The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We therefore ask you to read the following privacy policy carefully.
The purpose of this policy is to inform you about the reason for and extent to which your personal data will be processed when you visit our website. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the controller.
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
(1) Controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: “GDPR”) is:
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
Ackerstrasse 113 / Postfach 219
CH-5070 Frick
+41 (0)62 865-7272
info.suisse(at)fibl.org
FiBL Projekte GmbH
Postal address:
Postfach 90 01 63
D-60441 Frankfurt am Main
Street address:
Kasseler Straße 1a
D-60486 Frankfurt am Main
+49 (0)69 7137699-0
Fax +49 (0)69 7317699-9
info.deutschland(at)fibl.org
FiBL Österreich
FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Doblhoffgasse 7/10
A-1010 Wien
+43 (0)1 9076313
info.oesterreich(at)fibl.org
FiBL France
Pôle Bio – Ecosite du Val de Drôme
150 Avenue de Judée
F-26400 Eurre
+33 (0)4 75 25 41 55
felix.heckendorn(at)fibl.org
FiBL Europe
Postal address:
Rue de la presse 4
B-1000 Brüssel
Street address:
Rue du Congrès 37
B-1000 Brussels
+32 (0)2 227 11 24
info.europe(at)fibl.org
(2) Contact details of the data protection office FiBL Projekte GmbH
Ralf Fix
datenschutz.de(at)fibl.org
(3) Contact details regarding questions on privacy and data protection at FiBL:
dataprotection(at)fibl.org
(1) According to the applicable laws, you have various rights regarding your personal data:
If you wish to assert these rights, please send your request by e-mail or by post to the address mentioned above.
(2) You also have the right of lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data with us.
(1) When using our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). If you want to visit our website, we collect the following information that is technically necessary for us to display our website and to ensure the stability, functionality and security of our website:
(2) The legal basis is our legitimate interest in ensuring a smooth connection setup and a comfortable use of the website as well as in the possibility to evaluate system security and stability and to pursue further administrative purposes in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.
(3) The data will not be passed on or used in any other way.
(1) Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive and associated with the browser you are using, and through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective and enable the use of certain functions.
(2) Our website only uses technically necessary cookies that guarantee the core functionality of our website. Some website functions cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, the browser must be recognised even after a page change. The user data collected through technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles. These purposes are also our legitimate interest in processing the personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
Below you will find a list of the cookies that are set on our website:
| Name | Purpose | Storage period | Type | Example content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookieconsent_status | Consent Cookies. This cookie indicates that the notice text in the banner has been read and actively hidden by the user. | 1 year | "allow" or "deny" or “dismiss” | |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie saves your current session with reference to PHP applications, thus ensuring that all functions of the site based on the PHP programming language can be fully displayed. | End of session | First-Party | pi5dne1fp3896ntelrlapvp0j1 |
(3) We integrate external content from third-party providers on our website. In this case, we explicitly point this out to you and obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO before you can activate the external content. The third-party providers may set cookies. For further information, please refer to the respective section on the corresponding third-party provider in this privacy policy.
(1) In order to enable a filtering of the FiBL job offers according to type and location, we use a local storage technology (also called "local data" and "local storage"). In this process, data is stored locally in your browser's cache, which can still be accessed after closing the browser window or exiting the programme - as long as you do not delete the cache - and can be read out.
(2) The data from the local storage are used to show you the appropriate vacancies filtering for location and job offer type. The following information is stored as local data:
(3) The data stored in the local storage cannot be accessed by third parties. They are not transferred to third parties and will not be used for advertising purposes. We use these techniques in our legitimate interest in order to be able to make you an attractive, fully functional offer; the legal basis is therefore is therefore Article 6, para 1 lit. f GDPR.
(1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services which you can use if you are interested. For this purpose, you must generally provide further personal data, which we use to perform the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply. In some cases we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly checked.
(2) Furthermore, we will inform you in the respective offer about a transfer of your data outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA). If the level of data protection in a country in which the data is processed does not comply with the applicable data protection regulations, we will contractually ensure that the protection of your personal data is equivalent to that in Switzerland or the EU/EEA at all times, for example by incorporating the EU standard contractual clauses.
