Data protection

1. introduction

In the following, we provide information about the processing of personal data when using

● our website kassenkompass.de

● our profiles in social media.

Personal data is all data that can be related to a specific natural person, e.g. their name or IP address.

1.1. Contact details

Responsible acc. Art. 4 para. 7EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is KassenKompass GmbH, Wendenstraße130, 20537 Hamburg, Germany, e-mail: info@kassenkompass.de. We are legally represented by Karl Ole Walkenhorst.

Our data protection officer can be contacted via heyData GmbH, Schützenstraße 5, 10117 Berlin, www.heydata.eu,E-Mail: datenschutz@heydata.eu.

1.2. Scope of data processing, processing purposes and legal bases

The scope of data processing, processing purposes and legal bases are explained in detail below. In principle, the following legal bases for data processing can be considered:

● Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent.

● Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR is the legal basis insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract, e.g. when a site visitor purchases a product from us or we perform a service for them. This legal basis also applies to processing that is necessary for pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries about our products or services.

● Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c GDPR applies if we fulfill a legal obligation by processing personal data, as may be the case in tax law, for example.

● Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis if we can rely on legitimate interests to process personal data, e.g. for cookies that are required for the technical operation of our website.

1.3. Data processing outside the EEA

Insofar as we transfer data to service providers or other third parties outside the EEA, adequacy decisions of theEU Commission in accordance with Art. 45 Ab. 3 GDPR, the security of the data during transfer, insofar as this exists, as is the case for the UK, Canada and Israel, for example.

In the case of data transfer to service providers in the USA, the legal basis for data transfer is an adequacy decision by the EU Commission if the service provider is also certified under the EU US Data Privacy Framework.

In other cases (e.g. if there is no adequacy decision), the legal basis for data transfer is usually standard contractual clauses, unless we indicate otherwise. These are a set of rules adopted by the EU Commission and form part of the contract with the respective third party. According to Art. 46 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, they guarantee the security of data transfer. Many of the providers have issued contractual guarantees that go beyond the standard contractual clauses and protect the data beyond the standard contractual clauses. These are, for example, guarantees with regard to the encryption of data or with regard to the obligation of the third party to inform the data subject if law enforcement agencies wish to access data.

1.4. Storage duration

Unless expressly stated in this privacy policy, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing is restricted, i.e. the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that we have to store for commercial or tax law reasons.

1.5. Rights of the data subjects

Data subjects have the following rights vis-à-vis us with regard to their personal data:

● Right to information,

● Right to rectification or erasure,

● Right to restriction of processing,

● Right to object to the processing,

● Right to data portability,

● Right to withdraw consent at any time.

Data subjects also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of their personal data. Contact details of the data protection supervisory authorities can be found athttps://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.htmlabrufbar.

1.6. Obligation to provide data

In the context of a business relationship or other relationship, customers, interested parties or third parties only have to provide us with the personal data that is necessary for the establishment, execution and termination of the business relationship or for the other relationship or that we are legally obliged to collect. Without this data, we will generally have to refuse to conclude a contract or provide a service or will no longer be able to perform an existing contract or other relationship.

Mandatory information is marked as such.

1.7. No automated decision-making in individual cases

In principle, we do not use fully automated decision-making in accordance with Article 22 GDPR to establish and implement a business relationship or other relationship. If we use these procedures in individual cases, we will inform you of this separately if this is required by law.

1.8. Contact us

When contacting us, e.g. by e-mail or telephone, the data provided to us (e.g. names and e-mail addresses) will be stored by us in order to answer questions. The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR) in responding to inquiries addressed to us. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

1.9. Customer surveys

From time to time, we conduct customer surveys to get to know our customers and their wishes better. We collect the data requested in each case. It is our legitimate interest to get to know our customers and their wishes better, so that the legal basis for the associated data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit f GDPR is. We delete the data once the results of the surveys have been evaluated.

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We reserve the right to inform customers who have already used our services or purchased goods about our offers from time to time by e-mail or other means if they have not objected to this. The legal basis for this data processing isArt. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in direct marketing (Recital 47 GDPR). Customers can object to the use of their e-mail address for advertising purposes at any time at no additional cost, for example via the link at the end of each e-mail or by sending an e-mail to our above-mentioned e-mail address.

