Privacy Policy for this website

This is the privacy policy for the website of the initiative QUESTION ME & ANSWER that belongs to the association “SolidarityPlus - Verein für ein solidarisches Miteinander”. We want to be very transparent in how we use your data. Please write us an email to contact[@]questionmeandanswer.com if you have any questions or would like to exercise one of your data protection rights.

General information

This policy concerns the data management by “SolidarityPlus - Verein für ein solidarisches Miteinander”. It explains how “SolidarityPlus - Verein für ein solidarisches Miteinander” (‘we’) uses the personal data that is collected from site visitors, partners and other people interested in our work (‘you’). The relevant website is www.questionmeandanswer.com. ‘Personal data’ is defined in accordance with GDPR.

What data is collected

We collect the data listed below:

  • Name, phone number and email address of members of staff and interns

  • Any kind of data freely shared during written correspondence

  • Name, phone number and email address of partners and potential partners

  • Anonymised data on visits to our website and data about digital interactions f.e. the clicks on links in emails or followers on social media

How data is collected

The majority of the data we collect is provided directly by you, when you:

  • Speak to us in person or on the telephone

  • Fill out a form on our website

  • Communicate via email with us (and click on a link)

  • Subscribe to our newsletter

  • Attend an event organised by us

How your data is used

The data we collect from you is used to:

  • Send event invites to those who have explicitly requested to receive them

  • Keep partners and interested people up to date on our work

  • Communicate with existing partners to collaborate on various projects

  • Measure the effectiveness of some of our promotion efforts and be able to improve based on data insights

How your data is stored

Any information you provide to us may be stored on one of the following locations: 

  • Our email servers (gandi.net)

  • The webserver (squarespace.com)

  • On web analytics systems: Google Analytics and Squarespace

  • On our phones

  • On our computers

Promotion

We may send event invites and information on our current work to people who have explicitly stated that they want to receive these. If you signed up to our newsletter, you may opt-out at any time by writing us an email to contact[@]questionmeandanswer.com.

Your rights

We use your data on clearly established terms and want to be sure that you know your rights concerning the protection of your data.

You have the right to

  • access any data that we have collected from you. You can request a copy of your data anytime by sending us an email to contact[@]questionmeandanswer.com.

  • have your data corrected and completed if you believe it to be false or incomplete. Please just write us an email.

  • request we transfer the data we collected from you to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

  • restrict processing of your data, under certain conditions.

  • object to processing of your data, under certain conditions.

  • have the data erased that we have collected from you, under certain conditions.

Cookies

Cookies are digital tools that are placed on computers to collect standard Internal log information on visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website www.questionmeandanswer, we collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information on cookies, please visit AllAbout Cookies.

We use cookies to:

  • Track how many unique individuals (browsers) visit our page. The data is anonymised and not linked directly to your personal information.

  • Add auto-populated suggestions to address fields in scheduling so that you can complete forms faster (using local storage).

This website is run on Squarespace. The cookies used vary from site to site depending on the features it uses. Squarespace also uses Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information about how site visitors interact with the site.Visit the Squarespace info site for more information on how they work.

It is your choice whether you want to accept or reject the use of cookies on your browser. You can set any browser to automatically reject all cookies. Please be aware that some features on our website might not work without the use of cookies.

Privacy policies of other websites

Please be aware that our website contains links to other websites to which our privacy policy does not apply.

Making a complaint

If you wish to make a complaint about our data management and you think we didn’t address your concern adequately, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or the appropriate authority in your country.

This policy was last updated 3th October 2020.