(1) Furthermore, a Google search function is embedded on the website. When using this function, Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA or if you have your habitual residence in the EU/EEA or Switzerland Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, (hereinafter "Google") receives the technical cookie data described above to improve its services. The legal basis for the use of the Google search function is our legitimate interest in providing the Google search function Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.
(2) You can find more information in Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can find information about Google's privacy settings at https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/. You can review Google's terms of use at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html.
(1) We use the "Google Maps" component of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) or, if you have your habitual residence in the EU/EEA or Switzerland, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter "Google"), to visually display geographical information. By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding sub-page of our website. In addition, the following technically necessary data is transmitted: Name and URL of the retrieved file, date and time of the retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval (HTTP response code), browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL (i.e. the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider. This takes place regardless of whether Google provides a user account in which you are logged in or whether no user account exists.
(2) When you activate the content of Google Maps on our website, a connection to Google's servers is established. This tells the Google server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your Google account, you enable Google to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Google account. Furthermore, Google may store various cookies on your terminal device after starting Google Maps. With the help of these cookies, Google can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect statistics, improve the user experience and prevent fraud attempts. The cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them. If necessary, further data processing operations may be triggered after the start of Google Maps, over which we have no influence.
(3) Data processing is carried out based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the context of activating the content of Google Maps. This consent must be given again with each new website visit.
(4) For more information, please see Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy. Information on Google's privacy settings can be found at https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/. You can view Google's terms of use at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html, and the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en_US/help/terms_maps/.
(5) If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of the use of Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website can not be used. If JavaScript is deactivated, other website functions may also no longer work.
(1) If you send us enquiries via e-mail, your data will be stored for the purpose of answering the enquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. You will be required to provide your name and e-mail address. Providing a telephone number and other data is voluntary and serves to facilitate contact and to enable us to address you personally. These data are stored and used solely for the purpose of responding to your request or for establishing contact and the technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
(2) Your data will be deleted when your inquiry has been finally clarified and if no statutory retention obligations oppose this.
(1) On our website, we offer you the possibility to subscribe to our newsletter. For this purpose, you will be asked for your consent to the processing of your personal data when ordering the newsletter.
This newsletter informs you about current and interesting activities and events at regular intervals.
(2) To receive our newsletter, you need a valid email address. We will check the email address you have entered to ensure that you are the owner of the email address provided or that the owner has authorised receipt of the newsletter. This is done by means of the so-called double-opt-in procedure. This means that after your registration, we send you an email to the email address you provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration, your information will be blocked and deleted. In addition, we store your IP addresses and the times of registration and confirmation.
(3) After your confirmation, we store your email address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.
(4) You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter and unsubscribe at any time. You can declare the revocation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email, by email to newsletter(at)fibl.org or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the imprint.
(5) Dispatch service provider: We use the Mailjet Mailgun Technologies programme (Alt-Moabit 2, 10557 Berlin, Germany, hereafter Mailjet) to send our newsletter. We have concluded an order processing contract with Mailjet in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO. Mailjet processes data exclusively in data centres in the EU. Mailjet collects the openings and clicks of the newsletters sent. For further information on Mailjet's privacy policy, please visit: www.mailjet.de/privacy-policy/.
(1) On our website, we offer you the possibility to subscribe to our distribution list of FiBL Switzerland for media professionals. For this purpose, you will be asked for your consent to the processing of your personal data when ordering the media releases.
By subscribing to this distribution list you will receive the latest media releases from FiBL Switzerland by e-mail.
(2) To receive our media releases, you need a valid email address. We will check the email address you have entered to ensure that you are the owner of the email address provided or that the owner has authorised receipt of the media releases. This is done by means of the so-called double-opt-in procedure. This means that after your registration, we send you an email to the email address you provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the media releases. If you do not confirm your registration, your information will be blocked and deleted. In addition, we store your IP addresses and the times of registration and confirmation.
(3) After your confirmation, we store your email address for the purpose of sending you the media releases. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.
(4) You can revoke your consent to receive the media releases and unsubscribe at any time. You can declare the revocation by clicking on the link provided in every media release email, by email to media(at)fibl.org or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the imprint.
