Your privacy is important to us. This page explains which data simpleshow-foundation.org collects for what purpose, and how the foundation uses them. simpleshow-foundation.org is a website of the simpleshow foundation (the "Foundation," "we," "us" etc.), incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, established in 2014 in Miami, Florida. You may contact us at our address for legal notices below. We differentiate between usage data, which are generated “automatically” any time someone visits our website (see 1.), and personal data (see 2.). We collect and process personal data only to the extent permitted by law or if you expressly consent to our doing so (e.g. when using our application services).
1. Data Generated by Visiting our Website
a) Non-Personal Data
We store the IP address currently used by your computer in an anonymized form, your browser type, language preference and operating system, as well as the date and time of each visit. We also log the pages you view. We are not able to link this information to your personal data, nor is it our intention to do so.
b) Google Analytics
We use the software “Google Analytics”, a web analysis tool by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (hereinafter: “Google”). Our marketing department uses the information this tool provides to provide you with a high quality service on our website in order to make it as interesting as possible.
“Google Analytics” works as follows:
“Google Analytics” places small text files known as cookies on your computer, by means of which the software is able to analyze your use of our website. The data generated by these cookies regarding your use of our website are usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within the member states of the European Union or other contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is your full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. IP anonymization is activated on our web pages. Google will use this information on our behalf to analyze your use of our website, to create summarized reports on the surfing behavior of the users of our website and in order to provide us with further services relating to website and Internet usage. The IP address forwarded from your browser in Google Analytics is not linked to any other data collected by Google.
You can prevent the storing of cookies through corresponding settings in your browser software; please note however that in this case you may not be able to take full advantage of the functionalities of our website. You also have the option of preventing the collection of data relating to your use of our website and generated by this cookie (including your IP address) and the processing of your data by Google altogether. To do so, download the following browser plugin and install it on your computer: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
c) Youtube
We use “youtube.com” to share and release explainer videos. These videos are embedded into our website where you can watch them. By playing the videos on our website you are accepting the privacy policy of youtube.com, since they are able to track your data, just as if you were on their page. Please take a close look at youtube’s privacy policy here: https://www.youtube.com/static?template=privacy_guidelines
2. Personal data
Personal data will only be collected and stored if you sign up for either our newsletter or volunteer program.
a) Definition
Personal data are items of information that can be connected back to a person, i.e. data through which you are identifiable as an individual or company, or that can be assigned to you. Personal data include what are known as master data, i.e. data that are required to form, define or alter contractual relationships between you and simpleshow foundation, such as your name and contact data (e-mail).
b) Your rights
If you contact us personally, e.g. in order to subscribe to our newsletter or sign up for our volunteer program, we store and use your personal data. Insofar as the law requires that you expressly consent to this use of your data, we will inform you specifically. You can withdraw your consent by e-mail (see below) at any time, effective for the future. In particular, you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. You also have the right to request information on the data we hold on you, free of charge. In addition, you have the right to demand that we amend, block or delete your data in accordance with legal regulations. Should you wish to contact us regarding your personal data, please e-mail us at info@simpleshow-foundation.org
c) Usage
Your personal data will only be used for the purposes described here and to the extent necessary to achieve these purposes. Personal Data is required when signing up for our volunteer program. We use your contact information in order to contact you, to send you news in form of a newsletter (e.g. to inform you of a new campaign topic) and to create volunteer and other certificates to send you.