Thank you for visiting our website www.hyfindr.com and for your interest in our company Hyfindr GmbH and our offers. Despite due control of content included on our website, we do not assume any liability for external links to third-party content.
The protection of your personal data during the collection, processing and use on the occasion of your visit to our internet pages is an important concern of us and is carried out within the framework of the legal regulations, about which you can inform yourself, for example, under https://www.bfdi.bund.de/EN/Home/home_node.html.
In the following, we explain what information we collect when visiting our website and how information is used:
1. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use.
a) When visiting our website
Every time a user accesses the internet offer of the Hyfindr GmbH and every time a file is retrieved, data about this process will be temporarily stored and processed in a log file.
In particular, the following data are stored about every access/retrieval:
- pseudonymized IP address
- the operating system used,
- the device used,
- type of browser used,
- requesting domain,
- the country and location of origin from where the access was made,
- date and time,
- accessed page/name of the retrieved file
- the volume of transferred data,
- notification whether the access/retrieval was successful.
Our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (f) GDPR to collect the data is based on the following purposes:
- ensuring a smooth connection and comfortable use of the website,
- evaluation of system security and stability, and
- for other administrative purposes.
In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.
b) When using our contact form
For questions or requests of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via several type of forms provided on the website. In doing so, at least the specification of a valid e-mail address and your name is required so that we know from whom the inquiry originates and in order to be able to answer it. If further information is required for specific type of requests you may have we disclose this in the respective contact form indicating the mandatory field information. Other information can be provided voluntarily.
Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. You can revoke your consent at any time simply by sending an email to bye-bye@hyfindr.com.
c) When concluding a contractual relationship
When concluding a contractual relationship with Hyfindr GmbH (e.g. registration on the website) or when contacting third parties that have registered via our website (e.g. for purposes purchasing products from vendors, requesting quotes from vendors or asking questions to vendors) we ask you to provide the following personal data:
- data that personally identifies you such as name and email address, billing and shipping address/ and phone number,
- data identifying your company, such as company name, address, communication data (e-mail address, telephone), VAT ID or tax number, if applicable,
- information about payment methods, and
- other personal data that are required or authorized by law to collect and process and that we need for your authentication, identification or to verify the data we have collected.
The aforementioned data is processed for the purpose of facilitating, initiating or handling the contractual relationship and, if necessary, passed on to the respective third party to facilitate the requested contractual relationship with such third party. The processing of the data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. The storage period is limited to the purpose of the contract and, if applicable, legal and contractual retention obligations.
d) Use of payment service providers
To process orders or other payable request, we also work with the payment service provider(s); the respective payment service providers are displayed prior to executing such orders or payable request. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of payment processing – for the purpose of the payment – insofar as this is necessary for payment processing. You can select the respective payment service providers for payment on our website.
In case your actions trigger invoices, the respective data needed for processing such invoice will be collected, processed and stored. If your actions trigger an invoice in the process of contracting third parties via our website that have registered on our website (e.g. for purposes purchasing products from vendors, requesting quotes from vendors or asking questions to vendors) we transfer the above data to such third party for purposes initiating, processing and facilitating the transaction you have requested on our website. The legal basis for the transfer of data is in each case is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
e) When registering for our newsletter
If you have consented in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. Unsubscribing is possible at any time. You can either unsubscribe via a link at the end of the newsletter. Alternatively, you are welcome to send your unsubscribe request at any time by email to bye-bye@hyfindr.com (preferably with the subject: “Unsubscribe Newsletter”).
2. Transfer of personal data
A transfer of your data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below or describe in this privacy policy does not take place.
We will only pass on your data to third parties if:
- you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO),
- this is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO),
- there is a legal obligation to disclose (Art.6 para.1 lit. c DSGVO),
- the disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO).
We pass on your data to third parties e.g. for purposes purchasing products from vendors, requesting quotes from vendors or asking questions to vendors; in such cases vendors will store your data to process your request, and may contact you depending on the request made directly. You accept, that such vendors may also seek consent from you to process and store your personal data for purposes beyond such requests facilitated by Hyfindr GmbH.
The scope of the transmitted data is limited to the necessary minimum.
Our privacy policy is in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation and the data will only be processed in the Federal Republic of Germany and countries that have been considered by the European Commission as a third country ensuring an adequate level of data protection. For more information on such other countries, please visit the website of the European Commission https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en?gt=
A data transfer to further third countries only takes place on the basis of the exceptional circumstances pursuant to Art. 49 DSGVO, in particular in case you request the initiation, facilitating or performance of a contractual relationship with a third party that located in such a country.
