Privacy Notice

We are pleased to welcome you on our website. The following sections provide you with details about how we process your data according to Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when you visit our website.

Controller

The controller responsible for the processing activities described below is the legal person referred to in our legal notice.

Usage data

During your visit of our website so-called usage data will be temporarily recorded in a log file on our webserver.

This set of data includes:

• The name and address of the requested data;
• The date and time of the request;
• The volume of data transmitted;
• The access status (content transmitted, content not found);
• The description of the web browser used and of the operating system;
• The referral link, which indicates the source page from which you accessed our website;
• The IP address of the requesting device, shortened in such a way that it does not allow any references to the requesting person.

We use the log data for statistical purposes in order to improve the quality of our website. This analysis of the log data will be done in an anonymised manner.

The legal basis for our data processing are Section 25(2)2 TDDDG (German Telecommunication Digital Services Data Protection Act) and Art. 6(1)f GDPR.

We process your data based on our legitimate interest to provide you with the content of our website, to ensure an optimised presentation on the device and browser you use, and to continuously improve the quality of our website.

Storing your IP address for security purposes

Furthermore, we store your complete IP address, which we automatically receive from your web browser, for the duration of seven days and only for our specific legitimate interest to be able to detect, limit, and eliminate cyber-attacks. At the end of this period, we will delete the IP address or make it anonymous. The legal basis for our data processing is Art. 6(1)f GDPR.

Required cookies

We use cookies on our website, which are necessary to make our website available to you. Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device and can be read subsequently. There is a difference between session cookies, which will be deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which will be stored beyond the individual session. The cookies required for the operation of our website will not be used for other purposes, such as analysing, tracking, or advertising.

Required cookies can include information about certain settings on the website. Another reason why cookies may be required is to facilitate the user guidance on our website and to enable the security and the implementation of our website. The legal basis for our use of cookies is Art. 25(2)2 TDDDG.

You can configure your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies. Hence, the use of cookies will be transparent to you. Using the relevant browser settings, you can also delete and block cookies at any time. Please note that, in that case, our website might not be displayed correctly, or that some of the features might no longer be technically available.

Contact

You are given the possibility to contact us by email or by telephone. If you choose to do so we will use your contact data obtained for this purpose in order to respond to your request. We will delete your data if it is no longer required and there are no legal obligations to retain it. The legal basis for our data processing is Art. 6(1)f GDPR (legitimate interests – based on our interest to respond to the requests of our website’s visitors).

Data security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures in order to ensure a high level of protection of your data against any unwanted access. We use an encryption method on our website. The online transmission of your data from your device to our servers and vice versa will be protected using a TLS encryption. This is usually indicated by a closed lock symbol in the status bar of your browser and by the fact that the site’s address starts with https://.

Retention period

Unless you have been informed about the retention period elsewhere, we will delete personal data when it is no longer required for the mentioned processing purposes and no legitimate interests or statutory retention obligations prevent deletion.

Other processors

We will disclose your data to service providers acting as processors for the purposes of Art. 28 GDPR, who will provide us with support for the operation of our website and of related processes. These include, for example, hosting service providers. Our service providers are bound by our instructions and also bound by contract to comply with the legal data protection regulations.

Unless specified above in this privacy notice, you can find the processors we cooperate with in the following table. If your data will be processed outside the EU or the EEA for the purposes of this context you can find the relevant details in the table below.

Your rights as a data subject

For the processing of your personal data the GDPR confers certain rights on you as a data subject:

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)

You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed. Where that is the case, you have the right to access the personal data and the information referred to in Art. 15(1) GDPR.

Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)

You have the right to obtain without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and to have incomplete personal data completed, where required.

Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)

You have the right to obtain the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay where one of the grounds applies referred to in Art. 17 GDPR.

Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR

You have the right to obtain restriction of processing where one of the conditions applies referred to in Art. 18 GDPR, e.g. if you objected to processing, for a period enabling the controller to verify the situation.

Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

In certain cases referred to in Art. 20 GDPR you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to have those data transmitted to a third party.

Right of withdrawal (Art. 7 GDPR)

Where the processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw the consent to the processing of your personal data at any time in accordance with Art. 7(3) GDPR. Please note that such withdrawal only affects future processings, and hence does not affect processing carried out before the withdrawal.

Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)

Where your data are processed based on Art. 6(1)f GDPR (data processing for the purposes of legitimate interests) or on Art. 6(1)e GDPR (data processing for the purposes of performing a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority), you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to such processing of your data. In that case, we will no longer process your personal data unless compelling legitimate grounds exist for such processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes any data protection legislation. In particular, such claim can be brought before a supervisory authority located in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

Claiming your rights

Unless stipulated otherwise in the foregoing articles, please contact the legal person referred to in our legal notice in order to exercise your rights. Legal notice

Contact details of the data protection officer

Our external data protection officer will be happy to answer your questions about our privacy policy. Please contact:

datenschutz nord GmbH
Berlin office
Kurfuerstendamm 212
10719 Berlin
E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

When contacting our data protection officer please mention the controller referred to in our . legal notice