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DATA PROTECTION

1. Data protection at a glance

General information

We take the protection of the data of the users of our website and / or our mobile app (the "website" or the "mobile app") very seriously and commit ourselves to the information that users give us in connection with the use of our website and / or our mobile app (collectively: "digital assets"). Furthermore, we undertake to protect and use your data in accordance with applicable law.

This privacy policy explains our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your information through your use of our digital assets (the “services”) when you access the services through your devices.

Please read the privacy policy carefully and make sure you fully understand our practices in relation to your data before using our services. If you have read this policy, fully understood it and do not agree with our approach, you must stop using our digital assets and services. By using our services, you accept the terms of this data protection guideline. Further use of the services constitutes your acceptance of this privacy policy and all changes to it.

 

In this privacy policy you will find out:

  • How we collect data

  • What data we collect

  • Why we collect this data

  • Who we pass the data on to

  • Where the data is stored

  • How long the data will be kept

  • How we protect the data

  • Updates or changes to the privacy policy

 

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Its contact details can be found in the section "Note on the responsible body" in this data protection declaration remove.

 

What data do we collect?

Below is an overview of the data we can collect:

 

  • Unidentified and unidentifiable information that you provide during the registration process or that is collected through the use of our services ("non-personal data"). Non-personal data does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about who collected it. Non-personal information that we collect consists primarily of technical and aggregate usage information.

  • Individually identifiable information, i.e. all those that can be used to identify you or that could identify you with reasonable effort (“personal data”). The personal information we collect through our services may include information that is requested from time to time, such as names, email addresses, addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, and more. If we combine personal data with non-personal data, we will treat these as personal data as long as they exist in combination.

  • We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

 

How do we collect data?

Below are the main methods we use to collect data:

 

  • We collect data when you use our services. So when you visit our digital assets and use services, we can collect, record and store the usage, sessions and related information.

  • We collect data that you provide to us yourself, for example when you contact us directly via a communication channel (e.g. an email with a comment or feedback).

  • We may collect data from third party sources as described below.

  • We collect data that you provide to us when you log into our services via a third party provider such as Facebook or Google.

 

Why do we collect this data?

We can use your data for the following purposes:

 

  • to provide and operate our services;

  • to develop, customize and improve our services;

  • to respond to your feedback, inquiries and requests and offer help;

  • to analyze requirement and usage patterns;

  • for other internal, statistical and research purposes;

  • to improve our data security and fraud prevention capabilities;

  • to investigate violations and to enforce our terms and conditions and to comply with applicable law, regulations or government orders;

  • to provide you with updates, news, promotional materials and other information related to our services. In the case of promotional emails, you can decide for yourself whether you want to continue to receive them. If not, just click the unsubscribe link in those emails.

 

Note on the responsible body

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Annika Rioux

Markt 1

D-07407 Rudolstadt

Email: annika.rioux.soprano@gmail.com

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

 

Who do we share this data with?

We can pass on your data to our service providers in order to operate our services (e.g. storage of data via third-party hosting services, provision of technical support, etc.).

 

We may also disclose your information in the following circumstances: (i) to investigate, detect, prevent or take action against illegal activities or other misconduct; (ii) to establish or exercise our rights of defense; (iii) to protect our rights, property, or personal safety, and the safety of our users or the public; (iv) in the event of a change of control at our company or at one of our affiliated companies (by way of a merger, acquisition or purchase of (essentially) all assets, etc.); (v) to collect, hold and / or manage your data using authorized third-party providers (e.g. cloud service providers), insofar as this is appropriate for business purposes; (vi) to work with third parties to improve your user experience. To avoid misunderstandings, we would like to point out that we can transfer or pass on or otherwise use non-personal data to third parties at our own discretion.

 

Where do we store the data?

Non-personal data

Please note that our companies, as well as our trusted partners and service providers, are located around the world. For the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, we store and process all non-personal data that we collect in different legal systems.

Personal data

Personal data may be maintained, processed and stored in the United States, Ireland, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel and to the extent necessary for the proper provision of our services and / or required by law (as further explained below) in other jurisdictions.

 

We will only use your personal data for the purposes set out in the privacy policy and only if we are satisfied that:

 

  • the use of your personal data is necessary to perform or conclude a contract (e.g. to provide you with the services yourself or to provide customer service or technical support);

  • the use of your personal data is necessary to comply with relevant legal or regulatory obligations, or

  • the use of your personal data is necessary to support our legitimate business interests (provided that this is done at all times in a manner that is proportionate and respects your data protection rights).

