PRIVACY POLICY
We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection has a particularly high priority for the management of Micromerce GmbH. The use of the website of Micromerce GmbH is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use special services of our company via our website, processing of personal data may be necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject, always takes place in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in compliance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Micromerce GmbH. By means of this privacy policy, our company wishes to inform the public about the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed by means of this privacy policy of the rights to which they are entitled.
Micromerce GmbH, as the controller, has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can fundamentally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us in alternative ways, for example by telephone.
1. Definitions
The privacy policy of Micromerce GmbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terminology used in advance.
We use, among others, the following terms in this privacy policy:
a) Personal Data. Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "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, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
b) Data Subject. Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.
c) Processing. Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
d) Restriction of Processing. Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.
e) Profiling. Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
f) Pseudonymization. Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal 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 to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or Controller Responsible for Processing. Controller or controller responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union law or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union law or Member State law.
h) Processor. Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient. Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to which personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union law or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
j) Third Party. Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.
k) Consent. Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.
2. Name and Address of the Controller
The controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in Member States of the European Union, and other provisions with data protection character is:
Micromerce GmbH
Große Reichenstraße 14
20457 Hamburg
Tel. +49 40 607 796 8–0
Email: office@micromerce.com
Website: www.micromerce.com
3. Cookies
The website of Micromerce GmbH uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored and saved on a computer system via an Internet browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which websites and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.
Through the use of cookies, Micromerce GmbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.
By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized for the user. Cookies enable us, as previously mentioned, to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. The user of a website that uses cookies, for example, does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website, because this is handled by the website and the cookie stored on the user's computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.
4. Collection of General Data and Information
The website of Micromerce GmbH collects a series of general data and information with each call of the website by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following may be collected: (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites that are accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information that serve to prevent threats in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using this general data and information, Micromerce GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertising, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for law enforcement in the event of a cyberattack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by Micromerce GmbH statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company, in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data from the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
5. Registration on Our Website
The data subject has the possibility to register on the website of the controller by providing personal data. Which personal data is transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data entered by the data subject is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by the controller and for its own purposes. The controller may request transfer to one or more processors, such as a parcel service provider, who also uses the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to the controller.
By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP) of the data subject, the date, and the time of registration are also stored. The storage of this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services, and if necessary, this data enables committed crimes to be investigated. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary to secure the controller. This data is generally not passed on to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to transfer the data or the transfer serves criminal prosecution.
The registration of the data subject with the voluntary provision of personal data serves the controller to offer the data subject content or services that, by their nature, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have them completely deleted from the data stock of the controller.
The controller provides each data subject with information at any time upon request about what personal data is stored about the data subject. Furthermore, the controller corrects or deletes personal data at the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as there are no statutory retention obligations. All employees of the controller are available to the data subject as contact persons in this context.
6. Contact Possibility via the Website
The website of Micromerce GmbH contains information that enables rapid electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us due to legal requirements, which also includes a general address of so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject is automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller is stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.
7. Routine Deletion and Blocking of Personal Data
The controller processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or insofar as this is provided for by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data is routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.
8. Rights of the Data Subject
a) Right to Confirmation
Each data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
b) Right to Access
Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller at any time free information about the personal data stored about them and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:the purposes of processingthe categories of personal data being processedthe recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizationswhere possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that periodthe existence of the right to request rectification or erasure of personal data concerning them or restriction of processing by the controlleror the right to object to such processingthe existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authoritywhere the personal data is not collected from the data subject: any available information as to their source; the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject
Furthermore, the data subject has the right to obtain information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
c) Right to Rectification
Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain the rectification without undue delay of inaccurate personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of processing, to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
d) Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten)
Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning them without undue delay, where one of the following grounds applies and insofar as processing is not necessary:The personal data has been collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary.The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing.The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR.The personal data has been unlawfully processed.The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or Member State law to which the controller is subject.The personal data has been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) GDPR.
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by Micromerce GmbH, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of Micromerce GmbH will ensure that the erasure request is complied with without delay.
If the personal data has been made public by Micromerce GmbH and our company as controller is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) GDPR to erase the personal data, Micromerce GmbH shall, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data, insofar as processing is not required. The employee of Micromerce GmbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.
e) Right to Restriction of Processing. Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following conditions is met:The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use.The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject forthe establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by Micromerce GmbH, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time. The employee of Micromerce GmbH will arrange the restriction of processing.
f) Right to Data Portability. Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning them, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, where the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising their right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact an employee of Micromerce GmbH at any time.
g) Right to Object. Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning them which is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Micromerce GmbH shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. If Micromerce GmbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning them for such marketing. This also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Micromerce GmbH to processing for direct marketing purposes, Micromerce GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes. In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning them by Micromerce GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of Micromerce GmbH or another employee directly. The data subject is also free, in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
h) Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling. Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning them or similarly significantly affects them, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject's explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, Micromerce GmbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their point of view, and to contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
i) Right to Withdraw Consent under Data Protection Law
Each person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they may contact an employee of the controller at any time.