Interested parties have the option of subscribing to a free newsletter. We process the data provided during registration exclusively for the purpose of sending the newsletter. Registration takes place by selecting the corresponding field on our website, by ticking the corresponding field in a paper document or by another unambiguous action, whereby interested parties declare their consent to the processing of their data, so that the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 1 sentence 1 lit.a GDPR is. Consent can be revoked at any time, e.g. by clicking on the corresponding link in the newsletter or by sending a message to the e-mail address given above. The processing of the data until revocation remains lawful even in the event of revocation.

Based on the consent of the recipients (Art. 6 Para. 1S. 1 lit. a GDPR), we also measure the opening and click rate of our newsletters in order to understand which content is relevant for our recipients.

3. data processing on our website

3.1. Note for website visitors from Germany

Our website stores information in the terminal equipment of website visitors (e.g. cookies) or accesses information that is already stored in the terminal equipment (e.g. IP addresses). The following sections provide details of this information.

This storage and access takes place on the basis of the following provisions:

● Insofar as this storage or access is absolutely necessary for us to provide the service of our website expressly requested by website visitors (e.g. to implement a chatbot used by the website visitor or to ensure the IT security of our website), it is carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) GDPR. 2 No. 2 TTDSG.

● Otherwise, this storage or access is based on the consent of the website visitor (Section 25 (1) TTDSG).

Downstream data processing is carried out in accordance with the following sections and on the basis of the provisions of the GDPR.

3.2. Informational use of the website

When using the website for informational purposes, i.e. when site visitors do not transmit information to us separately, we collect the personal data that the browser transmits to our server in order to ensure the stability and security of our website. This is our legitimate interest, so that the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. fDSGVO is.

These data are:

● IP address

● Date and time of the request

● Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

● Content of the request (specific page)

Access status/HTTP status code

● Amount of data transferred in each case

● Website from which the request comes

● Browser

● Operating system and its interface

● Language and version of the browser software.

This data is also stored in log files. They will be deleted when their storage is no longer necessary, at the latest after 14 days.

3.3. Web hosting and provision of the website

Our website is hosted by Webflow. The provider is Webflow, Inc, 398 11th St., Floor2, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The provider processes the personal data transmitted via the website, e.g. content, usage, meta/communication data or contact data, in the USA. Further information can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy.

It is our legitimate interest to provide a website, so that the legal basis for the data processing described is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR is.

The legal basis for the transfer to a country outside the EEA is an adequacy decision. The security of the data transferred to the third country (i.e. a country outside the EEA) is guaranteed because theEU Commission has issued an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 Para. 3D GDPR has decided that the third country offers an adequate level of protection.

We use the Webflow content delivery network for our website. The provider is Webflow, Inc, 398 11th St., Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The provider processes the personal data transmitted via the website, e.g. content, usage, meta/communication or contact data, in the USA. You can find further information in the provider’s privacy policy at https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy.

We have a legitimate interest in using sufficient storage and delivery capacities in order to ensure optimum data throughput even during large load peaks. The legal basis for the data processing described is therefore Art. 6 para. 1 S.1 lit. f GDPR.

3.4. Contact form

When you contact us via the contact form on our website, we store the data requested there and the content of the message.
The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest in responding to inquiries addressed to us. The legal basis for the processing is therefore Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer necessary, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

3.5. Reviews

Site visitors can leave reviews of our goods, services or our company in general on our website. For this purpose, we process meta or communication data in addition to the data entered. We have a legitimate interest in receiving feedback on our website from visitors. Therefore, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. If we use a tool from a third-party provider for the agreement, the information can be found under “Third-party providers”.

