Privacy Policy

We are delighted that you have shown interest in our company. Data protection is a particularly high priority for the management of Rives srl. The use of Rives srl’s websites is possible without providing any personal data; however, if a data subject wishes to use special company services via our website, processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain the data subject’s consent.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Rives srl. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, Rives srl has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer their personal data via alternative means, such as by telephone.

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of Rives srl is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would first like to explain the terminology used.

In this data protection declaration, we use, among other things, the following terms:

  • a) Personal data

    Personal data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“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

    The data subject is an identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

  • 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, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

  • d) Limitation of processing

    Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

  • e) Profiling

    Profiling: 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 analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

  • f) Pseudonymization

    Pseudonymisation 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 organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

  • g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing

    The controller or processor responsible for the 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 or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union 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

    A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law are not considered recipients; the processing of such data by such public authorities must comply with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

  • j) Third part

    A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, or persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

  • k) Consent

    Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Name and address of the controller

Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union, and other provisions related to data protection is:

Rives srl

SP17 Salice Veglie Km1

73015 Salice Salentino

Italy

Phone: 0832731655

Email: rives@rives.it

Web: www.rives.it

3. Name and address of the data protection officer

The Data Protection Officer of the Controller is:

Sig. Antonio Innocente

Rives srl

SP17 Salice Veglie Km1

73015 Salice Salentino

Italy

Phone: 0832731655

Email: admin@rives.it

Web: www.rives.it

Any interested party may contact our Data Protection Officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. Cookies

The Rives srl Internet pages use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.

Many websites and Internet servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

Through the use of cookies, Rives srl 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 with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as mentioned above, to recognize users of our site. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, a website user who uses cookies does not have to enter login data each time the website is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is a shopping cart cookie in an online store. The online store stores the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies already set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular 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.

5. Collection of general data and information

The Rives srl website collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or an automated system accesses the website. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the 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, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, Rives srl 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 viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, Rives srl statistically analyzes the anonymously collected data and information, with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company and ensuring an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

6. Subscription to our newsletters

On the Rives srl website, users have the option to subscribe to our company newsletter. The input mask used for this purpose determines what personal data is transmitted, as well as when the newsletter is ordered from the controller.

Rives srl regularly informs its customers and business partners about company offers via a newsletter. The company newsletter may only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid e-mail address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter shipping.. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address registered by a data subject for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal reasons, in the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation email is used to verify whether the owner of the email address as the data subject is authorized to receive the newsletter.

This confirmation email is used to verify whether the owner of the email address as the data subject is authorized to receive the newsletter. The collection of this data is necessary to understand the (possible) misuse of a data subject’s email address at a later date, and therefore serves the aim of the legal protection of the controller.

Personal data collected as part of a newsletter registration will only be used to send our newsletter. Furthermore, newsletter subscribers may be informed by e-mail, provided that this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a registration in question, as this could be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offering, or in the event of a change in technical circumstances. There will be no transfer of personal data collected by the newsletter service to third parties.The interested party can cancel his or her subscription to our newsletter at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has given for the sending of the newsletter, can be revoked at any time. For the purpose of revoking your consent, a corresponding link is found in each newsletter. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the controller’s website or communicate this to the controller in a different way.

7. Newsletter Tracking

The Rives srl newsletter contains so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic embedded in such emails, which are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis. This allows for a statistical analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, Rives srl can see if and when an email was opened by a data subject and which links in the email were accessed by data subjects.

Such personal data collected in the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and analyzed by the controller in order to optimize the distribution of the newsletter and to tailor the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties. Data subjects have the right to revoke their separate declaration of consent issued using the double opt-in procedure at any time. After a revocation, this personal data will be deleted by the controller. Rives srl automatically considers a withdrawal from receiving the newsletter as a revocation.

8. Possibility of contact via the website

The Rives srl website contains information that enables rapid electronic contact with our company, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

9. Subscription to comments on the blog on the website

Comments made on the Rives srl blog may be subscribed to by third parties. In particular, there is the possibility for a commenter to subscribe to comments following his comments on a particular blog post.

