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General and Mandatory Information

Data protection declaration
We, the Caruso GmbH as the operators of this website and the CARUSO products, take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confidential information and in compliance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Protection Declaration. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you.

Whenever you use this website or one of CARUSO’s products, a variety of personal information will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to personally identify you. This Data Protection Declaration explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the information is collected.
We herewith advise you that the transmission of data via the Internet (i.e., through e-mail communications) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)
The data processing controller on this website is:
Caruso GmbH
Steinheilstraße 10
85737 Ismaning
Germany
Telephone: +49 89 321216 9900
Email: hello@caruso-dataplace.com

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).

Designation of a data protection officer as mandated by law
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company. You can reach our data protection officer at our postal address with the addition “data protection” or via the following contact details:

CARUSO Data Protection Office (DPO)
Phone: +49 89 3212169902
E-mail: dpo@caruso-dataplace.com

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data
A wide range of data processing transactions is possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. To do so – all you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 SECT. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 1 GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 SECT. 2 GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a supervisory agency, in particular in the member state where they usually maintain their domicile, place of work, or at the place where the alleged violation occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regardless of any other administrative or court proceedings available as legal recourses.

Right to data portability
You have the right to demand that we hand over any data we automatically process on the basis of your consent or in order to fulfill a contract be handed over to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is technically feasible.

SSL and/or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website operator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryption program. You can recognize an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.
If up-to-date and secure TLS mechanisms are activated, the confidentiality and integrity of data in transit is provided by them. If the communication with us is encrypted, third parties will not be able to read the payment information you share with us.

Information about blockage, rectification, and eradication of data
Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right to at any time demand information about your archived personal data, their source, and recipients as well as the purpose of the processing of your data. You may also have a right to have your data rectified, blocked, or eradicated. If you have questions about this subject matter or any other questions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)”.

Right to demand processing restrictions
You have the right to demand the imposition of restrictions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so – you may contact us at any time at the address provided in section “Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)”. The right to demand the restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • In the event that you should dispute the correctness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this investigation is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restriction of the processing of your data in lieu of demanding the eradication of this data.
  • If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exercise, defend or claim legal entitlements, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
  • If you have raised an objection pursuant to Art. 21 Sect. 1 GDPR, your rights, and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restriction of the processing of your personal data.
  • If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the exception of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exercise or defend legal entitlements or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

Rejection of unsolicited e-mails
We herewith object to the use of contact information published in conjunction with the mandatory information to be provided in section “Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” to send us promotional and information material that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, for instance via SPAM messages.

Data recording
There is a possibility that your usage patterns of the Website or another product of CAURSO will be statistically analyzed. Such analyses are performed primarily with cookies and with what we refer to as analysis programs. For detailed information about these analysis programs please refer to the respective section of this Privacy Policy.

Website

The following website information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit our website, use one of our products, or get in Contact with us. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information about the subject matter of data protection, please consult our Data Protection Declaration (see above).

Data Recording on our Website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e. the “controller”)?
The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section “Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” on this website.

How do we record your data?
We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance, be information you enter into our contact form.
Our IT systems automatically record other data when you visit our website. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g. IP-Adress, web browser, operating system or time the site was accessed). This information is recorded automatically when you access our website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?
A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?
You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified, blocked, or eradicated. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time under the address disclosed in section “Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” on this website or under dpo@caruso-dataplace.com if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues. You also have the right to log a complaint with the competent supervising agency.
Moreover, under certain circumstances, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For details, please consult the Data Protection Declaration under section “Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)”

 

Third Party Services on our Website

Adobe Typekit
This website uses Adobe Typekit for visual design purposes. Adobe Typekit is a service of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Companies (4–6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Republic of Ireland; hereinafter “Adobe“).

In order of the font integration that is used by us, your browser has to establish a connection to an Adobe server in the USA and download the font required for our website. This gives Adobe the information that our website has been accessed from your IP address. As a result, Adobe gains knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when the fonts are provided.

The data is stored and analyzed on the basis of Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform representation of the typeface on his website. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Sec. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.
For more information about Adobe Fonts, please visit https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.
Adobe’s privacy policy can be found at https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html

Amazon CloudFront Content Delivery Network (CDN)
We use the Amazon CloudFront Content Delivery Network CDN for content delivery. The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as “Amazon”).

