PRIVACY POLICY

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We process personal data that is collected when you use our website (www.localsportsapp.de or www.localsportsapp.com) and, if applicable, as part of the registration of your association and the further use of our offers in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations, in particular the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

In this document we provide information about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and processing of your personal data in the context of the use of our services and about your rights.

By personal data, we mean all data that relates or can be related to an identifiable natural person (Article 4 GDPR).

I. Name and address of the responsible

Within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), responsible for all data collection and data processing that takes place in the context of the use of the offers on our website is

represented by Kristof Lintz and Tilmann Kipp

An den Wurthen 12
17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 (0) 385 77337 843
info@localsportsapp.de

II. Contact details of the data protection officer

Local Sports GbR

Mr. Tilmann Kipp
An den Wurthen 12
17489 Greifswald
Phone: +49 (0) 385 77337 843
kipp@localsportsapp.de

III. General information on data processing

(1) SSL or TLS encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the data required during the registration process or other requests that you send to us in our function as the website operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

(2) Scope of the processing of personal data
We collect and use your personal data only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website, to provide our content or for the use of our offers.
The collection and use of personal data that is collected as part of the registration process of a club regularly only takes place with the consent of a person authorized by the club (see also our Terms and Conditions). An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and/or the processing of the data is permitted by law.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you use the website/app. This is primarily technical data (e.g. location data, internet browser or time of page view/ app use). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website/app.

(3) Legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for data processing within the framework of the EU General Data Protection Regulation is derived from Article 6 GDPR. Depending on the situation in which we process your data, there may be different legal bases:

i.) Consent
Insofar as your consent has been obtained for the processing of personal data, Article 6 (1) a) GDPR is the legal basis for data processing. Consent that has been given can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

ii.) Contract
When processing personal data collected for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, Article 6 (1) b) GDPR is the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.

iii.) Legal obligation
Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6 (1) c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

iv.) Legitimate interest
If processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party and such interests are not outweighed by the interests of the data subject, the legal basis is Article 6 (1) f) GDPR.

(4) Data deletion and storage duration
Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may be stored longer if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which our company is subject. Your data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of your data for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

IV. Data processing

(1) Registration as a club
A club must be registered with Local Sports before the club's sporting events and other information about the club can be published on our website. We collect the following data during registration:
(a) First name and surname of the authorized person
(b) Role of the authorized person in the club
(c) Name and address of the club
(d) E-mail address of the authorized person/club
(e) Password for club login
(f) Telephone number of the authorized person/club (optional)
(g) Website URL of the club (optional)
The data you provide during registration is required for the initial creation of a club profile and for the possibility of contacting you if necessary.
The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) a) GDPR on the basis of your consent by confirming that you have read these data protection provisions on the registration form or in accordance with Article 6 (1) b) GDPR for the implementation of the contract.

(2) Posting of sporting events
Once you have successfully registered your club, you have the option of creating and publishing sporting events. We collect the following data when you create sports events:
(a) Title of the sporting event
(b) Date and time of the sporting event
(c) Sports category
(d) Location of the event
(e) Price of the event
(f) Further information about the event (e.g. accessibility, catering)
The information on the sporting events serve to describe your event as comprehensively as possible. The information required to create an event is not personal data.
As a registered club, you also have the option of entering and publishing additional information about the event in a free field. If personal data is entered and transmitted in this way, the processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) a) GDPR on the basis of your consent by confirming that you have read these data protection provisions on the registration form as part of the registration process. Please note that the transmission of personal data of third parties is not permitted without the explicit consent of these third parties. If we discover or are informed by others that this is being violated, we will immediately remove the event from our website and arrange for the immediate deletion of the corresponding personal data.

