Introduction

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey is committed to protecting your personal information when you use our services and website. This Privacy Statement relates to our use of any personal information you provide through the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey website.

In order to provide you with the best experience, we are sometimes required to collect information about you.

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey is committed to safeguarding your personal information. The material contained on the Site is for information only and does not constitute legal or other advice. The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey will act in accordance with the requirements of The Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017.

What information will the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey collect about me?

When you sign up to participate in or receive a service from the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey we may ask for personal information about you. This can consist of your name, email address, postal address or website URL. Different services may ask for different information.

By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey to provide you with the services you selected.

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey also uses cookies and collects IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet). We use analysis software (Google Analytics, Awstats) to look at IP addresses and cookies for the purpose of enhancing your user experience. This information is not used to develop a personal profile of you and the log files are regularly purged.

How will the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey use the information they collect about me?

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey uses your personal information in a number of ways including the following:

• to contact you about a submission you have made to the website, including any content you provide
• to personalise the way we present content to you
• to analyse and improve the services offered on the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey website

When will the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey contact me?

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey may contact you:

• In relation to any service you have signed up for
• where you have opted to receive further correspondence
• in relation to a contribution you have made to the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey website

You may opt out of receiving marketing material and other information from us at any time. This can be done by unsubscribing from email communications at the bottom of each email, or by contacting our data protection officer, Christopher Betley, to have your details removed.

Will the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey share my personal information with anyone else?

We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies). The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey does not sell or otherwise transfer any personal data to commercial companies or other organisations, with the exception of Web Statistics (see below) which is hosted and managed by a third party company (Google, Inc). We collect this information to help us understand how the website is used in order to maintain and improve it and to deal with your requests such as managing your account(s) and providing you with information about products and services.

Cookies, Web Statistics and third party monitoring

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey maintains continuous logs of its web server activity. These log files include the details of website users’ IP address, browser type and page last visited, etc. The log files are used to analyse how the website is being used by visitors and may be kept in an anonymised form for historical records.

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey website uses hosted web analytics software. This hosted service is provided and managed by a third party company (Google, Inc). The service ‘Google Analytics’ uses ‘cookies’ (a text file sent to users’ computers as they browse our website) to help analyse how users navigate our website. The information generated by the cookie regarding our website (including IP addresses) will be anonymised and transmitted to and stored by Google, Inc. on servers that may be hosted in the United States. Google, Inc. will use this information for the purpose of evaluating use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other related services to the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey.

Google, Inc. may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google, Inc’s. behalf. Google, Inc. will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google, Inc. You may decline the use of cookies by configuring your web browser to do so, but it may affect your user experience. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google, Inc. in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Offensive or inappropriate content on the the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey website

If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content anywhere on the website or to the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey website, we may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.

Where the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any of the laws of Guernsey (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), we may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, school email/Internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.

How long will the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey keep my personal information?

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service. Where you contribute to the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey will generally only keep your content for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted.

Who is the Data Protection Officer?

The German Honorary Consul in Guernsey has a Data Protection Officer who is responsible for matters relating to privacy and data protection. The Data Protection Officer can be reached by contacting Christopher Betley.

Can I find out what personal information the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey hold about me?

You have the right to access any of the information that we hold on you. You have the right to have any inaccurate information corrected and you have the right to object to the use of your information for direct marketing. To exercise these rights, please contact us by writing to the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey at the address shown on the contact page of our Site or by contacting Christopher Betley.

Changes to the the German Honorary Consul in Guernsey's Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to any of our websites.