3. Data subject rights
Upon request, we will be happy to inform you whether and which personal data relating to you is stored (Art. 15 DSGVO), in particular about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling. You also have the right to have any incorrectly collected personal data corrected or incompletely collected data completed (Art. 16 DSGVO). Furthermore, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your data, provided that the legal requirements for this are met (Art. 18 DSGVO). You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller (Art. 20 DSGVO). In addition, you are entitled to the so-called “right to be forgotten”, i.e. you can demand that we delete your personal data, provided that the legal requirements for this are met (Art. 17 DSGVO). According to Art. 7 (3) DSGVO, you have the right to revoke your consent, once given, at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time, provided that a right of objection is provided for by law. In the event of an effective revocation, your personal data will also be automatically deleted by us (Art. 21 DSGVO).
If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, it is sufficient to send an e-mail bye-bye@hyfindr.com.
In the event of violations of data protection regulations, you have the option, pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO, to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority is both the State Commissioner for Data Protection of Baden-Württemberg (www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de) and any other supervisory authority. Please adjust the competent supervisory authority. The competence is determined in accordance with Art. 55 DSGVO according to the main establishment of the company. In addition, the data subject has the right to file a complaint with any other supervisory authority, which will then forward it to the “lead” supervisory authority.
4. Duration of data storage
The collected data will be stored by us as long as this is necessary for the execution of the contracts entered into with us or until you have not exercised your right to delete or your right to transfer data to another company.
5. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small text files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your terminal device when you visit our website. In the cookie, information is stored that arises in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we gain immediate knowledge of your identity. The use of cookies serves first of all to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you: Thus, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual subpages of our website and if, you have registered, your password is stored during the duration of your visit to our website and the change of subpages, so that you do not have to re-enter it each time when goods placed by you in the shopping cart are stored until you “check out”. These session cookies are generally automatically deleted after you leave our website. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize the user experience, which are stored on your terminal device for a certain specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record and evaluate the use of our website and to optimize our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been to our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.
The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. If you do not wish us to recognize information about your computer, please set your internet browser to delete cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies or warn you before a cookie is stored. You can find out how to delete or block cookies in the Help and Support section of your Internet browser. There you will find instructions on how to find the file or directory where cookies are stored.
In any case, please note that completely disabling cookies may prevent you from using all the features of our website. If you leave our website via a link or by clicking on possible banner advertisements and thus reach external pages, it may be that cookies are also set by the addressee of the target page clicked on. We are not legally responsible for these cookies. Regarding the use of such cookies and the information stored on them by our advertising partners, please compare their privacy statements. Java applets and Java script are used in the provision of our internet offer. If you do not wish to use these utilities or active content for security reasons, you should deactivate the corresponding setting in your browser.
6. Online marketing tools and analysis tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
Google Analytics
Please note that, in addition to the explanations in the privacy policy, further requirements are necessary for the data protection-compliant integration of Google Analytics, including an agreement with Google for order processing, a determination of the retention period, an opt-out cookie and, if necessary, the deletion of old data. In some cases, prior consent is required, e.g. via a cookie banner. For the purpose of demand-oriented design and ongoing optimization of our websites, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see above) are set. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as browser type/version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited page), host name of the accessing computer (IP address) and the time of the server request are usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet usage for the purposes of market research and demand-oriented design of these websites. Our legitimate interest in data processing also lies in these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is § 15 para. 3 TMG in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. 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. In no case will your IP address be merged with other data from Google. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (so-called IP masking). The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that has reached its retention period is automatically deleted once a month. Google provides new data retention controls so that you can choose between different time periods to determine the retention period (aggregated data is not affected), but the retention period should be limited to 14 months, even if Google Analytics allows for a longer retention period. For more information on the terms of use and privacy policy of Google Analytics, see https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en>.
7. Links to our internet presences in social networks
On our website, we have included links to our websites in the social networks (Linkedin and others) and Youtube. We would like to point out that these are only links that forward to our Internet presence in the aforementioned networks, they are not so-called plugins with which you could, for example, “share” or “like” information on our website in the networks. As far as we are aware, it is not technically possible for social networks to collect personal data on our website via the mere links. For the purpose and scope of data collection after forwarding, please refer to the data protection information of the respective network.
8. Embedded content from other website
Content on our website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites (such as from Youtube) behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
9. Data security
We take necessary technical and organizational security measures to store your personal data in such a way that they are neither accessible to third parties nor to the public. If you wish to contact us by e-mail, we would like to point out that the confidentiality of the information transmitted cannot be fully guaranteed when using this method of communication. We therefore recommend that you send us confidential information exclusively by post.
10. Validity of and changes to this privacy policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status March 2024. Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or other requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy. We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time. We will carefully review any amendments to ensure compliance with the applicable legal framework of the Federal Republic of Germany. The most recent and valid privacy policy of Hyfindr GmbH can be accessed and printed out at any time on the website at https://hyfindr.com/en/legal/privacy-policy
11. Name and contact details of the data controller
This privacy policy applies to data processing by:
Hyfindr GmbH, Epplestr. 5A, 70597 Stuttgart, Germany
You can contact us under: hello@hyfindr.com
Last update: 01.August 2024