PRIVACY POLICY
devance GmbH appreciates your visit to our website and your interest in our activities. The protection of your personal data that will be collected, processed and used when you visit our website is an important concern to us.
Below, we will provide you with information about which data we will collect during your visit to our website, and how these data will be used. It is founded on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The Policy concerns the collection, processing and usage of personal as well as non-personal data. “Personal data” are individual items of personal or factual information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. “Non-personal data” are items of information that cannot be correlated with an identified or identifiable person, e.g. data on general usage of a website.
1. Name and address of the controller
The competent controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in member states of the European Union, and other provisions relating to data protection is:
devance GmbH
Kriegsstr. 47a
76133 Karlsruhe
Germany
info@devance.de
2. Date Protection Officer
3. Collection of data on the website (server log files)
Essentially, it is possible to use this website without revealing any personal data. Each time you access a page on our website or download a file from it, the details of the procedure are stored in a logfile.
The following data will be collected:
- Browser type/version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL (previously visited web page)
- Host name of the accessing computer (IP address)
- Time of the server query
The data will also be stored in the log files of our system. This data will not be stored together with other personal data of the user. The data stored does not allow conclusions about your identity to be drawn and is evaluated exclusively for statistical purposes. This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the content you have requested from websites and is mandatory when using the internet. Anonymous information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us in order to optimize our internet presence and the technology behind it.
The legal basis for such temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6(1) point (f) of the GDPR.
4. Cookies
This website uses cookies – small text files that are stored on your device and then accessed by your browser. Cookies enhance the user-friendliness and safety of the website. Popular web browsers allow you to block the setting of cookies. Please note: if you decide to block cookies in your browser, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access all the functions of our website.
5. Data processing and purpose, legal basis
As a general rule, we collect and use personal data of our users only where this is required to provide a functional website and our contents and services. The personal data of our users will, as a rule, only be collected and used with the prior consent of the user, when you make them available to us through the contact form provided on our website.
We collect, use, and forward your personal data only where this is permitted by law and once you have given us permission to do so. We will not sell your personal data to third parties. Your data will only be transferred to public entities and authorities entitled to this information in compliance with mandatory statutory provisions or if we are obliged by court order to disclose such data.
a) Contact form
The personal data will be stored and processed exclusively to the extent required to contact you, to provide individual support, to send product information or to submit service offers. Data means Art. 6 (1), point (a), (b), (f) of the GDPR.
6. Handling contact details
If you decide to contact us via the options provided on the website, we will store your details so that we can refer to them when processing and responding to your inquiry. We do not pass this data on to third parties.
If you do not wish to receive any publications or information from us, please send an e-mail to the following address: info@devance.de with the subject “Please do not send me any further information”. Your e-mail address will then be removed from our website mailing list immediately.
7. Erasure and retention of data
devance GmbH will store personal data for as long as it is necessary to perform a service that you have requested or for which you have given your consent, except where otherwise provided by law. As a user, you are entitled to request information free of charge about the personal data stored under your name. The data stored when collected will be erased at the end of the statutory retention and limitation periods, or if the purpose is no longer applicable, whichever period is the longer.
8. Right to withdraw the consent and to object
You have the right to withdraw the consent to the use of personal data according to Art. 6(1), point (a) and Art. 9(1), point (a) of the GDPR, in whole or in part, at any time, with effect for the future. Under the conditions specified in Art. 21(1) of the GDPR, you may also object to the processing according to Art. (1), point (e), (f).
9. Security
devance GmbH employs technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your data against accidental or malicious manipulations, loss, destruction or against unauthorized access. Our security measures are subject to continuous improvement in accordance with technical development.
10. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), to analyze how users engage with the website. The service uses cookies – text files that are stored on your device. The information collected by the cookies are normally sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
IP anonymization is used on this website. In EU member states and countries within the European Economic Area, user IP addresses are truncated in order to prevent personal identification. The agreement between the website operator and Google Inc. permits the latter to use collected data for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to Internet usage.
You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting certain settings in your browser. If you decide to block cookies in your browser, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access all the functions of our website properly.
Furthermore, you can use a browser plugin to prevent information (including your IP address) collected by cookies from being sent to Google Inc. or being used by that organization. The plugin can be found under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Alternatively, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about you from the website by clicking on this link
Deactivate Google Analytics (Tracking Opt-Out-Link)
Click on the above link to download an opt-out cookie. Obviously, your browser must allow cookies to be stored in order to do this. If you regularly delete cookies, you will need to click on the link anew each time you visit the website.
You will find more information on how Google Inc. uses your data here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
11. Data economy
We apply the principles of avoidance and economy to data storage, and only keep your data for as long as is necessary or required by the law (statutory retention period). Once the purpose for which the information has been collected no longer applies or the retention period ends, we will block or erase the data.
12. SSL encryption
This site uses SSL-encryption for reasons of security and the protection of the transfer of data. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the change from http:// to https:// in your browser bar. When SSl-encryption is activated, third parties do not have access to information that you send to us.
13. Policy revision
devance GmbH reviews and revises its privacy policy from time to time. We therefore recommend you to read the privacy policy from time to time to ensure that you know how devance GmbH is collecting, processing and using the data available to it.
14. Further information
Should you have any questions concerning our privacy policy, please contact us at info@devance.de. For general issues, please use the contact form on our website.