Protecting your personal data is particularly important to us – not least because a connection to our association can be sensitive for people with ties to Iran. Below we explain which data we process when you visit this website and when you use our membership form.
1. Controller
Patriotic Doctors e.V.
Rahlstedter Bahnhofstraße 25
22143 Hamburg, Germany
Email: info@patriotic-doctors.org
represented by the Executive Board, Prof. Dr. med. Siroos Mirzaei and Dr. med. Atash Majlessi
2. Hosting and server log files
This website is hosted by STRATO GmbH, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany. When you access the website, the server automatically processes information transmitted by your browser: IP address, date and time, page requested, referrer URL, and browser and operating system. This data is technically necessary to deliver the website and ensure its security (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). A data processing agreement is in place with STRATO. Backup copies of the website are created regularly and stored on the server.
3. Visitor statistics
To understand how our website is used, we use the WP Statistics plugin. Analysis takes place exclusively on our own server; no data is transferred to third parties. IP addresses are anonymised and additionally hashed, so that no conclusions can be drawn about individuals. WP Statistics does not set cookies. The data is deleted after 180 days. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in anonymous audience measurement (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
4. Cookies
We use only one technically necessary cookie: pll_language stores the language you have chosen (Persian, German or English) for up to one year. The legal basis is Section 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We do not use tracking or advertising cookies.
5. Membership form
If you apply for membership using our form, we process the information you enter: salutation, academic title, first and last name (in Latin and, if applicable, Persian script), specialty, referring member, city, country, phone number, email address and your statement on accepting the statute.
This data is used solely to process your application and to manage your membership. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. As membership of our association may allow conclusions to be drawn about political opinions, we also process the data on the basis of Art. 9(2)(d) GDPR: it is used only in the course of our association’s activities and is not disclosed to third parties without your consent.
The information is stored in a database on our server. After submission, the board (at info@patriotic-doctors.org) and you yourself receive a confirmation email. If an application is not accepted, we delete the data. When membership ends, the data is deleted unless statutory retention obligations apply.
6. Contact by email
If you contact us by email, we process your information in order to handle your enquiry (Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR). The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for this purpose.
7. Links to social networks
Our website contains links to our profiles on X, Instagram and YouTube. These are simple links, not embedded plugins: merely visiting our website does not transfer any data to these services. Only when you click on a link are you taken to the respective provider’s site, which is responsible for its own data processing.
8. Security
Data is transmitted in encrypted form via HTTPS. To protect against attacks, the IP address and time of failed login attempts to the administration area are stored temporarily (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
9. Your rights
You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and to object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21). You may withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. Simply contact us at info@patriotic-doctors.org.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for us is: Der Hamburgische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information), Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 22, 20459 Hamburg, Germany.
Last updated: November 2026. In case of doubt, the German version applies.