This privacy policy informs you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as "online offering"). With regard to the terminology used, such as "processing" or "controller," we refer to the definitions provided in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Responsible
TaleTekk UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Handelsregister: Darmstadt HRB 91968
UST-Id-Nr.: DE 291246149
CEO: Dr. Thomas Bürvenich
Types of processed data:
Categories of affected individuals:
Visitors and users of the online offering (hereafter, we also collectively refer to the affected individuals as "users").
Purpose of processing:
Terms used:
"Personal data" refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie), or one or more specific characteristics expressing the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person. "Processing" means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and includes practically any handling of data. "Pseudonymization" refers to the processing of personal data in such a way that the data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures ensuring that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person. "Profiling" means any form of automated processing of personal data that involves the use of such data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements. The term "controller" refers to the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. "Processor" means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Relevant legal bases:
In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you about the legal bases of our data processing. If the legal basis is not mentioned in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our services and carry out contractual measures as well as responding to inquiries is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
Security measures:
In accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs, the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of risks to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. These measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as the access, input, disclosure, availability, and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures to guarantee the exercise of data subjects' rights, the deletion of data, and the response to data breaches. We also consider data protection aspects in the development, selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Art. 25 GDPR).
Cooperation with data processors and third parties:
If, in the course of our data processing, we disclose data to other individuals and companies (data processors or third parties), transmit it to them, or otherwise grant them access to the data, this is only done on the basis of a legal permission (e.g., if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as payment service providers, is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract according to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR), if you have given consent, if a legal obligation provides for it, or based on our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.). If we commission third parties to process data based on a so-called "data processing agreement," this is done based on Art. 28 GDPR.
Transfers to third countries:
If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or this happens in the context of using services from third parties or disclosing/transmitting data to third parties, this will only occur if it is necessary to fulfill our (pre)contractual obligations, based on your consent, due to a legal obligation, or based on our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we will process or have the data processed in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. This means, for example, that the processing is based on special safeguards, such as the officially recognized determination of a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU (e.g., for the USA through the "Privacy Shield") or compliance with officially recognized specific contractual obligations (so-called "standard contractual clauses").
Rights of data subjects:
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed and to access this data, as well as to obtain further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. According to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the completion of your personal data or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you. According to Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to demand that the relevant data be deleted without delay or, alternatively, to demand a restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR. According to Art. 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, and to request its transmission to other data controllers. Furthermore, according to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Right to withdraw consent:
You have the right to withdraw consent granted under Art. 7(3) GDPR with effect for the future.
Right to object:
You have the right to object at any time to the future processing of personal data concerning you in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR. The objection can be made in particular against the processing for direct marketing purposes.
Cookies and right to object to direct advertising
"Cookies" are small files that are stored on users' computers. Different information can be stored within cookies. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, or "session cookies" or "transient cookies," are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser. For example, the contents of a shopping cart in an online store or a login status can be stored in such a cookie. "Permanent" or "persistent" cookies are cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed. For instance, the login status can be saved when users revisit the site after several days. Similarly, user interests can be stored in such a cookie for reach measurement or marketing purposes. "Third-party cookies" refer to cookies offered by providers other than the responsible party operating the online offering (otherwise, if they are only the responsible party's cookies, they are referred to as "first-party cookies"). We may use temporary and permanent cookies and provide information about this in our privacy policy. If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in their browser's system settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser's system settings. The exclusion of cookies may lead to limitations in the functionality of this online offering. A general objection to the use of cookies used for online marketing purposes can be declared for many services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that this may result in some functions of this online offering not being fully usable.
Deletion of data:
The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in their processing in accordance with Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this privacy policy, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal retention obligations preventing their deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons. In accordance with legal requirements in Germany, the storage occurs, in particular, for 10 years according to §§ 147(1) AO, 257(1) No. 1 and 4, 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting documents, relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years according to § 257(1) No. 2 and 3, 4 HGB (commercial letters). According to legal requirements in Austria, the retention occurs, in particular, for 7 years pursuant to § 132(1) BAO (accounting documents, invoices/receipts, accounts, documents, business papers, income and expenditure records, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate, and for 10 years for documents related to electronically supplied services, telecommunications, radio, and television services provided to non-entrepreneurs in EU member states and for which the Mini-One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) is used.
Contact:
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form, email, telephone, or social media), the user's details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing according to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. User information can be stored in a customer relationship management system (CRM system) or similar inquiry organization. We delete the requests if they are no longer necessary. We review the necessity every two years; furthermore, the legal archiving obligations apply.
Hosting and email delivery:
The hosting services we use serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space, and database services, email delivery, security services, and technical maintenance services that we use for the purpose of operating this online offering. Hereby, we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta- and communication data of customers, interested parties, and visitors of this online offering based on our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offering according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of a data processing agreement).
Collection of access data and log files:
We, or our hosting provider, collect data on each access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The access data includes the name of the retrieved webpage, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider. Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraud) for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
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