Amazon CloudFront CDN is a globally distributed Content Delivery Network. During these transactions, the information transfer between your browser and our website is technically routed via the Content Delivery Network. This enables us to boost the global availability and performance capabilities of our website.
The use of Amazon CloudFront CDN is based on our legitimate interest in keeping the presentation of our web services as error free and secure as possible (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

The data transfer to the United States is based on the Standard Contract Clauses of the EU Commission. You can find the details here: https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/security/aws-gdpr-data-processing-addendum/.
For more information on Amazon CloudFront CDN please follow this link: https://d1.awsstatic.com/legal/privacypolicy/AWS_Privacy_Notice__German_Translation.pdf.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
We use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting our website. The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as “AWS”).

When you visit our website, your personal data will be processed on AWS servers. This may also result in the transfer of personal data to the parent company of AWS in the United States. The transfer of data to the US is based on the EU’s standard contractual clauses. For details please consult: https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/security/aws-gdpr-data-processing-addendum
For more information, please see the AWS Data Privacy Policy: https://aws.amazon.com/de/privacy/?nc1=f_pr

AWS is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in a depiction of our website that is as reliable as possible. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG (German Act to Regulate Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia), insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Cookiebot
We use the Cookiebot by Usercentrics A/S for recording data on our website. The provider is Usercentrics A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark (hereinafter referred to as “Cookiebot”).

The purpose of cookies is to make our website more user friendly, effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. In some instances, our website and its pages use so-called cookies. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your leave our site. Other cookies will remain archived on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website. You can adjust the settings of your browser to make sure that you are notified every time cookies are placed and to enable you to accept cookies only in specific cases or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific situations or in general and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functions of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required for the performance of the electronic communications transaction or to provide certain functions you want to use (e.g. the shopping cart function), are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of the operator’s services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your browsing patterns) should be stored, they are addressed separately in this Data Protection Declaration.

You can change your cookie settings at any time.

The provider of this website and its pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser communicates to us automatically. The information comprises:

  • The type and version of browser used
  • The used operating system
  • Referrer URL
  • The hostname of the accessing computer
  • The time of the server inquiry
  • The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.
This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the technical error free depiction and the optimization of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
The Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not store cookies, and does not carry out any independent analyses. It only manages and runs the tools integrated via it. However, the Google Tag Manager does collect your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.
The Google Tag Manager is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and uncomplicated integration and administration of various tools on his website. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
The company is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.

Google Analytics
We use the Google Analytics for analytics on our website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google Analytics”).

This website uses the analysis service Analytics by Google to statistically analyze usage patterns of website visitors. Google Analytics uses so-called „cookies“ which are text files that are stored on your computer and that make it possible to analyze your use of this website. In conjunction with this, the information about the use of this website generated by the cookie will be archived on our tenant in the Google Analytics server.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analysis tool are based on Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user patterns, in order to optimize the operator’s web offerings and advertising. The information generated by cookies concerning the use of this website shall not be shared with any third parties. You may prevent the storage of cookies at any time by making pertinent changes to your browser software settings; however, we have to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all of the functions of this website to their fullest extent.

Google Maps
This website uses the mapping service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
To enable the use of the Google Maps features, your IP address must be stored. As a rule, this information is transferred to one of Google’s servers in the United States, where it is archived. The operator of this website has no control over the data transfer. In case Google Maps has been activated, Google has the option to use Google web fonts for the purpose of the uniform depiction of fonts. When you access Google Maps, your browser will load the required web fonts into your browser cache, to correctly display text and fonts.
We use Google Maps to present our online content in an appealing manner and to make the locations disclosed on our website easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG (German Act to Regulate Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia), insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transmission to the US is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commission. Details can be found here https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.
For more information on the handling of user data, please review Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Google Web Fonts (local embedding)
This website uses so-called Web Fonts provided by Google to ensure the uniform use of fonts on this site. These Google fonts are locally installed so that a connection to Google’s servers will not be established in conjunction with this application.

For more information on Google Web Fonts, please follow this link: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and consult Google’s Data Privacy Declaration under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

hCaptcha
In order to protect input forms on our site, we use the “hCaptcha” service of the company Intuition Machines, Inc, 350 Alabama St, #10, San Francisco CA 94110, USA, hereinafter “Intuition Machines”.

