Privacy Policy


As of June 2026


We appreciate your interest in the MRN Rhein-Neckar gGmbH Elite Sports Scholarship and our website.

The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We process personal data exclusively in accordance with applicable data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and the Digital Services Act (DDG).

In this Privacy Policy, we inform you about what personal data is processed when you visit our website, for what purposes this is done, and what rights you have.


1. Data Controller

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

MRN Rhein-Neckar gGmbH Elite Sports Scholarship

O7, 17
, 68161 Mannheim

Phone: +49 (0)621 181 3217
Email: info@spitzensport-stipendium.de
Website: https://www.spitzensport-stipendium.de

Represented by the managing directors:

  • Klaus Wolfgang Greinert
  • Sarah Seidl


2. General Information on Data Processing

In general, you can visit our website without having to actively provide any personal information.

Personal data is processed only to the extent necessary to provide a fully functional website and to ensure IT security.

In doing so, we pay particular attention to the principles of purpose limitation, data minimization, and storage limitation in accordance with Article 5 of the GDPR.


3. Website Hosting

Our website is hosted and technically operated using the website builder from DomainFactory GmbH.

When you visit our website, our hosting provider automatically processes information in what are known as server log files. This includes, in particular:

  • IP address of the requesting device
  • Date and time of access
  • Browser Type and Browser Version
  • Operating system used
  • Pages and files accessed
  • Referrer URL (previously visited website)
  • amount of data transferred

This data is processed to ensure the security, stability, and functionality of our website.

 

The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring that our website is provided in a secure, stable, and fully functional manner.


4. SSL/TLS Encryption

To protect your data, our website uses SSL/TLS encryption.

One way to tell if a connection is encrypted is if the web address in your browser starts with "https://" and a padlock icon is displayed in the browser address bar.

Encryption ensures that data you send to us cannot be read or altered by unauthorized third parties.


5. Cookies

Our website uses technically necessary cookies to ensure the website's functionality, security, and user-friendliness.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and contain certain information. They do no harm and do not contain viruses.

Based on our current understanding, only technically necessary cookies are used on our website. Should this change in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy accordingly and—to the extent required by law—obtain your consent before using cookies that are not technically necessary.

You can configure your browser at any time to restrict or delete cookies. Please note that this may result in certain features of our website being unavailable or only partially available.


6. Retention Period

To the extent that personal data is processed when you visit our website, we generally store it only for as long as is necessary for the respective purpose of processing or as required by statutory retention obligations.

The processing and retention period for technical connection data (e.g., server log files) is governed by the guidelines of our hosting provider, DomainFactory.

To the extent that external services (e.g., Instagram, YouTube, or Weglot) are used when visiting our website, the privacy policies of the respective providers also apply.

For more information about data processing by DomainFactory, please refer to the hosting provider's privacy policy.


7. Instagram

Our website features a feed from our Instagram profile.

As a result of this integration, technical information (e.g., your IP address or information about your browser) may be transmitted to servers operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, based in Dublin, Ireland, when you visit the corresponding page. This may occur even if you do not have an Instagram account or are not logged in to Instagram.

If you are logged into your Instagram or Facebook account at the same time during your visit, Meta may associate your visit to our website with your user account. We have no control over the nature or scope of Meta’s data processing.

For more information about Meta's processing of personal data, please see Instagram's or Meta's Privacy Policy:
https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/

The integration of the Instagram feed is based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to provide up-to-date information about the elite sports scholarship and our activities in a clear and timely manner.


8. YouTube

Videos from YouTube are embedded on some pages of our website.

When you visit a page with an embedded video, the system first establishes a connection to our website. Only when you actively play the video is a connection established to YouTube’s or Google’s servers.

In this process, personal data—in particular your IP address and other technical information—may be processed.

For more information, please see Google's Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

The videos are embedded based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, in order to provide information about the elite sports scholarship in a clear and multimedia-rich format.


9. Language Selection (Weglot)

To provide multilingual content, we use the service Weglot.

When you use the language selection feature, technical information may be processed that is necessary to provide the selected language and display the content of our website accordingly.

For more information, visit:
https://weglot.com/privacy/

The legal basis for the use of Weglot is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to make our content accessible to visitors in other languages as well.


10. External Links and the DokuMe Application Portal

Our website contains links to external websites and services.

To apply for a elite sports scholarship, we use the external application portal DokuMe.

By clicking on the corresponding link, you will leave our website and be redirected to the application portal.

We use the external application portal DokuMe to manage the application process. Before you begin the application process, you will receive separate information there regarding the processing of your personal data.


11. Your Rights

To the extent that personal data is processed in connection with your visit to this website, you are entitled to the rights provided for under the General Data Protection Regulation:

  • Right to access personal data processed about you (Art. 15 of the GDPR)
  • Right to Rectification of Inaccurate or Incomplete Data (Art. 16 of the GDPR)
  • Right to erasure of personal data, provided that no statutory retention obligations preclude such erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 of the GDPR)
  • Right to Object to the Processing of Personal Data (Art. 21 GDPR)
  • Right to withdraw consent that has been given, with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)

If you have any questions about data protection in connection with this website or would like to exercise any of your rights, you can contact us at any time:

MRN Rhein-Neckar gGmbH Elite Sports Scholarship
O7, 17
68161 Mannheim

Email: info@spitzensport-stipendium.de


12. Right to File a Complaint

You have the right to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection laws.

The competent supervisory authority for our company is:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg (LfDI BW)

Heilbronner Straße 188
, 70191 Stuttgart

Phone: +49 (0)711 615541-0

Email: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de

Regardless of this, you may also contact the data protection supervisory authority in your usual place of residence or where you work.


13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy in response to changes in legal requirements, technical developments, or further enhancements to our website.

The current version published on this website applies in each case.