 

As an EU resident, you can:

 

  • request confirmation as to whether or not personal data relating to you is being processed and request access to your stored personal data and certain additional information;

  • request the receipt of personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format;

  • request the correction of your personal data that is stored by us;

  • request the deletion of your personal data;

  • object to the processing of your personal data by us;

  • request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, or

  • submit a complaint to a supervisory authority.

 

Please note, however, that these rights are not unlimited and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements. If you have general questions about the personal information we collect and how we use it, please contact us as detailed below.

In the course of providing the services, we can transfer data across borders to affiliated companies or other third parties and from your country / legal system to other countries / legal systems worldwide. By using the services, you consent to the transfer of your data outside of the EEA.

 

If you are based in the EEA, your personal data will only be transferred to locations outside the EEA if we are convinced that there is an adequate or comparable level of protection of personal data. We will take appropriate steps to ensure that we have adequate contractual arrangements with our third parties to ensure that appropriate security measures are in place so that the risk of unlawful use, alteration, deletion, loss or theft of your personal data is minimized and that these third parties act in accordance with applicable law at all times.

 

How long will the data be kept?

Please note that we keep the collected data for as long as is necessary to provide our services, to comply with our legal and contractual obligations to you, to resolve disputes and to enforce our agreements.

We can correct, supplement or delete incorrect or incomplete data at our own discretion at any time.

 

How do we protect the data?

The hosting service for our digital assets provides us with the online platform through which we can offer you our services. Your data can be stored via the data storage, databases and general applications of our hosting provider. It stores your data on secure servers behind a firewall and offers secure HTTPS access to most areas of its services.

Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by us and our hosting provider, we cannot and will not guarantee the absolute protection and security of the data that you upload, publish or otherwise pass on to us or others.

For this reason, we would like to ask you to set secure passwords and, if possible, not to provide us or others with confidential information, the disclosure of which, in your opinion, could cause you significant or lasting damage. Since e-mail and instant messaging are not considered secure forms of communication, we also ask you not to pass on any confidential information via any of these communication channels.

 

Cookies and Similar Technologies

When you visit or access our services, we authorize third parties to use web beacons, cookies, pixel tags, scripts and other technologies and analysis services (“tracking technologies”). These tracking technologies can enable third parties to automatically collect your data in order to improve the navigation experience on our digital assets, to optimize their performance and to ensure a tailor-made user experience, as well as for security and fraud prevention purposes.

To find out more, please read our cookie policy.

We will not pass on your email address or other personal data to advertising companies or advertising networks without your consent.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Information, deletion and correction

You have the right any time within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions to receive information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correct or delete this data. You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to anything else administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the exam you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If the processing of your personal data happened / happens unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

If we no longer need your personal data, but you need them to exercise, if you need to defend or assert legal claims, you have the right instead to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have lodged an objection according to Art. 21 Paragraph 1 GDPR, your interests and ours must be weighed up. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data - apart from their storage - may only be used with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Contact form

If you send us inquiries using the contact form, your details will be taken from the inquiry form including the contact details you provided there for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions stored by us. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the

effective processing of inquiries sent to us (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you tell us to delete it request, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions -in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

 

Plugins and Tools

YouTube with extended data protection

This website integrates videos from YouTube. The operator of the website is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the extended data protection mode. According to YouTube, this mode causes

YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they view the video

look at. The transfer of data to YouTube partners is made possible by the extended data protection mode

however, not necessarily excluded. So represents YouTube - regardless of whether you are watching a video

view - connect to the Google DoubleClick network.

As soon as you start a YouTube video on this website, a connection to the servers of YouTube made. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to direct your surfing behavior to be assigned to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Furthermore, YouTube can save various cookies on your device after starting a video or use comparable recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to collect video statistics, to improve user-friendliness and

Prevent attempted fraud.

If necessary, further data processing operations can be carried out after the start of a YouTube video

that we have no control over.

YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers.

This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can find more information about data protection at YouTube in their data protection declaration at:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

 

Updates or changes to the privacy policy

We may revise this data protection guideline from time to time at our own discretion; the version published on the website is always up-to-date (see information on the "status"). We ask you to check this data protection guideline regularly for changes. In the event of significant changes, we will publish a notice on our website. If you continue to use the services after being notified of changes to our website, this will be considered as your confirmation and consent to the changes to the privacy policy and your consent to be bound by the terms of these changes.

 

Sources:

https://www.e-recht24.de

https://support.wix.com/de/article/juristische-textvorlage-f%C3%BCr-deine-datenschutzpolitik

 

Status: 02/27/21

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