The AHK NEW YORK (German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.) takes the protection of your data very seriously. We want you to know in which cases we collect data and how we use them. We took technical and organizational measures ensuring that we and third parties will follow the regulations. In order to improve and develop our website and technologies as well as our services to you it is possible that this privacy policy may change. We recommend that you read this privacy policy very carefully from time to time.

Access to Internet Services

• name of recalled data
• date and time of recall
• transferred data volume
• affirmation of successful recall

The recorded data will be analyzed for the improvement of our Internet Services. If you order any informational, newsletters or brochures, we will ask for your name and other information. You may decide on your own if you want to give this information. It will be recorded on specially secured servers in Germany. The access is reserved to special authorized persons dealing with technical, commercial or editorial support or maintenance of the servers.

Privacy
Data that are kept as a result of a visit to AHK USA sites will only be transferred to third parties if this is obligatory under law or pursuant to a court order, or if the transfer is necessary for criminal or civil proceedings due to attacks on the AHK’s Internet infrastructure. We do not sell, rent or give away personal information to third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you order informational material, we will use your personal information only within the AHK and the companies who are contracted to undertake the printing and shipping. We do not forward your information to third parties without your explicit consent.

Use of cookies
On some sites cookies are used. We cannot always notify you of this. Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies. You can deactivate the cookies in your browser or change the settings so that the cookies are only saved for the duration of the Internet session.

Protection of minors
Persons under the age of 18 may not submit data to us without the permission of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from minors. We do not knowingly collect such data and do not forward it to third parties. 

Links to websites of other providers
Our Internet sites contain links to websites of other providers. We cannot guarantee that such providers abide by the confidential data regulations.

Contact:
For further information relating to the treatment of personal data in the AHK New York please feel free to contact us:

Nicola Michels
Director of Communications
German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
75 Broad Street, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10004-2489
Tel: +1 (212) 956 1770
Fax: +1 (212) 974 8867
nmichels(at)gaccny.com
www.gaccny.com