If a data subject decides to subscribe to the option, the controller will send an automatic confirmation email to verify the double opt-in procedure as to whether the owner of the specified email address has decided in favor of this option. You can unsubscribe from comments at any time.

10. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data

The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or to the extent permitted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal requirements.

11. Rights of the interested party

  • a) Right of confirmation

    Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

  • b) Right of access

    Each data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of that information. Furthermore, European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:

    • the purposes of the processing;
    • the categories of personal data concerned;
    • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
    • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
    • the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;
    • the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
    • where the personal data are 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, paragraphs 1 and 4, of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

    Furthermore, the data subject has the right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

    If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

  • c) Right to rectification

    Each data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right 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, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

  • d) Right to erasure (right to be fogotten)

    Each data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller has the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, unless the processing is necessary:

    • The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
    • The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to Article 6, paragraph 1, letter a) of the GDPR, or Article 9, paragraph 2, letter a) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal basis for the processing.
    • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21, paragraph 1, of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21, paragraph 2, of the GDPR.
    • The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
    • Personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
    • The personal data were collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8, paragraph 1, of the GDPR.

    If one of the aforementioned reasons applies and the data subject wishes to request the deletion of personal data stored by Rives srl, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. A Rives srl employee will promptly comply with the deletion request.

    Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, to the extent processing is not required. An employee of Rives srl will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

  • e) Right to restriction of processing

    Each data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

    • 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 the restriction of their use instead.
    • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
    • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21, paragraph 1, of the 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 the data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by Rives srl, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time. The Rives srl employee will limit the processing.

  • f) Right to data portability

    Every data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not 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 his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and where doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

    To exercise the right to data portability, the interested party may contact any Rives srl employee at any time.

  • g) Right to object

    Each data subject shall have the right, granted by the European legislator, to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

    Rives srl will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

    Se la Rives srl tratta i dati personali per finalità di marketing diretto, l’interessato ha il diritto di opporsi in qualsiasi momento al trattamento dei dati personali che lo riguardano per tali attività di marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Rives srl’s processing for direct marketing purposes, Rives srl will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

    Furthermore, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by Rives srl for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the 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 interested party may contact any employee of Rives srl. Furthermore, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

  • h) automated individual decision-making, including profiling

    Each data subject shall have 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 him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorised 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.

    Where the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, Rives srl 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 his or her point of view and contest the decision.

    If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights relating to automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of Rives srl.

  • i) Right to withdraw data protection consent

    Each data subject has the right, granted by the European legislator, to withdraw his or her consent to the processing of his or her personal data at any time.

    If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of Rives srl.

12. Data protection for applications and application procedures

The data controller collects and processes applicants’ personal data for the purposes of processing the application procedure. The processing can also be carried out electronically. This is the case, in particular, if an applicant submits corresponding application documents by e-mail or via a web form on the website to the controller. If the data controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the submitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal requirements. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller preclude the deletion. Another legitimate interest in this relationship is, for example, the burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

13. Data protection provisions regarding the application and use of Facebook

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the company Facebook. Facebook is a social network.

A social network is a place for social meetings on the Internet, an online community, which usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related information. Facebook allows social network users to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and network through friend requests.

The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If a person lives outside of the United States or Canada, the controller is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the Facebook component. An overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. During the course of this technical procedure, Facebook is informed of which specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our website—which specific sub-page of our website the data subject visited. This information is collected through the Facebook component and associated with the data subject’s respective Facebook account. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our website, such as the “Like” button, or if the data subject submits a comment, Facebook matches this information with the data subject’s personal Facebook user account and stores the personal data.

Facebook always receives, via the Facebook component, information about a visit to our website by the data subject, whenever the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time during the visit to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not. If such transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she can prevent this by logging out of his or her Facebook account before calling up our website.

