This privacy policy informs you about the collection, storage, and potential use of your personal data by us, for various purposes.
1. Name and Contact Details of the Data Controller and Data Protection Officer
This privacy information applies to data processing by the data controller:
Ramesh Korya
Ahornweg 7
85452 Moosinning
Germany
Tel: +49 151 58703372
Data Protection Officer: Ramesh Korya
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at the following email address: r.korya@brandcommx.com
2. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (e.g., laptop, tablet, smartphone) when you visit our site. Cookies store information related to the specific device being used, but they do not directly identify you. The use of cookies is intended to enhance the attractiveness of our website and enable the use of certain features. We use both session cookies to recognize when you’ve visited specific pages on our website, which are automatically deleted after you leave our site, and persistent cookies that remain on your device to recognize your browser on your next visit. The data processed through cookies is necessary for the purposes mentioned, including the protection of our legitimate interests and those of third parties. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can configure your browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer or to notify you before a new cookie is created. However, disabling cookies entirely may limit your use of certain functions on our website.
3. Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, based on our legitimate interests in analyzing, optimizing, and operating our online offerings, as per Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Google utilizes cookies to collect information about the usage of our online offerings by users. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the online offering is generally transmitted to and stored on a server operated by Google in the USA. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures compliance with European data protection law. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the usage of our online offering by users, compile reports on the activities within this online offering, and provide us with other services related to the use of this online offering and internet usage. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by configuring their browser software accordingly. Additionally, users can prevent Google from collecting and processing data generated by the cookie related to their use of the online offering by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Google Analytics Opt-out. For more information on Google’s data usage, settings, and objection options, please refer to Google’s privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and the settings for Google ad display (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).
User data is deleted or anonymized after 14 months. (The passage regarding Google Analytics was generated using the Privacy Policy Generator by RA Dr. Thomas Schwenke.)
4. Social Media Plugins
a. LinkedIn
Our website includes a button from the social network LinkedIn, operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. For EU citizens, LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible. When you are logged into your LinkedIn account and click on a LinkedIn button, LinkedIn recognizes which pages of our website you visit with each visit. LinkedIn offers the option to unsubscribe from email messages, SMS messages, targeted ads, and manage ad settings at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls. For more information and the applicable privacy policy of LinkedIn, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
b.Xing
Additionally, our website includes a button from the social network Xing, operated by XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. When you are logged into your Xing account and click on a Xing button, the content of our pages is associated with and stored in the Xing user account. For further information and the applicable privacy policy of Xing, please visit their website.
5. Contact Options
We offer multiple options on our website to contact us via email and/or a contact form, including the ability to submit attachments. In this case, the information you provide is stored for the purpose of processing your contact request. We do not use this information for any other purposes or share it with third parties.
6. Data Subject Rights
Please contact us at any time if you want to know what personal data we store about you, wish to have it corrected or deleted, or exercise your rights to restrict processing (Article 18 GDPR), object to processing (Article 21 GDPR), or data portability (Article 20 GDPR). In such cases, please contact us directly. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR). Usually, you can do this with the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or our registered office.
7. Data Security
We use the widely accepted SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser during website visits. This is typically 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we resort to 128-bit v3 technology. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is being transmitted in encrypted form by looking for the closed padlock or key symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. In addition, we employ suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological advancements.
8. Data Processing by Webflow
This website is hosted using the Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Webflow Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California, 94103. The Webflow CDN provides duplicates of a website’s data on various Webflow servers distributed worldwide. This ensures faster website loading times, increased reliability, protection against brute force attacks, and enhanced data loss prevention. When you access the site, a significant portion of the elements and source code are obtained from the Webflow CDN. As part of this process, your IP address is anonymized and transferred to Webflow servers located in the EU for 24 hours. This anonymized storage for 24 hours helps protect against brute-force attacks. No tracking or further processing of this data takes place. The use of the Webflow CDN serves the legitimate interest of increasing website reliability, protecting against data loss, safeguarding against brute force attacks, and improving website loading speed, in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Webflow Inc., based in the USA, is certified under the US-European Data Protection Agreement “Privacy Shield,” ensuring compliance with EU data protection standards. You can find Webflow’s current privacy policy at: https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy
9. Updating and Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and as of August 2023. Due to the ongoing development of our website and changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to update this privacy policy. The current privacy policy can be accessed and printed from our website at any time.