(5) Dispatch service provider: We use the Mailjet Mailgun Technologies programme (Alt-Moabit 2, 10557 Berlin, Germany, hereafter Mailjet) to send our media releases. We have concluded an order processing contract with Mailjet in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO. Mailjet processes data exclusively in data centres in the EU. Mailjet collects the openings and clicks of the newsletters sent. For further information on Mailjet's privacy policy, please visit: www.mailjet.de/privacy-policy/.
(1) You can make online donations to FiBL on our website. As this is an external service, you must activate it in advance.
(2) For this function, we use a service provided by RaiseNow AG, Hardturmstrasse 101, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland.
(3) RaiseNow processes name, email address, address and payment information such as credit card details for the purpose of processing donations. RaiseNow stores the email address if it has been entered. Name, address, payment information such as credit card number etc., are not stored.
(4) The transmission of data is encrypted. FiBL does not store any card data itself; your payment data goes directly through RaiseNow, which is certified by the credit card industry (PCI DSS). We have concluded an order processing agreement with RaiseNow in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO. RaiseNow uses the information exclusively to fulfil the donation processing and is obliged to comply with the applicable data protection regulations.
(5) If you use RaiseNow, the following cookies are set by RaiseNow:
| Name | Purpose | Storage period | Type | Example content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| epik_fibls-c607-default-form bzw. epik_fibls-c607-default-form_merchantparameter | Saves current widget entries such as currency, amount, payment type, etc. | |||
| _gat_rnwWidgetTracker | ||||
| _ga | 2 years | GA1.2.501466516.1631706263 | ||
| _gid | 1 day | GA1.2.55431076.1631699744 |
For further information on data processing with RaiseNow, please see: www.raisenow.com/de-de/datenschutz
(6) As an alternative to using RaiseNow, you can also transfer your donation directly to the FiBL Switzerland or FiBL Austria donation account.
(1) We use services of etracker GmbH (Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 2045 Hamburg, Germany, hereinafter: etracker) to analyse usage data. We do not use cookies for web analysis. Only website data from web servers are used, as well as certain information that the web browser transmits to the web server for the retrieval of web pages. This information makes it possible to link individual page views and interactions into coherent sessions. Encryption, together with a timestamp, prevents creating or linking user profiles. Due to the small number of information elements and the explicit time limit, it is impossible that an individual person can be linked and thus identified or made identifiable. Furthermore, the information is not made accessible to third parties, and the hash procedure used and the individual information are not disclosed. Also, etracker Analytics is not used for the "purpose of processing for the provision of personalised content and advertising, i.e. for direct communication with a specific person", but for the aggregated statistical evaluation of website usage.
(2) The data generated with etracker is processed and stored on our behalf by etracker exclusively in Germany and is therefore subject to the strict German and European data protection laws and standards. Etracker has been independently audited, certified and awarded a data protection seal of approval in this regard.
(3) The data processing is carried out on the basis of the legal provisions of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). Our concern in terms of the DSGVO (legitimate interest) is the optimisation of our online offer and our web presence. Since the privacy of our visitors is important to us, data that may allow a reference to an individual person, such as the IP address, is anonymised or pseudonymised as soon as possible. We do not use the data in any other way, combine it with other data or pass it on to third parties.
(4) You can object to the above-described data processing for analysis purposes (without personal reference) at any time. The objection has no adverse consequences.
In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that etracker will not collect any session data. Please note that if you delete your cookies completely, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted, and you may have to reactivate it. If you object to the data processing, the following cookie will be set:
| Name | Purpose | Storage period | Type | Example content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| et_oi_v2 | Opt-out cookie to save that you have objected to the web analysis (without personal reference and the setting of cookies) | "no" - 50 years | First-party, local storage | no|3138274773810 |
If you activate push notifications for this website through the "Signalize" service of etracker GmbH (Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg, Germany), a function of your internet browser or mobile operating system is used to provide the notifications for you. Only anonymous or pseudonymous data is transmitted for sending messages.
This data is only processed to deliver the notifications you have subscribed to and make notification-related settings. The legal basis for data processing, in this case, is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can configure the receipt of notifications at any time via the settings of your browser or mobile device. Information on how to unsubscribe for push notifications can be found at https://signalize.com/docs/sonstiges/opt-out-info/.
