Privacy Policy

European Tea Culture Institute (ETCI)

1. Gen­er­al Inform­a­tion
The European Tea Cul­ture Insti­tute (ETCI) is a registered asso­ci­ation com­mit­ted to pro­tect­ing your per­son­al data in com­pli­ance with the Gen­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion Reg­u­la­tion (GDPR). This pri­vacy policy explains how we col­lect, use, and pro­tect your data when you vis­it our web­site (etci​.insti​tute).

2. Data Con­trol­ler
The data con­trol­ler respons­ible for the pro­cessing of per­son­al data on this web­site is:

European Tea Cul­ture Insti­tute (ETCI)
Prof. Dr. Hartwig Bohne
Can­tian­straße 18
10437 Ber­lin
Tel. 030 65 77 99 22
request@​european-​teaculture.​institute

3. Host­ing Pro­vider
Our web­site is hos­ted by all​-inkl​.com, a Ger­many-based host­ing pro­vider. The pro­vider pro­cesses data such as IP addresses in log files for secur­ity and main­ten­ance pur­poses. For more inform­a­tion, please vis­it all-inkl.com’s pri­vacy policy.

4. Data Col­lec­tion and Pro­cessing
We col­lect and pro­cess per­son­al data only to the extent neces­sary for the oper­a­tion of our web­site and ser­vices. The fol­low­ing types of data may be collected:

• Mem­ber­ship Inquiry Form: When you fill out our mem­ber­ship inquiry form, we col­lect per­son­al details such as name, email address, and any addi­tion­al inform­a­tion you provide.
• Serv­er Log Files: Our host­ing pro­vider auto­mat­ic­ally col­lects data such as IP address, browser type, and timestamps for secur­ity and optim­iz­a­tion purposes.
• We do not use ana­lyt­ics tools.

We pro­cess per­son­al data based on the fol­low­ing leg­al grounds:

• Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR – Pro­cessing neces­sary for the per­form­ance of a con­tract (e.g., mem­ber­ship applications).
• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR – Legit­im­ate interest in main­tain­ing and secur­ing our website.
• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR – Con­sent for option­al cook­ies and analytics.

6. Data Reten­tion
We retain per­son­al data only as long as neces­sary for the spe­cified pur­poses or as required by law. Mem­ber­ship inquir­ies are stored until pro­cessing is com­plete or upon with­draw­al of consent.

7. Data Shar­ing
We do not share per­son­al data with third parties unless:

• Required by law,
• Neces­sary for web­site oper­a­tion (e.g., host­ing provider),
• You have giv­en expli­cit consent.

8. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the fol­low­ing rights:

• Right to access (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to rec­ti­fic­a­tion (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Right to eras­ure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• Right to restric­tion of pro­cessing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to data port­ab­il­ity (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
• Right to with­draw con­sent (Art. 7(3) GDPR)

To exer­cise these rights, con­tact us at [Insert Email].

9. Secur­ity Meas­ures
We imple­ment tech­nic­al and organ­iz­a­tion­al meas­ures to pro­tect per­son­al data from unau­thor­ized access, loss, or misuse.

10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this pri­vacy policy from time to time. The latest ver­sion will always be avail­able on our website.

11. Con­tact Inform­a­tion
If you have any ques­tions about this pri­vacy policy, please con­tact us at:
European Tea Cul­ture Insti­tute (ETCI)