Privacy Policy

Responsible body and purpose of processing

The responsible body for this website in terms of data protection laws is:

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Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden KdöR 

Industriestraße 6-8

64390 Erzhausen, Germany

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Phone (federal office):

+49 (0)6150 / 9737-0

Fax (Federal Office):

06150 / 9737-97

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Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden (BFP) is a public corporation based in Erzhausen near Darmstadt.

It is represented by President Friedhelm Holthuis.

 

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We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

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The purpose of data processing is to operate a website with information on data protection and data protection law at the BFP and to present and offer services on these topics, as well as to provide a means of contact.

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When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, and similar information. This is exclusively information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person. This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the content you have requested from websites and is mandatory when using the Internet. We evaluate anonymous information of this kind statistically in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

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SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g., SSL) via HTTPS.

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Contact form

If you contact us by email or using the contact form, the information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for any follow-up questions.

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Deletion or restriction of data processing (blocking)

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimisation. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as required by the various storage periods provided for by law. Once the respective purpose no longer applies or these periods have expired, the corresponding data is routinely restricted (blocked) or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

 

Use of cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are usually set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that some functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies. You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory via your browser settings.

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Cookies used and their storage period:

• CSRF tokens - increase the security of the website against CSRF attacks, e.g. when entering data into forms: these are automatically deleted when the window, tab, or browser is closed.

• Session cookies (do not contain any personal data): these are automatically deleted when the window, tab, or browser is closed.

• Authentication cookies (optional – for simplified login/autologin): deleted after 365 days​

   

Your rights to information, correction, restriction, deletion, and objection

You have the right to obtain information about your personal data stored by us at any time. You also have the right to correction, restriction of processing (blocking), or, apart from the prescribed data storage for business transactions, deletion of your personal data. Please contact our data protection officer (see above) for this purpose. In order for a restriction or blocking of data to be taken into account at any time, this data must be kept in a blocking file for control purposes. You can also request the deletion of the data, provided that there is no legal archiving obligation. If such an obligation exists, we will restrict the processing of your data in any case. You can make changes, object to data processing, or revoke your consent by notifying us accordingly with effect for the future.

 

Data protection officer - data protection supervisory authority

The data protection officer of the Federal Association of Free Pentecostal Churches, Mr. Daniel Aderhold, is the head of the independent church data protection supervisory authority, which can be contacted in particular with complaints. He can be reached at the federal office (Industriestraße 6-8, 64390 Erzhausen - Tel. 06150 / 9737-14) or by email: datenschutz@bfp.de.

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Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to occasionally amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.