Facebook’s data protection guideline, available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information on Facebook’s collection, processing, and use of personal data. Furthermore, it is explained what setting options Facebook offers to protect the data subject’s privacy. Additionally, various configuration options are available to allow you to prevent data transmission to Facebook. These applications can be used by the data subject to eliminate data transmission to Facebook.

14. Data protection provisions regarding the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

On this website, the controller has integrated the Google Analytics component (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service.. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data on the behavior of website visitors. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics is primarily used to optimize a website and perform a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

For web analysis via Google Analytics, the controller uses the application “_gat. _anonymizeIp”. By means of this application, the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is shortened by Google and anonymized when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website and to provide online reports showing the activities on our websites and to provide other services relating to the use of our Internet site for us.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the data subject’s information technology system. The definition of cookies is explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, Google gains 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 create commission settlements.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. With each visit to our website, such personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may transfer this personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the data subject’s information technology system. Inoltre, i cookie già in uso da Google Analytics possono essere cancellati in qualsiasi momento tramite un browser Web o altri programmi software.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to a collection of data that are generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude such. 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 tells Google Analytics via JavaScript that any data and information about visits to Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the data subject’s information technology system is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence or is disabled, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-ons.

Further information and Google’s applicable data protection provisions can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained at the following link: https://www.google.com/analytics/.

15. Data protection provisions regarding the application and use of Instagram

On this website, the controller has integrated components of the Instagram service. Instagram is a service that can be classified as an audiovisual platform, which allows users to share photos and videos, as well as disseminate such data on other social networks.

The operating company of the services offered by Instagram is Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA.

Each time you visit one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which an Instagram component (Insta button) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding Instagram component from Instagram. During the course of this technical procedure, Instagram gains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website was visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the same time, Instagram detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our website—which specific subpage of our website the data subject visited. This information is collected through the Instagram component and is associated with the data subject’s respective Instagram account. If the data subject clicks on one of the Instagram buttons integrated into our website, Instagram matches this information with the data subject’s personal Instagram user account and stores the personal data.

Instagram receives information via the Instagram component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in to Instagram at the time of accessing our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks the Instagram button or not. If such transmission of information to Instagram is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she can prevent it by logging out of their Instagram account before calling up our website.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Instagram may be retrieved at https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

16. Data protection provisions regarding the application and use of YouTube

On this website, the controller has integrated components of YouTube. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to set video clips and other users free of charge, which also provides free viewing, review, and commenting on them. YouTube allows you to publish all types of videos, so you can access both full-length movies and TV shows, as well as music videos, trailers, and videos made by users via the Internet portal.

The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component. Further information about YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. During the course of this technical procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of what specific subpage of our website was visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to YouTube, YouTube recognizes with each call-up to a sub-page that contains a YouTube video, which specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the data subject’s respective YouTube account.

YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to YouTube at the time of accessing our website; this occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such transmission of this information to YouTube and Google is not desirable for the data subject, the transmission may be prevented by the data subject logging out of their YouTube account before accessing our website.

YouTube’s data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/, provide information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.

17. Legal basis for processing

Art. 6 (1) on. A GDPR serves as the legal basis 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, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, the processing is based on Article 6, paragraph 1, letter b) GDPR. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries relating to our products or services. Our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, for example to fulfill tax obligations. The processing is based on Art. 6 (1) on. 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 his name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third party. So the processing would be based on art. 6 (1) on. d GDPR.
Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6, paragraph 1, letter lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations that are not covered by any of the above-mentioned legal grounds, if 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 which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible as they have been expressly mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, sentence 2, GDPR).

18. The legitimate interests pursued by the data controller or by a third party

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6, paragraph 1, letter lit. Under GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business for the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

19. Period during which personal data will be stored

The criteria used to determine the period of retention of personal data are the respective retention periods established by law. After expiration of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, provided that it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

20. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

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 on the contractual partner).

Sometimes it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company enters into a contract with him or her. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded.

Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide personal data and the consequences of failure to provide personal data.