In order to make push notifications meaningful to you in terms of content, Signalize uses the preferences collected based on a pseudonymous user profile by
means of tracking pixels and, with consent, also utilising cookies, and merges your notification ID with the user profile of the website solely for the purpose of personalised messaging. Tracking technology is also used to statistically analyse notifications on our behalf. This enables us to determine whether a notification has been delivered and whether it has been clicked on. The data thus generated is processed and stored on our behalf by etracker GmbH from Hamburg, which provides the Signalize service exclusively in Germany and is thus subject to the strict German and European data protection laws and standards. Etracker has been independently audited and certified in this respect and is entitled to bear the ePrivacyseal data protection seal of approval.
The processing of data for the statistical analysis of notifications and in order to better adapt future notifications to the interests of recipients is based on our legitimate interest in personalised direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Since the privacy of our visitors is very important to us, data that may allow a reference to an individual person, such as the IP address, login or device identifiers, are anonymised or pseudonymised as soon as possible. A direct reference to a person is thus excluded. The data will not be used in any other way, merged with other data or passed on to third parties.
You can object to the aforementioned data processing at any time.
Below you will find a list of the cookies set by Signalize
| Name | Zweck | Speicherdauer | Art | Beispiel-Inhalt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| et_oip | Opt-in cookie for "signalize". If the customer chooses "no", the cookie is set with the value "no" and a validity of 30 days. If the client chooses "x" or presses the ESC key (no decision), the cookie is set with the value "no" for a validity of 1 day. A value of "yes" is not required, as this is implicitly given by the consent to the actual browser push. | 1 month | First-party, local storage | no |
| _et_coid | Randomly generated value for pseudonymous user recognition that is stored in a tracking ID. | 15 months | First-Party, Third-Party, Local-Storage | c4ea0cb50abce17c5eef462cdfc793e1 |
| et_oi_v2 | Opt-In Cookie stores the visitor's decision when the tracking opt-in is played on the customer's page. Also used for a possible opt-out. | "no" - 50 years "yes" - 480 days | First-party, local storage | yes, no|3138274773810 |
| signalizeIsSubscriber | Notes whether a visitor is also a Signalize subscriber, the entry is also only set if this is the case. If the visitor unsubscribes, the entry is deleted during the next PI. | Until deregistration* | Local Storage | true |
| signalizeSubscriptionChecked | Prevents re-checking of a subscription for each PI. Only set if the visitor is a subscriber. | Browser session | Session Storage | true |
(1) You can register for our seminars and events via our online application service. We use the Cvent platform provided by Event Tech Partner GmbH for the registration service. Event Tech Partner is a processor within the meaning of the GDPR, Art. 28 and we have concluded an order processing agreement. For further information on the Cvent platform, please refer to Cvent's privacy policy.
(2) For this purpose, the following data marked as mandatory data must be entered: selected event, first name, surname, organization, phone number, e-mail address, street, postal code, city and country. We need this data to register your online application for the selected course and to enable your participation in the course. The provision of further, specifically marked data is voluntary and is used in order to optimize the seminar content and to be able to use further contact options with you. You are entitled to withdraw your consent to the above paragraph at any time.
(3) The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in offering you an online application for our courses in accordance with Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.
(4) If you do not wish to apply online, you can also contact us at the address given in the imprint to register for our seminars.
(5) As part of the application service, you can voluntarily choose the option to release your data for the purpose of networking. Your details (first name, last name, organization, street, postcode, city, telephone, e-mail) will be recorded in a list of participants, which will be sent to the other participants by e-mail or given in person. Your data will be entered in the participant lists on the basis of your consent; the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. Your data will not be used for any other purpose than the compilation of participant lists. Consent to appear on the list is given separately for each seminar and can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
(1) If you have consented to the processing of your data, it is possible at any time to withdraw this processing for the future. As a result, your data will no longer be processed for the agreed purpose.
(2) If your data are processed on the basis of a weighing of interests in accordance with the legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you can object to this if you have special reasons against processing the data.
(3) You also have the possibility to object to the processing of your data for the purpose of direct marketing. Thus, your data will no longer be processed for the purpose of direct advertising.
