deactivate cross-device user analysis in your Google account under "My data > Personal data".

YouTube videos

We have integrated YouTube videos from youtube.com on our website using the embedded function so that they can be accessed directly on our website. YouTube belongs to Google Ireland Limited, registration no.: 368047, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Data category and description of data processing: Usage data (e.g. website accessed, content and access times). We have integrated the videos in the so-called "extended data protection mode" without using cookies to record user behaviour in order to personalize video playback. Instead, the video recommendations are based on the video currently being played. Videos that are played in enhanced privacy mode in an embedded player do not affect which videos are recommended to you on YouTube. When you start a video (click on the video), you consent to YouTube tracking the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage or video on our website and using this data for advertising purposes.

Purpose of processing: Provision of a user-friendly offer, optimization and improvement of our content.

Legal basis: If you have given your consent ("opt-in") for the processing of your personal data by the third-party provider using "etracker", the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. The legal basis is also our legitimate interest in data processing for the above purposes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. For services provided in connection with a contract, the tracking and analysis of user behaviour is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR in order to be able to offer optimized services to fulfill the purpose of the contract with the information thus obtained.

Data transfer / recipient category: Third-party providers in the USA. The data collected is transferred to the USA and stored there. This also takes place without a user account with Google. If you are logged into your Google account, Google can assign the above data to your account. If you do not wish this to happen, you must log out of your Google account. Google creates user profiles from such data and uses this data for the purposes of advertising, market research or optimization of its websites.

Storage period: Cookies for up to 2 years or until you as the user delete the cookies.

Objection: You have the right to object to the creation of user profiles by Google. Therefore, please contact Google directly via the privacy policy below. You can opt out of advertising cookies here in your Google account.

You can find more information on the use of Google cookies and their advertising technologies, storage duration, anonymization, location data, how they work and your rights in YouTube's terms of use and in Google's privacy policy for advertising. Google's general privacy policy.

Rights of the data subject

Objection or revocation against the processing of your data

If the processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a), Art. 7 GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR, you may object to the processing. This is the case if, in particular, the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you, which is described by us in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either discontinue or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling reasons worthy of protection on the basis of which we will continue the processing.

You can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can exercise your right to object free of charge. You can inform us of your objection to advertising using the contact details above.

Right to information

You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed. If this is the case, you have a right to information about your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. This includes, in particular, information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the origin of your data if it was not collected directly from you.

Right to rectification

You have a right to rectification of inaccurate data or completion of correct data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.

Right to erasure

You have the right to erasure of your data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless statutory or contractual retention periods or other statutory obligations or rights to further storage prevent this.

Right to restriction

You have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data if one of the conditions in Art. 18 para. 1 lit. a) to d) GDPR is met:

- If you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

- the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead

- the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or

- if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it is not yet certain whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh your reasons.

Right to data portability

You have a right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, which means that you can receive the personal data we have stored about you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or request that it be transferred to another controller.

Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

Data security

We have taken appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect all personal data that is transmitted to us and to ensure that we and our external service providers comply with data protection regulations. Therefore, among other things, all data between your browser and our server is transmitted in encrypted form via a secure SSL connection.

Telegram

We also use the instant messaging service Telegram. The service provider is the international company Telegram Messenger LLP, based at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom. Further information on the data processed through the use of Telegram can be found in the privacy policy at https://telegram.org/privacy.

Systeme

We work with the platform systeme.io based in Ireland. Further information on the data processed through the use of systeme.io can be found in the privacy policy at https://systeme.io/de/privacy-policy

Zoom

We use Zoom. The provider of this service is Zoom Communications Inc, San Jose, 55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113, USA. Details on data processing can be found in Zoom's privacy policy: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://zoom.us/de-de/privacy.html.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that the provider only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.