Last updated December 22, 2022
Your privacy is important to us. It is The DO School Fellowships gGmbH’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website and other sites we own and operate.
1a. Your access and use of the website of The DO School Fellowships gGmbH are governed by the present terms of use (the “Terms of Use”). By accessing, browsing and using our website you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted, without reserve, these Terms of Use, as modified from time to time by us.
1b. If we decide to modify our Terms of Use, we will post a new dated version on our website. Therefore, we invite you to consult these Terms of Use from time to time in order to familiarise yourself with any changes.
2a. The content of our website and namely but not exclusively the texts, marks, logos, diagrams, photographs, videos, sounds, music, layout, designs, know-how, technologies, products, and processes are the property of The DO School Fellowships gGmbH or its affiliated entities or are used with the authorization of the owners, and accordingly are protected by copyright, trademarks, patents and all other intellectual or industrial property rights which exist under applicable law.
2b. Except as provided in Section 3 hereinafter, nothing contained on our website shall be interpreted or construed as granting you a license or a right to use any such content of our website.
3a. You may download, display or print the content of our website solely for personal, non-commercial use, thereby retaining and reproducing each and every copyright notice or other proprietary rights notice contained in any information or other material you download. It is strictly prohibited to use the content of this website and the image of The DO School Fellowships gGmbH in a way The DO School Fellowships gGmbH can be associated to pornographic, violent or illegal activities or content with political, religious or governmental activities or content. You agree to stop using the content of this website and the image of The DO School Fellowships gGmbH upon first demand.
3b. The DO School Fellowships gGmbH neither warrants nor represents that the use of any content displayed on its website will not infringe the rights of third parties.
3c. You may upload and display material to our website. It is strictly prohibited to upload and display political, religious, governmental, pornographic, violent or illegal content on our website or to infringe the rights of third parties by uploading and displaying material on our website. You are responsible for any material and content you upload and display on our website and may be held liable in case of illegal material or content, violation of these Terms of Use or of infringement of rights of third parties.
4a. Any personally identifying data and information that you may send via the Internet to our website are protected and treated according to our Confidentiality Policy you are invited to read carefully before providing us with any such personally identifying data and information.
4b. Any other information or material communicated to The DO School Fellowships gGmbH through the Internet, by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, graphics or the like, is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of The DO School Fellowships gGmbH and may be freely used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Specifically, The DO School Fellowships gGmbH is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any such communication you send to the website for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, advertising and marketing activities using such information. Any such use is without compensation to those providing the information, nor anyone else.
4c. By submitting information, you are warranting that you own the material/content submitted, that it is not defamatory, and that The DO School Fellowships gGmbH’s use will not violate any third party’s rights. The DO School is under no obligation to use the information provided.
5a. Without prejudice to Section 6 hereinafter, any material, information and all that you find on the website are furnished to you without guarantee of any sort, express or implied.
5b. The DO School Fellowships gGmbH does not guarantee that its website or its content will correspond to your expectations, will not be interrupted, timely, secure and free of error.
5c. Any advice or information, be it oral or written, obtained from The DO School Fellowships gGmbH or during the use of services made available on the sites, shall not give rise to any guarantee.
6a. You access, use, browse and navigate on our website at your own risk and peril.
6b. You recognize and accept that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable regulations, neither The DO School Fellowships gGmbH, any of its affiliated entities, nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the website, may be held liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential damages, any injury to reputation, costs, losses, decrease in turnover or profits or liabilities of any nature whatsoever (even if the advent of such damage was known or could have been known by The DO School Fellowships gGmbH, capable of arising from your access to, or use of, or on the contrary the impossibility to use, the website or its content.
6c. All material and information which are downloaded or obtained by any other manner during the use of our website are without guarantee at your own risk and peril. The DO School Fellowships gGmbH assumes no liability for any damage or virus which could affect your computer equipment or other property by reason of your access to, use or downloading of any material from its website or for any illegal intrusion or intervention in the IT systems.
6d. The DO School Fellowships gGmbH reserves the right to interrupt or discontinue any or all of the functionality of its website. The DO School Fellowships gGmbH accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any interruption or discontinuance of any or all functionality of its website resulting from actions or omissions of The DO School Fellowships gGmbH or any third party.
