DATA PROTECTION

Data protection

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

Linh Le Thi

Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our data protection officer:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
  • Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
  • Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted 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 that 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 contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, for example the competent supervisory authority in the federal state in which you live or the authority responsible for us as the controller.

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

Type 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 recorded. This information (server log files) includes 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,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
  • to optimize our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. We may statistically evaluate information of this kind anonymously in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipient:

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 is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

Provision required or necessary:

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 may not be available or may be restricted. 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 device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Storage period and cookies used:

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

Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the browser that is accessing the website can be identified even 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 even after changing pages.

We need cookies for the following applications:

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Provision required or necessary:

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 may be unavailable or restricted.

Contradiction

Please read the information about your right of objection under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Registration on our website

Type and purpose of processing:

To register on our website, we require some personal data, which is transmitted to us via an input mask.

At the time of registration, the following data is also collected:

Your registration is required to provide 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).

Recipient:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

Data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent has been given.

Provision required or necessary:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary and based solely on your consent. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content we offer.

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Case-specific right of objection

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests), for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 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 unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send 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 experts for external data protection officers (version #2020-09-30).