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(FSFE)<br> Address: Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland<br> Email: <a href="/web/20211216090730/https://fsfe.org/contact/contact.en.html">contact@fsfe.org</a><br> President: Matthias Kirschner<br> Seat: Hamburg.<br> Eingetragen beim Registergericht AG Hamburg, VR 17030<br> UstID: DE234323337<br> Founding year: 2001<br> </p> <p> EU transparency register ID: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20211216090730/https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/consultation/displaylobbyist.do?id=33882407107-76">33882407107-76</a> </p> <h2 id="id-privacy-policy">Privacy policy</h2> <p>The fsfe.org web site is run by the FSFE e.V. When this policy refers to “we”, this means the FSFE.</p> <p>The tl;dr version: We strictly limit the processing of your personal information, and in general try to process as little data as possible to fulfill our mission. 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