Data protection
1. Information on the collection of personal data
(1) Below, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behavior.
(2) The controller according to Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is branchly GmbH, Am Kartoffelgarten 14, 81671 Munich, hello(at)branchly.de, represented by the managing directors Sebastian Flick, Markus Linnenberg (see our imprint).
(3) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address and your name as well as the information you enter in the free text fields) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We will delete the data collected in this context after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are legal retention obligations.
(4) If we rely on commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. We will also name the specified criteria for the duration of storage.
2. Your rights
(1) You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right to information,
Right to correction or deletion,
Right to restriction of processing,
Right to object to processing,
Right to data portability.
(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.
3. Collection of personal data when visiting our website
(1) When using the website for informational purposes only, meaning when you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. When you view our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR):
IP address
Date and time of the request
Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
Data volume transmitted
Website from which the request comes
Browser
Operating system and its interface
Language and version of the browser software.
(2) In addition to the data mentioned above, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you are using, through which certain information flows to the entity that sets the cookie (here by us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offering as a whole more user-friendly and effective.
(3) Use of cookies:
a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained as follows:
Transient cookies (see b)
Persistent cookies (see c).
b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This enables your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified duration, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
d) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. We point out that you may not be able to use all the features of this website.
(4) Use of third-party tools:
HubSpot
On this website, we use the HubSpot service for various purposes. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland. Contact: HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, Phone: +353 1 5187500.
HubSpot is an integrated software solution with which we cover various aspects of our online marketing. This includes, among other things:
Email marketing, social media publishing & reporting, reporting, contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM), landing pages, and contact forms.
Our registration service allows visitors to our website to learn more about our company, download content, and provide their contact information as well as further demographic information. This information, along with the content of our website, is stored on servers of our software partner HubSpot. They can be used by us to contact visitors to our website and to determine which services of our company are of interest to them. All information we collect is subject to this privacy policy. We use all collected information solely to optimize our marketing activities.
More information on HubSpot's privacy policy »
More information from HubSpot regarding EU data protection regulations »
For more information about the cookies used by HubSpot, see here and here.
As part of optimizing our marketing activities, the following data may be collected and processed via HubSpot:
Geographic location
Browser type
Navigation information
Referring URL
Performance data
Information on how often the application is used
Mobile app data
Login information for the HubSpot subscription service
Files displayed onsite
Domain names
Pages viewed
Aggregated usage
Operating system version
Internet service provider
IP address
Device ID
Duration of visit
Where the application was downloaded from
Operating system
Events occurring within the application
Access times
Clickstream data
Device model and version
Furthermore, we also use HubSpot to provide contact forms. Further information on this can be found in subsection 7 of this privacy policy.
The legal basis for processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you do not wish for the aforementioned data to be collected and processed via HubSpot, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
Personal data will be stored as long as necessary to fulfill the processing purpose. The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose. In the context of processing via HubSpot, data may be transferred to the USA. The security of the transfer is ensured through so-called standard contractual clauses, which guarantee that the processing of personal data is subject to a level of security that corresponds to that of the GDPR. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent according to Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries.
Usercentrics
On this website, we use the services of Usercentrics. The service is operated by Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich. Usercentrics is a consent management service. Using Usercentrics, the legally required consents are obtained. In this context, the following data is processed:
Browser information
Opt-in and opt-out data
Requested URLs of the website
Page path of the website
Geographic location
Date and time of the visit
Device information
The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation (obtaining and managing data protection consents).
The data (consent and revocation of consent) will be stored as long as necessary for processing - regularly this is three years.
5. Notice regarding external links
branchly GmbH is responsible as a content provider according to § 7 para. 1 Telemedia Act for the