DATA PROTECTION

Data Protection Policy governing usage of the website
www.bml-projekte.de

1 Name and address of the controller responsible for data processing

This data protection advisory applies regarding the processing of data in connection with usage of the website www.bml-projekte.de.

The controller responsible for data processing is:
BML Projekte GmbH
Uhlandstraße 85
10717 Berlin

2 Collection and storage of personal data, nature and purpose of data usage

a) When visiting the website

Whenever you visit our website, www.bml-projekte.de, the browser you are using on your device automatically sends data to our website server. This information is then temporarily stored in a “log file.” The following information is then recorded without any action on your part and is stored until it is erased automatically:

  • The IP address of the requesting computer
  • The date and time of access
  • The name and URL of the retrieved file
  • The website from which access has been made (referrer URL)
  • The browser and any operating system on your Internet-enabled computer as

This information will be processed by us for the following purposes:

  • ensuring a smooth connection process for website loading
  • ensuring convenient use of our website
  • analyzing system security and stability
  • other administrative purposes

The relevant data processing is lawful under Article 6(1) 1 f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is derived from the purposes of data processing stated above. Under no circumstances will we use the data collected for these purposes to identify you personally. We also use cookies when you visit our website. For more detailed information see item 4 of this Data Protection Policy.

b) When subscribing to our newsletter

We will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter at regular intervals if you have provided your consent under Article 6 (1) 1 a) GDPR. To receive the newsletter it suffices to provide your e-mail address. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via a link found at the end of every newsletter. Alternatively, you may at any time notify us by e-mail to info@bml-projekte.de that you wish to unsubscribe. The data recipients may be data processors.


c) Using our contact form

You can use a form provided on our website to contact us if you have questions of any kind. To do so you will need to provide a valid e-mail address, as we need to know who the inquiry is from and whom to send our response to. Further information may be provided voluntarily. Data are processed for the purpose of making contact on the basis of your voluntary consent within the meaning of Article 6(1) 1 a) GDPR. The personal data collected by us for the purpose of making contact with you will be automatically erased as soon as your inquiry has been addressed. The data recipients may be data processors.

3 Disclosure/transfer of data

Your personal data are not sent to third parties for any purposes other than those stated here. We only disclose your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have explicitly consented thereto as per Article 6 (1) 1 a) GDPR
  • disclosure is necessary per Article 6 (1) 1 f) GDPR for the purposes of asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding protected interest in the data not being disclosed
  • a legal disclosure obligation applies per Article 6 (1) 1 c) GDPR
  • disclosure is both legal and necessary for performance of the contract with you in accordance with Art. 6 (1) 1 b) GDPR.

4 Cookies

We utilize “cookies.” Cookies are small text files which are stored on your user device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or all cookies placed on your device. You can also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies and block them from being saved in the first place. The following links take you to the relevant information for various browser providers:

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entferne

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de

Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

The following cookies may be used on our web pages if you agree to the use of cookies via your browser settings or based on your consent:

  • Technical cookies

Nature and purpose of processing:

We utilize cookies in order to make our website more user-friendly. Certain elements of our website require that the browser you are using remains identifiable after navigating to a different page.

Technical cookies are utilized to simplify website usage for users. Some functionalities of our website are not possible without the use of cookies. These functionalities require that the browser remains identifiable after navigating to other web pages.

We require the use of cookies for the following applications:

Recording of language settings
‘Remembering’ (caching) of search terms

Legal basis, legitimate interest:

Processing is performed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in offering a user-friendly website.

Recipient:

The data recipients may be technical service providers who act as processors in operating and maintaining our website.

It is neither legally nor contractually required that the above personal data be provided. However, it cannot be guaranteed that services and functionalities of our website will otherwise remain usable. Additionally, individual services may be unavailable or limited.

Objection

Please read the advisories below regarding your right to object per Art. 21 GDPR.

  • Non-technical cookies

We furthermore utilize cookies in order to better tailor offerings on our website to the interests of our visitors and generally optimize the website based on statistical analytics.

The providers who place cookies are specified in the information below regarding the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies employed.

Legal basis:

Data processing is performed on the basis of your consent per Art. 6 (1) a GDPR.

Recipient:

The data recipients may be technical service providers who act as processors in operating and maintaining our website.

Other recipients are specified in the information below regarding the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies employed.

Transfer to third countries:

Please refer to the listings of individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers for information in this regard.

It is possible to view our website without accepting any cookies. Web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. You can disable cookies generally at any time via your browser settings (see withdrawal of consent).

Please note that certain functionalities of our website may not work if you have disabled cookies.

Data processing is performed on the basis of your consent per Art. 6 (1) a GDPR.

Withdrawal of consent:

You may withdraw previously granted consent at any time using our cookie consent tool].

Profiling:

Please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies employed regarding the analysis of website visitor behavior using pseudonymized user profiles.

