We at [suspicious link removed] are committed to protecting your personal data. We want you to feel secure when visiting our website and using our services. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, process, and protect your personal data, as well as the rights you have concerning your data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable country-specific data protection regulations.
While you can browse our website without providing any personal data, some of our special services may require it. If personal data processing is necessary and there is no legal basis for it, we will generally obtain your consent.
We have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, data transmission over the Internet can have security gaps, and absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, you are always free to transfer personal data to us through alternative means, such as by telephone.
1. Definitions
To ensure this data protection declaration is clear and understandable for everyone, including our customers and business partners, we’d like to explain some key terms used throughout this document, based on the definitions provided by the European legislator for the adoption of the GDPR.
- a) Personal data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
- b) Data subject: Any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.
- c) Processing: Any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
- d) Restriction of processing: The marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
- e) Profiling: Any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.
- f) Pseudonymisation: The processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
- g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing: The natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
- h) Processor: A natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
- i) Recipient: A natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
- j) Third party: A natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.
- k) Consent: Any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
2. Name and Address of the Controller
For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union, and other provisions related to data protection, the controller is:
[suspicious link removed] 380 S. Jones Blvd 89207 Las Vegas USA
Phone: 855-520-0001 Email: contact@[suspicious link removed] Website: [suspicious link removed]
3. Cookies
The website of [suspicious link removed] uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system via your internet browser.
Many websites and servers use cookies. Each cookie has a unique cookie ID, which is a string of characters that allows internet pages and servers to distinguish your specific internet browser from others that contain different cookies. This unique ID allows us to recognize and identify your individual internet browser.
Through the use of cookies, [suspicious link removed] can provide more user-friendly services that would not be possible without them. Cookies allow us to optimize the information and offers on our website for you. For example, if you use cookies, you don’t have to re-enter access data every time you visit our website, as the website automatically retrieves it from the cookie stored on your system. Another example is the shopping cart function in an online shop, where a cookie remembers the items a customer has placed in their virtual cart.
You can, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by our website by adjusting the settings of your internet browser. This will permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies can be deleted at any time through your internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular internet browsers. If you deactivate the setting of cookies in your internet browser, some functions of our website may not be fully usable.
4. Collection of General Data and Information
When you or an automated system accesses our website, [suspicious link removed] collects a series of general data and information. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. We may collect:
- The browser types and versions used.
- The operating system used by the accessing system.
- The website from which an accessing system reaches our website (referrer).
- The sub-websites visited.
- The date and time of access to the website.
- An Internet Protocol address (IP address).
- The Internet Service Provider of the accessing system.
- Any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using this general data and information, [suspicious link removed] does not draw any conclusions about your identity. This information is needed to:
- Deliver the content of our website correctly.
- Optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement.
- Ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology.
- Provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack.
Therefore, [suspicious link removed] analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
5. Contact Possibility via the Website
Our website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our enterprise, as well as direct communication with us, which includes a general electronic mail address (email address). If you contact us by email or via a contact form, the personal data you transmit will be automatically stored. Such personal data, transmitted on a voluntary basis, are stored for the purpose of processing your inquiry or contacting you. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.
6. Comments Function in the Blog on the Website
[suspicious link removed] offers users the possibility to leave individual comments on individual blog contributions within our blog. A blog is a web-based, publicly-accessible portal where articles or thoughts are posted. Blog posts can usually be commented on by third parties.
If you leave a comment on our blog, your comments are stored and published, along with the date of the commentary and the username (pseudonym) you choose. In addition, the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP) is also logged. This storage of the IP address occurs for security reasons and in case you violate the rights of third parties or post illegal content through your comment. The storage of this personal data is therefore in our own legitimate interest, so we can exculpate ourselves in the event of an infringement. This collected personal data will not be passed to third parties, unless such a transfer is required by law or serves the defense of the data controller.
7. Subscription to Comments in the Blog on the Website
Comments made in the [suspicious link removed] blog may be subscribed to by third parties. In particular, there is the possibility that a commenter subscribes to the comments following their comments on a particular blog post.
If you choose to subscribe to comments, we will send an automatic confirmation email to initiate a double opt-in procedure. This ensures that the owner of the specified email address has indeed decided in favor of this option. The option to subscribe to comments may be terminated at any time.
8. Routine Erasure and Blocking of Personal Data
We will process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which we are subject.
If the storage purpose is no longer applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased in accordance with legal requirements.
9. Rights of the Data Subject
As a data subject, you have several rights granted by the European legislator. You can exercise these rights at any time by contacting any employee of [suspicious link removed].
- a) Right of confirmation: You have the right to obtain confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you are being processed.
- b) Right of access: You have the right to obtain free information about your personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, you have access to the following information:
- The purposes of the processing.
- The categories of personal data concerned.
- The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations.
- Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period.
- The existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing.
- The existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
- Where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source.
- The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
- c) Right to rectification: You have the right to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you also have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by providing a supplementary statement.
- d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten): You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay, and we shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:
- The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
- You withdraw consent on which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
- You object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.
- The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
- The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
- The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.
- e) Right of restriction of processing: You have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
- The accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
- The processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of their use.
- We no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
- You have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether our legitimate grounds override yours.
- f) Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Furthermore, in exercising your right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, you have the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
- g) Right to object: You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We will no longer process your personal data in the event of your objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. If we process personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes. In addition, you have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning you by us for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
- h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, as long as the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which we are subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on your explicit consent. If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us, or (2) it is based on your explicit consent, we will implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on our part, to express your point of view, and contest the decision.
- i) Right to withdraw data protection consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent to processing of your personal data at any time.
10. Legal Basis for the Processing
Our legal bases for processing personal data are as follows:
- Article 6(1) lit. a GDPR: This serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose.
- Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR: This applies if the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services.
- Article 6(1) lit. c GDPR: This applies if our company is subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations.
- Article 6(1) lit. d GDPR: In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person. For instance, if a visitor were injured at our company and their name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information would need to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third party.
- Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR: This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the above-mentioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator, who considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
11. The Legitimate Interests Pursued by the Controller or by a Third Party
Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.
12. Period for Which the Personal Data Will Be Stored
The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.
13. Provision of Personal Data as Statutory or Contractual Requirement; Requirement Necessary to Enter into a Contract; Obligation of the Data Subject to Provide the Personal Data; Possible Consequences of Failure to Provide Such Data
We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g., information on the contractual partner). Sometimes, to conclude a contract, it may be necessary that you provide us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, you may be obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with you. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with you could not be concluded.
Before you provide personal data, you should contact any employee of [suspicious link removed]. The employee will clarify whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.
14. Existence of Automated Decision-Making
As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling