Data Privacy Statement

This privacy policy explains the nature, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content, as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as “online offering”).

With regard to the terms used, such as “processing” or “controller,” we refer to the definitions in Art. 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Controller PtXSolutions GmbH Dorotheenstr. 58 10117 Berlin Email address: info@ptxsolutions.deGeschäftsführer: Werner Diwald Link to the legal notice: http://www.ptxsolutions.de/de_DE/index/siteinfoArten Categories of processed data: - Content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos). - Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses). Categories of data subjects Visitors and users of the online offering (hereinafter, we refer to the data subjects collectively as “users”). Purpose of processing- Provision of the online offer, its functions and content.- Responding to contact requests and communicating with users.- Security measures.Terms used“Personal data” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”); A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by association with an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., a cookie) or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. “Processing” means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and covers virtually all handling of data. “Pseudonymization” means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without using additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person. “Profiling” means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such 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. “Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. “Processor” means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller. Relevant legal bases In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we hereby inform you of the legal bases for our data processing. If the legal basis is not specified in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for processing for the fulfillment of our services and the implementation of contractual measures as well as for responding to inquiries is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis. Security measures We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation, and the nature, scope, context, and purposes of the processing, as well as the likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. These measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access to, input, transfer, security of availability, and separation of the data.

Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure that data subjects' rights are exercised, data is deleted, and responses are made to threats to data. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account during the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Article 25 GDPR). Cooperation with processors and third parties If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transfer it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal permission (e.g. if the transfer of data to third parties, such as payment service providers, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR for the fulfillment of a contract), you have given your consent, a legal obligation requires this, or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.). If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called “order processing contract,” this is done on the basis of Art. 28 GDPR. Transfers to third countries If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to third parties, this will only take place if it is necessary for the fulfillment of our (pre)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we only process or have the data processed in a third country if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff. GDPR are met. This means that processing is carried out, for example, on the basis of special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a data protection level equivalent to that of the EU (e.g., for the US through the “Privacy Shield”) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called “standard contractual clauses”). Rights of data subjects You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data concerning you is being processed and to obtain information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of inaccurate data concerning you. In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request that the data concerning you be deleted immediately or, alternatively, in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to request a restriction on the processing of the data. You have the right to request that the data concerning you that you have provided to us be transferred to another controller in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. Right of withdrawal You have the right to withdraw your consent in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR with effect for the future. Right to object You may object to the future processing of your data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR at any time. The objection may be lodged in particular against processing for direct marketing purposes. Cookies and right to object to direct marketing Cookies are small files that are stored on users' computers. Various types of information can be stored in cookies. A cookie primarily serves to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, or “session cookies” or “transient cookies,” are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online service and closes their browser. Such a cookie can, for example, store the contents of a shopping cart in an online shop or a login status. Cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed are referred to as “permanent” or “persistent.” For example, the login status can be stored if users visit the website after several days. Such cookies can also store the interests of users, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes. Cookies are referred to as “third-party cookies” if they are offered by providers other than the controller operating the online offer (otherwise, if they are only their own cookies, they are referred to as “first-party cookies”). We may use temporary and permanent cookies and provide information about this in our privacy policy. If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in their browser settings. Stored cookies can be deleted in the browser settings. The exclusion of cookies may lead to functional restrictions of this online offer. A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/oder and the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be prevented by disabling them in your browser settings. Please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this online offer. Deletion of data The data we process will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 of the GDPR. Unless expressly stated in this privacy policy, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and there are no legal obligations to retain it. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons. In accordance with legal requirements in Germany, data is retained for 10 years in particular in accordance with Sections 147(1) AO, 257 (1) No. 1 and 4, (4) HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting documents, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and for 6 years in accordance with Section 257 (1) No. 2 and 3, (4) HGB (commercial letters). In accordance with legal requirements in Austria, records must be retained for 7 years in particular in accordance with Section 132 (1) BAO (accounting documents, receipts/invoices, accounts, vouchers, business documents, statements of income and expenditure, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate and for 10 years in the case of documents relating to electronically provided services, telecommunications, radio and television services provided to non-business customers in the EU. etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate, and for 10 years for documents relating to electronically supplied services, telecommunications, broadcasting, and television services provided to non-business customers in EU member states and for which the Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) is used. Agency services We process our customers' data within the scope of our contractual services, which include conceptual and strategic consulting, campaign planning, software and design development/consulting or maintenance, implementation of campaigns and processes/handling, server administration, data analysis/consulting services, and training services. In doing so, we process inventory data (e.g., customer master data such as names or addresses), contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers), content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos), contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, term), payment data (e.g., bank details, payment history), usage and metadata (e.g., in the context of evaluating and measuring the success of marketing measures). We do not process special categories of personal data as a matter of principle, unless they are part of commissioned processing. The data subjects include our customers, interested parties and their customers, users, website visitors or employees, as well as third parties. The purpose of processing is to provide contractual services, billing and our customer service. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR (contractual services), Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR (analysis, statistics, optimization, security measures). We process data that is necessary for the establishment and fulfillment of contractual services and point out the necessity of providing this data. Disclosure to external parties only takes place if it is necessary within the scope of an order.