3.6. Single sign-on

Users can log in to our website using one or more single sign-on procedures. They use the login data already created for a provider. The prerequisite is that the user is already registered with the respective provider. When a user logs in using the single sign-on procedure, we receive information from the provider that the user is logged in with the provider and the provider receives information that the user is using the single sign-on procedure on our website. Depending on the user’s settings in their account on the provider’s website, additional information may be made available to us by the provider. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in providing users with a simple log-in option, while at the same time safeguarding the interests of users, as use is only voluntary.

providers of the procedure(s) offered:

● we’re not using one yet, we’re not launching for another 4 weeks

3.7. Third-party provider

3.7.1. Matomo

We use Matomo for analysis. The provider is InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand. The provider processes usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times) and meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses) in the EU.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1lit. a GDPR. Processing is based on consent and data subjects can withdraw their consent at any time, for example by contacting us using the contact details provided in our privacy policy. The revocation does not affect the legality of the processing up to the revocation.

The data will be deleted when the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies and there are no retention obligations to the contrary. Further information can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/.

3.7.2. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics for analysis. The provider is Google IrelandLimited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland. The provider processes usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times) and meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses) in the USA.

The legal basis for the transfer to a country outside the EEA is an adequacy decision. The security of the data transferred to the third country (i.e. a country outside the EEA) is guaranteed because the EU Commission has issued an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 Para. 3D GDPR has decided that the third country offers an adequate level of protection.

The data will be deleted when the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies and there is no obligation to retain it. Further information can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

3.7.3. heyData

We have included a data protection seal on our website. The provider is heyData GmbH, Schützenstraße 5, 10117 Berlin, Germany. The provider processes meta/communication data (e.g. IP addresses) in the EU.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in providing website visitors with confirmation of our data protection compliance, but the provider also has a legitimate interest in ensuring that only customers with existing contracts use its seals, which is why a mere image copy of the certificate is not a viable alternative to confirmation.

The data is masked after collection so that there is no longer any personal reference. Further information can be found in the provider’s privacy policy at https://heydata.eu/datenschutzerklaerung.

3.7.4. CookieFirst

We use CookieFirst for consent management. The provider is Digital Data Solutions B.V., Plantage Middenlaan 42a,1018 DH Amsterdam. The provider processes meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses) in the EU.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1lit. c GDPR. The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

4. data processing on social media platforms

We are represented in social media networks to present our organization and our services. The operators of these networks regularly process their users’ data for advertising purposes. Among other things, they create user profiles based on their online behavior, which are used, for example, to display advertising on the network pages and elsewhere on the Internet that corresponds to the interests of the users, with the network operators storing information on user behavior in cookies on the user’s computer. Furthermore, it cannot be ruled out that the operators may combine this information with other data. users can find further information and information on how users can object to processing by the site operators in the data protection declarations of the respective operators listed below. It is also possible that the operators or their servers are located in non-EU countries so that they process data there. This can result in risks for users, e.g. because the enforcement of their rights is made more difficult or government agencies gain access to the data.

When users of the networks contact us via our profiles, we process the data provided to us in order to respond to the inquiries. This is our legitimate interest, so that the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR is.

4.1. Facebook

We maintain a profile on Facebook. The operator is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. The privacy policy is available here: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.Eine You can object to data processing viaAd settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
We are jointly responsible for processing the data of visitors to our profile on the basis of an agreement within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR with Facebook. Facebook explains exactly which data is processed athttps://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.Betroffene can exercise their rights both against us and against Facebook. However, according to our agreement with Facebook, we are obliged to forward requests to Facebook. Those affected will also receive faster feedback if they contact Facebook directly.

4.2. Instagram

We maintain a profile on Instagram. The operator is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. The privacy policy is available here:https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

4.3. Tiktok

We maintain a profile on Tiktok. The operator is TikTok Technology Limited, whose registered office is at 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland. The privacy policy is available here:https://www.tiktok.com/de/privacy-policy.

4.4. YouTube

We maintain a profile on YouTube. The operator is Google Ireland Limited GordonHouse, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland. The privacy policy is available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

4.5. LinkedIn

We maintain a profile on LinkedIn. The operator is LinkedIn Ireland UnlimitedCompany, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. The privacy policy is available here: https://https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?_l=de_DE.Eine You can object to data processing via the settings for advertisements: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

5. changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy with effect for the future. A current version is always available here.

6. questions and comments

If you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please do not hesitate to contact us using the contact details above.

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