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Data protection

§ 1 Information about the collection of personal data

(1) In this data protection declaration we inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and processing of personal data.

 

(2) The responsible party for data processing pursuant to Art. 4 (7) EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is: Microbify GmbH (for details see imprint).

 

(3) as a rule, the following personal data is collected by us:

Personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 1 DSGVO: "Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "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."

 

(4) Purpose of data collection

Personal data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in fulfilling our contractually agreed services and optimizing our online offering.

 

(5) All personal data will be stored only as long as necessary for the respective purpose and as long as required by law. This complies with the principle of "storage limitation" according to Art. 5 para. 1 letter e DSGVO.

§ 2 Your rights

(1) You have the following rights vis-à-vis us regarding the personal data concerning you:

a) Right to information according to Art. 15 DSGVO.

b) Right to rectification according to Art. 16 DSGVO

c) Right to erasure in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, insofar as the processing is not

  • for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information,

  • for the fulfillment of a legal obligation,

  • for reasons of public interest

  • or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims;

d) Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO,

  • if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;

  • if the processing is unlawful, but you request restriction instead of erasure;

  • if we no longer need the data, but you nevertheless require it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims

  • or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;

e) Right to object to processing pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO (see § 3 of this Privacy Policy);

f) Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO.

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(2) You also have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of your personal data with a data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO.

§ 3 Right of objection

In accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, the right of objection from § 2 (1) (e) of this data protection declaration includes the following cases in particular:

 

(1) You can revoke any consent you may have given pursuant to 7 (3) DSGVO at any time.

 

(2) Should your data have been collected and processed due to the fulfillment of a contract, a revocation is also possible. A possible deletion of the data may be opposed by legal requirements.

 

(3) If the data processing is based on a balancing of interests, you can object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary, in particular, for the fulfillment of a contract with you, which will, however, be explained separately in each case. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In this case, we will review the situation and either discontinue or adjust the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we continue the processing.

 

(4) You can, of course, object to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time. To do so, please use the contact details in § 1 (2) of this data protection declaration.

§ 4 Transfer of data

(1) In principle, your personal data will not be transferred to third parties, except in the following legal exceptions:

a) You have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 9 para.2 lit. a DSGVO,

b) According to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c DSGVO, the processing is necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person and the data subject is unable to give consent for physical or legal reasons,

 

(2) If we commission third parties with the processing of data on the basis of a contract processing agreement, this is done on the basis of Art. 28 DSGVO. If our service providers or partners are located in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance.

§ 5 Data security

When processing your data, we pay attention to the greatest possible data security; it is therefore carried out in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 Lit. h, Para. 3 DSGVO in conjunction with § 22 Para. 1 No. 1 Lit. b, Para. 2 BDSG.

§ 6 Communication

1) Please note that confidential communication is only possible in person and, particularly in the case of electronic or telephone communication, there is always the possibility that third parties may take note of the content.

 

(2) In the case of written electronic communication (in particular e-mail and use of the contact form), the data you provide (your e-mail address, name and telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us in order to respond to your inquiry. Please note that the use of these electronic contact options is not encrypted and therefore sensitive information should only ever be passed on personally if possible.

 

(3) We will delete any data collected in the course of communication, if there are no legal regulations to the contrary, after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are legal obligations to retain data.

§ 7 Collection of personal data when visiting our homepage
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(1) The use of our homepage is generally possible without providing personal data. If personal data is collected (for example, due to the use of the contact form), this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis.

 

(2) When visiting our homepage, the following information is collected, which your browser transmits to our server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The storage is technically necessary to display our homepage to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO):

a) Web server logfile (Contains: Domain, IP, requests, user agent, timestamp, status code; retention time: 3 days).

b) FTP log file (Contains: FTP user, IP, downloaded/uploaded files; retention time: 24 hours)

c) SSH log file (Contains: SSH user, IP; retention time: 3 days)

d) Email logfile (Contains: MetaData (sender, recipient, time, IP, size); retention time: 3 days).

The server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons. If data must be retained for evidentiary reasons, it is exempt from deletion until the incident is finally resolved.

 

(3) This website uses cookies for pseudonymized reach measurement, which are transmitted to the user's browser either by our server or the server of a third party. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you are using and through which the entity that sets the cookie (in this case by us) receives certain information. Cookies are not harmful, cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offer as a whole more user-friendly and effective.

You have the option of preventing cookies from being stored on your computer by making the appropriate settings in your browser. However, this could limit the functionality of our offer.

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(4) In order to protect our homepage as best as possible against unauthorized access according to the state of the art, SSL encryption is used. You can recognize this by the display of the key or the closed lock symbol in the status bar of your browser.

 

(5) If you leave a post or comment on this website, your IP address will be stored. This is done on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO and serves the security of us as website operator: because if your comment violates applicable law, we can be prosecuted for it, which is why we have an interest in the identity of the comment or post author.

§ 8 Google Analytics

This website uses the service "Google Analytics", which is offered by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) to analyze website usage by users. The service uses "cookies" - text files that are stored on your terminal device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

IP anonymization is used on this website. The IP address of the user is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area. This shortening eliminates the personal reference of your IP address. As part of the agreement on the order data agreement, which the website operators have concluded with Google Inc., the latter uses the information collected to create an evaluation of website use and website activity and provides services associated with internet use.

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You have the option of preventing the cookie from being stored on your device by making the appropriate settings in your browser. It is not guaranteed that you can access all features of this website without restrictions if your browser does not allow cookies.

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Furthermore, you can use a browser plug-in to prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc.

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The following link will take you to the corresponding plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Here you can find more information on the use of data by Google Inc.: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

§ 9 Use of social media plugins

1) Facebook

Due to our legitimate interest in the analysis, optimization and operation of our online offer (within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO), this website uses the Facebook social plugin, which is provided by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The integrations are recognizable by the Facebook logo or the terms "Like", "Like", "Share" in Facebook's colors (blue and white). Information on all Facebook plugins can be found via the following link: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

 

Facebook Inc. complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

 

The plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. The website operator has no influence on the nature and extent of the data that the plugin transmits to the servers of Facebook Inc. Information on this can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084

 

The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you as a user have visited this website. There is a possibility here that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account during your visit to this website, the aforementioned information will be linked to it.

If you use the functions of the plugin - for example, by sharing or "liking" a post - the corresponding information will also be transmitted to Facebook Inc.

If you would like to prevent Facebook. Inc. linking this data to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website and delete the stored cookies. Via your Facebook profile, you can make further settings regarding data processing for advertising purposes or object to the use of your data for advertising purposes. You can access the settings here:

 

What data, for what purpose and to what extent Facebook collects, uses and processes data and what rights and settings options you have to protect your privacy, you can read in the privacy policy of Facebook. You can find them here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

 

(2) LinkedIn

We use components of the LinkedIn network on our site. LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. With each individual call-up of our website that is equipped with such a component, this component causes the browser you are using to download a corresponding representation of the component from LinkedIn.

This process informs LinkedIn which specific page of our website is currently being visited. If you click the LinkedIn "Recommend Button" while logged into your LinkedIn account, you can link the content of our pages on your LinkedIn profile. This enables LinkedIn to associate the visit to our pages with your LinkedIn user account.

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We have no influence on the data that LinkedIn collects through this, nor on the scope of this data collected by LinkedIn. We also have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to LinkedIn. Details on data collection by LinkedIn as well as your rights and setting options can be found in LinkedIn's privacy notices. You can find this information at http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

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