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Privacy Policy
We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH. The use of the Internet pages of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special enterprise services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.
Our transparency document with all data subject rights and information, e.g. according to Art. 13 and 14 GDPR and on compliance with CCPA/CPRA, can be found Here
The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, E-Mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH. By means of this data protection declaration, our enterprise 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, the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH 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 personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone.
"1. Definitions
The data protection declaration of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH 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 like to first explain the terminology used.
In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:
Personal data
Personal data means 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.
Data subject
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
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.
Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
Profiling
Profiling means 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.
Pseudonymisation
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.
Controller or controller responsible for the processing
Controller or controller 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.
Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
Recipient
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 which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
Third party
Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
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 Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection is:
DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH
Alte Landstraße 237
22391 Hamburg
Deutschland
Phone: (+49) 40 2289797-0
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: https://www.dgki.org/
3. Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer of the controller is:
Prof. Heiko Jonny Maniero
Franz-Joseph-Str. 11
80801 München
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0) 8131-77987-0
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.dg-datenschutz.de
Any data subject may, at any time, contact our Data Protection Officer directly with all questions and suggestions concerning data protection.
4. Cookies
The Internet pages of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.
Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of 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 dats 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, the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH can provide the 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 previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies, e.g. does not have to enter access 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 the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles 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, already set cookies may 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 entirely usable.
5. Collection of general data and information
The website of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general data and information are 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 these general data and information, the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH 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 advertisement, (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, the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure 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. Contact possibility via the website
The website of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our enterprise, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic E-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 data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.
7. Subscription to comments in the blog on the website
The comments made in the blog of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH may be subscribed to by third parties. In particular, there is the possibility that a commenter subscribes to the 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 E-Mail to check the double opt-in procedure as to whether the owner of the specified E-Mail address decided in favor of this option. The option to subscribe to comments may be terminated at any time.
8. Routine erasure 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 as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject to. 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 erased in accordance with legal requirements.
9. Rights of the data subject
Right of confirmation
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.
Right of access
Each data subject shall have 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 this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:
Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. 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 avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.
Right to rectification
Each data subject shall have 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 shall have 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.
Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
Each data subject shall have 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 shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. An employee of DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.
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, as far as processing is not required. An employees of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.
Right of restriction of processing
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The employee of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH will arrange the restriction of the processing.
Right to data portability
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was 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, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) 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 when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH.
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(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, 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 the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH 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.
In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications
"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.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH 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 concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH.
Right to withdraw data protection consent
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the DGKI Deutsche Gesellschaft für Künstliche Intelligenz mbH.
10. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Twitter
On this website, the controller has integrated components of Twitter. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly-accessible microblogging service on which users may publish and spread so-called 'tweets,' e.g. short messages, which are limited to 280 characters. These short messages are available for everyone, including those who are not logged on to Twitter. The tweets are also displayed to so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Furthermore, Twitter allows you to address a wide audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding Twitter component of Twitter. Further information about the Twitter buttons is available under https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons. During the course of this technical procedure, Twitter gains knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject. The purpose of the integration of the Twitter component is a retransmission of the contents of this website to allow our users to introduce this web page to the digital world and increase our visitor numbers.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Twitter, Twitter detects with every call-up to our website by the data subject and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site which specific sub-page of our Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Twitter component and associated with the respective Twitter account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Twitter buttons integrated on our website, then Twitter assigns this information to the personal Twitter user account of the data subject and stores the personal data.
Twitter receives information via the Twitter component that the data subject has visited our website, provided that the data subject is logged in on Twitter at the time of the call-up to our website. This occurs regardless of whether the person clicks on the Twitter component or not. If such a transmission of information to Twitter is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may prevent this by logging off from their Twitter account before a call-up to our website is made.
The applicable data protection provisions of Twitter may be accessed under https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en.
11. Legal basis for the processing
Art. 6(1) lit. 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(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. 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 would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned 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 because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
12. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of the well-being of all our employees and the shareholders.
13. Period for which the personal data will be stored
The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.
14. Provision of personal data as statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the 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 can 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 signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence 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 the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.
