Data Privacy

We are the Goethe-Institute South Africa and operate the external website www.houseofafricanfeminisms.org next to our internal Goethe-Institut websites.

Our address is:

Goethe-Institut South Africa
119 Jan Smuts Ave
Johannesburg
Parkwood 2193
South Africa

Email: info-johannesburg@goethe.de

We address our readers and the people about whom we may have information as you. The information we may have about you is referred to as data. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important law on data protection in the EU and in Germany.

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.

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1. Use of our website

You do not need to provide any personal data on our websites. But even if you do not provide any data on our websites, we will collect some data about your visit. Your browser, i.e. the program you use to surf the Internet, automatically sends data to our network. We refer to this data as access data. Access data includes, for example, the website you last visited, your IP address and your Internet service provider.

The IP address is a number assigned by your Internet service provider that uniquely identifies your Internet connection, like a telephone number. Your Internet service provider can use this number to determine your name for up to 7 days. Therefore, an IP address is considered personal data and is protected by the GDPR. Important: We cannot derive your name from this. We do not have access to the information held by your Internet service provider.

We collect personal data if you provide us with this information when contacting us (e.g. via 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.

We are supported in the provision of our websites by companies that specialise in this field. We refer to these and other companies that provide services for us as service providers. It is possible that the employees of these service providers may see or otherwise process your data. In this case, we also want to protect your data from misuse as best as possible. That is why we conclude data protection agreements with our service providers.

You can review the Privacy Policy of our webhost Cargo Collective, who is based in the US, here: Cargo: Privacy Policy

2. Cookies and other web technologies

We use cookies and other web technologies on our websites. Together, we refer to these as cookies. Cookies enable us to ensure that

you can use our website with standard functions,
we and authorised cooperation partners can measure the use of our websites, and
we can display offers on our websites or the websites of our cooperation partners to certain users that match their previous usage behaviour.

All information about the different types of cookies, the legal basis for data processing and your settings options can be found at Privacy Settings.

3. Advertising via email and/or newsletters

If we receive your name and email address from you, for example because you have sent us an email, we may use this data to send you email advertising on the House of African Feminisms.
You can object to the use of your email address for these purposes at any time, in whole or in part, in writing or electronically, for example by email to hoaf@goethe.de free of charge and with effect for the future.

We process your data based on our legitimate interest in direct marketing. The GDPR permits this in Art. 6 para. 1 sentence f). § 7 para. 3 of the German Unfair Commercial Practices Act also applies to the use of your contact details for advertising by email or text message.
The legal basis for newsletters you have subscribed to is Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR.

We use your contact details, in particular your telephone number, for forms of advertising other than those mentioned above, for example for advertising calls, if you have given us your separate consent to do so. In this case, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 a) GDPR is the legal basis for data processing.

4. Our presence on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok

If you use our social media accounts on Facebook or Instagram, we are responsible for handling your data in various ways. In some cases, we are solely responsible, and in others, we are jointly responsible with the following providers:

Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 2/4 Grand Canal Quay, D02 R890 Dublin, Ireland
(Your provider if you use Facebook and Instagram within the EU)
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Your provider if you use Facebook and Instagram in other countries).

a) Data processing under own responsibility
aa) Exchange on our social media sites

If you use the community features on our social media sites (e.g. Messenger, comment function, "Like" button, "Follow" button, etc.), we use your data to respond to you. Depending on your personal settings, this may include: username, profile picture, date of interaction, age, gender, language, other data visible to us or content from comments or messages, as well as content that you publish on your own profile.
If you contact us with questions about specific offers, for example about our courses or events, we will respond to you in the same way: via your private message or on your public posts or comments. In addition, we also use your data if necessary to ask for your permission to communicate with you outside of our social media presence, for example by email or SMS (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 c) GDPR). The GDPR allows us to do so in Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 b) GDPR.

If you provide us with feedback (e.g. by commenting on or marking our posts or via private message), we process your data to improve our social media presence, our business processes, marketing measures and our support. The GDPR allows us to do this in Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR as long as you do not object.

bb) Social media monitoring
We evaluate the posts that users publish on our social media sites in order to improve the quality and further develop our content, improve our marketing and identify potential risks (e.g. political crises or the effects of natural events). For this purpose, we use the social media listening and analytics tool Talkwalker S.à r.l., 16, Avenue Monterey L-2163 Luxembourg.

