Practice Policies

We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise. Data protection is an exceptionally high priority for managing Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind). The use of the Internet pages of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) is possible without any indication of personal data; however, if a data subject wants to use special enterprise services via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no statutory basis for such processing, we generally obtain consent from the data subject.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject, shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and by the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind). Using this data protection declaration, our enterprise wants to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, utilizing this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may have security gaps, so absolute safety may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject can transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g., by telephone.

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) is based on the terms used by the European legislator for adopting the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, customers, and business partners. To ensure this, we would like first to explain the terminology used.

In this data protection declaration, we use, among other things, the following terms:

a) Personal data: Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject: The data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

c) Processing: Processing is any operation or set of operations that is performed on personal data or sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d)Restriction of processing Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data to limit their processing in the future.

e) Profiling: Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain unique aspects relating to a natural person, in particular, to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.

f) Pseudonymisation: Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g)Controller or controller responsible for the processing controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) Processor: Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or any other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient: Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry by Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall comply with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

j) Third party: A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

k) Consent: Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which they, by a statement or by an explicit affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them.

2. Name and Address of the controller

Controller for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in Member states of the European Union, and other provisions related to data protection is:

Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind)

Sandacherstrasse 113

3186 Düdingen

Switzerland

Phone: 0774327752

E-Mail: sounds4dmind@gmail.com

Website: https://www.soundsforthemind.com

3. Cookies

The Internet pages of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) use cookies. Cookies are text files stored in a computer system via an Internet browser.

Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This allows visited Internet sites and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the data subject from other web browsers containing further cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

Through cookies, Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

Using a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us, as previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies e.g. does not have to enter access data each time the website is accessed, because the website takes this over, and the cookie is thus stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers the articles a customer places in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website using a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted anytime via an Internet browser or other software. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.

4. Collection of general data and information

The Achu Media Group website (Sounds For The Mind) collects general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This available data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using these general data and information, Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Instead, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically to increase our enterprise's data protection and security and ensure an optimal level of safety for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

5. Contact possibility via the website

The Achu Media Group website (Sounds For The Mind) contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our enterprise and direct communication with us, including a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted voluntarily by a data subject to the controller are stored for processing or contacting the subject. There is no transfer of this personal data to third parties.

6. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data

The data controller shall process and store the subject's personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data are routinely blocked or erased by legal requirements.

7. Rights of the data subject

a) Right of confirmation: each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller on whether personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, they may, at any time, contact any controller employee.

b) Right of access: Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free information about his or her data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:

the purposes of the processing;

the categories of personal data concerned;

the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;

where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;

the existence of the right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;

the existence of the right to complain with a supervisory authority;

where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;

the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information on whether personal data are transferred to a third country or an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, they may, at any time, contact any controller employee.

c) Right to rectification: Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including providing a supplementary statement. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, they may contact any controller employee at any time.

d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay. The controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:

Personal data are no longer necessary for collecting or otherwise processing purposes.

The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.

The data subject objects to the processing under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing or the data subject objects to the processing under Article 21(2) of the GDPR.

The personal data have been unlawfully processed.

The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.

The personal data about the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR has been collected.

Suppose one of the reasons above applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind). In that case, they may, at any time, contact any controller employee. An employee of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately. Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged under Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. An employee of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) Right of restriction of processing Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period, enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

The processing is unlawful, and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead.

The controller no longer needs the personal data for processing, but the data subject for establishing, exercising, or defense of legal claims requires them.

The data subject has objected to processing under Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification of whether the controller's legitimate grounds override those of the subject.

Suppose one of the conditions above is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind). In that case, they may contact any controller employee at any time. The employee of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) will arrange the restriction of the processing.

f) Right to data portability Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data have been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent under point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract under point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability under Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may contact any employee of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) at any time.

g) Right to object Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) shall no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection unless we can demonstrate compelling, legitimate grounds for the processing that override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. Suppose Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) processes personal data for direct marketing purposes. In that case, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it relates to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) processing for direct marketing purposes, Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) will no longer process the personal data for these purposes. In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning them by Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes under Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest. To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind). In addition, the data subject is free to use information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use their right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on the data subject’s explicit consent. If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind) shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision. If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, they may, at any time, contact any employee of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind).

i) Right to withdraw data protection consent: Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to the processing of his or her data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to cancel the consent, they may, at any time, contact any employee of Achu Media Group (Sounds For The Mind).

8. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a website and to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

For the web analytics through Google Analytics, the controller uses the application “_gat. _anonymizeIp”. Using this application, the IP address of the data subject's Internet connection is abridged by Google and anonymized when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website to provide online reports, which show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services concerning the use of our Internet site.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During this technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, among other things, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently create commission settlements.