By using this service, it is possible to distinguish whether the corresponding input is of human origin or whether it is misused by automated machine processing.

hCaptcha collects information such as mouse movements, scroll position, keystroke events, touch events, and possibly gyroscope/accelerometer information.
Information about hCaptcha and Intuition Machines’ privacy policy can be found at: https://hcaptcha.com/privacy

YouTube by Google
This website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website operator is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

For more information on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

If you visit a page on this website into which a YouTube has been embedded, a connection with YouTube’s servers will be established. As a result, the YouTube server will be notified, which of our pages you have visited.
Furthermore, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or comparable technologies for recognition (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain information about this website’s visitors. Among other things, this information will be used to generate video statistics with the aim of improving the user friendliness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud.
If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allocate your browsing patterns to your personal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legitimate interest. If appropriate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG (German Act to Regulate Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia), insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to information in the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Contact Requests

Data Recording for Contact Requests

Contact Forms

If you submit inquiries to us via a contact form, the information provided in the contact form as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

Hence, the processing of the data entered into the contact form occurs exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR). You have the right to revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. To do so – all you are required to do is sent us an informal notification via e-mail. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data collection that occurred prior to your revocation.

The information you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the information is being archived no longer exists (e.g. after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods.

Request by E-mail, Telephone, or Fax
If you contact us by e-mail, telephone, or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these data without your consent.
The processing of these data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your request is related to the execution of a contract or if it is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR), since we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us.
The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage, or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after completion of your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for the establishment, content organization, or change of the legal relationship (data inventory). These actions are taken on the basis of Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual actions. We collect, process and use personal data concerning the use of our website (usage data) only to the extent that this is necessary to make it possible for users to utilize the services and to bill for them.
The collected customer data shall be eradicated upon completion of the order or the termination of the business relationship. This shall be without prejudice to any statutory retention mandates.
Data transfer upon closing of contracts for online stores, retailers and the shipment of merchandise
We share personal data with third parties only if this is necessary in conjunction with the handling of the contract; for instance, with companies entrusted with the shipment of goods or the financial institution tasked with the processing of payments. Any further transfer of data shall not occur or shall only occur if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Any sharing of your data with third parties in the absence of your express consent, for instance for advertising purposes, shall not occur.

The basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual actions.
Data transfer upon closing of contracts for services and digital content
We share personal data with third parties only if this is necessary for conjunction with the handling of the contract; for instance, with the financial institution tasked with the processing of payments.
Any further transfer of data shall not occur or shall only occur if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Any sharing of your data with third parties in the absence of your express consent, for instance for advertising purposes, shall not occur.
The basis for the processing of data is Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or for pre-contractual actions.

 

Third Party Services for Contact Requests

AirTable
We use Airtable contact forms for contact forms on our website. The provider is Airtable, 799 Market St., 8th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter referred to as “Airtable”).

The data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place prior to your revocation.
The data deposited with us for the purpose of processing your contact request. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements of processing your contact request (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest. For more details, please consult the Data Protection Regulations of the above-mentioned provider at:
https://support.airtable.com/docs/gdpr-at-airtable.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Hubspot
We use Hubspot contact forms for contact forms and for customer relationship management (CRM). The provider is Hubspot Inc., 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141 USA (hereinafter referred to as “Hubspot”).

The data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place prior to your revocation.
The data deposited with us for the purpose of processing your contact request. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements of processing your contact request (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest. For more details, please consult the Data Protection Regulations of the above-mentioned provider at:
https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Newsletter

Data Recording for Newsletter

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected or only on a voluntary basis. For the handling of the newsletter, we use newsletter service providers, which are described below.

 

Third Party Services for Newsletter

BREVO

This website uses Brevo for the sending of newsletters. The provider is the Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Brevo services can, among other things, be used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter are archived on Sendinblue’s servers in Germany.

Brevo enables us to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For instance, it allows us to see whether a newsletter message has been opened and, if so, which links may have been clicked. This enables us to determine, which links drew an extraordinary number of clicks. Moreover, we are also able to see whether once the e-mail was opened or a link was clicked, any previously defined actions were taken (conversion rate). This allows us to determine whether you have made a purchase after clicking on the newsletter. Sendinblue also enables us to divide the subscribers to our newsletter into various categories (i.e., to “cluster” recipients). For instance, newsletter recipients can be categorized based on age, gender, or place of residence. This enables us to tailor our newsletter more effectively to the needs of the respective target groups. If you do not want to permit an analysis by Sendinblue, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for you to do this in every newsletter message. Moreover, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter right on the website.
For detailed information on the functions of Sendinblue please follow this link: https://www.brevo.com/de/newsletter-software/.

Legal basis
The data is processed based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke any consent you have given at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. This shall be without prejudice to the lawfulness of any data processing transactions that have taken place prior to your revocation.