5 Use of Google Analytics

Subject to your consent, this website utilizes Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter “Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files stored on your computer to analyze your usage of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually sent to a Google server in the US where it is stored. If IP anonymization is enabled on these web pages, Google will first truncate your IP address in European Union member states and other countries which are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to and truncated on a Google server in the USA. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not be merged with other Google data.

Further information about terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html und unter https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

Google will use this information on behalf of the operator to evaluate the way you use the website, compile reports on website activities and provide the website operator other services relating to website and internet usage.

Data we transmit which are referenced to cookies, user IDs and similar or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data with an expired retention period are automatically deleted monthly.


Legal basis:

Data processing is performed on the basis of your consent per Art. 6 (1) a GDPR.


Withdrawal of consent:

To block Google Analytics tracking on our cklick this link.

This involves an opt-out cookie being placed on your device. Google Analytics is then prevented from collecting data for this website from that browser going forward as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.

You can furthermore prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser software accordingly. Please be advised however that you may not be able to fully utilize all functionalities of this website in such case.

You can also prevent recorded data generated by the cookie concerning your use of the website (including your IP address) from being sent to Google and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available via the following link: Browser Add On zur Deaktivierung von Google Analytics.

6 Use of Typekit web fonts from Adobe Fonts

We use Typekit web fonts from Adobe Fonts for the visual design of our website. Adobe Fonts is a service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (4–6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; hereinafter “Adobe”), as part of which we receive access to a font library.

To integrate the fonts we utilize your browser has to connect to an Adobe server in the USA and download the font required for our website. Adobe is then informed that our website has been accessed from your IP address.

For further information on Adobe Fonts see in the Adobe Fonts data privacy policies, found here: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html

A default font from your computer is used if your browser does not support web fonts.


Legal basis:

Data processing is performed on the basis of your consent per Art. 6 (1) a GDPR.


Withdrawal of consent:

The provider does not at this time offer a simple opt-out option for blocking data transfer. If you wish to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please withdraw consent for the corresponding cookie category or for all cookies and data transfers that are not technically necessary using the cookie consent tool. In such case however you may not be able to use our website, or only with limitations.

7 Data subject rights

You have the right:

  • to request information about the personal data of yours which we are processing in accordance with Article 15 GDPR. In particular, you are entitled: to obtain information regarding the processing purposes, the categories of personal data concerned, the categories of recipients to whom personal data have been or will be disclosed, the intended storage period, your rights to rectification, erasure and restriction of processing of personal data and to object to processing, to lodge complaint, to obtain information on how we collected your personal data and on the use of profiling and other automated decision-making, disclosing any important specifics
  • to demand the correction of incorrect personal data and the completion of incomplete personal data we have stored, in line with Article 16 GDPR
  • to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, except if processing is necessary to exercise freedom of expression speech and information rights, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert or defend against legal claims or exercise rights, in line with Article 17 GDPR
  • to demand the restriction of your personal data from processing in accordance with Article 18 GDPR if you dispute the correctness of the data or processing is unlawful but you reject its deletion and we no longer need the data yet you require the data in order to assert or defend against legal claims or exercise rights, or if you have filed objection to processing in accordance with Article 21 GDPR
  • to receive your personal data from us in a commonly used, structured, machine-readable format, and to request such to be sent to a different data controller, in line with Article 20 GDPR
  • to withdraw consent you have granted us at any time, in accordance with Article 7 (3) GDPR. In such case we are no longer permitted to process data on the basis of your previous consent
  • to lodge complaint with a supervisory authority in line with Article 77 GDPR. To do so you should generally contact the supervisory authority for your primary place of residence, your place of work or our firm’s registered office.

8 Right to object

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 (1) 1 f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Article 21 GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation, or if you object to direct advertising. In the latter case you enjoy a general right to object which we will act upon without your having to specify the grounds relating to your particular situation. If you wish to exercise your rights of withdrawal or objection, just send an e-mail to info@bml-projekte.de

9 Data security

We utilize the widely used SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method for your visits to our website in combination with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. This is usually 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You will recognize whether specific pages on our website are transmitted in encrypted form from the closed image of a lock or the lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. We furthermore implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction and unauthorized accessing by third parties. The security measures we have in place are continuously upgraded to keep pace with technological progress.

10 Updates and amendments to this Data Protection Policy

This Data Protection Policy was last updated in December 2020. Changes to our website and offers marketed via the website and changes in legal or regulatory requirements may necessitate updating of this Data Protection Policy. The latest updated Data Protection Policy document can be read at and printed out at any time from www.bml-projekte.de

11 Note on the Consumer Dispute Settlement Act (VSBG) and the ODR Directive:

The European Commission provides an online out-of-court dispute resolution (ODR) platform at www.ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr This is where to turn to settle disputes out-of-court in connection with online service contracts involving a consumer.

We are not obligated to pursue dispute settlement in proceedings before a consumer arbitration tribunal, and do not do so.