PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to our privacy policy. We take the protection of your data very seriously. This statement is intended to give you an overview of how we collect, use, process, and protect your personal data. Please take the time to read this statement carefully.
 User Rights:

As a user, you have the following rights according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

  • Right to Information: You have the right to know whether and how your personal data is being used and processed. Additionally, you can request access to the personal data stored about you, as well as additional information.
  • Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of the personal data that you have voluntarily provided in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Rectification: You can request the correction of the personal data that has been stored about you if it is incorrect or incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data by the company.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You can request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority: If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Please note that these rights may be subject to certain limitations imposed by the legitimate interests of the company or regulatory requirements. If you wish to exercise any of these rights or require further information, you can contact the designated person listed in the imprint.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights listed here or require further information, please contact:

IKR Richter Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
IKW-Straße 9-11
D-01979 Lauchhammer

If you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you have the right, according to Article 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You can find a list of data protection officers and their contact details at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/anschriften_table.html

The supervisory authority is responsible for monitoring compliance with data protection regulations and can take action to protect your rights in cases of data protection violations. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the processing of your personal data, you can contact the relevant supervisory authority.

Storage:
We store your personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. The retention periods depend on the nature of the data collected and the purpose for which it was collected, taking into account both the case-specific circumstances and the need to delete outdated, unused information as soon as possible. We store records containing personal data of customers, documents about account setup, communications, and other data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

We may, at any time and in our sole discretion, correct, complete, or remove incomplete or inaccurate data.

Basis for Data Collection:
The processing of your personal data (i.e., any data that allow your identification by reasonable means; "personal data") is based on Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. This is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, to protect our legitimate interests, and to comply with legal and financial regulatory obligations to which we are subject.

By using this website, you agree to the collection, storage, use, disclosure, and other use of your personal data as described in these privacy policies.

Please read the privacy policy carefully before making decisions.


Data Collected:
We collect two types of data and information from users.

The first category includes non-identifying and non-identifiable user data provided or collected through the use of the website ("Non-Personal Data"). We do not know the identity of the user from whom non-personal data is collected. Non-personal data that may be collected includes aggregated usage data and technical data transmitted by your device, including certain information about software and hardware (e.g., browser used on the device and operating system used, language settings, access times, etc.). We use this data to improve the functionality of our website. We may also collect data about your activity on the website (e.g., pages visited, browsing behavior, clicks, actions, etc.).

The second category includes personal data, which are data that identify an individual or can be reasonably identified through appropriate measures.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

How We Obtain Data About You:
We obtain your personal data from various sources:

You provide us with such data voluntarily, for example, when registering on our website.
We receive such data when you use our website or access it in connection with one of our services.
We receive such data from other providers, services, and public registers (for example, from data traffic analysis providers).

Data Recipients under GDPR:
We only transmit your personal data to third parties in the following cases:
The transmission is necessary to fulfill a legal requirement under which we are obliged to report or disclose the data.
The data is transmitted to external companies that act as data processors on our behalf or provide services on our behalf (e.g., courier and logistics companies, call centers, external data centers, IT and computer applications, website management, auditing services, banks, data disposal, etc.).
The data is transmitted to third parties with your consent.
The data is transmitted to process a contractual relationship with you according to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR, for example, to a subsidiary within the group, a subcontractor, or a logistics company.

Further Information:
You have the right to receive free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority.

In addition to the various purposes of use listed above, we may also transfer personal data to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, and subcontractors.

In addition to the purposes listed in these privacy policies, we may transmit personal data to our trusted external providers, located in different jurisdictions around the world, for the following reasons:

Hosting and operating our website
Providing our services, including personalized display of our website
Storing and processing such data on our behalf
Displaying advertisements and assessing the success of our advertising campaigns, retargeting users
Providing marketing offers and promotional materials related to our website and our services
Conducting studies, technical diagnostics, or analyses
We may also disclose data if we believe in good faith that this is helpful or appropriate to: (i) comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal proceedings, or governmental requests; (ii) enforce our policies (including our agreement) and investigate and address any potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud, or security issues; (iv) assert or defend our own legal claims or enforce them, or protect ourselves against claims from others; (v) protect the rights, property, or safety, the safety of our users, your safety, or the safety of third parties; or (vi) cooperate with law enforcement agencies and/or protect intellectual property or other legal rights.

Cookies:
We and our partners use cookies to provide relevant services. This applies even when you visit our website or access our services.

