Privacy Policy

Introduction

With the following data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as “data”) we process for what purposes and to what extent. The data protection declaration applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the context of the provision of our services and in particular on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter referred to as “online offer”).

The terms used are not gender-specific.
Status: 8 August 2022

Contents

Introduction
Responsible person
Overview of processing operations
Relevant legal bases
Safety measures
Transmission of personal data
Data processing in third countries
Deletion of data
Use of cookies
Business performance
Provision of online services and web hosting
Contact and request management
Presences in social networks (social media)
Plugins and embedded features and content
Modification and updating of the privacy policy
Rights of data subjects
Definitions of terms

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Responsible person

Justine Sina Edinger
Oeserstrasse 34
13 509 Berlin
E-mail address: edinger.j@outlook.com

Overview of processing operations

The following table summarises the types of data processed and the purposes for which they are processed and refers to the data subjects.

Types of data processed

    Stock data.
  Payment data.
  Contact details.
  Content data.
  Contract data.
  Usage data.
  Meta/communication data.

Categories of persons concerned

    Interested.
  Communication partners.
  Users.
  Business and contractual partners.

Purpose of processing

    Provision of contractual services and customer service.
  Contact requests and communication.
  Security measures.
  Office and organisational procedures.
  Management and response to enquiries.
  Feedback.
  Marketing.
  Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  Information technology infrastructure.

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Relevant legal bases

In the following you will find an overview of the legal basis of the GDPR, on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or domicile. Should more specific legal bases be relevant in individual cases, we will inform you of them in the data protection declaration.

Contractual performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR) – The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures which are carried out at the request of the data subject.

Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR) – The processing is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.

Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require the protection of personal data, prevail.

In addition to the data protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation, national data protection regulations apply in Germany. This includes, in particular, the Act on the Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data Protection Act – BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special provisions on the right to information, the right to erasure, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for the purposes of the employment relationship (§ 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, execution or termination of employment relationships as well as the consent of employees. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

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Safety measures

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of protection commensurate with the risk, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.

Measures shall include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to, access to, input, disclosure, safeguarding availability and separation of data. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subjects' rights, the deletion of data and responses to the risk of data. Furthermore, we take into account the protection of personal data already when developing and selecting hardware, software and processes in accordance with the principle of data protection, by means of technology design and by means of data protection-friendly presets.

SSL encryption (https): We use SSL encryption to protect your data transmitted via our online offer. You can recognise such encrypted connections by using the prefix https:// in the address bar of your browser.

Transmission of personal data

In the context of our processing of personal data, the data may be transmitted or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons. Recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data to protect your data.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i. e. outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if the processing takes place in the context of using third party services or disclosing or transferring data to other persons, entities or companies, this will only be done in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or to contractually or legally required transmission, we process or have the data processed only in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, contractual obligation by so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, in the case of certificates or binding internal data protection regulations (Articles 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission) https://ec. europa. eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

Deletion of data

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as their permitted consent for processing is revoked or other permissions expire (e. g. if the purpose of processing this data has expired or it is not necessary for the purpose). Unless the data is deleted because it is necessary for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing is limited to those purposes. This means that the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons or whose storage is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person.

Our data protection notices may also contain further information on the storage and deletion of data that apply primarily to the respective processing operations.

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Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files or other memory notes that store information on end devices and read information from the end devices. For example, to save the login status in a user account, the content of a shopping cart in an e-shop, the content accessed or the functions used in an online offer. Cookies can also be used for various purposes, e.g. for the purpose of functionality, security and comfort of online offers as well as the creation of analyzes of visitor flows.

Notes on consent: We use cookies in accordance with legal regulations. Therefore, we obtain prior consent from users, except where not required by law. In particular, consent is not necessary if the storage and reading of the information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary in order to provide the users with a telemedia service (i.e. our online offer) that they have expressly requested. The revocable consent is clearly communicated to the users and contains the information on the respective cookie use.

Notes on legal bases under data protection law: The legal basis under data protection law on which we process the personal data of users with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask users for their consent. If the users consent, the legal basis for the processing of your data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the commercial operation of our online offer and improving its usability) or, if this is done in the context of fulfilling our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to enable our to fulfill contractual obligations. We will explain the purposes for which we process cookies in the course of this data protection declaration or as part of our consent- and processingprocesses.