The content of our website may contain inaccuracies or errors. The DO School Fellowships gGmbH reserves the right to make changes, corrections and/or improvements to such content any time without prior notice but does not assume any responsibility to do so.
8a. As a service to our visitors, our website may contain hypertext links leading to other websites that are not operated or controlled by The DO School Fellowships gGmbH. The DO School Fellowships gGmbH shall not be considered as responsible for these sites and declines all responsibility and liability in relation to their content, legality, accuracy or functions. 8b. The creation of any hyperlink to our website is prohibited without the prior written consent of The DO School Fellowships gGmbH.
9a. The present Terms of Use embody the entire agreement concluded between The DO School Fellowships gGmbH and yourself concerning the access and use of the website and its content. Any other terms or conditions issued by The DO School Fellowships gGmbH and governing its relations with you, in particular relating to its activities, shall supplement the Terms of Use; in the event of any inconsistency between them, the other terms or conditions shall prevail over these Terms of Use.
9b. The fact that The DO School Fellowships gGmbH tolerates a violation by yourself of one of the obligations set out in the Terms of Use, or does not enforce a right attributed to it there under or under the law shall not be construed as a waiver by it to invoke and enforce its rights.
9c. In the event that any provision of the Terms of Use is considered to be illegal by law or regulation, existing or future, or by a court ruling, then such provision shall be considered stricken, and all other provisions of the Terms of Use maintaining full force and effect between yourself and The DO School Fellowships gGmbH.
9d. The headings of the provisions of the Terms of Use are for convenience alone and shall not alter or modify the terms and conditions in any manner.
10a. The Terms of Use, as well as all relations between The DO School Fellowships gGmbH and yourself, shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
10b. Place of performance is Hamburg, Germany. In case of dispute, you accept the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Hamburg, Germany.
If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”) is used on this website. The use includes the “Universal Analytics” operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze a user’s activities across devices. This data protection notice is provided by www.intersoft-consulting.de.
Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. We would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended to include IP anonymization in order to ensure the anonymization collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.
Purposes of the Processing
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website and Internet use.
Legal Basis
The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Recipients or Categories of Recipients
The recipient of the collected data is Google.
Transfer to Third Countries
Personal data will be transferred to the USA under the EU-US Privacy Shield on the basis of the European Commission’s adequacy decision. You can download the certificate here.
Duration of Data Storage
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. User-IDs) or advertising identifiers are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.
Rights of the Persons affected
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by blocking the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functionalities of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the Browser Add-on. Opt-out cookies will prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must opt-out on all systems used. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics
We use the Retargeting Tool LinkedIn Conversion Tracking of LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (LinkedIn). For this purpose, our website integrates the LinkedIn Insight Tag, which enables LinkedIn to collect statistical, pseudonymous data about your visit and use of our website, and to provide us with aggregated statistics on this basis. In addition, this information is used to show you specific and relevant offers and recommendations, after you have informed yourself on the website about certain services, information, and offers. The relevant information is stored in a cookie. You may object to this form of data processing by adjusting your browser settings on your computer or on any other device with which you access our services. If you do not want us to place cookies, you may decline certain cookies on the LinkedIn settings page. Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy.
Data privacy statement concerning the use of LinkedIn Pixel
Within our Internet presence, we use the “LinkedIn pixel” from LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland (LinkedIn). This allows users’ behavior to be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a LinkedIn ad. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of LinkedIn advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and can help to optimize advertising measures. The data collected is anonymous to us, so it does not give us any indication of the identity of the users. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by blocking the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all functionalities of this website to their full extent.
Founder
Katherin Kirschenmann is founder and Chief Program Officer of The DO. In the past years she has built and worked in partnership with major institutions and corporations, including IKEA, H&M, the Deutsche Bahn, Unilever, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and various UN organizations.
Katherin is an international speaker, executive facilitator, and TV host with Deutsche Welle. She draws on her wide international experience across sectors to develop new ways to co-create innovation, develop Purposeful DOers, and impact entrepreneurs. Engagements under her leadership have empowered thousands of individuals and businesses to create meaningful innovation and lasting social change.
Before founding The DO, Katherin gained 10 years of experience in consulting as well as the inter-governmental and non-profit sector