Data Protection

1.   Privacy at a glance
General information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our data protection declaration listed under this text. 

Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Its contact details can be found in the section "Notice on the responsible body" in this data protection declaration. 

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you communicate it to us. This can be, e.g., data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data(e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of the page visit). 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 that the website is provided without errors. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior. 

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your data, free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of your data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for future processing. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data is restricted. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. 

You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of data protection. 

Analysis and third-party tools
When you visit this website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programs.Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following data protection declaration. 

2.   Hosting

Webflow
We host our website at Webflow. The provider is Webflow,Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (here in after Webflow). When you visit our website, Webflow collects various log files including your IP addresses.
Webflow is a website building and hosting tool. Webflow stores cookies or other recognition technologies that are required to display the site, to provide certain website functions and to ensure security(necessary cookies).

Details can be found in Webflow's data protection declaration: https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy. 

Webflow is used on the basis of article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable possible presentation of our website. If consent to processing has been provided, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO and § 25 (1), insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the users’ endpoint (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. 

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy. 

Commissioned dataprocessing
We have commissioned data processing and set up a data processing agreement (“DPA”) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the personal data of our website visitors is only processed according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR. 

3.   General information and mandatory information
Data protection
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 data protection declaration. 

If you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This data protection declaration explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We would like to point out that data transfers on the internet(e.g., when communicating by e-mail) can have security risks. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible. 

Note on the responsible body
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

QBITFLOW GmbH, Konsul-Smidt-Strasse 8p, 28217 Bremen Email: roland.becker@qbitflow.com  The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.). 

Duration of storage
Unless a specific storage period has been specified in this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you 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 law retention periods); in the latter case, the data will be deleted once these reasons have ceased to exist. 

General information on the legal basis for data processing on this website
If you have consented to the data processing, we will process your personal data on the basis of article 6 (1) a) GDPR or article 9 (2) a)GDPR, if special data categories according to article 9 (1) GDPR are processed. In the event of consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on article 49 (1) a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), data processing is also based on section 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required to fulfill the contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of article 6 (1)b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if the processing is required to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of article 6 (1) c) GDPR. Data processing can also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with article 6 (1) f) GDPR. The following paragraphs of this data protection declaration provide information on the relevant legal bases in each individual case. 

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries
Among others, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. When these tools are active, your personal data are transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that in these countries no level of data protection comparable to that of the EU can be guaranteed. For example, US companies are obliged to release personal data to security authorities without you, as the person concerned, being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. secret services) will process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your expressed consent. You can revoke consent that you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing that took place up until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. 

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising(art. 21 GDPR)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS LEGALLY BASED ON ARTICLE 6 (1) E) OR F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY SERVICE BASED ON PROFILING. FORTHE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH A PROCESSING IS BASED, PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN PROVE OTHER LEGAL GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR PROCESSING SERVES FOR ASSERTION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR).  IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING,YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH ADVERTISING PURPOSES; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 21 (2) GDPR). 

Right of appeal to supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, those affected have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. Right to data portabilityYou have the right to data that we hold on the basis of your consent or process automatically in the fulfilment of a contract, to have it handed over to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.  

Information, deletion and correction
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, purpose of the data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction or deletion of this data at any time.  
You can contact us at any time if you have any further questions on the subject of 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 for this. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the examination, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
• If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to demand that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of being deleted.
• If you have lodged an objection in accordance with article 21 (1) GDPR, your interests must be balanced against ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand that the processing of your personal data be restricted.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - may only be used with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of theEuropean Union or a Member State. 

4.   Data collection on this website
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of server request
• IP address This data is not merged with other data sources.
This data is collected on the basis of article6 (1) f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website - the server log files must be recorded for this purpose. 

Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details will be taken from the inquiry form including the contact details you provided there for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions are stored by us. We do not pass on this data without your consent. 

This data is processed on the basis of article 6 (1) b) GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (art. 6 (1) f)GDPR) or on your consent (art.6 (1) a) GDPR) if it was given; the consent can be revoked at any time. 

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you tell us to delete it, you revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular storage periods - unaffected. 

Inquiry by email or phone
If you contact us by e-mail or telephone, your request including all of the resulting personal data (name, request) is stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent. 

This data is processed on the basis of article 6 (1) b) GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (art. 6 (1) f)GDPR) or on your consent (art.6 (1) a) GDPR) if this was given; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via e-mail will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular statutory storage periods - remain unaffected. Source: https://www.e-recht24.de