Privacy Policy

General Information‍

Thank you for visiting our website. This privacy policy informs you about the processing of personal data on our website. Personal data ("data") is any information relating to an identified or identifiable person. “Processing" of data means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organisation, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.  

We only process the data as necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website as well as for the provision of our content and services. The legal basis for data protection can be found in particular in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC ("General Data Protection Regulation", GDPR) as well as in the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG).This privacy policy can be accessed and printed out at any time on the website. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy in compliance with the statutory provisions.‍‍

Controller‍

The Controller of your personal data is
dp4i GmbH  
Faistenbergerstrasse 3
81545 München
info@dp4i.com
Controller is any natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.  ‍

Scope of Data Processing
‍The data is processed by us or by third parties in the context of using the website. We use various third-party providers in the areas of hosting, mailing services, software and customer/data management (CRM) each of which processes data on our behalf. We have concluded corresponding order processing agreements with these third-party providers, which ensure that an adequate level of data protection is also guaranteed with respect to our (sub-)processors (Art. 28 GDPR). For more information on the third-party providers used, please feel free to contact us at any time.We process contact information, usage data or other information that you provide to us. Details are set out in the table below or as otherwise described in this privacy policy or to you:

We only process your data if this is necessary for the stated purposes. Failure to provide the data may have legal disadvantages, such as the loss of legal positions, for example, no response to your enquiry or the impracticability of a contract.‍

As a matter of principle, we will only transfer or disclose your data to third parties if we have obtained your consent or if there is another legal basis for doing so. We generally process personal data within the EU/EEA. As soon as your data is processed outside the EU/EEA, compliance with European data protection standards is ensured in each case and we will inform you of this. If your data is transferred to third countries, such as the USA, we ensure that the legal requirements according to Art. 44 ff. GDPR for such a transfer are met and that your data is processed in the third country in accordance with the European data protection standard. For this purpose, we generally use the so-called EU standard contractual clauses that we conclude with the respective provider. Further, in accordance with the requirements of the ECJ following the "Schrems II" decision, a case-by-case risk analysis is carried out with regard to the respective third country. For further information, you can also contact us by email at info@dp4i.com.‍

Furthermore, we have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that the regulations on data protection are observed both by us and by external service providers. For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption.  ‍

‍We collect data about every visit to our website (so-called server log files). The data listed below is processed as follows:

‍‍Contact and Emails

‍If you send us an email or otherwise contact us the information from the respective enquiry, including the contact data provided, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry as follows:

‍‍Cookies and other tools used on our website‍

We use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the end device used and saved by the browser. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. There are different types of cookies that are used for different purposes. Some cookies ensure that our offers function properly or that you are recognised on your end device after successful registration ("necessary" cookies). By placing these necessary cookies, we make the use of our website more comfortable. We place other cookies to analyse user preferences and thus improve our offers ("advanced cookies", see below). We only place cookies with your consent. When you visit our services for the first time, you will see a pop-up explaining cookies. Once you click on the relevant consent button, you agree to our use of the particular cookies selected, each of which is described in the pop-up as well as in this Privacy Policy. You may adjust your consent with respect to the selected cookies at any time here [insert link to cookie banner / consent tool].You can also adjust your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. You can manage many online ad cookies from companies via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/. Please note that if you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.  Insofar as personal data is processed when "necessary" cookies are used, this is based on the legal basis Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR due to legitimate interests of quality assurance and a technically flawless presentation of the website. The processing of personal data when using so-called "extended cookies" is based on your consent (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) a) GDPR).  

Storage and Deleting Data‍

We only store your personal data for as long as it is necessary for the respective processing purpose and limit the storage period to the minimum necessary. Beyond this, we only store your data if we are entitled or obliged to do so in accordance with statutory retention periods (for example, in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB) or the German Fiscal Code (AO)).  ‍‍

Your Rights‍

You have the following rights:  the right to information, the right to correction or deletion, the right to restrict processing,  the right to data portability,the right to revoke your consent with effect for the future, The right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. (1) e) or f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.‍

To exercise your aforementioned rights you can send an email to info@dp4i.com.‍‍

October 2021‍