privacy policy

thanks for visiting our website! this privacy policy provides you with the information on how we process personal data. the privacy policy is available on our website and may be printed at any time. we reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy to ensure that it is compliant with the current legal requirements at all times or in order to accommodate changes in the application process or other processes.

general information

what are personal data?

“personal data” are any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual person, such as a person’s name or also their hobbies.

“processing” of data means any operation or set of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated processes relating to personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, sorting, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or integration, limitation, erasure or destruction.

the legal basis for data protection can be found in particular in regulation (eu) 2016/679 of the european parliament and of the council of 27 april 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, on the free movement of such data and repealing directive 95/46/ec (“general data protection regulation”, gdpr), as well as in the federal data protection act (bdsg) and telemedia act (tmg).

we process personal data only to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its content and the services offered there.

controller

globylity konsortium

grauertstrasse 12

d-81545 münchen

e-Mail: contact@globylity.com

controller is any natural or business person, which decides on the purpose and means of data processing on its own or jointly with others.

scope and location of data processing

we as well as our external service partners process your data for the purpose of providing the website and our services. in general, we process your personal data in the eu/eea. if third party providers engaged by us process personal data outside the eu/eea, data protection standards applicable in the eu are ensured. in accordance with the schrems ii decision of the european court of justice our third party providers located in the us have implemented the eu standard contractual clauses. in addition, we have made an appropriate risk assessment in order to ensure that your data is processed in compliance with the gdpr. for more information you may also contact us via email to contact@globylity.com.

we process your personal data as described below:

data: contact data, contract data, usage data, other data provided

purpose: communication in order to establish, implement and/or process a contractual relationship (also orally) with you

legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. b. gdpr

  • data: contact data, contract data, other data provided
    purpose: compliance with legal obligations, e.g. commercial, tax and social security detention obligations
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. c. gdpr
  • data: contact data, contract data, other data provided
    purpose: enforcement, exercise and defense of legal claims with our legitimate interest that may be, for example, in the assertion of legal claims and defense in legal disputes
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. f. gdpr
  • data: contact data, usage data, other data provided
    purpose: analysis of data with our legitimate interest of, for example, quality assurance or marketing
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. f. gdpr
  • data: contact data, usage data, other data provided
    purpose: consent to data processing for the purpose named in this privacy policy or information provided to you
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a. gdpr

in the event you refrain from providing such data you may face legal disadvantages, for example, no answer to your email sent to us.

furthermore, we have implemented technical and organizational measures to ensure that the data protection regulations are observed both by us and by external service providers. the website is operated through a safe ssl-connection. if an ssl-connection is activated third parties are prevented from reading any data that are transferred by you to us.

data processing when visiting our website

visiting the website

we (or the web space provider) collect data on each visit to our website (so-called server log files) for statistical evaluations for the purpose of optimizing our services and in order to guarantee the stability and operational security of the website.

  • data: name of the website visited, file, date and time of the visit, data amount transferred, information on a successful call, browser type as well as version, operating system of the user, referrer url (the page visited before), ip address and the requesting provider. if a mobile end device is being used: country code, language, name of device, name of operating system and version
    purpose: optimizing our services and in order to guarantee the stability and operational security of the website
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. f. gdpr based on our legitimate interest of quality assurance
  • data: name of the website visited, file, date and time of the visit, data amount transferred, information on a successful call, browser type as well as version, operating system of the user, referrer url (the page visited before), ip address and the requesting provider. if a mobile end device is being used: country code, language, name of device, name of operating system and version
    purpose: compliance with legal obligations
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. c. gdpr

contacting us, newsletter, registration, hosting

contacting us; emails

if you send us any requests via email or otherwise contact us your details in this request are processed by us as follows:

data: contact data, name, email address and other data provided

purpose: deal with your inquiry or to be able to contact you at a later time for follow up questions

legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a gdpr, art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. b gdpr

newsletter

with the email newsletter we inform you about our products and services. for the registration to the newsletter only the email address is needed. if you register for the newsletter, your email address will be transmitted to us (or to the engaged third party provider) and stored there. after registration, you receive an email to confirm the registration (“double opt-in”).

  • data: email address, ip address, the device name, the mail provider as well as (optional) the first and last name and the date of the registration
    purpose: registration of the newsletter; this storage serves solely as proof in the event that a third party misuses an email address and registers for receiving the newsletter without the knowledge of the authorized party
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a gdpr
  • data: email address, ip address, the device name, the mail provider as well as (optional) the first and last name and the date of the registration
    purpose: sending newsletters based on your consent
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. a gdpr
  • data: email address, ip address, the device name, the mail provider as well as the first and last name
    purpose: sending newsletters based on an existing relationship with you
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. b gdpr, section 7 para. 3 german unfair competition act (uwg)
  • data: ip address, browser type and operating system
    purpose: analyze the behavior, such as whether users open the email sent or click certain links in emails (when the newsletter is opened, the contained information (so-called web-beacon) connects to the servers of segment in order to analyze the behavior)
    for such data processing our legitimate interests (or the legitimate interests of third parties) in quality assurance or marketing apply
    legal basis: art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. f gdpr

we use “mailchimp” by the rocket science group llc d/b/a mailchimp, 675 ponce de leon ave ne, suite 5000, atlanta, ga 30308, usa as third party provider for the purpose of sending newsletters. for this purpose, the provider of mailchimp processes the ip address, device name, mail provider, first and last name and date on servers in the usa. the us company of mailchimp guarantees compliance with data protection regulations in the eu by using the eu standard contractual clauses (sccs). for more information please also refer to mailchimp’s privacy policy and data processing agreement with us.

withdrawal of consent / opt-out: you can withdraw your consent to the processing of data for the purpose of sending the newsletter or evaluation of related data at any time. the withdrawal can take place over a link, which is contained in each newsletter, or by separate message to us. you will not incur any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs.

hosting providers

we use netlify as our hosting provider. please see the netlify gdpr page for more information https://www.netlify.com/gdpr-ccpa

we further use cloudflare. please see the cloudflare gdpr page for more information https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/gdpr/introduction/

further information about third party providers engaged by us are contained in this privacy policy or further information provided by us. you may also contact us for details via email to contact@globylity.com

storing, deletion, your rights

storing and deleting data

the data are deleted if such data are no longer necessary for the purpose of processing. we or the engaged third party services delete your data according to the following criteria: time and completion of requests, lapse of legal retention periods, settings provided by third party providers etc. furthermore, we store your data if we are obliged to do so in accordance with legal retention periods (e.g. german commercial code (hgb) or german fiscal code (ao)).

your rights

you have the following rights:

  • the right to access,
  • the right to rectification or erasure,
  • the right to restriction of processing
  • the right to data portability
  • the right to withdraw your consent
  • you further have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of your personal data based on point e or f of art. 6 para. 1 s.1 gdpr, including profiling based on those provisions.

to act according to your rights set forth above you may contact us via email to contact@globylity.com.

you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority of your choice (for example: berliner beauftragte für datenschutz und informationsfreiheit, friedrichstr. 219, 10969 berlin or mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de).