Privacy Policy

With this privacy policy, we inform you as a user* about the nature, scope and purpose of the processing of personal data for the website of Mothers In Science. In so far as personal data is collected, processed and stored through the use of this website, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies. This applies in particular to the signing of our Open Letter “Global Call to Action for Mothers in Science”.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

I. Responsible body and general information on data collection
The responsible party for the processing of your personal data within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Isabel Torres, co-founder and CEO of Mothers in Science
Sonal Bhadane, co-founder and COO of Mothers in Science
Address: BP 40015
34171 Castelnau le Lez CEDEX

Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

II. Your data subject rights
According to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to free information about your stored data (Art. 15 GDPR) and, if applicable, the right to correction (Art. 16 GDPR), blocking or deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR) and a right to restrict the processing of personal data (Art. 18 GDPR). In addition, you have the right to complain to the data protection supervisory authority responsible for you.

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. Please send your request by letter or email, clearly identifying yourself, to our address or email given above.

If you wish to object to the processing of your data in accordance with these data protection provisions, you can also send your objection to the above address or email.

In case of desired secure transmission, please contact us by post.

III. Transfer of data to a third country or an international organisation
Data is only transferred to countries outside the EU or the EEA (so-called third countries) if this is necessary for the execution of your orders, is required by law (e.g. reporting obligations under tax law), you have given us your consent or within the framework of commissioned data processing. If service providers are used in third countries, they are obliged to comply with the level of data protection in Europe by means of appropriate measures (e.g. agreement on the EU standard contractual clauses) in addition to written instructions.

IV. Privacy policy for signing our Open Letter

1. Collection of personal data (GDPR Art. 6 (1) b))
Personal data will only be collected if you provide this information to the Mothers In Science initiative in the context of signing our Open Letter. Co-signing is only possible if you confirm that you have read and taken note of this privacy policy and expressly consent to the processing and publication of personal data in accordance with this privacy policy.

The following personal data will be collected as part of the submission or co-signing process: Name, email address, profession/title, organisation/institution, country.

Publicly displayed: Name, profession/title, organisation/institution, country.

2. Use and transmission of personal data
The data collected will only be used for the purpose of further processing our Open Letter. This may include sending documents by post or by email. Your personal data will only be stored, processed, passed on or otherwise transmitted to third parties in the context of processing our Open Letter.

3. Deletion
The personal data of the signatories will be deleted in the event of the dissolution of the MothersInScience initiative or if the original aims of our Open Letter no longer apply.

V. Contact forms for newsletters and information material
When requesting information material or subscribing to newsletters, you will be asked to enter personal data. We need this information to process your respective request. The provision of this data is voluntary.

We will only use the personal information you enter for the purpose you have requested and only within the MothersInScience initiative and the service providers commissioned with the respective service. It will not be passed on to third parties for other purposes.

VI. Links to social networks & web hosting
Our website also contains links to so-called social networks. Only when you click on these links does an exchange of data take place between you as a user and the social network. We expressly point out to the user that this data exchange can be assigned to your possibly existing user account with these social networks, namely Instagram and Twitter.

Our hosting provider, collects on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO, collects data about each access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes the name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and the requesting IP address. The IP address of all visitors is recorded to enable error tracking. No personal analysis is carried out.

Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g. for the clarification of abuse or fraud) for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is exempt from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.

Our Internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your terminal device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them. Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or to display advertising. Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions you have requested (functional cookies) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing them.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

VII. Use of our data
We hereby expressly object to the use of our contact data, published within the scope of the imprint obligation, by third parties for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam mails.

DISCLAIMER

Liability for contents
The contents of our pages were created with the greatest care. However, we cannot assume any liability for the correctness, completeness and up-to-dateness of the contents.

Liability for links
Our website contains links to external websites of third parties over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot assume any liability for these external contents. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal contents were not recognisable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete indications of a legal violation. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

Copyright
The contents and works on these pages created by the site operators are subject to copyright. Contributions by third parties are marked as such. Duplication, processing, distribution, or any form of commercialisation of such material beyond the scope of the copyright law shall require the prior written consent of its respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. The operators of these pages always endeavour to respect the copyrights of others or to use their own works or works in the public domain.