Privacy Policy

On our website we would like to provide you with information about us and our services. We follow the principle of "Privacy by Design". This means that we design our business processes for maximum privacy and you as a user always have full control over your data, according to the motto "as much as necessary, as little as possible".

For this reason, we completely disclaim the use of advertising cookies, web trackers, analysis tools, advertising networks (so-called affiliates), alienated fonts, embedded route planners or other services that collect personal data from you in the background. The use of our website is basically possible without the disclosure of your personal data. In addition, we have taken numerous organizational and technical and measures to protect you while surfing on our website. What you need to know about our privacy policy has been summarized for you in the following privacy policy.

Preamble

We process your personal data always under consideration of the legal data protection regulations. Personal data will only be collected, stored or passed on to third parties if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose of the contract, if you have expressly declared your consent beforehand or if this is done on the basis of a legal provision. Any other use of your data will not take place.

Who is responsible for the processing of personal data with us?

Responsible in the sense of the data protection basic regulation with data protection-legal character is the KARKALIS COMMUNICATIONS GmbH, managing director André Karkalis, Merowingerstraße 61, 40225 Duesseldorf, telephone (0211) 30 20 58 10, email: dus@karkalis-communications.com, Web address: www.karkalis -communications.communications.com.

Data security

We have taken appropriate technical and organizational precautions to ensure a level of protection of your personal information that is commensurate with the risk, taking into account the current state of the art. These include in particular the following measures:

  • SSL encryption of our website
  • Server location in Germany
  • Perform regular backups and updates
  • Encryption of media and secure storage
  • strict password policies
  • access control

Nevertheless, data transmission over the Internet may have security holes. Therefore, please do not share any sensitive personal information with us electronically.

Server log files

Whenever our website is accessed, our provider automatically collects information that is transferred from your browser and stored in so-called server log files. This is for purely legal and technical reasons to ensure flawless delivery of the website and to detect misuse (for example, by hackers or spammers). The following information is recorded: browser type and version, operating system used, time of the server request and IP address from which the call was made. The IP address will be anonymized after 7 days with an "X". In addition, this data will not be merged with other data sources or analyzed for promotional purposes.

Basis for this data processing

We collect this data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c and f DSGVO, which permit data processing based on a legitimate interest, for misuse detection and fault elimination and, if necessary, for providing information to public authorities.

Right to object

The collection and storage of server log files is essential for the operation of our website. There is therefore no possibility of contradiction.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website to provide you with certain features. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer via your browser and contain various information that will serve in the first line to manage specific settings. We use only cookies on our website, which are necessary for the functionality of the website. Cookies that have the purpose of recording their surfing behavior or to enable user profiles are not used.

Basis for this data processing

We collect this data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F DSGV, which allows data processing due to a legitimate interest in the fulfillment of desirable functionalities.

Right to object

You have the option to set in your browser that cookies either deleted or not saved. How that works, we will gladly explain to you. Just contact our data protection officer.

Contact possibilities

On our website you have the opportunity to send us a request via a contact form, which will be transmitted encrypted. We ask you for your e-mail address in order to answer, as well as for your name and the content of your message to us. All information is voluntary and is stored by us only to process your request. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. An informal message by e-mail to us is enough. If you have further questions, you can also contact our data protection officer directly.

Basis for this data processing

We collect this data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGV, which allows data processing if the person concerned has given his consent.

Right to object

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Just send us an informal e-mail with the subject "Withdrawal of consent". In this case, we will no longer use and delete your personal data that you have provided us via the contact form.

Use of YouTube videos

We've included YouTube videos on our website for a better user experience. YouTube is a video portal that allows you to watch, rate, comment and self-upload video clips for free.

The operating company of the YouTube platform is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Please note: Whenever you watch a YouTube video on our website, you will be connected to the YouTube servers and given the IP address you used to visit our site. These data are collected directly from YouTube, stored and possibly shared with third parties. We, the website owner, have no control over this and do not get any insight into the data that YouTube collects. Therefore, before playing a video, be sure to read YouTube's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy and contact YouTube directly for questions, information, or disputes about data usage.

Basis for this data processing

We collect this data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGV, which allows data processing if the person concerned has given his consent.

Right to object

If you do not want your personal information to be transmitted to YouTube, do not click the play button on the video, as the connection to the YouTube servers will not be established until you click. You will receive a corresponding note directly on the video itself.

Salesviewer

This website uses SalesViewer® technology from SalesViewer® GmbH on the basis of the website operator’s legitimate interests (Section 6 paragraph 1 lit.f GDPR) in order to collect and save data on marketing, market research and optimisation purposes.

In order to do this, a javascript based code, which serves to capture company-related data and according website usage. The data captured using this technology are encrypted in a non-retrievable one-way function (so-called hashing). The data is immediately pseudonymised and is not used to identify website visitors personally.

The data stored by Salesviewer will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal obligations to retain them.

The data recording and storage can be repealed at any time with immediate effect for the future, by clicking on https://www.salesviewer.com/opt-out in order to prevent SalesViewer® from recording your data. In this case, an opt-out cookie for this website is saved on your device. If you delete the cookies in the browser, you will need to click on this link again.

Your rights as data subject - information, blocking, deletion

You have the right at any time to demand information about which personal data we store, where these data come from, what legal basis they were collected and to whom they were passed on. In addition, you may correct this information, block it for further use or have it deleted altogether (right to be forgotten "), unless the processing of the data is required or legal provisions preclude the blocking or deletion. If you would like to exercise your rights, please contact our data protection officer.

Your right to object

The processing of personal data, which pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f DSGVO, you may, at any time for reasons that arise from their particular situation, object to the future. In this case, we will cease to process such data unless: a) we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, b) the processing is for the purpose of enforcing, pursuing or defending legal claims, or (c) the processing is necessary to fulfill a public interest task.

If you wish to object to the processing of your personal data, please contact our data protection officer.

How long do we save your data?

We store your personal data in accordance with statutory retention periods. After these deadlines, we will delete these data, if they are no longer needed for contract fulfillment or preliminary initiation.

Legal or contractual regulations

In some cases, it is required by law that we store or provide personal information. This may be necessary, for example, due to tax regulations. If you do not wish to provide us with such data in these cases or if you object to its use, then this may mean that, for example, a contract can not be concluded. If you have any questions in individual cases, please contact our data protection officer so that he can inform you in detail about the following points:

  • Is the provision of personal data required by law or contract?
  • Is the personal data necessary for the conclusion of the contract?
  • Is there an obligation to provide personal information?
  • Which consequences does a contradiction to the use of the data have?

 

25.05.2018. All rights reserved.