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This website is operated by PREVIDUS Beteiligungs GmbH, Altufer 4, 47877 Willich. We take transparency and data protection very seriously and will provide you with information about how we handle your data at any time. The legal basis for data protection at PREVIDUS is German data protection law and the European General Data Protection Regulation, also known as GDPR. This comes into force on 25 May 2018 and increases both transparency in the handling of data on the internet and the rights of users.
Introduction
With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the types of personal data (hereinafter also referred to as “data”) we process, for what purposes and to what extent. The privacy policy applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the context of providing our services and, in particular, on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as “online offering”).
The terms used are not gender-specific.
As of 22 October 2019
Relevant legal basis
Below, we share the legal basis of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on which we process personal data. Please note that, in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or registered office.
Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) – The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.
Contract performance and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller 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.
Safety measures
In accordance with legal requirements, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of threats to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
These measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, transfer, availability and separation relating to it. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure that the rights of data subjects are exercised, data is deleted and responses are made to data threats. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and data protection-friendly default settings.
Transfer and disclosure of personal data
As part of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transferred to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons. The recipients of this data may include, for example, payment institutions in the context of payment transactions, service providers commissioned with IT tasks, or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with the legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data to ensure the protection of your data.
Data processing in third countries
If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if processing takes place in connection with the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies or companies, this will only be done in accordance with the legal requirements.
Subject to express consent or transfer required by contract or law, we only process or allow the data to be processed in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, including US processors certified under the Privacy Shield, or on the basis of special guarantees, such as contractual obligations through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, the existence of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de ).
Use of cookies
Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on the user’s computer. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user during or after their visit to an online offering. The stored information may include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping basket or the point at which a video was viewed. We also include other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g. when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as “user IDs”) under the term “cookies”.
The following cookie types and functions are distinguished:
Temporary cookies (also known as session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser.
Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies remain stored even after the browser is closed. This allows, for example, the login status to be saved or preferred content to be displayed directly when the user revisits a website. Similarly, the interests of users, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes, can be stored in such a cookie.
First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by us.
Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to process user information.
Necessary (also: essential or absolutely necessary) cookies: Cookies may be absolutely necessary for the operation of a website (e.g. to store logins or other user entries or for security reasons).
Statistics, marketing and personalisation cookies: Cookies are also generally used for reach measurement and when a user’s interests or behaviour (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) on individual websites are stored in a user profile. Such profiles are used, for example, to display content to users that corresponds to their potential interests. This process is also referred to as “tracking”, i.e. tracking the potential interests of users. If we use cookies or “tracking” technologies, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or when obtaining your consent.
Information on legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask for your consent. If this applies and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for the processing of your data is your declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed using cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the economic operation of our online offering and its improvement) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations.
General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Depending on whether the processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have the option at any time to revoke your consent or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies (collectively referred to as “opt-out”). You can initially declare your objection by adjusting your browser settings, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (although this may also restrict the functionality of our online offering). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared via a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ or generally at http://optout.aboutads.info.
Processing cookie data based on consent: Before we process or have data processed in connection with the use of cookies, we ask users for their consent, which can be revoked at any time. Until consent has been given, only cookies that are necessary for the operation of our online offering are used. Their use is based on our interest and the interest of users in the expected functionality of our online offering.
Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Contact
When contacting us (e.g. via contact form, email, telephone or social media), the details of the enquiring persons will be processed to the extent necessary to respond to the contact enquiries and any requested measures.
We respond to contact requests within the scope of contractual or pre-contractual relationships in order to fulfil our contractual obligations or to respond to (pre-)contractual enquiries and, in all other respects, on the basis of our legitimate interests in responding to such enquiries.
Verarbeitete Datenarten: Bestandsdaten (z.B. Namen, Adressen), Kontaktdaten (z.B. E-Mail, Telefonnummern), Inhaltsdaten (z.B. Texteingaben, Fotografien, Videos).
Persons affected: Communication partners.
Purpose of processing: Contact enquiries and communication.
Legal basis: Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Provision of online services and web hosting
In order to provide our online services securely and efficiently, we use the services of one or more web hosting providers whose servers (or servers managed by them) can be used to access our online services. For these purposes, we may use infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, as well as security services and technical maintenance services.
The data processed in connection with the provision of the hosting service may include all information relating to users of our online service that is generated in the course of use and communication. This regularly includes the IP address, which is necessary to deliver the content of online services to browsers, and all entries made within our online service or on websites.
Collection of access data and log files: We (or our web hosting provider) collect data on every access to the server (so-called server log files). Server log files may include the address and name of the websites and files accessed, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider.
The server log files can be used for security purposes, e.g. to prevent server overload (especially in the event of malicious attacks, known as DDoS attacks) and to ensure server utilisation and stability.
Types of data processed: Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Deletion of data
The data we process will be deleted in accordance with legal requirements as soon as the consents permitting its processing are revoked or other permissions cease to apply (e.g. if the purpose of processing this data no longer applies or it is no longer necessary for that purpose).
If the data is not deleted because it is required for other, legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted to these purposes. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons or whose storage is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person.
Further information on the deletion of personal data may also be provided in the individual data protection notices contained in this privacy policy.
Amendment and updating of the privacy policy
We ask that you regularly review the content of our privacy policy. We will amend the privacy policy as soon as changes to our data processing practices make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require action on your part (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.
Rights of data subjects
As a data subject, you have various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Articles 15 to 18 and 21 GDPR:
Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing purposes; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
Right of revocation for consents: You have the right to revoke any consents you have given at any time.
Right to information: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question is being processed and to obtain information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
Right to rectification: In accordance with legal requirements, you have the right to request that data concerning you be completed or that inaccurate data concerning you be corrected.
Right to erasure and restriction of processing: In accordance with legal requirements, you have the right to request that data concerning you be erased immediately or, alternatively, in accordance with legal requirements, to request that the processing of the data be restricted.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in accordance with legal requirements, or to request that it be transferred to another controller.
Complaint to supervisory authority: You also have the right, in accordance with legal requirements, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
Definition of terms
This section provides an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Many of the terms are taken from the law and are defined in particular in Article 4 of the GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations are primarily intended to aid understanding. The terms are listed in alphabetical order.
Personal data: “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”); A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. cookie) or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Controller: The “controller” 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.
Processing: “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data, whether it be collection, evaluation, storage, transmission or deletion.
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