The cookie stores personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the data subject's frequency of visits to our website. With each visit to our Internet site, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. Google stores this personal data in the United States of America. Google may pass the personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time using a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the set of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already used by Google Analytics may be deleted anytime via a web browser or other software programs.

In addition, the data subject can object to a collection of data generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics, through JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. Suppose the browser add-on was uninstalled or disabled by the data subject or any other person attributable to their sphere of competence. In that case, executing the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser add-ons is possible.

Further information and Google's applicable data protection provisions may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link: https://www.google.com/analytics/.

9. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Remarketing

On this website, the controller has integrated Google Remarketing services. Google Remarketing is a feature of Google AdWords that allows an enterprise to display advertising to Internet users who have previously resided on the enterprise’s site. The integration of Google Remarketing allows an enterprise to create user-based advertising and thus show relevant advertisements to interested Internet users.

The operating company of the Google Remarketing services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

The purpose of Google Remarketing is the insertion of interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing allows us to display ads on the Google network or other websites, which are based on individual needs and matched to the interests of Internet users.

Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the cookie setting, Google enables visitors to our website to be recognized if they call up consecutive web pages, which are also members of the Google advertising network. With each call-up to an Internet site on which Google Remarketing has integrated the service, the data subject's web browser identifies automatically with Google. During this technical procedure, Google receives personal information, such as the IP address or the surfing behavior of the user, which Google uses, among other things, for the insertion of interest-relevant advertising.

The cookie stores personal information, e.g., the Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. Google stores this personal data in the United States of America. Google may pass the personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time using a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the set of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google may be deleted anytime via a web browser or other software programs.

In addition, the data subject can object to the interest-based advertising by Google. For this purpose, the data subject must call up the link to www.google.de/settings/ads and make the desired settings on each Internet browser the data subject uses.

Further information and Google's data protection provisions may be retrieved at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

10. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Ads

On this website, the controller has integrated Google AdWords. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows the advertiser to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to pre-define specific keywords with the help of which an ad on Google’s search results is only displayed when the user utilizes the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. The ads in the Google Advertising Network are distributed on relevant web pages using an automatic algorithm that considers the previously defined keywords.

The operating company of Google AdWords is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

The purpose of Google AdWords is the promotion of our website by the inclusion of relevant advertising on the websites of third parties and in the search engine results of the search engine Google and an insertion of third-party advertising on our website.

If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, a conversion cookie is filed on the information technology system of the data subject through Google. The definition of cookies is explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after 30 days and is not used to identify the data subject. If the cookie has not expired, the conversion cookie is used to check whether specific sub-pages, e.g., the shopping cart from an online shop system, were called up on our website. Through the conversion cookie, both Google and the controller can understand whether a person who reached an AdWords ad on our website generated sales or executed or canceled a sale of goods.

Google uses the data and information collected through the conversion cookie to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are used to determine the total number of users served through AdWords ads to ascertain the success or failure of each AdWords ad and to optimize our ads in the future. Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertisers receive information from Google that could identify the data subject.

The conversion cookie stores personal information, e.g., the Internet pages visited by the data subject. Each time we visit our Internet pages, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. Google stores these personal data in the United States of America. Google may pass the personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by our website, as stated above, using a corresponding set of the Internet browser used and thus permanently deny the collection of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser would also prevent Google from placing a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie set by Google AdWords may be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

The data subject can object to Google's interest-based advertisement. Therefore, the data subject must access from each of the browsers by using the link www.google.co.uk/settings/ads and setting the desired settings.

Further information and Google's applicable data protection provisions may be retrieved at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

11. Legal basis for the processing

Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. Suppose the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary to supply goods or provide any other service. In that case, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations, which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example, concerning inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as to fulfill tax obligations? The processing is based on Art? 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. For example, this would be the case if a visitor were injured in our company, and his name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or any other third party. Then, the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations that are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds if processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because the European legislator specifically mentions them. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

12. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party

Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business in favor of the well-being of all our employees and shareholders.

13. Period for which the personal data will be stored

The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted as long as it is no longer necessary to fulfill the contract or initiate an agreement.

14. Provision of personal data as a statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to provide such data

We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g., tax regulations) or can also result from contractual requirements (e.g., information on the contractual partner). Sometimes, it may be necessary to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which we must subsequently process. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with them. The non-provision of the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact any employee. The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data, and the consequences of non-provision of the personal data.

15. Existence of automated decision-making

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.