Effective Date: January 2026
Personal data (usually referred to just as „data“ below) will only be processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents, and the services offered there.
Per Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the „GDPR“), „processing“ refers to any operation or set of operations such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment, or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction performed on personal data, whether by automated means or not.
The following privacy policy is intended to inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis for the processing of such data either under our own control or in conjunction with others. We also inform you below about the third-party components we use to optimize our website and improve the user experience which may result in said third parties also processing data they collect and control.
I. Information about us as controllers of your data
The party responsible for this website (the “controller”) for purposes of data protection law is:
Association for Objective Hermeneutics /
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Objektive Hermeneutik e.V.
c/o Prof.in Dr. Mirja Silkenbeumer
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaften
Institut für Sonderpädagogik
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
D-60629 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Telephone: +49 69 34868829
E-Mail: as provided on the website contact link objective-hermeneutics.com
Data Protection Officer:
We have not appointed a formal data protection officer because this website does not carry out high-risk processing as defined in the GDPR and qualifies as a scholarly organizational site without commercial processing obligations.
II. The rights of users and data subjects
With regard to the data processing to be described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right
- to confirmation of whether data concerning them is being processed, information about the data being processed, further information about the nature of the data processing, and copies of the data (cf. also Art. 15 GDPR);
- to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (cf. also Art. 16 GDPR);
- to the immediate deletion of data concerning them (cf. also Art. 17 DSGVO), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary as stipulated in Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, to restrict said processing per Art. 18 GDPR;
- to receive copies of the data concerning them and/or provided by them and to have the same transmitted to other providers/controllers (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);
- to file complaints with the supervisory authority if they believe that data concerning them is being processed by the controller in breach of data protection provisions (see also Art. 77 GDPR).
In addition, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Art. 16, 17 Para. 1, 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. Nevertheless, users have a right to information about these recipients.
Likewise, under Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the controller’s future processing of their data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permissible.
III. Information about the data processing
a) General Principles
Data processed in connection with use of this website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases, unless statutory retention requirements apply.
b) Contact
If you contact us via email contact link provided on the site, the personal data you provide (such as name and email address) will be used for the purpose of processing and responding to your inquiry.
- Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (processing necessary for performance of correspondence)
- Retention: Until your inquiry is fully answered and no further legal obligation to retain applies.
c) Server Log Data
For technical reasons, when you access the website, the following information may be collected automatically by our hosting provider in server log files:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL (the webpage from which you reached our site)
- Pages visited on this site
- Date and time of visit
- IP address
This data is collected to ensure a secure and stable website and is not associated with personal data collected elsewhere. It is stored temporarily and deleted after no more than seven days, except when retention is necessary for evidentiary purposes.
- Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in website security and optimization)
- Purpose: Improve stability, security, and performance of the website.
IV. Cookies
Our website may use cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that enable the website to recognize repeat visits and improve functionality.
Most cookies on this site are “session cookies” that are deleted once you close your browser. You can prevent cookies by adjusting browser settings, although this may limit the functionality of the website.
- Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR
V. Third-Party Components
At this time, our website does not use Matomo/Piwik, Feedburner, Google Fonts, FontAwesome, or similar third-party tracking tools. The existing privacy policy page predates current technology and references outdated technology not actively deployed on objective-hermeneutics.com objective-hermeneutics.com.
If third-party analytics, tracking, or font services are added in the future, they will be disclosed here with detail on data collected and user controls.
VI. Links to External Sites
Our website includes some links to external resources (e.g., bibliographic sources, organizational homepages). We are not responsible for the data practices, privacy policies, or content of these external sites.
- Legal basis: Not applicable; external content beyond our control
VII. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy as necessary. The current version will be posted here with an updated effective date.
Contact for Data Protection Queries
If you have any questions regarding data protection on this website or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us via the contact link provided on the website.
Notes
- This privacy policy is targeted to compliance with the GDPR as applicable to sites hosted and operated in Germany/EU.
- No external cookies or tracking tools are deployed unless explicitly activated with consent in future site updates.
- If additional data processing features are introduced (e.g., newsletter, login), a supplementary data processing annex will be required.
