GDPR

Preamble

In the following, we would like to explain how we handle your personal data. Our aim is to make it clear to you that the correct handling of your data is important to us.

The decisive standards on data protection can be found in the General Data Protection Regulation as amended. We expressly refer to this. The GDPR contains provisions on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. The GDPR protects the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons and, in particular, their right to the protection of personal data.

We process your data in good faith and in a manner that is comprehensible to the data subject. We collect data only for specified, clear and legitimate purposes and only to the extent necessary.

We ensure that the data we collect is accurate and, where necessary, up to date. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal data that is inaccurate with regard to the purposes for which it is processed is deleted or rectified without delay.

Within our company, we ensure that your data is stored in a form that allows you to be identified only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.

We ensure the security of your personal data in an appropriate manner with regard to protection against unauthorized access by third parties or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage through appropriate technical and organizational measures.

1. Name and Contact Details of the Controller and the Company Data Protection Officer Controller:

Mr. Walid Ben Fradj (Managing Director)
Albin-Hänseroth-Weg 4a, 50859 Cologne, Germany

a) What is personal data?

So-called “personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who 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) What is meant by the processing of personal data?

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on 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.

c) What exactly does the activity of the controller within the meaning of the GDPR imply (see no. 1)

A controller 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.

d) What is a third party for the purposes of this privacy policy?

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.

e) What is your consent to the processing of your data?

Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

f) What is profiling?

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal 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.

g) What is the processor?

The processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

h) Who is the recipient for the purposes of this notice?

The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.

i) Who is an entrepreneur within the meaning of the GDPR?

“Business” means a natural or legal person engaged in an economic activity, irrespective of its legal form, including partnerships or associations regularly engaged in an economic activity.

j) What is meant by pseudonymization?

Pseudonymization 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.

2. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of its use
We collect and store personal data. In detail:

a) When you visit the website

When you visit our website, the browser used on your (mobile) device automatically transmits information to the server of our website. This information is stored for a limited period of time. This may include the following information IP address of the requesting computer, Date and time of access, name and URL of the file accessed, website from which access is made (referrer URL), browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes Ensuring a smooth connection establishment of the website and a comfortable use of our online offer. In addition: Evaluation of system security and system stability as well as for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. We require a legitimate interest here. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website (see this privacy policy under “Cookies” for further details).

b) Newsletter/mailing

If you register for a newsletter and expressly consent to this, we will use your data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can unsubscribe at any time. You can also send your unsubscribe request at any time to hello@visionary-plus.de by email or contact us by telephone or post using the contact details provided.

c) Contact form

If you have any questions of any kind, you can contact us using a form provided on the website. It is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address so that we know who sent the request and can answer it.

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.
The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after your inquiry has been dealt with and will not be stored any further.

3. Transfer of data to third parties

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below:

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if: You have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR, the disclosure in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of third parties (or this is required by law) and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data, in the event that the disclosure in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR and this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

4. Cookies

Our Internet pages use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.

Information and details are stored in a cookie that are shown in connection with the specific (mobile) end device used. However, this does not necessarily mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity. Numerous websites 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 string of characters that can be used to assign websites and servers to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the websites and servers visited to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID. The term cookie is sometimes used in data protection as a synonym for data collection, data storage, data use, data exploitation, data disclosure and data misuse, regardless of whether a physical cookie is actually used or other techniques are used.

We distinguish between necessary and optional cookies.

On the one hand, the use of session cookies serves to make the use of our website more convenient and better for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site. They are no longer stored.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. This also serves your user experience.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize when you visit our site again that you have already visited us before. These cookies are also automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

By means of a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized for the benefit of the user. All optional cookies are only set with your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

The data processed by functional cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies – this can also be done directly when opening the page.

Some Internet browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can set your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, if you deactivate cookies completely, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website. This may reduce your user experience.

5. Analysis tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are only used with your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we would like to optimize your website experience for the future and also ensure the user-friendliness of our website. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to record the use of our website statistically and numerically and to subsequently evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

For the purpose of optimizing our pages, we may also use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; hereinafter only: “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized user profiles are created and cookies (see section 4 above) are used. The data generated by the cookie about your use of our website (such as Browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), time of the server request) are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of this website. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (masking/IP masking).

6. Social Media

The GmbH maintains various pages on third-party social media. User data is sometimes processed internationally. This also occurs in territories in which the GDPR may not apply. You can find out more about the forms of processing in detail and how to object by clicking on the links provided here.

Tiktok (https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de-DE)
Facebook (https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation)
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?_l=de_DE )
Twitter (https://twitter.com/de/privacy )
Instagram (https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875)
Pinterest (https://policy.pinterest.com/en)
Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/privacy)

(as of Jan. 2023, you can also find the respective provisions in a search engine under keywords such as: “[name platform] Privacy Policy” or “[name platform] Legal”).

7. Rights of data subjects

The data subject (see above) has the right to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning him or her is being processed; if this is the case, he or she has the right to access such personal data and to the following information: the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data to be processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organisations, if possible, the envisaged duration, for which the personal data are stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration, the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object.
The person concerned has the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect or complete of your personal data stored by us.

The data subject has the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
The data subject also has the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.

The data subject has the right to receive personal data provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller.

The data subject has the right to receive personal data provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller.

The person concerned has the right to revoke consent to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future and the data subject has the right to complain to a supervisory authority.

8. Right to object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as there are reasons for this that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without specifying a special situation. If you would like to make use of your right of revocation or objection, a simple e-mail hello@visionary-plus.de or contact by telephone or in person or by post is sufficient.

9. Data Security

We may use the common SSL method in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser during your visit to the website. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted encrypted by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

10. Data protection for applications and in the application process
The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. Processing may also be carried out by electronic means. Only the data that is necessary for the application process will be processed. Following the application process, the data collected will be deleted again.

11. Up-to-dateness and modification of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid. Due to the further development of our website and offers via it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration.

12. Final Clause

If you have any questions about the processing or general handling of personal data, please do not hesitate to contact our company. We will also be happy to provide you with full personal information. We also refer to the applicable legal provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).