Privacy Policy
We take the issue of data protection very seriously. This privacy policy informs you about how and for what purpose personal data is processed when you use our website.
1. Controller for Data Processing
The controller pursuant to Article 4(7) of the GDPR is:
Digital People GmbH
Lars Vogler
Osterfeldstraße 6
22529 Hamburg
Telefon: +49 (0)174 180 57 65
E-Mail: info@digitalpeople.de
2. Data Protection Officer
You can contact our data protection officer at datenschutz@digitalpeople.de or at the above postal address with the addition “The Data Protection Officer”.
3. Access to Our Website
When visiting our website, we process personal data to ensure the smooth, functional, and secure operation of our website. The following data may be processed (so-called log files):
- Operating system and current IP address (last octet shortened) of the device used to access our website
- Browser type, version, and language settings
- Amount of data retrieved
- Date and time of access
- URL of the previously visited website (referrer)
- URL of the (sub)page accessed on the website
- Internet Service Provider (ISP) of the accessing system
The collection of log files is technically necessary to display our website and to ensure its stability and security. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in operating the website in a secure and functional manner, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The hosting of this website is provided by Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, with whom we have concluded a data processing agreement. Your data will be processed in a data center located in Germany and will be deleted no later than two weeks after collection.
4. Contact Forms
When you contact us via our forms, we require certain personal data to process your request. Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk. If these fields are not filled in, we may not be able to process your request. Additional information is not mandatory for contacting us and is provided voluntarily, based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. The email inbox associated with the forms is provided by Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, USA). Data processing generally takes place within the EU. However, data transfer to Microsoft in the USA (a third country) cannot be fully excluded. We have therefore entered into a data processing agreement with Microsoft, based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. The EU Standard Contractual Clauses are available on the European Commission’s website.
4.1 General Contact Form
For our general contact form, your personal data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR to initiate or perform pre-contractual measures, as well as in accordance with our legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Your personal data will be deleted, subject to statutory retention periods, as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies, i.e., when your request has been fully processed and no further communication is required or desired by you.
5. Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager service provided by Google. “Google” refers to a corporate group consisting of Google Ireland Ltd. (the service provider), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, and Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, as well as other affiliated companies of Google LLC. The Google Tag Manager is a technical service and processes personal data only for essential technical purposes. It serves to load other components that may collect data. However, the Google Tag Manager does not access these data itself. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google, based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. The EU Standard Contractual Clauses are available on the European Commission’s website. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest in improving our website and enabling accessible integration of plug-ins and other content in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
6. Cookies
When using our website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that are assigned to the browser you use and stored on your hard drive, enabling certain information to flow to the entity setting the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the internet offering more user-friendly and effective. We use technically necessary cookies, which are required for providing the website. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring the technically flawless and user-friendly presentation of the website. For cookies that are not technically necessary, the processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent is obtained via our cookie banner through opt-in. You may withdraw your consent at any time, without giving reasons, with effect for the future, by removing the checkmark from the respective category in the cookie banner and saving the settings. More information on the cookies used on this website can be found in our Cookie Consent Tool. Additionally, you will find information below about services that are based on your consent.
7.1 Cookie Management with Cookiebot (Usercentrics)
We use the Cookiebot solution by Usercentrics on our website to obtain and manage legally required consent for the use of cookies. When you visit our website, a Cookiebot cookie is stored in your browser to record the consents you have given or any withdrawals of consent.
The information collected in this context is not shared with third parties. Your consent choices are stored for one year, after which you will be asked to provide your consent again. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting the cookie settings on our website or by manually deleting the cookie in your browser.
The use of Cookiebot serves to comply with legal obligations in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR in conjunction with § 25 TTDSG.
7.2 Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). The cookie used for this purpose allows us to analyze the usage of our website. Google processes this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our website, compile reports on website activities, and provide other services related to website and internet usage. The information generated by the cookie may be transferred to a Google LLC server in the USA and stored there. On our website, Google Analytics has been extended with the “anonymizeIp” function to ensure that IP addresses are anonymized (IP masking). This means that the IP address of the user is shortened by Google within the EU member states or other contracting states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA (third country) and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be combined with other data from Google. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google, based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. The EU Standard Contractual Clauses are available on the European Commission’s website. The legal basis for using Google Analytics is your consent, as per Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, granted via the cookie banner and which can be revoked at any time without providing reasons, with effect for the future. The personal data processed by Google Analytics will be stored for 14 months and then automatically deleted.
8. Your Rights
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If so, we will provide you with information about this personal data and the information listed in Art. 15 GDPR. Furthermore, subject to legal requirements, you have the right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), data portability (Art. 20 GDPR), and the right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR). If the processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR); the lawfulness of processing based on consent until the withdrawal remains unaffected. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes data protection laws (Art. 77 GDPR).
9. Changes to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
Current version: March 2022.