Privacy Policy

German Centre Privacy Policy Details

Effective Date: [4.04.2025]

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at German Centre (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at [info@germancentre.org].

This privacy notice describes how we might use your information if you:

• Visit our website at https://www.germancentre.org/
• Engage with us in other related ways – including inquiries, donations, services, or events

In this privacy notice:

• “Website” refers to any website of ours that links to this policy
• “Services” refers to our Website and other related services, including care coordination, residential and healthcare services, communications, and events
  If there are any terms in this notice you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal Information Provided by You:

We collect personal information you voluntarily provide when you inquire about our services, donate, fill out forms, or otherwise engage with us. This may include:

• Names, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses
• Emergency contact info
• Health-related information (when necessary for services)
• Payment and billing details
• Job application information
• Communication preferences

Information Automatically Collected:

We may collect some information automatically, such as:

• IP address, browser type, and device information
• Site usage data and referral source
• Cookies and session data
• Location data based on IP or browser settings

We partner with Microsoft Clarity and similar tools to understand how visitors interact with our website. This includes the use of heatmaps and session replays to improve website performance and user experience. These tools may use cookies and similar technologies.

Information Collected From Other Sources:

We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.

In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers and services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, social media platforms, as well as from other third parties. This information includes mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or user behavior data), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising and event promotion. If you interact with us on a social media platform using your social media account (e.g. Facebook or Twitter), we receive personal information about you such as your name, email address, and gender. Any personal information that we collect from your social media account depends on your social media account’s privacy settings.

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

We use personal information to:

• Provide, manage, and personalize services
• Respond to inquiries and requests
• Maintain internal records
• Improve our website and offerings
• Communicate with you about our programs and updates
• Fulfill legal and regulatory obligations
• Send updates, fundraising appeals, or newsletters if you opt-in
• Protect the integrity and security of our organization
• To post testimonials

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

We may share information:

• With service providers or contractors that support our operations
• When required by law (e.g., subpoenas, legal claims)
• As necessary to protect our legal rights, safety, or compliance
• During organizational restructuring or transfer of services
• With partners for coordinated care, where permitted by law

We require all third-party partners to maintain appropriate security and privacy standards.

4. WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?

Categories of third parties we may share your information with include:

• Email and communications platforms
• Donor database software
• Legal and accounting firms (when necessary)
• Ad Networks
• Affiliate Marketing Programs
• Data Analytics Services
• Data Storage Service Providers
• Finance & Accounting Tools
• Performance Monitoring Tools
• Retargeting Platforms
• Product Engineering & Design Tools
• Sales & Marketing Tools
• Social Networks
• Testing Tools
• User Account Registration & Authentication Services
• Website Hosting and IT Service Providers

5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

Yes, we use cookies, tracking pixels, and similar technologies to enhance user experience, analyze traffic, and personalize content.

6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

If you choose to register or engage with us using a social media account (e.g., Facebook), we may receive limited data depending on your settings. This information is used only to provide a more personalized experience.

7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We keep your information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy unless a longer retention period is required by law.

8. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your data. However, no method of transmission is 100% secure. We encourage caution when sharing personal data online.

9. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 18 without parental or guardian consent. If you believe we’ve collected such information, please contact us.

10. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

You have the right to:

• Access and review your information
• Request updates or corrections
• Withdraw consent for marketing
• Request deletion of your data (as allowed by law)

To make a request, contact us at [info@germancentre.org].

11. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

We currently do not respond to DNT browser signals. As standards evolve, we may update this policy accordingly.

12. PLUGINS

Smush: Note: Smush does not interact with end users on your website. The only input option Smush has is to a newsletter subscription for site admins only. If you would like to notify your users of this in your privacy policy, you can use the information below.

Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers.

Smush uses the Stackpath Content Delivery Network (CDN). Stackpath may store web log information of site visitors, including IPs, UA, referrer, Location and ISP info of site visitors for 7 days. Files and images served by the CDN may be stored and served from countries other than your own. Stackpath’s privacy policy can be found here.

LiteSpeed Cache: This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily. Please see https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/ for more details.

The Events Calendar:

What personal data we collect and why we collect it:

• Event, Venue, and Organizer Information

If you create, submit, import, save, or publish Event, Venue, or Organizer information, such information is retained in the local database:

• Venue information: name, address, city, country, state, postal code, phone, website, geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude)
• Organizer information: name, phone, website, email
• Event information: website, cost, description, date, time, image

API Keys
We make use of certain APIs, in order to provide specific features.

These APIs may include the following third party services: Google Maps (API key), Meetup (OAuth token), PayPal (email, Client ID, Client Secret), Eventbrite (API key, auth URL, Client Secret), and Zoom (email, Client ID, Client Secret).

13. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Yes. If you reside in California, you may request:

• A list of data categories we shared for direct marketing
• Deletion or correction of your data
• A summary of your stored personal information

To make such a request, email [info@germancentre.org].

14. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

Yes. This notice may be updated as necessary. We will post updates on our Website with a new “Revised” date.

15. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

German Centre
Email: info@germancentre.org

16. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

To review, update, or delete your information, contact us at info@germancentre.org.