A "cookie" is a small data packet assigned to your device when you visit a website from that website. Cookies are useful and can be used for various purposes. These include, for example, facilitating navigation between different pages, automatically activating certain functions, saving your settings, and providing optimized access to our services. The use of cookies also allows us to display relevant advertising tailored to your interests and to collect statistical information about your use of our services.

This website uses the following types of cookies:
a. "Session cookies" that ensure normal system usage. Session cookies are only stored for a limited time during a session and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.

b. "Persistent cookies" that are read only by the website and are not deleted when you close the browser window but are stored on your computer for a certain period. This type of cookie allows us to identify you on your next visit and, for example, save your settings.

c. "Third-party cookies" that are set by other online services represented with their own content on the page you are visiting. These may include, for example, external web analytics companies that collect and analyze access to our website.

Cookies do not contain personal data that identifies you, but the personal data we store may be associated with the data contained in the cookies. You can remove cookies from your device's settings. Follow the instructions provided. Note that disabling cookies may restrict certain features when using our website.

The tool we use is based on Snowplow Analytics technology. Data collected about the use of our website may include, for example, how often users visit the website or which areas are accessed. The tool we use does not collect personal data and is used exclusively by our web hosting provider and service provider to improve its own offering.

Use of Script Libraries (Google Web Fonts):
To ensure that our content is displayed correctly and graphically appealing in every browser, we use script and font libraries such as Google Web Fonts (https://www.google.com/webfonts) for this website. Google Web Fonts are transferred to the cache of your browser so that they only need to be loaded once. If your browser does not support or denies access to Google Web Fonts, the content will be displayed in a standard font.

When accessing script or font libraries, a connection to the operator of the library is automatically established. In theory, it is possible for this operator to collect data. Currently, it is not known whether and for what purpose the operators of the corresponding libraries actually collect data.

You can find the privacy policy of the operator of the Google library here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.

Data Collection by Third Parties:
This policy only covers the use and disclosure of data that we collect from you. If you publish data on other websites or disclose it to third parties on the Internet, different provisions may apply. Therefore, always read the terms and conditions and privacy policies carefully when disclosing data.

These privacy policies do not apply to business practices of companies not owned or controlled by us, or to other persons than our employees and staff, including third parties to whom we disclose data as described in these privacy policies.

How Do We Protect Your Data?
We implement security measures on the website with great care and protect your data.

SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Although we take reasonable steps to protect data, we cannot be held responsible for actions by those who have gained unauthorized access to our website or misuse it, and we provide no express or implied warranty that we can prevent such access.

Transmission of Data outside the European Economic Area

Note that some recipients may be located outside the European Economic Area. If this is the case, we will only transfer your data to countries approved by the European Commission with an adequate level of data protection or ensure an adequate level of data protection through a legal agreement.

Advertising:
When you access our website, we may display ads using ad technology from external providers. This technology uses your usage data of the services for ad placement (e.g., by placing third-party cookies in your web browser).

You can opt-out of numerous third-party ad networks, including networks operated by members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") and the Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA"). Information about the procedures of NAI and DAA members, your options regarding the use of such data by these companies, and how to opt out of third-party ad networks operated by NAI and DAA members can be found on their respective websites: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/ and http://optout.aboutads.info/#!/.

Marketing:
We may use your personal data, such as your name, email address, phone number, etc., ourselves or pass them on to an external subcontractor to provide you with advertising materials regarding our services that may interest you.

We respect your right to privacy. Therefore, you always have the option to unsubscribe from further mailings in these marketing materials. If you unsubscribe, your email address or phone number will be removed from our marketing distribution lists.

Note that even after unsubscribing from receiving our marketing emails, we will continue to send you emails with important information that do not contain an unsubscribe option. These include maintenance notifications or administrative notifications.

Company Transaction
We may disclose data in the event of a company transaction (e.g., sale of significant company parts, merger, consolidation, or asset sale). If any of the above situations occur, the acquirer or the relevant company will assume the rights and obligations set forth in this privacy policy.

Minors:
Protecting children's data is particularly important, especially in the online environment. Our website is not designed for children and is not intended for them. The use of our services by minors is only permitted with the prior consent or authorization of a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If a parent or legal guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with personal data without their consent, they can contact us directly.

Updates or Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or review this privacy policy from time to time. You will find the date of the current version under "Last Modified". Your continued use of the platform after such changes are posted on our website constitutes your consent to such changes to the privacy policy and is deemed your acceptance of the amended terms.

Server Log Files:
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

These data will not be merged with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Responsible Body and Contact Details

Responsible for these internet pages is:

IKR Richter Beteiligungs- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
IKW-Straße 9-11
D-01979 Lauchhammer
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