Data Protection

The entity responsible for collecting and processing your personal data on this website is:

We collect personal data only when you voluntarily provide it to us — for example when you contact us via email, complete a contact form, or register for one of our training programmes. The data we may collect includes:

• Full name and professional title
• Email address and telephone number
• Organisation and job role
• Content of your message or enquiry
• Technical data such as IP address, browser type, and access timestamps (collected automatically by our web server)

This data is used solely to respond to your enquiries, process registrations, and improve the quality of our services. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and analyse site usage. Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your browser when you visit our site.

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Disabling essential cookies may affect website functionality.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — when you voluntarily submit your data via forms or email
• Contractual necessity (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) — when processing is required to fulfil a contract or take pre-contractual steps at your request
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) — for technical data collected to maintain website security and performance
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) — where processing is required by applicable law

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data. You may exercise any of these rights by contacting us at info@fife.institute.

If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. In Germany, this is the Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit of your federal state.

We may use a limited number of trusted third-party services to operate this website. Each processes data only as necessary and in compliance with applicable data protection law:

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Specifically:

• Contact enquiry data is retained for up to 3 years from the date of last contact
• Training registration data is retained for 7 years in accordance with German commercial and tax law
• Technical server logs are retained for 7 days and then automatically deleted
• Cookie data is retained in accordance with the durations set out in Section 3

Once the retention period expires, data is securely deleted or anonymised.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, destruction, or disclosure. These include:

• SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our server
• Access controls limiting data access to authorised personnel only
• Regular security reviews and software updates
• Secure data storage on EU-based servers

However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please contact us immediately.

We may update this data protection policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. Any material changes will be communicated by updating the revision date at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Continued use of our website after changes have been made constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this data protection policy or the way we handle your personal data, please contact us:

We will respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days in accordance with our obligations under the GDPR.