Privacy Policy

Below, we inform you about the processing of personal data on our website https://al-zman.org.

1. Name and contact details of the data controller
Elad Lapidot & Anoush Ganjipour
Al-zman – an initiative by Repolijis
Rethinking Modern Politics Through Jewish and Islamic Sources
c/o University of Lille
mail@al-zman.org

2. Scope and purpose of processing personal data
2.1 Accessing the website
When you access this website, your internet browser automatically sends data to the server of this website, which is then temporarily stored in a log file. Until automatic deletion, the following data will be stored without further input from the visitor:

IP address of the visitor’s device,
date and time of the visitor’s access,
name and URL of the page accessed by the visitor,
website from which the visitor accessed the website (referrer URL),
browser and operating system of the visitor’s device, and the name of the access provider used by the visitor. The processing of this personal data is justified pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The controller has a legitimate interest in processing the data for the purpose of establishing a connection to the website quickly,
enabling user-friendly use of the website,
recognizing and ensuring the security and stability of the systems, and facilitating and improving the administration of the website.
The processing is expressly not carried out for the purpose of gaining insights into the identity of the website visitor.

3. Disclosure of Data
Personal data will be disclosed to third parties if:

the data subject has expressly consented to this in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR;
disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, and there is no reason to assume that the data subject has an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing their data;
there is a legal obligation to disclose the data in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) GDPR;
and/or this is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. In other cases, personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.

4. External Hosting
This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, website access data, and other data generated via a website. a. This involves IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website access data, and other data generated via a website.

The use of the hosting provider is in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Our hosting provider will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations and will comply with our instructions regarding this data.

4.1 Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement
To ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded a data processing agreement with our hosting provider.

5. Cookies
Cookies are data packets that are exchanged between the website’s server and the visitor’s browser. These are stored on the devices used (PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when visiting the website. Cookies cannot damage the devices used. In particular, they do not contain viruses or other malware. Information is stored in the cookies that relates to the specific device used. The data controller cannot, under any circumstances, directly obtain information about the identity of the website visitor through cookies.

By default, most browsers accept cookies. Browser settings can be configured to either block cookies entirely or to prompt the user before a new cookie is created. However, please note that disabling cookies may prevent you from fully utilizing all the website’s features.

The use of cookies is intended to make using the data controller’s website more convenient. For example, session cookies can track whether a visitor has already visited specific pages of the website. These session cookies are automatically deleted when you leave the website.

Temporary cookies are used to improve user-friendliness. They are stored on the visitor’s device for a limited time. When the website is visited again, it is automatically recognized that the visitor has accessed the site previously and which entries and settings were made, so they do not have to be repeated.

Cookies are also used to analyze website traffic for statistical purposes and to improve our services. These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that the website has been visited before. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period.

The processing of data by cookies is justified for the aforementioned purposes in order to protect the legitimate interests of the data controller pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

If cookies from third-party companies or for analytical purposes are used, we will inform you separately about this within the framework of this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.

If cookies from third-party companies or for analytical purposes are used, we will inform you separately about this within the scope of this privacy policy and, if necessary, request your consent.

6. Notice Regarding Data Transfer
6.1 Data Transfer to the USA
Our website includes links to companies based in the USA. If you use these links and click on them, personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not considered a safe third country under EU data protection law. US companies are obligated to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, having any legal recourse. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, analyze, and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no control over these processing activities.

6.2 YouTube
We embed videos from youtube.com on our website. We have embedded the videos using the so-called “enhanced privacy mode.” This means that only when you use the playback function will YouTube place cookies on your device, which may also be used to analyze user behavior for market research and marketing purposes.

For more information about YouTube’s use of cookies, please see Google’s Cookie Policy.

6.3 Canal U
For more information about Canal U’s use of cookies, please see Canal U’s Cookie Policy.

6.4 Newsletter
You can subscribe to our newsletter on our website (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR “consent”). We use this newsletter for regular, automated event announcements and other information related to the work of our institution. If you wish to receive our newsletter, we require your email address. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We do not share any data with third parties. Your newsletter data will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from our newsletter and will no longer be processed for this purpose after you unsubscribe.

