Legal notice

Responsible for the content
DBJW Estonia MTÜ
(Reg No: 2711134 at Tartu District Court)
Chairman: Peter Sinivee
Pärnu Mnt 418a, Tallinn – Estonia
Email: p.sinivee.dbjw@deutsch-balten.de
Legal content: Magnus Clauss

All information and explanations on these websites are non-binding. DBJW Estonia MTÜ assumes no liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content. No guarantee is given and no assurance of product properties is made. No legal claims arise from the content of the website. Errors in content are corrected immediately upon notice. The content of the website may not be permanently up-to-date due to delayed updates. Links to other websites are not continuously monitored. We therefore assume no responsibility for the content of linked pages.

Downloading data and software
DBJW Estonia MTÜ assumes no liability for the accuracy of data and software that can be downloaded from the website. The software is checked for virus infection by the German Baltic Study Foundation. We still recommend checking data and software for viruses after downloading using the latest virus scanning software.

Copyrights and other special protection rights
The content of this website is protected by copyright. One copy of the information on the Internet pages may be stored on a single computer for non-commercial and personal internal use. Graphics, texts, logos, images, etc. may only be downloaded, reproduced, copied, changed, published, sent, transmitted or used in any other form with the written permission of DBJW Estonia MTÜ. Product and company names mentioned may be registered trademarks or brands. Unauthorized use can lead to claims for damages and injunctive relief.

Protection of personal data and confidentiality
There can be no guarantee that any information or personal data transmitted to us will not be „intercepted” by third parties during transmission.

Liability
DBJW Estonia MTÜ is not liable for any damage. In particular, not for direct or indirect consequential damages, loss of data, lost profits, system or production failures that arise from the use of these websites or the downloading of data. If damage caused by using the website or downloading data is due to intent or gross negligence, the exclusion of liability does not apply. The legal relationship between you and DBJW Estonia MTÜ resulting from the use of the website is subject to the law of the Republic of Estonia. In the event of legal disputes with registered traders resulting from the use of this website, the place of jurisdiction is the registered office of DBJW Estonia MTÜ.

Data protection
DBJW Estonia MTÜ wants to promote user trust in the web and for this reason discloses how it handles personal data. Below you will find out what information is collected and how it is handled.

Explanations on data protection
As a rule, you can access all DBJW Estonia MTÜ websites without providing any personal information. If your name, address or other personal data is required in individual cases, you will be informed of this in advance. Your personal usage data is used to make and improve the DBJW Estonia MTÜ service as conveniently as possible for you.
If you decide to provide DBJW Estonia MTÜ with personal data via the Internet, for example so that correspondence can be processed or an order can be carried out, this data will be handled carefully in accordance with the strict regulations of the DPI.
When you access the website, DBJW Estonia MTÜ receives usage data that is stored for security purposes and may allow identification (e.g. IP address, date, time and pages viewed). This data is evaluated by DBJW Estonia MTÜ in order to learn about user behavior and compile statistics. There is no personal utilization. The statistical analysis of anonymous data records remains reserved.
Further information on data protection in the Republic of Estonia can be found here https://www.aki.ee/et

Disclosure of personal information to third parties
If data is passed on to service providers as part of order data processing, they are bound to the DPI, other legal regulations and contractually to the Privacy Policy of DBJW Estonia MTÜ. To the extent that DBJW Estonia MTÜ is obliged to do so by law or court order, it will transmit your data to the extent required to authorities authorized to provide information. For other purposes, the DBJW E stonia MTÜ will not pass on your data to third parties without your express consent.

Security
DBJW Estonia MTÜ stores your data on specially protected servers in Germany, Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. Access to this is only possible for a few persons authorized by DBJW ESTONIA MTÜ who are responsible for the technical, commercial or editorial support of these servers.

Right to withdraw
If you request DBJW Estonia MTÜ not to use your personal data for further contact and/or to delete it, this will be done accordingly. Data that is absolutely necessary is not affected by termination or deletion. Please understand that in the event of revocation, the personalized service can no longer be provided as it is based on the use of user data.

