Privacy Policy

Goethe-Institut Sénégal, place OMVS Immeuble Thiargane, 6ème étage, B.P. 25862 Dakar, Sénégal ("Goethe-Institut" or "we"), as the operator of the website www.goethe.de (the "Website"), is the controller of the personal data of the users ("you") of the Website as defined in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German data protection laws, in particular the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telecommunications and Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).

The Goethe-Institut takes the protection of your data very seriously. With this data protection declaration, we would like to transparently inform you about which personal data (“your data”) we collect, process and use when you visit our online presence or use the Goethe-Institut's web services.

Use of the Website for information purposes

You can visit our Website and use some of our online services without providing any personal information. Whenever you access a web page, the web server automatically stores access data in server log files, which are automatically communicated by your browser, such as the name of the requested file, the last website visited, the date and time of access, the browser used, the amount of data transferred, the IP address, the requesting provider, etc. In the context of data processing on our behalf, a third-party provider renders the services relating to hosting and displaying the Website for us. This service provider has its registered place of business in a country within the European Union or the European Economic Area.

All access details are stored for a period of 7 days. This data is analysed exclusively in order to ensure a fault-free operation of the Website and for a fault analysis.

Data collection and use for contact requests

We collect personal data if you provide us with this information when contacting us (e.g. via a contact form or email). Specifically which data is collected and which information is mandatory and which is voluntary can be seen in the respective input forms. We collect and process the data you provide in these cases in order to respond to your request.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 (1) lit b GDPR.

Our social media presence on YouTube

We maintain a YouTube channel. YouTube is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA.

We would like to point out that there is a possibility that user data may be processed outside the European Union. YouTube has sole access to this user data.

YouTube's privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Data security

We secure our website and other systems through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons, such as through SSL encryption

Your rights and how to contact us

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, the right to obtain access to your personal data processed by us to the extent described therein;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, the right to obtain the immediate rectification of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, the right to obtain the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessar
    • for exercising of the right of freedom of expression and information
    • for compliance with a legal obligation
    • for reasons of public interest, or
    • for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
  • in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the right to obtain restriction of the processing of your personal data, where
    • the accuracy of the data is contested by you;
    • the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its erasure;
    • we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or
    • you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
  • in accordance with Article 20 GDPR, the right to receive your personal data that you provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that the data be transferred to another controller;
  • in accordance with Article 77 GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your habitual residence, place of work or our company’s registered office.

If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, if you want to obtain access to or request the rectification, restriction of processing or erasure of data, or if you want to revoke any consents granted, object to a specific use of data or assert your right to data portability, please contact us:

Goethe-Institut Senegal

Immeuble Thiargane (6. Etage), Place OMVS, Rond-point de l'École Normale Mermoz

B.P. 25862 - C.P. 12524 Dakar, Senegal

Tel. +221 33 869 88 80

info-dakar@goethe.de

Right of Objection

Insofar as we process personal data as explained above in order to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you may exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you have the right to object only if there are grounds for this arising from your particular situation.

After exercising your right of objection, we will not process your personal data further for these purposes, unless we can provide evidence of compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. In this case, we will not process your personal data further for this purpose.

Cookies and Services

We use cookies and other web analysis technologies on various pages to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions. Below you will find details on which data can be processed by which service and for which purpose. If these services are used depends on your privacy settings.