As part of the registration process, we use the double opt-in procedure based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f (our legitimate interest). This allows us to log the time of your individual registration for verification purposes.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your email address for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “Unsubscribe” link at the end of each newsletter. The lawfulness of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

7. Your Rights as a Data Subject
Insofar as your personal data is processed during your visit to our website, you have the following rights as a “data subject” within the meaning of the GDPR:

7.1 Right of Access
You can request information from us as to whether we process personal data concerning you. There is no right of access if providing the requested information would violate the duty of confidentiality pursuant to Section 57 of the German Tax Advisers Act (StBerG) or if the information must be kept secret for other reasons, in particular due to an overriding legitimate interest of a third party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an obligation to provide information may exist if, in particular considering potential harm, your interests outweigh the interest in maintaining confidentiality. The right of access is also excluded if the data is stored only because it may not be deleted due to statutory or contractual retention periods or serves exclusively for data backup or data protection control purposes, provided that providing the information would require a disproportionate effort and processing for other purposes is prevented by suitable technical and organizational measures. If your right to information is not excluded in your case and we process your personal data, you can request information from us about the following:

Purposes of the processing,
Categories of your personal data processed,
Recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data are disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries,
where possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that storage period,
the existence of a right to rectification or erasure or restriction of processing of your personal data or a right to object to such processing,
the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority,
where the personal data have not been collected from you as the data subject, any available information as to their source,
where applicable, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such automated decision-making,
where applicable, in the case of transfers to recipients in Third countries, unless the EU Commission has issued a decision on the adequacy of the level of protection pursuant to Article 45(3) GDPR, information on the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46(2) GDPR are in place to protect personal data. 7.2 Rectification and Completion
If you discover that we hold inaccurate personal data about you, you can request that we rectify this inaccurate data without undue delay. If the personal data concerning you is incomplete, you can request that it be completed.

7.2 Erasure
You have the right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) if the processing is not necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, and one of the following grounds applies:

The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were processed.
The legal basis for the processing was solely your consent, which you have withdrawn.
You have objected to the processing of your personal data that we have made public.
You have objected to the processing of your personal data that we have not made public, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing.
Your personal data has been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of your personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. There is no right to erasure if, in the case of lawful non-automated data processing, erasure is impossible or would involve disproportionate effort due to the specific nature of the storage, and your interest in erasure is minimal. In this case, processing will be restricted instead of erasure.

7.3 Right to object
You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if one of the following applies:

You contest the accuracy of the personal data. In this case, the restriction can be requested for the period necessary for us to verify the accuracy of the data.
The processing is unlawful, and you request the restriction of the use of your personal data instead of its erasure.
We no longer need your personal data for the purposes of processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
You have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR. The restriction of processing can be requested for as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate grounds override your grounds. Restriction of processing means that the personal data may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest. We are obligated to inform you before we lift the restriction.

7.4 Data Portability
You have the right to data portability if the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR) or on a contract to which you are a party, and the processing is carried out by automated means. In this case, the right to data portability includes the following rights, provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons: You can request that we provide you with the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us. Where technically feasible, you can request that we transmit your personal data directly to another controller.

7.5 Right to Object
If the processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) GDPR (performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority) or on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller or a third party), you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you. This also applies to profiling based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. After you have exercised your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

You may object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for direct marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling related to such direct marketing. After you exercise this right to object, we will no longer use the relevant personal data for direct marketing purposes.

You can submit your objection informally by telephone, email, fax, or to the data controller’s postal address listed at the beginning of this privacy notice.

7.6 Withdrawal of Consent
You have the right to withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. You can withdraw your consent informally by telephone, email, fax, or to our postal address. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of data processing carried out based on your consent before its withdrawal. After receiving your withdrawal, we will cease any data processing that was based solely on your consent.

7.7 Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you can lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority responsible for your place of residence or work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

8. Status and Updates to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is dated January 2026.

We reserve the right to update it from time to time to improve data protection and/or to adapt it to changes in official practice, case law, or technical requirements.