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Storage duration: In terms of storage duration, the following types of cookies are distinguished:

  Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer and closed his end device (e.g. browser or mobile application).

  Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the terminal device is closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Likewise, the data of the users collected with the help of cookies can be used for range measurement. Unless we provide users with explicit information on the type and duration of storage of cookies (e.g. in the context of obtaining consent), users should assume that cookies are permanent and that the storage period may be up to two years.

General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Users can revoke the consent they have given at any time and can also lodge an objection to the processing in accordance with the legal requirements in Art. 21 GDPR. Users may also object via their browser settings, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (which may also limit the functionality of our online services). You can also object to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/.

Further information on processing processes, procedures and services:

  Processing of cookie data on the basis of consent: We use a cookie consent management process in which the consent of the users to the use of cookies, or to the processing and providers named in the context of the cookie consent management process, can be obtained, managed and revoked by the users. In this case, the declaration of consent is stored in order to avoid having to repeat its query and to be able to prove the consent in accordance with the legal obligation. The data may be stored on the server side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie, or using similar technologies) in order to be able to assign the consent to a user or his device. Subject to individual information on the providers of cookie management services, the following information applies: The duration of the storage of consent can be up to two years. Here, a pseudonymous user identifier is formed and stored with the time of consent, information on the scope of consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), as well as the browser, system, and end device used.

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Business performance

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and interested parties (collectively referred to as “contracting partners”) in the context of contractual and comparable legal relationships and related measures and in the context of communication with the contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g. in order to respond to enquiries.

We process this data in order to fulfil our contractual obligations. This includes, in particular, the obligations to provide the agreed services, any obligation to update and remedy in the event of warranty and other disruptions in performance. In addition, we process the data to safeguard our rights and for the purposes of the administrative tasks associated with these obligations and the organisation of the company. In addition, we process the data on the basis of our legitimate interests in orderly and business management as well as security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, endangerment of their data, secrets, information and rights (e.g. the involvement of telecommunications, transport and other ancillary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and insurance companies). legal advisers, payment service providers or financial authorities). Within the scope of applicable law, we only pass on the data of contractual partners to third parties insofar as this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or for the fulfilment of legal obligations. The contractual partners are informed about other forms of processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, in the context of this data protection declaration.

Which data is required for the aforementioned purposes will be communicated to the contractual partners before or within the scope of data collection, e.g. in online forms, by means of special identification (e.g. colours) or symbols (e.g. asterisks, etc.), or personally.

We delete the data after the expiry of legal warranty and comparable obligations, i.e. generally after the expiry of 4 years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, e.g. as long as it has to be kept for legal reasons of archiving. The statutory retention period is 10 years for tax-relevant documents as well as for commercial books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual accounts, the working instructions required for understanding these documents and other organisational documents and accounting documents as well as for commercial and business letters received and reproductions of commercial and business letters sent. Six years. The period shall run from the end of the calendar year in which the last entry in the book was made, the inventory, the opening balance sheet, the annual accounts or the management report was drawn up, the commercial or commercial letter was received or dispatched, the accounting document was drawn up, the recording was made or the other documents were drawn up.

Insofar as we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective third-party providers or platforms shall apply in the relationship between users and providers.

  Data types processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); Contract data (e.g. object of contract, duration, customer category).

  Affected persons: interested parties; business and contractual partners.

  Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service; Contact requests and communication; Office and organisational procedures; Management and response to requests.

  Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDPR); Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c) GDPR); Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

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Provision of online services and web hosting

We process the data of users in order to be able to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the user’s IP address, which is necessary to transmit the content and functions of our online services to the user’s browser or terminal device.

Data types processed: Usage data (e. g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); Meta/communication data (e. g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: Users (e. g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; Information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical equipment (computers, servers, etc. ). ); security measures.

Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing processes, procedures and services:

Provision of online offer on rented storage space: For the provision of our online offer, we use storage space, computing capacity and software that we rent or otherwise obtain from a corresponding server provider (also called “web host”; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Collection of access data and log files: Access to our online offer is logged in the form of so-called “server log files. ” The server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, date and time of access, transferred data volumes, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider. The server log files can be used on the one hand for security purposes, e. g. to avoid overloading of the servers (especially in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and on the other hand to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR) ); Deletion of data: Log file information is stored for a maximum period of 30 days and then deleted or anonymised. Data whose further retention is necessary for evidentiary purposes are excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.

