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Data Policy

Privacy Notice

Data Protection Officer
We have appointed the following person as our Data Protection Officer:

Laura Rayndrop

Your Data Subject Rights
Under the contact details provided, you may exercise the following rights at any time in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

  • The right to obtain information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • The right to rectification of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • The right to erasure of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • The right to restrict data processing, provided we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
  • The right to object to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
  • The right to data portability, if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us consent, you may revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can lodge a complaint at any time with a supervisory authority, for example with the authority responsible for your place of residence or with the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with their addresses can be found at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Processing Activities

Contact

Nature and Purpose of Processing
Contact can be made using the email addresses provided. In this case, the personal data transmitted with the email will be stored. This includes the date and time the email is sent, the email address, IP addresses, and information about the servers involved in the email communication.

Regardless of the communication method chosen, we collect the content of your inquiry. Your data will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you.

Legal Basis
Data processing is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our legitimate interest in processing your data lies in enabling a straightforward way for you to contact us.

If you contact us to request an offer, the data is processed for the purpose of carrying out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Recipients
Possible recipients of the data are technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage Period
Data is deleted no later than six months after the inquiry has been processed.

If a contractual relationship arises, we are subject to the statutory retention periods, which are generally 6 or 10 years for proper accounting and tax purposes.

Provision Prescribed or Required
Providing your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your inquiry if you provide the necessary data and the reason for your inquiry.

Objection
Please refer to the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Newsletter

Nature and Purpose of Processing
For the delivery of our newsletter or similar information, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via a data entry form.

We require a valid email address for effective registration. To verify that registration actually occurs by the owner of an email address, we use the double opt-in procedure. In doing so, we log the subscription to the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email, and receipt of the requested response. No other data is collected.

At the time the registration form is submitted, the following data is also stored:

Legal Basis
On the basis of your explicitly granted consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), we regularly send you our newsletter or similar information via email to the email address you have provided.

Recipients
We use a service provider for sending the newsletter, who acts as our processor.

Storage Period
Your data is processed only as long as the corresponding consent exists.

Transfer to Third Countries
The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries, where applicable:

United States of America

The following data protection guarantees apply:

Provision Prescribed or Required
Providing your personal data is voluntary, solely based on your consent. Without existing consent, we cannot send you our newsletter.

Withdrawal of Consent
You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You can unsubscribe either via the link contained in each email or by using the contact details provided in this Privacy Notice.

Cookies

A cookie is a small data file created when visiting a website and stored on the system of the website visitor. If the visitor’s browser calls the server of this website again, the browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can evaluate the information obtained through this process. Cookies can, in particular, make navigating a website easier.

Detailed information on the subject of cookies, including which cookies are used on this website and for what purpose, can be found at any time in the cookie settings.

Deleting Cookies

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or how their storage can be blocked in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

You can also generally prevent the loading of scripts. NoScript only allows the execution of JavaScript, Java, and other plugins on trusted domains you select.

Information and instructions on how to configure this function can be obtained from your browser provider (for example, for Mozilla Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/).

Technically Necessary Cookies

Nature and Purpose of Processing
We use cookies to make our website user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the browser be recognized even after moving from one page to another.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some features of our website cannot be provided without the use of cookies. For these features, it is necessary to recognize the browser again after navigating to a new page.

We require cookies for the following applications:

You can find an overview of the cookies used in our cookie consent tool.

Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest
Data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website and in documenting consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with a balancing of interests under Section 25(2) TDDDG.

Recipients
Possible recipients of the data are technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage Period
Please see our cookie consent tool for details on how long each cookie is stored.

Transfer to Third Countries
Where applicable, the collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

United States of America

The following data protection guarantees apply:

Provision Prescribed or Required
Providing the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without these data, the service and the functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, some services and features may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection
Please refer to the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Information on Your Right to Object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR

Right to Object in Individual Cases

You have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4(4) GDPR.

If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an Objection & Controller

The controller within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Laura Rayndrop

Changes to Our Privacy Notice

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Notice so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to reflect changes to our services in the Privacy Notice, for example, when introducing new services. The new Privacy Notice will then apply to your next visit.

Questions about Data Protection

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email to the controller named above.

This data protection policy was created by activemind.AG. Usage permitted.

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