Data Privacy
1. Data Protection at a Glance
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 data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Note on the Responsible Body” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. These are primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may revoke it at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time regarding this or other questions on the subject of data protection.
Analysis Tools and Tools from Third Parties
When visiting this website, your browsing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is primarily done with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information about these programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Privacy
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication via e-mail) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the Responsible Body
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Elevate Software GmbH
OpernTurm
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4
60306 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
E-mail: hello@elevate.software
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a specific storage period is stated in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing ceases. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons no longer apply.
General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data are processed. In case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), processing is also based on § 25(1) TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
If your data is required to fulfill a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. We also process your data if required to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The respective legal bases are explained in the individual sections of this privacy policy.
Recipients of Personal Data
As part of our business operations, we work with various external parties. This may involve the transfer of personal data to these third parties. We only pass on personal data if necessary for contract performance, if required by law (e.g. to tax authorities), if there is a legitimate interest, or if another legal basis permits it.
In the case of processing by external service providers, we only share customer data on the basis of a valid processing agreement. For joint processing, a joint controller agreement is concluded.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out up until the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis for processing is explained in this privacy policy.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract delivered to you or to a third party 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 technically feasible.
Access, Rectification, and Erasure
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free access to your stored personal data, their origin, recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about 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 regarding this. The right to restrict processing applies in the following cases:
If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you require it for the exercise, defense, or establishment of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
