Privacy policy

1. Controller and contact

The controller is IBR Institute of International Business Relations GmbH, Im Neuen Bühl 7, 71287 Weissach, Germany.

For privacy questions or requests, contact info@ibr-network.com or call +49 7044 9315-0.

2. Visiting this website

When a page is requested, the website host may process technical connection data needed to deliver and secure the site, such as IP address, date and time of the request, requested page or file, browser and device information, and error or security records. The purposes are to provide the website and maintain its availability and security. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

The site is designed as an informational website and does not provide a contact, application, or account-registration form. We do not use website analytics or advertising trackers in this version of the site.

3. Contacting IBR

If you contact IBR by email, telephone, or WhatsApp, we process the information you choose to provide, including your contact details and the content of your enquiry, to respond and handle any follow-up. The legal basis is taking steps at your request or performing a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR), or our legitimate interest in responding to business enquiries (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). WhatsApp and other external services process data under their own terms when you use them.

We keep enquiry records only as long as needed to respond and manage the enquiry, subject to any statutory retention requirements or the need to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

4. Videos and external links

Some pages show video previews and testimonials hosted by YouTube. Video playback is loaded from YouTube when you select a video. YouTube (Google Ireland Limited and, where applicable, Google LLC) may then receive technical data such as your IP address and browser information and may process it under its own privacy notice. The video player uses YouTube’s privacy-enhanced domain where available. Video preview images may also be requested from YouTube when a page containing them loads.

Links to LinkedIn, WhatsApp, universities, and other external websites take you to services outside IBR’s website. Those services have their own privacy practices; please review them before providing information.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

This website does not set analytics or advertising cookies. A third-party service may use its own technologies if you open its content or follow an external link. Your browser settings can be used to manage cookies and site data.

6. Recipients and transfers

Website technical data is handled by the company providing the website hosting and infrastructure. When you use embedded video or external links, data is also handled by the relevant third-party provider. Those providers may process data outside the European Economic Area under the safeguards described in their privacy information.

7. Your data-protection rights

Subject to the conditions in applicable law, you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or data portability. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing carried out before withdrawal. You may also lodge a complaint with a data-protection supervisory authority.

You can contact IBR using the details in section 1. The competent authority in Baden-Württemberg is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg.

8. Updates to this notice

We may update this notice when website features or applicable requirements change. The date of the latest revision will be shown here.

Last updated: 10 November 2026