Storage period
The data deposited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter or the newsletter service provider and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes with us remain unaffected.
After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist, if such action is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is indefinite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
For more details, please consult the Data Protection Regulations of Brevo at: https://www.brevo.com/de/datenschutz-uebersicht/ and https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/.

Data processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Job Applications

We offer website visitors the opportunity to submit job applications to us (e.g. via e-mail, via postal services on by submitting the online job application form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose, and use of the personal data collected from you in conjunction with the application process. We assure you that the collection, processing and use of your data will occur in compliance with the applicable data privacy rights and all other statutory provisions and that your data will always be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope: If you submit a job application to us, we will process any affiliated personal data (e.g. contact and communications data, application documents, notes taken during job interviews, etc.), if they are required to make a decision concerning the establishment or an employment relationship. The legal grounds for the aforementioned are § 26 New GDPR according to German Law (Negotiation of an Employment Relationship), Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR (General Contract Negotiations) and – provided you have given us your consent – Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. a GDPR. You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be shared with individuals who are involved in the processing of your job application. If your job application should result in your recruitment, the data you have submitted will be archived on the grounds of § 26 New GDPR and Art. 6 Sect. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of implementing the employment relationship in our data processing system.

Data Archiving Period: If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or withdraw your application, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the application procedure (rejection or withdrawal of the application). Afterward, the data will be deleted, and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The storage serves in particular as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the expiry of the 6-month period (e.g. due to an impending or pending legal dispute), deletion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.
Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agreement (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or if statutory data retention requirements preclude the deletion.

Communications and Surveys

Data Recording for Communications and Surveys

We use Microsoft Office 365 products to conduct conference calls, online meetings, video conferences and surveys. In some cases, a user account at Microsoft must be created in order to use the individual components. Microsoft Office 365 is operated by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA (hereinafter “Microsoft”) as a cloud application.

Microsoft reserves the right to process user data for its own business purposes. In this context, Microsoft is responsible for its own data. We can only exert limited influence on the use of your usage data by Microsoft. We take steps to minimize the transfer of your usage data to Microsoft, but we cannot completely prevent this. Details and contact options, in particular regarding your rights vis-à-vis Microsoft, can be found at https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.

In the data protection agreements concluded with Microsoft, it is agreed that the processing of personal data by Microsoft will generally take place on servers in the EU. For some of the services, however, data is transferred to the USA. For this purpose, agreements have been concluded with Microsoft based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Union.

For processing operations in which Microsoft processes personal data in connection with Microsoft’s own business operations, Microsoft itself is a data controller and is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws and obligations of a data controller (Art. 4 (7) DSGVO).
Certain information is already processed automatically as soon as you access one of the Office365 applications:

  • IP address, technical information for the delivery of a correct web page
  • Data required for authentication, license usage, logging and abuse detection purposes
  • Date and time of access
  • Type of access

If necessary to investigate unlawful or abusive use of Office365 services or for law enforcement purposes, personal data will be shared with law enforcement or other authorities and, if applicable, with aggrieved third parties or legal counsel. However, this will only occur if there are indications of unlawful or abusive behavior. A transfer may also take place if this serves the enforcement of terms of use or other legal claims. We are also legally obligated to provide information to certain public authorities upon request. These are law enforcement agencies, authorities that prosecute administrative offenses subject to fines, and the tax authorities.
The processing of this information serves our legitimate interest in the effective provision and safeguarding of the services used and for legal prosecution. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

 

Third Party Services for Newsletter

Microsoft Forms for Surveys
We use Microsoft Forms to conduct surveys. Your participation is always voluntary. Your information will be used to improve our products and services. As a matter of principle, our surveys are set up in such a way that no real names or user names are stored in addition to the information provided in the surveys. For security reasons, you can log out of any Office365 services (e.g. Teams) that may be logged in before calling up Forms, in order to rule this out completely.

Your IP address is always collected for security reasons, but this is not merged with your information in the surveys. The legal basis is your voluntary participation (Art. 6 (1) DSGVO).

Microsoft Teams for Communication
We use Microsoft Teams as a communication and exchange platform. The following data is collected in the process, which can usually also be displayed to the other participants:

  • Your user name (access data to the Office365 applications).
  • Your self-entered display name
  • A dial-in number that you use when dialing into a meeting by telephone
  • Possibly further identification features:

Information about yourself that you have stored as a user within Office365, in particular the following master data: Last name, first name, contact data such as telephone number, e-mail address, fax number, if entered by you or the organization from which you received the access data.

