Data privacy
You can find the general privacy policy for WWF Deutschland at the following link. Privacy policy Furthermore, the following personal data is available for use by the WWF Academy: We process your personal data to provide and operate the learning platform. This is done exclusively for the intended purpose of providing further education, training and information. This personal data includes personal master data, contract master data, communication data and possibly billing and payment data, which are provided and required for registration and use. The legal basis for processing personal data arises from Art. 6(1) lit. b GDPR as well as Section 26(1) Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz - BDSG). Operation of the learning platform involves the relevant staff of WWF Germany, service providers and contract partners, who may have access to your personal data. This includes, in particular, partners of WWF Germany and, where appropriate, adult education centres that offer or provide content and training. Participants in the education project may also be affected in some circumstances. CLICK&LEARN GmbH, Petrinumstraße 12/3, 4040 Linz, as the service provider for the use of the learning platform, is also included here and is involved under the terms of a data protection agreement. Your personal data will be retained for up to 5 years after a user’s last login. The data of employees of WWF Germany is deleted 10 years after the employment relationship ends. You will receive a reminder e-mail before this data is deleted. The retention period may be longer in certain circumstances to comply with legal requirements.
List of cookies needed by the system:
| Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | The PHP Session cookie. Used by the system to identify a user that is logged in. This cookie expires when the browser session terminates. |
| Support_pfd | A boolean that indicates whether the client supports native PDF preview. Expires when the browser session terminates. |
| CartId | A numeric identifier for the catalogue cart that is used to link visiting customers with actual users, once they sign in. Expires in 7 days. |
| c_request | A URL, used to satisfy deep-linking requests for returning users. Expires in 5 minutes. |
| ef_submit_users | A URL, stores the user's preference for a returning URL when creating a user. Expires when the browser session terminates. |
| ef_user | Contains a hash code that is used to implement the optional “remember me” operations for returning users. Expires in 1 month. |
| bypass_skill_test | An integer that stores the user's preference in regards to when a skill-gap test should be taken. Expires in 24 hours. |
| MyCoursesPersonalization | Stores the expand/collapse state of the “my courses” list for a user. Expires when the browser session terminates. |
| cookieTableRows collapsed navbar_hidden side_hidden theme_page_id |
These cookies are set by the client (not the server), and hold information on the user's system appearance settings. They expire when the browser session terminates. |
| announcement_ | A boolean that defines whether a user has selected to hide an announcement. Set by the client, it expires when the browser session terminates. |
| cookie_old_browser_main | A boolean that is used to display a message to the user suggesting they update their browser version, if an old, with limited support browser version is detected. Expires in 1 month. |
| SimpleSAMLAuthToken SimpleSAMLSessionID |
These cookies are used as part of the system's SAML authentication process that enables users to remain logged in and allows the system to track unique login sessions. They expire when the browser session terminates. |
| selected_language | Users are allowed to select a language prior to their login to the system. Set by the client, this cookie holds that language's information. It expires upon browser session termination. |