Data Protection Declaration
The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Hanane Sabil, Kutup Cevik, Stefan Jagenow, Pascal Thelke
Your Rights as a Data Subject
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our data protection
officer
provided below:
- Information about your stored data and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your stored data (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal
obligations
(Art. 18 GDPR),
- Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR), and
- Data portability, provided you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with
us
(Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can always lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, e.g., the competent supervisory
authority
of
the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.
Collection of General Information When Visiting Our Website
Nature and Purpose of Processing:
When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise provide information,
information of
a
general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example,
the
type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your
IP
address, and similar.
They are processed in particular for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
- Ensuring smooth use of our website,
- Evaluating system security and stability, and
- Optimizing our website.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is evaluated
by
us,
if necessary, in anonymized statistical form in order to optimize our internet presence and the
underlying
technology.
Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest:
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate
interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipients:
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation
and
maintenance of our website.
Storage Period:
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of collection. This
is
generally the case for data that serves the provision of the website when the respective session is
ended.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required.
However,
without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition,
individual services and features may not be available or may be limited. For this reason, an objection
is
excluded.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are
stored on
your terminal device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
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 their storage can be blocked in advance.
Depending
on the provider of your browser, you can find the necessary information under the following
links:
Storage Duration and Used Cookies:
If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be
used
on
our websites:
Technically Necessary Cookies
Nature and Purpose of Processing:
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the
calling
browser can also be identified after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some
functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that
the
browser is recognized again after a page change.
We need cookies for the following applications:
Remembering search terms
Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest:
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate
interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
Recipients:
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation
and
maintenance of our website.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required.
However,
without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition,
individual services and features may not be available or may be limited.
Objection
For information about your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR, please continue reading below.
Registration on Our Website
Nature and Purpose of Processing:
For registration on our website, we require some personal data that is transmitted to us via an input
mask.
At the time of registration, the following additional data is collected:
No additional data is collected.
Your registration is necessary for providing certain content and services on our website.
Legal Basis:
The processing of the data entered during registration is based on the user's consent (Art. 6 Para. 1
lit.
a
GDPR).
Recipients:
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation
and
maintenance of our website.
Storage Duration:
Data is processed in this context only as long as the corresponding consent is available.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without providing your
personal data, we cannot grant you access to our offered content.
Contact Form
Nature and Purpose of Processing:
The data you enter is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose,
providing a valid email address and your name is required. This is used to assign the inquiry and
subsequently answer it. Providing further data is optional.
Legal Basis:
The processing of the data entered into the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6
Para. 1
lit. f GDPR).
By providing the contact form, we aim to facilitate uncomplicated communication with you. Your
provided
information is stored for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for possible follow-up
questions.
If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of the data entered into the contact form is
carried
out to perform pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR).
Recipients:
The recipients of the data may be processors.
Storage Duration:
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.
If a contractual relationship is established, we are subject to the statutory retention periods
according
to
the German Commercial Code (HGB) and will delete your data after the expiry of these periods.
Provision Prescribed or Required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you
provide
us
with your name, email address, and the reason for the request.
Use of Script Libraries (Google Webfonts)
To display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts"
provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google")
for
font rendering.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's
privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Information About Your Right to Object Pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR
Individual Right to Object
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to
processing
of
personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing based on legitimate
interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4)
GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling
legitimate
grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms or for the establishment,
exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Recipient of an Objection
Hanane Sabil, Kutup Cevik, Stefan Jagenow, Pascal Thelke
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with current
legal
requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g., when
introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.
Questions to the Data Protection Officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person
responsible
for data protection in our organization directly:
"The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the expert in"external data protection officers (Version #2020-09-30).