When processing data provided to us within the scope of an order, we act in accordance with the instructions of the client and the legal requirements for order processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR and do not process the data for any purposes other than those specified in the order. We delete the data after expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations. The necessity of storing the data is reviewed every three years; in the case of statutory archiving obligations, deletion takes place after their expiry (6 years in accordance with Section 257 (1) of the German Commercial Code (HGB), 10 years in accordance with Section 147 (1) of the German Fiscal Code (AO)). In the case of data disclosed to us by the client within the scope of an order, we delete the data in accordance with the specifications of the order, generally after the end of the order. Administration, financial accounting, office organization, contact management We process data within the scope of administrative tasks and the organization of our business, financial accounting, and compliance with legal obligations, such as archiving. In doing so, we process the same data that we process in the course of providing our contractual services. The basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c. GDPR, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. Customers, interested parties, business partners, and website visitors are affected by the processing. The purpose and our interest in processing lies in administration, financial accounting, office organization, and data archiving, i.e., tasks that serve to maintain our business activities, perform our duties, and provide our services. The deletion of data with regard to contractual services and contractual communication corresponds to the information specified for these processing activities. In doing so, we disclose or transfer data to the tax authorities, consultants, such as tax advisors or auditors, as well as other fee collection agencies and payment service providers. Furthermore, we store information about suppliers, event organizers, and other business partners on the basis of our business interests, e.g., for the purpose of contacting them at a later date. We store this data, most of which is company-related, permanently. Contact When you contact us (e.g., via the contact form, email, telephone, or social media), the user's details are processed for the purpose of processing the contact request and its handling in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The user's details may be stored in a customer relationship management system (“CRM system”) or a comparable inquiry organization system. We delete the inquiries if they are no longer required. We review the necessity of this every two years; furthermore, the statutory archiving obligations apply. Collection of access data and log files We, or our hosting provider, collect data about every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files) on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. The access data includes the name of the website accessed, the file, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider. Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraud) for a maximum period of 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is necessary for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified. Integration of third-party services and content We use third-party services and content within our online offering on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR) We use content or services from third-party providers to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter referred to as “content”). This always requires that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the IP address of the users, as they would not be able to send the content to their browsers without the IP address. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of this content. We endeavor to use only content whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. Pixel tags can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may include technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit time, and other information about the use of our online offering, and may be linked to such information from other sources. Google Maps We integrate the maps of the “Google Maps” service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The processed data includes, in particular, the user's current location, the location of the maps displayed, and the settings, access, and use of the maps. CA 94043, USA. The data processed may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users, but these are not collected without their consent (usually given in the settings of their mobile devices). The data may be processed in the USA.