Data privacy statement

General information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any information that can be used to identify you.

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The website operator is responsible for data processing on this website.

IoT Venture GmbH

Hilpertstr. 31

64295 Darmstadt

Germany

Email: info@iot-venture.com

Data Protection Officer:

We have appointed a data protection officer.

Email: datenschutz@iot-venture.com

What data do we collect?

Your data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website, unless you have opted out. This is primarily technical data, such as internet browser, operating system, referrer URL, IP address and time of page view. This data is collected as soon as you enter the website.

Other data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example. Any data you provide in a contact form will be retained by us until you request its deletion, withdraw your consent for us to store it, or the purpose for which we are storing it no longer applies (e.g. once your enquiry has been processed).

This data will not be merged with data from other sources.

What do we use your data for?

Some of it is collected to help us provide an error-free website. Other data may be used to analyse your behaviour as a user.

What are the legal bases for processing data when you use our website?

If you have consented to data processing, we will process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

If your data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Which third-party tools and plug-ins do we use?

When you visit this website, your browsing behaviour may be evaluated statistically. This is primarily done using analysis programmes.

We use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that do not comply with data protection laws. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these countries and processed there. Please note that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are required by law to hand over personal data to security authorities, and you as the data subject are unable to take legal action against this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) may process, analyse and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

Google Analytics:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics allows the website operator to analyse visitor behaviour. The website operator receives various usage data in doing so, such as page views, length of visit, operating systems used, and the user’s origin. This data is assigned to the user’s end device. It is not assigned to a user ID.

Google Analytics uses technologies that recognise the user in order to analyse user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). Information collected by Google about use of this website is usually sent to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

Use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

IP anonymisation

We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. This means that Google will truncate your IP address within European Union member states or other states that have signed the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmitting it to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US, where it will be truncated. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to analyse your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide the website operator with other services relating to website and internet activity. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin

You can prevent Google from collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

This website uses the ‚Demographic Characteristics‘ function of Google Analytics to display relevant adverts to visitors within the Google advertising network. This enables reports to be generated containing information about the age, gender and interests of visitors to the site. This data originates from interest-based advertising from Google and visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this feature at any time via the ad settings in your Google account, or you can generally prohibit Google Analytics from collecting your data as described in the ‚Objection to data collection‘ section.

Google Ads

The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising programme provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Ads allows us to display adverts on the Google search engine or on third-party websites when users enter certain search terms (keyword targeting). Furthermore, targeted adverts can be displayed based on user data available to Google (e.g. location and interests) (target group targeting). We can use this data to evaluate the effectiveness of our adverts, for example by analysing which search terms led to them being displayed and how many clicks they received.

Rapid Mail

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we will need your email address, as well as information to verify that you own the email address provided and agree to receive the newsletter. We use Rapidmail

to process the newsletter. Rapidmail is a service that can be used to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters, among other things. The data you provide when subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Rapidmail’s servers in Germany.

To enable analysis, emails sent via Rapidmail contain a tracking pixel which connects to Rapidmail’s servers when the email is opened. This allows us to determine whether a newsletter has been opened. We can also use Rapidmail to determine which links in the newsletter are clicked on, and whether they are clicked on. All links in the email are tracking links that count your clicks. If you do not wish to be analysed by Rapidmail, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a corresponding link for this purpose in every newsletter.

For more information on Rapidmail’s analysis functions, please follow this link:

https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kategorien/statistiken/.

YouTube:

This website embeds videos from YouTube. The operator of YouTube is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our websites with YouTube integration, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your device or use comparable technologies to recognise you (e.g. device fingerprinting). This enables YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent fraud.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your account.

We use YouTube to present our online offers in an appealing way. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If we have requested your consent, we will only process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. 1 lit. 1 GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, provided that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting), as defined in the TTDSG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

How is the website hosted?

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hoster(s). This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data.

We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the service only processes the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise 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.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of violations of the GDPR.

For data protection issues, the competent supervisory authority is the data protection officer of the federal state of Hesse, in which our company is based. You can find a list of data protection officers and their contact details at the following link:

https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive any data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or for the fulfilment of a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Information, erasure and rectification

Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to obtain free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin, the recipients of this data and the purpose of its processing. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. Please contact us at any time with any questions you may have regarding personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time to do this. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of the personal data that we hold about you, we will generally need time to verify this. During this time, you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• If we are processing your personal data unlawfully, you can request that we restrict the processing instead of erasing it.
• Similarly, if we no longer need your personal data but you require it for the exercise, defence or assertion of legal claims, you can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data instead of erasing it.
• If you have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. Until it has been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, apart from storage, it may only be processed with your consent, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.