1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about how your personal data is handled when you use our website. Personal data means all data by which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Tim Richter, c/o flexdienst – #20718
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 76, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Deutschland, Email: ai-crypto-news-info@protonmail.com. The controller responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
2.1 When you use our website for informational purposes only, that is, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we collect only the data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the moment of access
- Amount of data transmitted in bytes
- Source/reference from which you reached the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (where applicable: in anonymized form)
Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries sent to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.
3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network
For the hosting of our website and the display of its content, we use a provider that performs its services itself or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers located within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
4) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for a longer period and enable page settings to be saved (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR in the case of consent given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and in a customer-friendly and effective design of the website visit.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually on their acceptance, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.
To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and the related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner.” Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at https://devowl.io/de/rcb/datenverarbeitung/.
The legal bases for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.
5) Contacting Us
When you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiry pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your inquiry has been fully processed. This is the case if the circumstances indicate that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
6) Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising
6.1 Subscription to Our Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your email address. Providing additional data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an email newsletter once you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm, by clicking the relevant link, that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we store the IP address entered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), as well as the date and time of registration, in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your email address at a later date. The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter is used exclusively for advertising purposes by means of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the controller named at the beginning. Once you have unsubscribed, your email address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list without undue delay, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this where permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
6.2 Sending the Email Newsletter to Existing Customers
If you provided us with your email address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers by email for goods or services from our range that are similar to those you have already purchased. For this purpose, we are not required to obtain separate consent from you pursuant to Section 7(3) of the German Act Against Unfair Competition (UWG). In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails.
You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the controller named at the beginning. For this, you will only incur transmission costs according to the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.
7) Website Functionalities
7.1 X Plugins
Our website uses plugins of the social network provided by the following provider: Twitter International Unlimited Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland.
These plugins enable direct interactions with content on the social network.
To increase the protection of your data when visiting our website, the plugins are initially deactivated and integrated into the page by means of a so-called “2-click” or “Shariff” solution.
This integration ensures that when a page of our website containing such plugins is accessed, no connection to the provider’s servers is established yet.
Only if you activate the plugins and thereby give your consent to the data transfer in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR will your browser establish a direct connection to the provider’s servers. In this process, regardless of whether you are logged into an existing user profile, certain information about your device used (including your IP address), your browser, and your page history will be transmitted to the provider and may be further processed there.
If you are logged into an existing user profile on the provider’s social network, information about interactions carried out via the plugins will also be published there and displayed to your contacts.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by deactivating the activated plugin again by clicking it once more. However, the withdrawal does not affect data already transmitted to the provider.
Data may also be transferred to: X Corp., USA.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
For the transfer of data to the USA, the provider relies on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.
7.2 YouTube
This website uses plugins to display and play videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.
Data may also be transferred to: Google LLC., USA.
If you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser will establish a direct connection to the provider’s servers no later than when the video is played in order to load the content. In doing so, certain information, including your IP address, will be transmitted to the provider.
If playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, compile playback statistics, and prevent abusive behavior.
If you are logged into a user account with the provider during your visit to the website, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want your data to be associated with your account, you must log out before clicking the play button.
All of the aforementioned processing operations, in particular the setting of cookies for reading information on the device used, take place only if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw the consent you have given at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service via the “cookie consent tool” provided on the website.
For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with the European level of data protection on the basis of an adequacy decision by the European Commission.
8) Tools and Miscellaneous
Cookie Consent Tool
This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications requiring consent. The “cookie consent tool” is displayed to users when they access the website in the form of an interactive user interface, through which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by ticking boxes. By using the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are loaded only if the respective user has granted consent by ticking the appropriate boxes. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the user’s device if consent has been given.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies in order to store your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our website.
A further legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are under a legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user’s consent.
Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the operator and the settings options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.
9) Rights of the Data Subject
9.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), whereby reference is made to the cited legal basis for the respective requirements for exercise:
- Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
- Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
- Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
- Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
- Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
9.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST FOLLOWING A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO SUCH PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE YOUR OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
10) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing, and—where applicable—also by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial or tax law).
Where personal data is processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned will be stored until you withdraw your consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data processed within the scope of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, such data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in further storage.
Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Where personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data will be stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information contained in this declaration regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