Use of cookies
Cookies collect text information during an online session and store it in a special file in ASCII format (cookie.txt) on the user’s hard drive. The user’s WWW browser controls where the cookie is stored. Cookies are information that is sent back to the server the next time you visit the website. They can only be read by the server that previously stored them.
DBJW Estonia MTÜ only uses cookies if they are absolutely necessary for user functions or if they make it easier to navigate the websites. The information will not be made available to third parties as cookies are only used for the above purposes.
Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, this function can always be deactivated in the browser. You can set your browser to notify you when cookies are being sent.

Links to other websites
The DBJW Estonia MTÜ websites may contain links to other websites. DBJW Estonia MTÜ has no influence on the editorial content of third-party websites or on whether their operators comply with data protection regulations.

Advertising
The DBJW Estonia MTÜ websites generally do not contain any advertising space. In the opposite case, the advertising is delivered via external ad servers. The data collected in connection with online advertising (ad impressions, ad clicks) is used exclusively for statistical evaluation and to create reports for advertising customers. No personal data will be used in the process.
Cookies may be used when delivering advertising without DBJW Estonia MTÜ having any influence.
Representative and person responsible for advertising:
Claudia Hempel, German-Baltic Future Foundation
Konstantin Wende, German-Baltic Future Foundation

Data protection

  1. Data protection at a glance

General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed below this text.

Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is provided error-free. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request that this data be corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice if you have any further questions about data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Analytics and Third Party Tools
When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This happens primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the Surf V received cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You can find detailed information about this in the following data protection declaration.

  1. General information and mandatory information

Data protection
The operators of these sites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating via email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
DBJW Estonia MTÜ
Chairman: Peter Sinivee
Pärnu Mnt 418a, Tallinn – Estonia
Email: p.sinivee.dbjw@deutsch-balten.de
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke any consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority
In the event of data protection violations, the person affected has the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the competent authority in Estonia.

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the data to be transferred directly to another person responsible, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct, block or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice for this purpose or for further questions on the subject of personal data.

Objection to advertising emails
The use of contact details published as part of the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, such as spam emails.

  1. Data protection officer
    Statutory data protection officers
    We have appointed a data protection officer for our association:
    DBJW Estonia MTÜ
    Chairman: Peter Sinivee
    Pärnu Mnt 418a, Tallinn – Estonia
    Email: p.sinivee.dbjw@deutsch-balten.de
  2. Data collection on our website

Cookies
Some of the websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and that your browser saves.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you require (e.g. shopping cart function) are based on document 32016R0679 saved. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies in order to provide its services in a technically error-free and optimized manner. If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, they will be treated separately in this data protection declaration.

Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of server request
  • IP address
    This data will not be merged with other data sources.
    The basis for data processing is Document 32016R0679 at DPI, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
    Processing data (customer and contract data)
    We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent that it is necessary for the establishment, content or change of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Document 32016R0679 at DPI, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. We only collect, process and use personal data about the use of our website (usage data) to the extent necessary to enable the user to use the service or to bill for it.
    The customer data collected will be deleted after the order has been completed or the business relationship has ended. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
    Data transfer when concluding a contract for services and digital content
    We only transmit personal data to third parties if this is necessary as part of contract processing, for example to the credit institution responsible for processing payments.
    The data will not be transmitted further or will only be transmitted if you have expressly agreed to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.
    The basis for data processing is Document 32016R0679 at DPI, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
  1. Analysis tools and advertising

Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This website may use Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).
As part of Google AdWords, we use so-called conversion tracking. If you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages on this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your Internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
The storage of “conversion cookies” is based on Document 32016R0679 at DPI. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
You can find more information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking in Google’s data protection regulations: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

  1. Plugins and tools

YouTube
Our The website can use plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of document 32016R0679 at the DPI.
Further information on how to handle user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Google Web Fonts
This site may use so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of document 32016R0679 at the DPI.
If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer will use a standard font.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.