  • Further voluntary data (e.g. a profile picture deposited by you)
  • Communication content (text, audio, video)
  • If audio or video content is recorded, you will be informed of this separately.

For the display of video or the playback of audio data, data is processed via the microphone of your end device and / or a video camera of the end device for the duration of the meeting. You can turn off or mute the camera or microphone yourself at any time.

Other technical usage data that is collected:

  • Data within the scope of the so-called multifactor authentication that you yourself have stored in your Microsoft account (e.g. optionally the (private) cell phone number).
  • Information about the data/files/documents that were accessed
  • All activities related to the usage, such as creating, modifying, deleting a document, setting up a team (and channels in teams), making notes in the notebook, starting a chat, replying in the chat

As far as the meetings take place in the context of a contractual relationship between us, the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. If there is no contractual relationship, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. Here, our interest is in the effective conduction of online meetings. Microsoft Teams: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoftteams/teams-privacy

Dataplace

Caruso GmbH operates the CARUSO Dataplace, aa cloud-based data platform for mobility and connected car data. The Dataplace is operated during the term of this agreement in the territory of the European Union (EU). Here is the list of subprocessors of Caruso GmbH for the purpose of operating and maintaining the CARUSO Dataplace:

Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL
Address: 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Purpose: hosting the platform, services and work environments
GDPR Regulation: Data Privacy Agreement

Atlassian. Pty Ltd
Address: Level 6, 341 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
Purpose: Provision and operation of the platform support.
GDPR Regulation: Data Privacy Agreement / EU Model Clauses

Auth0, Inc.
Address: 10800 NE 8th Street, Suite 600, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA
Purpose: holding of authentication information and verifying access credentials (IDaaS)
GDPR Regulation: Data Privacy Agreement

Datadog Inc.
Address: 620 8th Avenue, Floor 45, New York, NY 10018, USA
Purpose: Supervision and monitoring of the infrastructure and application
GDPR Regulation: EEA Data Processing Addendum

Brevo
Address: Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany
Purpose: Marketing Services (Newsletter), Sending Dataplace Notifications
GDPR Regulation: Data Processing Agreement

Microsoft Corporation
Address: One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
Purpose: Provision and operation of the Microsoft 365 platform. Finance Administration and Controlling
GDPR Regulation: Data Privacy Agreement / EU Model Clauses

Repdate

Repdate is a product of Caruso GmbH. With our online booking system for workshops, we offer a solution that allows you to find the nearest workshop and make appointments from both a stationary and a mobile device. Here is the list of subprocessors of Caruso GmbH for the purpose of operating and maintaining Repdate:

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
We use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for infrastructure and hosting the CARUSO Dataplace. The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg, Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as “AWS”).

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guarantees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Datadog
The functions of the Datadog services are integrated on CARUSO Dataplace platform for logging, monitoring and alerting. Datadog is a monitoring system of the American company Datadog, Inc, 620 8th Ave, 45th Floor, New York, NY 10018 USA (hereinafter referred to as “Datadog”).

The system notifies our development team about possible errors in the application. For this purpose, log data and performance data are transferred to Datadog, Inc.
The data collected through this processing activity is sent to DataDog servers in the EU and processed there.
For more information about the collection and use of data by Datadog, Inc. please visit: www.datadoghq.com/legal/privacy/.

Google API
In order to show you possible workshops, the location data you provide is evaluated. For this purpose, we use the Google API and the map service OpenStreetMap.
The provider of the Google API is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. To use the functions, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. The use of Google API takes place On your behalf for the workshop search. This is data processing on your behalf. The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.
Detailed information can be found here:
Google Controller-Controller Data Protection Terms (https://business.safety.google/controllerterms/) and Google Standard Contractual Clauses (https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/).
More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: Privacy & Terms – Google (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
Google has certification under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. For more information, please contact the provider at the following link: Digital Privacy Framework (https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).

OpenStreetMap (OSM)
We use the OpenStreetMap (OSM) map service to provide graphical map information. We embed the map material from OpenStreetMap on the server of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom is considered a secure third country under data protection law. This means that the United Kingdom has a level of data protection that is equivalent to the level of data protection in the European Union. When using the OpenStreetMap maps, a connection is established to the servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. In the process, among other things, your IP address and other information about your behavior on this website may be forwarded to OSMF. OpenStreetMap may store cookies in your browser or use similar recognition technologies for this purpose. OpenStreetMap is used in the interest of making it easy to find the workshops we have indicated on the website.

This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
In connection with error analysis, we also use datadog for Repdate. More information above.