Privacy Policy

  1. Who is responsible for what happens to your Personal Data?

The Website is operated by Company (“Company” or “we“, “us“). Responsible for the processing of Personal Data on this Website is:

http://digital-bridge-builders.de

  • What are Personal Data?

Personal Data is information that can directly or indirectly identify you. This includes information such as your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number, but also other information such as IP address, shopping habits and information about your lifestyle or preferences such as your hobbies and interests.

  • Which Personal Data do we collect and for what purposes will it be processed?

We collect your Personal Data in various ways, e.g. automatically when you visit our site or when you provide it to us when you contact us.

In detail, we process the following categories of Personal Data for the purposes described below:

  • Provision of the Website and IT security
  • Description and scope of processing

When you visit our Website, we automatically process the so-called log files of our web server. These log files contain technical information about your use of the Website (usage data). This information includes referrer URL (http://digital-bridge-builders.de), time of access, name of the (sub-)website or file accessed, status of the access, browser type and version, operating system type and version as well as your IP address (“81.169.145.162“).

  • Purpose of the processing

We process the Server Data for the operation of the Website and in order to ensure IT security. The processing serves to make the Website available to you in a functional and secure manner.

  • Legal basis of the processing

The legal basis for the processing of Server Data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (fulfilment of contract).

  • Duration of processing

We process the Server Data until the respective session has ended and the data is no longer required for IT security purposes. In addition, we only store your usage data to comply with any statutory retention periods.

  • Newsletter
  • Description and scope of processing

If you register to receive our newsletter, we process the following Personal Data, namely your name and e-mail address. We also evaluate your use of our e-mail newsletter in order to understand how you use and accept our newsletter. For this purpose, we process whether you have opened our newsletter, which contents in particular you have clicked on.

The legal basis for the processing of marketing data is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to receive newsletters and offers at any time.

  • Purpose of the processing

The purpose of the processing of the News Data is the regular sending (usually once or twice a month) of the Company newsletter (containing information and recommendations on Company products and exclusive offers). The purpose of processing the Interaction Data is to measure reach and success.

  • Legal basis of the processing

The legal basis for the processing of your News Data and Interaction Data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).

You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time via e-mail to info@digital-bridge-builders.de. You can also cancel the newsletter at any time using the link at the end of the newsletter. Any processing carried out before the revocation remains lawful.

  • Duration of processing

We process your News Data and Interaction Data for these purposes until you withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter. Beyond that, we only store Personal Data for the fulfilment of any statutory retention periods.

  • Contacting us
  • Description and scope of processing

If you contact us by e-mail or via our Communicator (e.g. with questions or suggestions or to order free samples, but also to assert the rights of the persons concerned), we process the data you provide us with and the further communication between you and us. Depending on the request and the medium, we process the following Personal Data (“Contact“): personal information (e.g. name), professional and private contact data (e.g. address, company, e-mail) and company information (e.g. company, industry and position in the company, Website) as well as the content of the contact and our correspondence on this. We also process Server Data in connection with your inquiry and our communication.

  • Purpose of processing

The processing of the Contact Data serves us to process the establishment of contact and your request. The Server Data helps us to prevent misuse of the Website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

  • Legal basis of the processing

The legal basis for the processing of this Personal Data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contract implementation/contract initiation). The legal basis for answering your enquiries regarding data subject rights is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR (fulfilment of legal obligation).

  • Duration of processing

We process your Personal Data until we have finally answered your inquiry. Beyond that, we only store your Personal Data for the fulfilment of any legal retention periods.

  • What happens if minors use our Website?

Our Website addresses adults. However, it is possible that customers under the age of 18 call up the Website or purchase products through it. Our rule is that in cases where we know that a customer is under 16 years of age, we will not use their Personal Data for marketing purposes unless we have the written consent of their parents.

  • Who receives your personal information?

We will pass on your Personal Data to service providers employed by us who assist us in the operation of the Website and the above-mentioned purposes as processors (Art. 28 GDPR). We have carefully selected these companies and have concluded contract processing agreements with them. 

  • What are your rights?

You have the following legal rights vis-à-vis Company in relation to Personal Data concerning you, given that the respective requirements are met. You can find more information about your rights and the conditions applicable on the European Commission’s website https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rights-citizens_de.

  • Right of access

As a data subject, you have the right to obtain information on the Personal Data processed by you and to obtain further information, e.g. the purposes of the processing, the recipients and the planned duration of the storage or the criteria for determining the duration.

  • Right of corrcton

You have the right to request the correction of incorrect Personal Data concerning you without delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete Personal Data.

  • Right of deletion (“right to be forgotten”)

You may have the right to delete your Personal Data. This is e.g. the case if your Personal Data are no longer necessary for the original purposes, if you have revoked your declaration of consent under data protection law or if the Personal Data have been processed unlawfully.

  • Right to limit processing

As a data subject, you have the right to restrict data processing in the cases provided for by law.

  • Right to data transferability

As a data subject, in the cases prescribed by law, you have the right to receive Personal Data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format.

  • Right of objection

As a data subject, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of certain Personal Data concerning you, you have the right to object at any time.

As a data subject, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of Personal Data relating to you for the purposes of direct marketing.

  • Right to withdraw your data protection consent

You can revoke your consent to the processing of your Personal Data at any time with effect for the future. However, the legality of the processing carried out up to the time of revocation is not affected by this.

  • Right to complain to a data protection authority

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State in which you are resident, your place of work is located or the place of the suspected infringement takes place, if you consider that the processing of Personal Data relating to you is in breach of the GDPR.

The competent supervisory authority for Company is the Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (https://datenschutz.hessen.de/).

  • Does automated decision-making take place?

We do not use automated decision making including profiling in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR to achieve the respective purposes and provide the respective services.

  • Changes

This privacy information may change from time to time. Corresponding updates to the Privacy Policy will be published by us on this page. In case of substantial changes we will point this out accordingly.

  • Further questions?

If you have any further questions that are not answered by our Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail to the following address: info@digital-bridge-builders.de.

                                                                                               – Status October 2021 –