(3) Club profile
As a registered club, you have the option to book our chargeable premium offer. As part of this premium version, you have the option to create and maintain a comprehensive club profile under the "Club House" section. This profile can be assessed by all users of the website. The following data is collected and published in this case:
(a) Name of the club
(b) E-mail address
(c) Address of the club
(d) Website URL of the club (optional)
(e) Sport categories (optional)
(f) Telephone number (optional)
(g) Image upload (optional)
(h) Further optional information related to the club
Your club details give interested parties the opportunity to get to know your club better and to find out about current offers and promotions (e.g. via the bulletin board). The information about the club is not personal data, unless the required specification of an e-mail address allows conclusions to be drawn about a natural identifiable person. In this case, the processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) a) GDPR on the basis of your consent by confirming that you accept this privacy policy on the registration form as part of the registration process.
A club has the option of publishing additional information and individual offers (e.g. festivals, training times, etc.) in corresponding free spaces. If personal data is entered and transmitted in this way, the processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) a) GDPR on the basis of your consent by confirming that you accept these data protection provisions on the registration form as part of the registration process. The provision of personal data of third parties in these fields is not permitted without their explicit consent. If we discover or are informed by others that this is being violated, we will immediately remove the information/offers from our website and arrange for the immediate deletion of the personal data.

(4) E-mail contact
It is possible to contact us by e-mail and send us a message. The following data is collected and transmitted to us:
(a) E-mail address
(b) E-mail message
If you make use of this option, the data transmitted will be processed to answer your e-mail.
The legal basis for processing the data transmitted in the course of a request via email is Article 6 (1) f) GDPR. The legitimate interest of our company lies in customer care and in responding to requests addressed to us. If the e-mail contact is aimed at concluding a contract for the use of our offers, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 (1) b) GDPR.

(5) Provision of the website
Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. The following data is collected:
(a) Browser type and browser version
(b) Operating system used
(c) Referrer URL
(d) Host name of the accessing computer
(e) Date and time of the server request
(f) IP address
The data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not assigned or linked to other personal data of yours.
Temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to your computer. For this purpose, your IP address must be stored for the duration of the session.
These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing in accordance with Article 6 (1) f) GDPR. The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Article 6 (1) f) GDPR.

V. Use of cookies and external hosting

(1) Use of cookies
We use cookies on our website as well as other comparable tracking technologies, such as tracking pixels or local storage objects (LSO).
Cookies are text files that are stored on your device. Cookies can be read, transferred and changed by the website when the website is accessed. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit or browser session (so-called transient cookies). Other cookies remain stored on your device for a specified period of time or until you delete them (so-called persistent cookies). These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. We only use cookies with random, pseudonymous identification numbers. These identification numbers are used to evaluate your usage behavior on our website. At no time is this user profile assigned to the name of a natural person. If you use special functions of our website, cookies are also used for these functions.
Insofar as cookies and other technologies are technically necessary for the operation of the website, the legal basis for the use of these and the resulting processing of your personal data is our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6 (1) f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests lie in particular in being able to provide you with a technically optimized, user-friendly and needs-based website and to ensure the security of our systems.
The use of cookies and other technologies that are not technically necessary for the operation of the website and which are primarily used for analysis and marketing purposes, as well as the resulting processing of your personal data, is only carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) a) GDPR if you have given us your explicit consent.

(2) External hosting
All external cloud, server, and hosting services we use comply with the requirements of the GDPR. Where necessary, we have concluded appropriate data processing agreements with the service providers.

VI. Social Media

We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The individual social networks we use are listed below.
Social networks such as Facebook, Instagram etc. can analyze your user behavior comprehensively if you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (e.g. like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media profiles triggers numerous data processing operations with relevance to data protection.

