Privacy Policy


The protection of personal data and the responsible handling of information that you entrust to us are important and special concerns to us. The Autonomous Non-Profit Group "Global Redaction" processes personal Data only in accordance with legal regulations, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).


Data processing to enable website use

Usage data includes your IP address and data about the beginning, end and subject of your use of the website as well as identification data (e.g. Your login details when you log in to a secure area). In addition, this includes your Browser transmitted technical data such as browser type / browser version, the previously visited website (referrer URL), monitor resolution, operating system, possibly device information (e.g. device type) etc. We process this data for the provision and for the needs-based design of this website in our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If you would like detailed information on the balancing of interests, please contact one of the addresses mentioned under Contact Section.


Cookies and web analytics 

When you visit our website, information may be stored on your device in the form of cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your device. If you visit our website again, cookie data is again transmitted to our web server. For example, we can recognize you and take your individual settings into account when displaying the website. Cookies can be used in first-party cookies (used by Global Redaction/Webnode and third-party cookies (used by third parties). 


Web analysis based on cookies and web beacons 

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies (see section 2.5) to analyse the use of the website by to make them possible. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, your IP address will be stored by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and thus anonymized. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored 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 further information on website activity and internet usage to provide related services to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly or a privacy plugin. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and based on your use of the Website-related data (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link 

( https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).


Further information on data protection at Google Analytics can be found at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/ 


Google is certified according to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which ensures that the level of protection of natural persons guaranteed by the GDPR is not compromised by data transfers 

( https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000000001L5AAI&status=Active )


Social networks and embedded YouTube videos 

Our website contains links to social networks (e.g. Facebook or Instagram) and embedded videos of the streaming service Youtube.

These services are operated exclusively by third parties. If you follow the links or play videos, information may be transmitted to these providers. For the connection to social networks we use the so-called "Shariff solution". To ensure that no personal data is passed on when you visit our website. Only if you click on one of the social share buttons or watch embedded videos, data will be transmitted to the respective provider. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the provider as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be found in the data protection information of the of the respective provider.