Last updated: July 29, 2026
We are delighted about your interest in the conference “Positive Encounters 2026.” The protection of your personal data is important to us. Below, we inform you about the processing of personal data when using this website.
- Data Controller
The controller responsible for data processing under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
German AIDS Service Organization e.V.
Wilhelmstr. 138
10963 Berlin
For additional contact details, please refer to the Imprint
- Contact for Data Protection
For questions regarding data protection, please contact:
privacy@aidshilfe.de
- Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files (Hosting)
When you access this website, our hosting provider automatically collects information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits. This includes in particular:
- IP Address
- Date and Time of Request
- Name and URL of the Accessed File
- Browser Used, and if Applicable, Your Computer’s Operating System and the Name of Your Access Provider
Purpose of processing: This data is processed to ensure the technically error-free and secure operation of the website (including evaluations to guarantee system security and stability as well as for technical administration).
Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). Our legitimate interest lies in the aforementioned purposes for data collection.
Recipients/Data Processors: This website is hosted by Strato AG. A data processing agreement in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR is in place with Strato.
Storage Duration: Log files are automatically deleted after 43 days.
- Cookies (Cookie Consent Tool CookieYes)
This website uses a cookie consent tool (CookieYes) to obtain and document your consent for certain cookies. A technically necessary cookie ("cookieyes-consent") is set to store your cookie preferences and the consent you have given.
Purpose of processing: Proof and management of your cookie consent.
Legal Basis: Article 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25(2) TTDSG (legal obligation to document granted consents) and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in lawful and user-friendly consent management).
Storage Duration: The consent cookie is stored for 12 months.
- Further Data Processing
Beyond the aforementioned processing, no further data processing takes place on this website. In particular:
- The following takes place no registration/sign-up via this website.
- We offer no contact form no services of this kind.
- We offer no newsletter is sent.
- We do not use no additional external content (e.g., fonts, maps, videos).
- This website does not process no health data or any other special categories of personal data as defined in Article 9 of the GDPR.
- Your rights as a data subject
You have the following fundamental rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to information regarding the data we store about you (Article 15 GDPR)
- Correction incorrect data (Article 16 GDPR)
- Deletion of your data (Article 17 GDPR)
- Restriction of processingprovided legal requirements are met (Article 18 GDPR)
- Data portabilityif the conditions are met (Article 20 GDPR)
- Objection against processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (Article 21 GDPR)
- Withdrawal to a granted consent with effect for the future (Article 7(3) GDPR)
Feel free to contact the above-mentioned address of our data protection officer for this purpose.
- Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority:
Under Article 77 of the GDPR, you may lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you suspect that the processing of your personal data is unlawful. The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Alt-Moabit 59–61
10555 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 13889-0
Fax: +49 30 215 50 50
Email: mailbox@privacy-berlin.de
- Automatic translation during the conference
Some program items are marked with the label "Live Voice".
For multilingual translation during the conference, we use the AI-powered translation tool from Live Voice, a provider based in Austria. The service technically relies on the translation function of DeepL for this purpose. The processing of the required data takes place on AWS servers located in Europe.
Purpose of processing: Provision of the program with live translation in multiple languages.
Legal Basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in providing low-barrier, multilingual information to our international audience).
Recipient: Live Voice (Austria) as a processor accessing the DeepL API to deliver the translation service; data processing occurs on AWS servers in Europe.
Third-Country Transfer: Since processing takes place exclusively within the EU/European Economic Area (provider based in Austria, server location AWS Europe), no data is transferred to a third country.
Storage Duration: Live Voice/DeepL stores the data only for the duration of the translation.