In detail:
If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media profiles, the operator of the social media site can assign this visit to your user account. However, your personal data may also be collected if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media site. In these cases, data collection takes place, for example, via cookies that are stored on your device or by recording your IP address. With the help of the data collected in this way, the operators of the social media sites can create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. In this way, interest-based advertising can be displayed to you, both when you are logged in at the respective social media site and when you are not logged in. If you have an account with the respective social media site, the interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are logged in or have been logged in.
Please also note that we can neither reproduce nor trace all processing operations on the social media sites. Depending on the provider, further processing operations may therefore be carried out by the operators of the social media sites. Details on this can be found in the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social media sites.
Our social media profiles are intended to ensure the widest possible presence of our company on the internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) f) GDPR. The data analyses and processes initiated by the social networks may be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g. consent within the meaning of Article 6 (1) a) GDPR).
If you visit one of our social media profiles (e.g. Instagram), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media site for the data processing operations triggered by this visit. You can assert your rights (information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media site (e.g. against Meta).
Please note that, despite the joint responsibility with the social media site operators, we do not have full influence on the data processing operations of the social media sites. Our options largely depend on the corporate policy of the respective provider.
The data collected directly by us via your visit to our social media profiles will be deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to the storage of the data or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of social networks for their own purposes. For details, please refer directly to the relevant documents of the operators of the social networks (e.g. their privacy policies):

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Instagram
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/

LinkedIn
https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?

VII. Plugins and other tools

(1) Google Maps
Our website uses the Google Maps map service via an application programming interface (API). The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We include a map on our website that is provided by Google Inc. via the Google Maps API to better illustrate the locations of the sporting events. When you display the map, a connection to the Google server is established, during which, among other things, your IP address is transmitted to Google. Google can evaluate the use of the Google Maps function by the website visitor. Google also has the option of writing and reading cookies. These cookies may be Google user cookies that are directly linked to your person.
This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have no influence on this data transfer and further processing.
Further information about Google Maps can be found in Google's privacy policy and terms of use:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

(2) Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be connected to other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
The legal basis for our data collection with the Google Analytics software is your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) a) GDPR, which you can revoke at any time with effect for the future.
We have concluded an agreement for data processing with Google.

(3) Google Ads and Google Conversion-Tracking
Our website uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. As part of Google Ads, we use what is known as conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the internet browser stores on the user's computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used to personally identify the user. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.
Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google conversion tracking cookie via your Internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
The storage of "conversion cookies" and the use of this tracking tool are based on Article 6 (1) f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can find more information about Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking in Google's privacy policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and cookies are only allowed in individual cases; further, the acceptance of cookies can be excluded for certain cases or generally and the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser can be activated. Please note that if cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

(4) Stripe
We offer the option of processing the payment transaction via the payment service provider Stripe, Legal Process, 510, Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94103 (Stripe). This corresponds to our legitimate interest in offering an efficient and secure payment method (Article 6 (1) f) GDPR). In this context, you will be redirected to the pages of the payment service provider(s). Our company is neither the owner of these companies nor in a position to control them. If you interact with these third parties and choose to use their services, you share your data with them. Your use of these services is subject to the privacy policies of the respective companies, such as Stripe's privacy policy, Paypal's privacy policy, etc.

VIII. Rights of data subjects

As part of our data processing we process personal data from you. With respect to the third chapter of the GDPR, you are entitled to the following rights against our company, the controller of data processing.

You have
(a) in accordance with Article 15 GDPR, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
(b) in accordance with Article 16 GDPR, the right to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
(c) in accordance with Article 17 GDPR, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessary - for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; - for compliance with a legal obligation; - for reasons of public interest or -for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
(d) in accordance with Article 18 GDPR, the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if - the accuracy of the data is disputed by you; - the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it; - we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or - you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Article 21 GDPR;
(e) in accordance with Article 20 GDPR, the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another controller;
(f) in accordance with Article 21 GDPR, the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR;
(g) in accordance with Article 77 GDPR, the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or registered office of your club or our company headquarters.
You can assert your rights as a data subject using the contact details provided in Section II.

If you wish to exercise your right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in charge, please contact:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information M-V
Werderstraße 74a
19055 Schwerin
Telephone: +49 385 59494 0
E-mail: info@datenschutz-mv.de