9. Data Protection Provisions for the Use of Google Analytics (with Anonymization Function)
The controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analytics service collects, among other things, data about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrers), which sub-pages of the website were accessed, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. A web analysis is mainly used for the optimization of a website and for cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The controller uses the addition "_gat._anonymizeIp" for web analysis via Google Analytics. By means of this addition, the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is shortened and anonymized by Google when access to our websites occurs from a Member State of the European Union or from another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze visitor traffic on our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports showing the activities on our websites for us, and to provide other services connected with the use of our website.
Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. In the course of this technical procedure, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, among other things, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to create commission settlements.
By means of the cookie, personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access originated, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject, is stored. With each visit to our websites, such personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties under certain circumstances.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as stated above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to and preventing the collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website as well as the processing of this data by Google. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is deleted, formatted, or reinstalled at a later time, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person attributable to their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be retrieved underhttps://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/and underhttp://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail under this linkhttps://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
10. Data Protection Provisions for the Use of Google AdWords
The controller has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads in Google's search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords by means of which an ad in Google's search engine results is only displayed when the user uses the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, ads are distributed to topic-relevant websites using an automated algorithm and in accordance with the previously defined keywords.
The operating company of the Google AdWords services is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying third-party advertising on our website.
If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is placed on the information technology system of the data subject by Google. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject. If the cookie has not yet expired, the conversion cookie is used to track whether certain sub-pages, such as the shopping cart from an online shop system, were accessed on our website. The conversion cookie enables both us and Google to track whether a data subject who reached our website via an AdWords ad generated sales, i.e., completed or canceled a purchase of goods.
The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visitor statistics for our website. These visitor statistics are used by us in turn to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords ads, i.e., to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google by means of which the data subject could be identified.
By means of the conversion cookie, personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject, is stored. With each visit to our websites, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties under certain circumstances.
The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as stated above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from placing a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.
Furthermore, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google. To do this, the data subject must call up the linkwww.google.de/settings/adsfrom each of the Internet browsers they use and make the desired settings there.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be retrieved underhttps://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
11. Data Protection Provisions for the Use of Twitter
The controller has integrated components of Twitter on this website. Twitter is a multilingual publicly accessible microblogging service on which users can publish and distribute so-called tweets, i.e., short messages limited to 280 characters. These short messages are available to everyone, including people who are not registered with Twitter. However, the tweets are also displayed to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Furthermore, Twitter enables addressing a wide audience via hashtags, links, or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
With each call to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a representation of the corresponding Twitter component from Twitter. Further information about the Twitter buttons is available underhttps://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons. In the course of this technical procedure, Twitter receives knowledge of which specific sub-page of our website is visited by the data subject. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to redistribute the content of this website, to make this website known in the digital world, and to increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is simultaneously logged in to Twitter, Twitter recognizes with each call to our website by the data subject and during the entire duration of their stay on our website which specific sub-page of our website the data subject is visiting. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned by Twitter to the respective Twitter account of the data subject. If the data subject activates one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, the data and information transmitted are assigned to the personal Twitter user account of the data subject and stored and processed by Twitter.
Twitter always receives information via the Twitter component that the data subject has visited our website when the data subject is logged in to Twitter at the time of accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Twitter component or not. If such transmission of this information to Twitter is not desired by the data subject, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Twitter account before accessing our website.
The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter are available underhttps://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de.
12. Legal Basis for Processing
Article 6(1)(a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Article 6(1)(d) GDPR.
Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, the legislator took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).
13. Legitimate Interests in Processing Pursued by the Controller or a Third Party
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment or initiation of the contract.
14. Period for Which Personal Data Will Be Stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment or initiation of the contract.
15. Legal or Contractual Requirements for the Provision of Personal Data; Necessity for Contract Conclusion; Obligation of the Data Subject to Provide Personal Data; Possible Consequences of Non-Provision
We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or may also result from contractual provisions (e.g., information about the contractual partner).
Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded that a data subject provides us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company concludes a contract with them. Non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded.
Before providing personal data by the data subject, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee clarifies to the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and what consequences non-provision of the personal data would have.
16. Existence of Automated Decision-Making
As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.
This privacy policy was created by the Privacy Policy Generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as External Data Protection Officer Dortmund, in cooperation with the Cologne Data Protection Lawyer Christian Solmecke.