Privacy

Protecting your personal data is important to us. This website of the Initiative für Wasserstoff in Ostdeutschland (IWO) does not store any personal data. To contact us via the contact form, providing personal data is necessary and will be collected and processed for that purpose. No data storage takes place. Furthermore, the website uses a limited number of cookies. Cookies may collect, process, and store personal data. Cookies can be disabled by the user at any time. A list of the cookies used can be found below.

1. Data controller
Initiative für Wasserstoff in Ostdeutschland (IWO) e.V.
Sachsendamm 63
10829 Berlin
Germany
Email: info@h2iwo.de

2. Hosting
Raidboxes
The provider is Raidboxes GmbH, Hafenstr. 32, 48153 Münster (hereinafter Raidboxes)
When you visit our website, Raidboxes records various log files, including your IP addresses.

For details, see the Raidboxes privacy policy: https://raidboxes.io/legal/privacy/.

The use of Raidboxes is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out solely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g. for device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Order processing
We have concluded a contract for order processing (AVV) for the use of the service named above. This is a contract required under data protection law which ensures that the service processes the personal data of our website visitors only on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. Contact Form
If you contact us via the contact form, the data you enter will be processed for the purpose of handling your inquiry.
Required fields are:
– First Name
– Last Name
– Email
– Message
Optional fields are:
– Title
– Organization
– Phone
– Fax
The data you submit will be forwarded via email to the team of the Initiative for Hydrogen in Eastern Germany (IWO) and used to process your inquiry.
Processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (legitimate interest in processing and responding to inquiries) or Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, to the extent that your inquiry relates to the conclusion or performance of a contract.

4. Cloudflare Turnstile
To protect our contact form from malicious automated access (bots), we use Cloudflare Turnstile, a service provided by Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
Cloudflare Turnstile is used to distinguish between human users and automated requests. In doing so, technical information such as the IP address, browser and device information, as well as other connection data necessary for bot detection, may be processed. Processing is carried out exclusively to ensure the security and functionality of the website.
The legal basis for the processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in protecting our website and our contact form from spam, misuse, and automated attacks.

5. No further data processing
In addition, no personal data is collected, stored or processed on this website.

6. Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

Access (Art. 15 GDPR)
Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Objection to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

To exercise your rights, please contact the address given above.

7. Changes to this privacy policy
If there are changes to our website or data processing, this privacy policy will be updated accordingly.

Last updated: June 2025