Privacy policy
1. General provisions
1.1 What are personal data
Personal data shall mean information that identifies or may identify the user’s personality. We try to avoid the collection of data. The collection of personal data is excluded as far as it is possible.
1.2 Personal data processing
Personal data are used exclusively for the substantiation of a contract, execution of contents, and performance or execution of contractual terms (Art. 6 I S. 1 b DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). Besides, personal data will be processed only if we receive your consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). The data are not transferred to third parties. To effect payments, the necessary payment data will be sent to the credit institution authorized to effect payments and, where that is the case, to the authorized and selected provider of payment services. Your personal data are processed only within the EU, if not specified otherwise.
1.3 Usage data
General technical information is collected when you visit the website. This includes your current IP address, visit time and duration, browser type, and, where that is the case, original site. This data is registered in a log file for technical reasons and can be used and stored for statistical purposes of this website. A linking of this usage data with your other personal data does not take place.
1.4 Registration data
You need to register to enjoy all features of our website. The registration data will be collected through your input and used for the specific purpose specified in your consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)).
1.5 Data storage period
We shall store your personal data after the end of the data collection purpose for as long as it is provided for by the applicable legislation (in particular, tax law).
2. Your rights
2.1 Information
You may request information about whether or not we process your personal data, and, where that is the case, you have the right to the information about this personal data and other information specified in Article 15 DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)).
2.2 Right to correction
You have the right to correct incorrect personal data relating to you and may request the completion of incomplete personal data in accordance with Article 16 DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)).
2.3 Right to delete
You have the right to demand that the personal data concerning you be deleted immediately. We are obliged to delete them immediately, especially if one of the following reasons applies:
- your personal data are no longer necessary to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
- you withdraw your consent to the processing of your data and there is no other legal ground for its processing.
- your personal data have been unlawfully processed.
The right to delete does not exist if your personal data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of our legal rights.
2.4 Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to require us to restrict the processing of your personal data if:
- You deny the accuracy of the data and we therefore check the accuracy
- the processing is unlawful and you refuse the deletion and instead demand the restriction of use
- we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend your rights
- You have lodged an objection to the processing of your data, and it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.
2.5 Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal information that you have provided us in a structured, common and machine-readable format and you have the right to transfer this data to another person without hindrance from us, provided the processing is based on your consent or a contract and processing is done by us using automated procedures.
2.6 Right to withdrawal
As far as the processing of your personal data is based on a consent, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time.
2.7 General provisions and right to appeal
The exercise of your above rights is basically free of charge. You have the right to contact the responsible supervisory authority, the state data protection officer, directly in case of complaints.
3. Data protection
3.1 Data protection
All data on our website are technically and administratively protected against loss, destruction, access, modification and dissemination.
3.2 Sessions and cookie files
To process internet access, we may use cookies or server-side sessions, where data may be stored. Cookie files are files stored on your hard drive by the web-page to automatically recognize this computer when you visit the web-site next time and to adapt the use of a web browser to you. Some of the cookie files used will be deleted after the end of the browser session. These are the so-called session cookies. Other cookies remain on your device and enable the recognition of the browser when you visit our website next time (persistent cookies). You may set up your browser to inform you about cookie settings and for you to decide whether or not you accept cookie files for certain cases or in general. Note that you will not enjoy certain features of this website if cookies are disabled. We are confident that no personal data are used by session or cookie data and that we only use them where it is technically necessary for the website. Thus, the examination of this situation suggests that there is no overriding interest from your part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)).
4. Newsletter
If you subscribe for our newsletter, we use the necessary or specifically provided information to send regular email newsletters. You can unsubscribe at any time by sending us a notification to the email specified in the Legal Disclosure section or by disabling the subscription function in your profile, or by going via the link included in the newsletter.
5. Presence on social media platforms
We use the following social media platforms for company presentation and communication (the following linked privacy statements and opt-out options are expressly referred to).
Facebook (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland)
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads alternative http://www.youronlinechoices.com
Instagram (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA)
Privacy Policy and Opt-Out: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
These social media platforms may be able to process personal data outside the EU. We refer to the above data protection statements of the social media platforms. The respective social media platforms may, depending on your usage behavior and the resulting interests and actions on your part create user profiles and save cookies on your computer, in which your user behavior is stored. If you have an account on the respective social media platform and are logged in, your usage behavior can even be stored device-independently. Their usage profile can be used to e.g. Place advertisements that are allegedly in line with your interests.
social media platform and the optimization of our and make sure that no interests of yours are affected, which outweigh this legitimate interest on our part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). Insofar as you have already given the respective operator of the social media platform an effective consent to the relevant data processing, the processing of your personal data is also based on this consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)).