15. General Terms and Conditions for Data Protection
Our Terms and Conditions for Data Protection, which include, among other things, all five versions of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, a Data Processing Agreement governed by UK law, a CCPA-CPRA Contractor Agreement and a Data Protection and Confidentiality Agreement for suppliers, will automatically form part of all agreements entered into with us
. By entering into any other agreement with us, you automatically agree to the respective terms. In detail:
1. EU Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/915 between Controller and Processor:
If you are an EU/EEA-based vendor of ours that processes personal data on our behalf, by conducting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of our published Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/915. If we are your processor, the Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/915 published by us will also automatically apply between you and us.
2. EU Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 MODULE ONE: Transfer Controller to Controller:
To the extent that you are a vendor of ours located in a third country and receive personal data (protected by the GDPR, Member State law or European Economic Area law) from us as a Controller and act as a Controller, by conducting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of the published Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 Module One. The same applies if you act as a Controller and transfer personal data to us as a Controller.
3. EU Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 MODULE TWO: Transfer Controller to Processor:
To the extent that you are a vendor of ours located in a third country and receive personal data (protected by the GDPR, Member State law or European Economic Area law) from us as a Controller and act as a Processor, by conducting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of the published Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 Module Two. The same applies if you act as a Controller and transfer personal data to us as a Processor.
4. EU Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 MODULE THREE: Transfer Processor to Processor:
To the extent that you are a vendor of ours and we are acting as a Processor (e.g., for a subsidiary or a third party), you are located in a third country and receive international data transfers of personal data (protected by the GDPR, Member State law or European Economic Area law), and you are therefore a (Sub)Processor, by conducting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of the published Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 Module Three. The same applies if you act as a Processor and transfer personal data to us as a (Sub)Processor.
5. EU Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 MODULE FOUR: Transfer Processor to Controller:
To the extent that you are a vendor of ours and we are acting as a Processor (e.g., for a subsidiary or a third party), you are located in a third country and receive international data transfers of personal data (protected by the GDPR, Member State law or European Economic Area law), and you are a Controller, by conducting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of the published Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914 Module Four. The same applies if you act as a Processor and transfer personal data to us as a Controller.
6. Confidentiality and Data Protection Agreement for Vendors:
If you are a vendor of ours that is not a processor, or if you receive other and non-personal data from us, by conducting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of the published Confidentiality and Data Protection Agreement for Vendors.
7. Confidentiality and Data Protection Agreement for Customers:
If you are a customer of ours and data is exchanged between us, we may separately agree to the published Confidentiality and Data Protection Agreement for Customers by a concurring statement. This Confidentiality Agreement shall only become effective upon a separately declaration of intent by the parties.
8. International Data Transfer Agreement (United Kingdom)
To the extent that you are a party to an agreement with us, and personal data transferred by us to you belongs to individuals who are from the United Kingdom or we are based in the United Kingdom, and you yourself are based outside the United Kingdom and receive personal data (protected by the UK GDPR or UK law) from us, by conducting or transacting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of the published \"International Data Transfer Agreement\".
9. International Data Transfer Addendum to the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for International Data Transfers (United Kingdom)
To the extent that you are a party to an agreement with us, and personal data we transfer to you belongs to individuals who are based in the UK or where we are based in the UK and you yourself are based outside the UK and receive personal data (which is protected by the UK GDPR or UK law) from us, by carrying out or transacting business for or with us, you automatically consent to the applicability of the published \" International Data Transfer Addendum to the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for International Data Transfers\".
10. Data Processing Agreement for the United Kingdom
To the extent that you are a party to an agreement with us, and both we and you have our registered office in the United Kingdom, and you process personal data (which is protected by the UK GDPR or UK law) on our behalf, you automatically agree to the applicability of the published \"Data Processing Agreement for the United Kingdom\" by executing or conducting business for or with us. The same applies if you act as a Controller and transfer personal data to us as a Processor.
11. CCPA-CPRA CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT for California
To the extent that you are a contractor of ours, and we or you have a place of business in California, or employ or engage employees, service providers, processors, or other persons from California, and if the Contractor processes consumer data protected by CCPA-CPRA or California law as part of the relationship, you automatically enter into the CCPA-CPRA CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT published by us with us by each execution or handling of business, either as a Business or as a Contractor.