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Contact and request management

When contacting us (e. g. via contact form, e-mail, telephone or social media) as well as in the context of existing user and business relationships, the data of the requesting persons will be processed insofar as this is necessary to answer the contact requests and any measures requested.

The response to contact requests as well as the management of contact and enquiry data in the context of contractual or pre-contractual relationships is carried out in order to fulfil our contractual obligations or to answer (pre) contractual enquiries and otherwise on the basis of legitimate interests in responding to requests and maintaining user or business relationships.

Data types processed: contact data (e. g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e. g. entries in online forms); usage data (e. g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e. g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: communication partners.

Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service; Contact requests and communication; Management and response to requests; Feedback (e. g. collecting feedback via online form); Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.

Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR); Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing processes, procedures and services:

Contact form: When users contact us via our contact form, e-mail or other communication channels, we process the data provided to us in this context to process the notified request. For this purpose, we process personal data in the context of pre-contractual and contractual business relationships, insofar as this is necessary for their fulfilment and otherwise on the basis of our legitimate interests and the interests of the communication partners in responding to concerns and our legal retention obligations; Legal basis: Contract performance and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).
 

Presences in social networks (social media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with the users active there or to provide information about us.

We would like to point out that users' data may be processed outside the territory of the European Union. This may lead to risks for users, e.g. by making it more difficult to enforce users' rights.

Furthermore, the data of users within social networks are usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created on the basis of user behaviour and the resulting interests of users. The user profiles can be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the networks, which presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the computers of the users in which the user behavior and interests of the users are stored. In addition, user profiles may also store data regardless of the devices used by the users (in particular if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).

For a detailed presentation of the respective forms of processing and the possibilities of objection (opt-out), we refer to the data protection declarations and information of the operators of the respective networks.

In the case of requests for information and the assertion of the rights of persons affected, we point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can directly take appropriate measures and provide information. If you still need help, you can contact us.

  Data types processed: contact data (e.g. e-mail, phone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

  Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

  Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); Marketing.

  Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing processes, procedures and services:

  Instagram: Social Network; Service Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com; Privacy Policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.

  LinkedIn: Social Network; Service Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.linkedin.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; Processing Contract: https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa; Standard Contractual Clauses (guarantee level of data protection during processing)  in third countries): https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa; Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
 

Plugins and embedded features and content

We integrate into our online offer functional and content elements that are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”). This may include graphics, videos or city maps (hereinafter referred to as “content”).

The integration always requires that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the users, since without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore required for the display of these contents or functions. We make every effort to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the content. Third-party providers may also use pixel tags (invisible graphics, also referred to as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. The “pixel tags” allow information, such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website, to be evaluated. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and the operating system, websites to be referred to, the time of visit and other information about the use of our online offer, as well as be linked to such information from other sources.

  Data types processed: Usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

  Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

  Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.

Modification and updating of the privacy policy

We ask you to inform yourself regularly about the content of our privacy policy. We will adapt the data protection declaration as soon as changes to the data processing carried out by us make it necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your cooperation (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organisations in this privacy policy, please note that the addresses may change over time and we ask you to check the details before contacting us.

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Rights of data subjects

As data subjects, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which derive in particular from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:

Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 bed. e or f GDPR, object; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.

Right of revocation in case of consents: You have the right to revoke given consents at any time.

Right to information: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question is being processed and to obtain information about such data as well as to obtain further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.

Right to rectification: You have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of inaccurate data concerning you in accordance with the legal requirements.

Right to erasure and restriction of processing: You have the right, in accordance with the legal requirements, to request that data concerning you be deleted immediately, or alternatively, in accordance with the legal requirements, to request restriction of the processing of the data.

Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller in accordance with the legal requirements.

Complaint to a supervisory authority: Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the provisions of the GDPR. kicks.

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Definitions of terms

This section provides an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Many of the terms are taken from the law and are mainly defined in Art. 4 GDPR. The statutory definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are intended primarily for the sake of understanding. The terms are sorted alphabetically.

Personal data: “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”), an identifiable natural person is considered to be a natural person who, directly or indirectly, in particular by assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e. g. cookies) or to one or more specific characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Controller: “Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Processing: “Processing” means any process carried out with or without the aid of automated processes or any such series of processes relating to personal data. The term goes far and covers practically every handling of data, be it collecting, evaluating, storing, transmitting or deleting.