1. An overview of data protection

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General information

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The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data with which you could be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

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Data collection on our website

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Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

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The data collected on this website is processed by the website operator. The operator’s contact details can be found in the website’s required legal notice.

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How do we collect your data?

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Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This could, for example, be data you enter on a contact form. Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This data is primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

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What do we use your data for?

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Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data can be used to analyze how visitors use the site.

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What rights do you have regarding your data?

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You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in the legal notice if you have further questions about the issue of privacy and data protection. You may also, of course, file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.

 

2. Hosting

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External Hosting

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This website is hosted by an external service provider (Alfahosting). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata, and communications, contract information, contact information, names, web page access, and other data generated through a website.

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The use of the host is for the purpose of fulfilling our contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and follow our instructions regarding this data.

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3. General information and mandatory information

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Data protection

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The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. If you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal information is any data with which you could be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

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Notice concerning the party responsible for this website

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The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
You&Company Consulting GmbH
Kurfürstendamm 66
10707 Berlin
Germany
Email: info@youandcompany.de

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The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).

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Revocation of your consent to the processing of your data

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Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. An informal email making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.

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Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities

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If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. The competent regulatory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the data protection officer of the German state in which our company is headquartered. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/

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Right to data portability

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You have the right to have data which we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

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SSL or TLS encryption

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This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.

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If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

Information, blocking, deletion

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As permitted by law, you have the right to be provided at any time with information free of charge about any of your personal data that is stored as well as its origin, the recipient, and the purpose for which it has been processed. You also have the right to have this data corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time using the address given in our legal notice if you have further questions on the topic of personal data.

 

Opposition to promotional emails

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We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.

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4. Data collection on our website

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Cookies

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Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They either get stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or they are stored permanently on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you actively delete them, or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

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In some cases, it is possible that third-party cookies are stored on your device once you enter our site (third-party cookies). These cookies enable you or us to take advantage of certain services offered by the third party (e.g., cookies for the processing of payment services).

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Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are technically essential since certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). The purpose of other cookies may be the analysis of user patterns or the display of promotional messages.

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Cookies that are required for the performance of the electronic communications transaction (required cookies) or for the provision of certain functions you want to use (functional cookies, e.g., for the shopping cart function) or those that are necessary for the optimization of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measurable insights into the web audience), shall be stored based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless a different legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the respective cookies are stored exclusively based on the consent obtained (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR); this consent may be revoked at any time.

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Server log files

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The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:

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• The type and version of browser used

• The used operating system

• Referrer URL

• The hostname of the accessing computer

• The time of the server inquiry

• The IP address

 

This data is not merged with other data sources.

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This data is recorded based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.