A list of our sub-processors must be requested separately from us.
16. Transfers to the United States via EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
The European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework on July 10, 2023.
The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework is an adequacy decision that allows transfers of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes the 27 EU member states and Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, to any U.S. company that has undergone a specified self-certification process. U.S. companies certified through the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework are listed on the following website: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search
Until the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework is invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) or the European Commission, or superseded by a new adequacy decision, the Controller will transfer Personal Data from the EEA to all companies certified through the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and identified in this Privacy Policy or in the List of Processors and Data Recipients based on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. These transfers are permitted under Article 45 GDPR.
The Controller points out that in the case of transfers based on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, neither an analysis of the legal situation in the recipient country (so-called Transfer Impact Assessment) nor supplementary measures, such as encryption to protect transferred personal data from access by U.S. authorities, are required or implemented.
The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework obligates certified companies from the U.S. to comply with defined data protection principles, which are based on the requirements of GDPR, and to fulfill data subject rights (e.g., right of access and deletion).
Data Subjekts from the EEA who believe that the requirements of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework are not being observed by a certified U.S. company may complain to the European Data Protection Authority responsible for them. This Data Protection Authority will forward the complaint to the European Data Protection Board, which subsequently transmits it to the U.S. authority responsible for handling the complaint.
EEA Data Subjects also have legal remedies before independent arbitration bodies in the United States.
If the Controller is based in the U.S. and certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the Controller acts as a data importer and complies with the requirements of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
If you have any questions about the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, you may contact the Data Protection Officer of the Controller at any time.
17. E-Mail advertising to customers or prospective custumers
We may send you advertising using E-Mail in corresponding application of Section 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG) if the advertising is in connection with the sale of products or services from us, if we received the E-Mail address from you, and use this address for direct advertising for our own similar goods or services, and you have not objected to the use. You were clearly informed when the address was collected and will be clearly informed each time it is used that you can object to the use at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.
18. Webinars and Online-Meetings
We organize webinars and invite customers, prospective customers, service providers and suppliers, including their and our employees, to online meetings. We use different third-party providers (operators of online meeting applications, application providers). Which third-party provider we use for a specific webinar or online meeting is recognizable from the participation link. You can find the privacy policy and, if applicable, additional legally required information on the website of the respective third-party provider.
By registering, accepting, and/or participating in a webinar or online meeting, you explicitly consent to your personal data being processed for the purposes of registering, planning, organizing and conducting the webinar or online meeting, which includes transfers to third-party providers (which may be located in a third country), and to audio, film or photo recordings being transmitted and/or published, and/or published to other participants as part of the webinar or online meeting. By a single action, you give multiple consents. By registering, accepting, in and/or participating, you also voluntarily give your explicit consent pursuant to 49 (1) (1) (a) GDPR for data transfers to third countries for the purposes of registration, planning, organization and implementation of the webinar or online meeting, in particular for such transfers to third countries for which an adequacy decision of the EU/EEA is absent or does exist, and to companies or other entities that are not subject to an existing adequacy decision on the basis of self-certification or other accession criteria, and that involve significant risks and no appropriate safeguards for the protection of your personal data (e.g., because of Section 702 FISA, Executive Order EO12333 and the CloudAct in the USA). We hereby inform you in advance regarding your voluntary and explicit consent that in third countries there may not be an adequate level of data protection and that your data subject rights may not be enforceable, and that published personal data may not be deleted, may not be altered or may not be made anonymous at all, only conditionally and/or with a delay. You give your consent voluntarily. You are not obligated to give consent and may choose to stay away from or not participate in the webinar or online meeting, which we will consider a refusal of our request to give consent. You have the right to withdraw your data protection consent in whole or in part at any time with effect for the future, in particular by deactivating, switching off or not activating your sound, film or photo transmissions during the webinar or online meeting. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. By your action, you also confirm that you have read and acknowledged this Privacy Policy and the transparency document linked in it.
19. Vorhandensein einer automatisierten Entscheidungsfindung
Als verantwortungsbewusstes Unternehmen verwenden wir keine automatische Entscheidungsfindung oder Profilerstellung.