6. Third parties’ services
6.1 Google Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google managed by Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (“Google”), as well as collects and stores data that may make up the nicknamed user’s account on this analytics site. The created users’ accounts are used as may be necessary to assess users’ activities, to develop and improve services provided on the website. Google Analytics uses the so-called cookies, small text files stored on your computer and enabling the analysis of you use of the website. Information generated by the cookie file about your use of this website is usually sent to the Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be previously shortened by Google in EU member states or other EEA countries. Only in exceptional cases, a full IP address will be sent to the Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of this website’s operator, Google will use this information to assess the use of the website, to prepare reports about the work of the website and to provide other website operators with other services related to the use of the site and the internet. The IP address provided to Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data. Also, all nicknamed users’ accounts will not be combined with personal user data without the user’s explicit separate consent. Thus, the examination of this situation suggests that there is no overriding interest from your part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). You can disable the storage of cookie files by setting up your browser software; note, however, that, if you do this, you will not be able to enjoy all features of this website. Besides, you can disable the collection of Google data generated by the cookie file and associated with your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of these Google data by using the following link (http: // tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=ru) to download and install an available browser plug-in. Google data protection regulations can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy More detailed information about the Terms of use and data protection is available at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html. It should be noted that on this web-site Google Analytics is expanded with the anonymizeIp code to ensure anonymous tracking of IP addresses (the so-called IP masking).
6.2 Social media links and social sharing functions
We have our own pages in social media from third-party vendors that can be viewed by clicking the links on this website. By using the links you can access the respective sites of third-party vendors (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+) and share the content of our page. Data is not transferred when going to our site. As soon as you initiate the access to a third-party website, you will be within the scope of responsibility of the respective third-party service provider, including the privacy policy and the use of data of the third-party service provider. We have no influence on this, but we recommend to log out from the site of the respective third-party service provider before using the respective link for the third-part service provider not to create users’ accounts when you use the link.
6.3 Use of Google Maps
This website uses Google Maps, a Google map service managed by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). When using Google Maps, data about the use of the map function by website users is collected, processed and used. This does not affect users’ interests that are contrary to the technical need of interactive cartographic material integration (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). Information about Google data protection is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy Additional information about the use of Google Maps can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.
6.4 Use of YouTube
This website and integrated offers contain the so-called video embedding on YouTube. They allow connection to YouTube and videos stored there. YouTube is an offer from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). This does not affect users’ interests that are contrary to the technical need of video integration (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). The purpose and scope of Google data collection and use, as well as your rights and preferences for YouTube user protection are described in the YouTube privacy policy. Respective information can be found at http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy/.
6.5 Login using Facebook account
You can log in to the system using your Facebook account. To do this, click on “Facebook Login”. Next you will be redirected to www.facebook.com (managed by Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94304, USA). Then you enter your Facebook account details and click “Log in”. Facebook data protection policy and terms of use apply to the use of Facebook services.
6.6 Google Web Fonts
We use the so-called Google web fonts for you to see a unified font on our website. When opening one of our pages, they are automatically saved in the browser cache to ensure the correct image. If your browser does not support the used web fonts, the standard font of your computer can be used. This does not affect users’ interests that are contrary to the technical need (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). The Google privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Additional information about Google web fonts is available at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.
6.7 PayPal
We use the services of the PayPal payment service for our Donate function (financial support of the service). Thus, the examination of this situation suggests that there is no overriding interest from your part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). Additional information about the PayPal payment system and privacy policy can be found at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=en_US.
6.8 Use of Google ReCAPTCHA
This site uses the reCAPTCHA service by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). This function is used to distinguish whether data were entered by a human or unlawfully as a result of automated machine data processing. The request includes sending of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the Google reCAPTCHA service. For this purpose, data entered by you will be transferred to Google and used there. Your IP address will be previously shortened by Google in EU member states or other EEA countries. Only in exceptional cases, a full IP address will be sent to the Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address sent by your browser as part of reCaptcha will not be combined with other Google data. Thus, the processing is done to avoid unlawful use of this web-site and is ultimately anonymous; therefore, the examination of this situation suggests that there is no overriding interest from your part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation)). The Google privacy policy applies here that can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
6.9 Use of Facebook remarketing pixels
We use the Remarketing feature "Custom Audiences" operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The body responsible for processing the information collected by Facebook is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland. This feature allows us to give visitors of this website targeted advertising on Facebook. For this purpose, personalized and interest-based Facebook ads are displayed when the pages are visited by Facebook. The feature is enabled on our website through a Facebook remarkmark pixel, which is implemented on the site. The legal basis for the processing of your data by the Remarketing Pixel is the consent given by you according to Art. 6 I p. 1 DSGVO (GDPR - General Data Protection Regulation). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation. Via the Pixel, a direct connection to the Facebook server is made when you visit our website, if you have agreed to the setting of the pixel or activated the plugin. It is transmitted to the Facebook server which of our websites the user has visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, about your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. If you do not want Facebook to associate the collected information directly with your Facebook user account, you can use the remarketing feature "Custom Audiences" in your account to change settings: https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsettings%2F%3Ftab%3Dads#_=_ You must be logged in to Facebook.
7. Contact
You can use the contact information provided below to contact us with regard to data security. Responsible in the sense with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation):
El Investments & Trading UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Rosenthaler Straße 72 a
10119 Berlin
E-Mail: [email protected]
Telefon: 0049 151 533 754 82
