Privacy policy

Website Röchling Stiftung GmbH

1. Controller

Röchling Stiftung GmbH
Richard-Wagner-Str. 9
68165 Mannheim
Phone: +49 (0)621 4402 260
E-mail: info@roechling-stiftung.de
Website: www.roechling-stiftung.de

Represented by the management.

2. Data Protection Officer

The responsible data protection officer pursuant to Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Uwe Amrhein – Foundation Manager
Röchling Stiftung GmbH
Richard-Wagner-Straße 9
68165 Mannheim

For questions and concerns regarding data protection, you can contact the data protection officer at:

Tel. +49 621 4402-232
E-mail: info@roechling-stiftung.de
or at the postal address above.

3. General information on data processing

We only process personal data to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. Processing is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Safe and responsible behavior on the Internet

Röchling Stiftung GmbH encourages all parents and guardians to instruct their children in the safe and responsible handling of personal data on the Internet. Children should not transmit any personal data to the Röchling Stiftung GmbH website without the consent of their parents or guardians. We assure you that we do not knowingly collect personal data from children, use it in any way or disclose it to third parties without authorization.

4. Provision of the website and server log files

When you access our website, our web server automatically collects and stores information that your browser transmits. This includes:

IP address of the requesting device
Date and time of access
Name and URL of the file accessed
Website from which access is made (referrer URL)
Browser type and version
Operating system of the user

This data is used exclusively to ensure the operation and security of the website and is deleted or anonymized after seven days at the latest.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure provision of the website).

5. Links to other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. We have no influence on whether their operators comply with data protection regulations. These websites are mostly operated from abroad. The level of data protection in your home country cannot be guaranteed in other countries.

6. Cookies and Consent Management

Our website uses cookies to enable technical functions.
The consent banner is operated with the plugin “Real Cookie Banner” (WordPress).

Type of cookies: exclusively technically necessary cookies for managing consent

Purpose: Saving cookie consents and the selected settings

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR (legal obligation to obtain consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in legally compliant documentation)

Storage period: until consent is withdrawn or the cookie expires

You can manage the cookies set here: LINKS ANPASSEN

7. Contacting us by e-mail

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions, please contact us by email at info@roechling-stiftung.de.

When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, address, if applicable your name and telephone number, your message) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

8. Embedded content: YouTube

Videos from the YouTube platform (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) are integrated on individual pages.
The integration takes place in the so-called “extended data protection mode”, so that YouTube only sets cookies when you actively start a video.

When the video is started, a connection is established to YouTube servers. Data (including IP address, technical information about the end device used, pages accessed) can be transmitted to YouTube/Google.
Google may also process this information in the USA. The data transfer takes place on the basis of the standard contractual clauses (Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR).

Further information:
Google’s privacy policy

Legal basis: Your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (via the cookie banner). You can revoke your consent at any time.

9. External links (e.g. LinkedIn, X/Twitter)

Our website contains links to external social media presences on LinkedIn and X (Twitter).
When you visit our website, no data is transferred to these services.
Only when you actively click on one of these external links will you be redirected to the respective platform and their data protection provisions apply.

Data protection information from the providers:

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company

10. Recipients of data

Personal data will only be passed on to third parties if this is permitted by law or if you have consented. Data will only be transferred to third countries within the framework of the services mentioned in section 7.

11. Storage period

The personal data stored by us will be kept for as long as is necessary to perform a service that you have requested or to which you have given your consent, unless there are conflicting legal obligations such as commercial and tax retention periods. If data is no longer required to fulfill such purposes, it will be deleted beforehand. Server log files are regularly deleted after seven days, e-mail inquiries after six months at the latest.

12. Your rights

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

Information about the personal data stored (Art. 15 GDPR)
Correction of incorrect or incomplete data (Art. 16 GDPR)
Deletion (“right to be forgotten”) (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Objection to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

To exercise these rights, please contact the data protection officer named above.

Case-by-case right to object

(Withdrawal of consent (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR)

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) of Article 6(1) GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests), including profiling based on those provisions within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

The objection can be made informally with the subject “Objection” stating your name, your address and should be addressed to:

Uwe Amrhein – Foundation Manager
Röchling Stiftung GmbH
Richard-Wagner-Straße 9
68165 Mannheim
Tel. +49 621 4402-232
E-mail: info@roechling-stiftung.de

12. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.
The responsible authority for Baden-Württemberg is:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg (LfDI BW)
P.O. Box 10 29 32, 70025 Stuttgart
www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de

13. Data security

We use technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against manipulation, loss or unauthorized access. Our security measures are regularly reviewed and continuously improved in line with technological developments.

14. Changes to this privacy policy

The constant development of the internet makes it necessary to adjust our privacy policy from time to time. We reserve the right to make corresponding changes at any time. We therefore reserve the right to update this privacy policy at irregular intervals and to adapt it, for example, to changes in the legal framework. Please visit the website regularly to stay informed about any updates that may have been made.

Status: November 2025

This German version of our privacy policy is legally binding.