We only evaluate your publicly accessible actions and contributions to forums, blogs and online news sites. This may also include individual quotes or other data, such as your username.
We carry out this evaluation because it is important to us to improve our offers, information and advice on possible political or environmental risks. The GDPR allows us to do this in Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR, as long as you do not object.

b) Data processing in joint responsibility with Meta
If you follow our social media sites or click on the "Like" button, Meta will add your profile to the list of all "followers" or "friends" and provide us with this information. We can only see the public information on your profile. You can decide which data this is in your profile settings.
When you visit or interact with our social media sites, we receive statistics about our "followers" or "friends" from Meta.
This may include, for example: age, gender, country, city, usage data and technical data such as visit time, interaction type, interaction duration, interaction frequency, page entry or playback duration.
Otherwise, we use the statistics in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1sentence 1 f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests or the interests of third parties, as we want to improve our offering and tailor it to your needs, further develop our services and offerings, and manage and improve our business processes. We also use the statistics for success analyses and targeted advertising. You have the option to object to targeted advertising in your settings.
If you are not registered with Facebook or Instagram, we do not receive any information from Meta about your visit or your use of our respective social media presence.

c) Deletion of your personal data
If you have given us your consent to store your contact details and information about your interactions on Facebook or Instagram in our customer management system, we will delete your personal data as soon as you withdraw your consent. We process the public information on your profile for as long as it is visible on our social media sites.

d) Contact for data protection questions
If you have any questions about data protection in relation to our social media sites, you can contact hoaf@goethe.de or use the contact details provided in the privacy policy of Meta.
You can find Meta's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/center/

5. Social plugins, widgets and embedding of videos

We embed third-party social plugins, widgets and videos on our websites, provided that you have agreed to this in your privacy settings. All legal information and your settings options can be found in your privacy settings.

In addition to the detailed information in the privacy settings, here are some examples of these technologies:

a) Spotify and Soundcloud widgets
Our websites use widgets from the Spotify and Soundcloud networks for the purpose of making our content interactive.

b) Content from social networks such as Instagram and Facebook

Content (posts, comments and/or channels) from Instagram and other social networks, such as Spotify and Soundcloud, may be displayed on our websites, in particular in our articles, via social plugins. The social media plugins can establish a direct connection to the servers of the respective network, which results in data being transferred to the provider. This may include the following data in particular:

Website visited
Browser information
Information about the operating system
IP address

c) YouTube and Vimeo video plugins
Third-party content from YouTube and Vimeo is integrated into our websites for the purpose of interactive design of our content.

6. Data security

We secure our websites and other systems through technical and organisational security measures. It is important to us that your data is protected against loss or unauthorised access, alteration or distribution.

7. Your rights

As a data subject, you have the right to:

Request information about your data (Art. 15 GDPR);
Request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data (Art. 16 GDPR);
Request the deletion of your data (Art. 17 GDPR). However, we may store your data despite your request for deletion if this is necessary:

to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
to fulfil a legal obligation;
for reasons of public interest.

Restriction of processing of your data (Art. 18 GDPR) if

you dispute the accuracy of the data while we are verifying its accuracy;
the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to have the data deleted;
we no longer need the data, but you need the data to pursue legal claims or
you have objected to the processing while we are reviewing your objection;

Request data portability, i.e. the right to receive the data you have provided to us in a common and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller (Art. 20 GDPR);
to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace for this purpose. The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit
Graurheindorfer Str. 153
53117 Bonn
poststelle@bfdi.bund.de

8. Right to object

If we use your data on the basis of legitimate interest, you may object to this. You can recognise these cases by the fact that we point out your right to object or cite Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR as the legal basis.

If we use your data for advertising purposes, it is sufficient for you to simply object to this. We will then no longer use the data for advertising purposes.

If we use your data for other legitimate interests, please provide reasons for your objection that arise from your particular situation. This is provided for in the GDPR so that we can review your objection and weigh your personal interests against ours.

If the assessment shows that your interests outweigh ours, we will not process your data any further. If we can demonstrate that there are compelling legitimate interests that outweigh your interests, or if we use the data to pursue legal claims, we will inform you accordingly. In this case, we will continue to process your data until we are required to delete it.

9. Data protection contact

Please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding data protection and your rights.

Goethe-Institut South Africa

119 Jan Smuts Ave
Johannesburg
Parkwood 2193
South Africa
Tel. +27 11 4423232
Email: info-johannesburg@goethe.de

Data Privacy

Tender – Freelance Position Project Coordinator for the project “African Feminisms – Rights, Representation and Resources” Tender – Freelance Position Project Coordinator for the project “African Feminisms – Rights, Representation and Resources”