Privacy Policy

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 any data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section "Notice on the Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This may, for example, be data that you send us via email.

Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website through our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the technical provision and security of the website).

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about data protection.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This is done primarily with analysis programs.

Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

Hetzner

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (hereinafter "Hetzner").

For details, please refer to Hetzner's privacy policy: https://www.hetzner.com/legal/privacy-policy/.

The use of Hetzner is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Server Log Files

Our hosting provider collects log data (server log files) to ensure secure provision of the service. This includes IP address, date and time of request, browser type, operating system, pages visited, and referrer URL (previously visited page). This data is technically necessary and is deleted after a maximum of 7 days. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the security and stability of our web offering).

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that this party processes the personal data of our website visitors only 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 statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Notice on the Responsible Party

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Kyvento
Thomas Jäger
Schönberger Str. 29
61476 Kronberg im Taunus
Germany

Email: privacy@kyvento.com

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.

General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9(1) GDPR. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information in your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally carried out on the basis of § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for contract fulfillment or for carrying out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing can also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information about the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of operating this website, we work with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transmission of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties if this is necessary for contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., passing on data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in passing on the data according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits data disclosure. When using processors, we only pass on personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract for data processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. 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 verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request 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 request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Cookies and Local Storage

This website does not use tracking or marketing cookies. No cookies are used that could identify you on a subsequent visit or track your behavior.

Technically Necessary Cookies

We only use technically necessary cookies that are required for the operation of the website:

• Session Cookie: Enables form processing and protects against unauthorized requests (CSRF protection). This cookie is deleted when you close the browser.
• CSRF Token: Security cookie to protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They do not contain personal data and are not used for tracking purposes. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the secure provision of the website).

Local Storage

Form data may be temporarily stored in your browser (localStorage) to enable recovery in case of connection issues or accidental closing. This data remains exclusively on your device, is not transmitted to us, and can be removed at any time by clearing your browser data. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in user-friendliness).

Objection to Advertising Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, such as through spam emails.

4. Data Collection on this Website

Inquiry by Email

If you contact us by email, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in effective processing of inquiries). The data will be deleted once the purpose of storage no longer applies.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Plausible Analytics

This website uses Plausible Analytics, a privacy-friendly web analytics service. The provider is Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403, Tartu, Estonia.

Plausible Analytics does not use cookies and does not collect personal data. The collected data is completely anonymized and cannot be traced back to individual users. The IP address is only processed in anonymized form and is not permanently stored. The following data is collected:

• Page views
• Referrer (previous website)
• Device type (desktop, tablet, mobile)
• Operating system
• Browser
• Country (based on anonymized IP address)

The use of Plausible Analytics is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior to optimize our web offering.

For more information, see Plausible's privacy policy: https://plausible.io/data-policy