Privacy Policy

TB Companion App

Latest Update: 2021

General information

The following privacy policy is intended to inform you about the type, scope and purpose for the processing of personal information and what your rights are. Personal information are any data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, IP address, email address, phone number, location, etc. Before using our app, you must confirm that you have read and understood our privacy policy and that you agree to the use of personal data for the benefit specified below. We always take care to process your personal data only in accordance with a legal basis or consent granted by you.

The party responsible according to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/DS-GVO) is:

DZK – German Central Committee against tuberculosis e.V.

Waltehöferstr. 11, House Q
14165 Berlin Germany

Email: info@dzk-tuberkulose.de

Information collected when downloading TB Companion from the app store

When downloading TB Companion from your selected app store, various data such as username, e-mail etc. are sent. The processing of this data is carried out exclusively by the respective app store and is not subject to our influence.

Collection, processing and use of personal information

When using TB Companion, you decide which personal information you provide to us, so the information is always provided on a voluntary basis. Personal information is processed when you enter it in our system. In addition to general personal information, specific personal information about your health/illness is also requested (hereinafter referred to as health-related information). When opening the app for the first time, you will be asked to confirm the privacy policy. Please read it thoroughly before accepting it. If you do not provide any information, only the anonymous storage of your access data will take place, i.e. the time of access, the operating system used and (if separately agreed) the location data via GPS. The IP address is known at the time of encrypted data transmission, but it’s not stored. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 DS-GVO. You can revoke your consent to the processing of your data at any time with us. In the event of a revocation or if you do not give consent, no data will be stored, but the app will not be functional.

If you provide personal information to us, they will be processed exclusively for the following purposes:

• For the technical realization of the app's functions and to be able to provide information in the app (e.g. by IP address, browser information, location information).

• To select suitable content tailored to your disease and situation, for example in case of pregnancy or concomitant diseases.

• to be able to process your request in case of contact inquiries (e.g. e-mail address).

• Your data might be used to carry out scientific research on epidemiology, treatment and management of tuberculosis as well as in the context of health care research, to improve the quality of care and support of TB patients.

• Your personal data will never be used for commercial purposes.

General log files

Each time you access the app, certain information is automatically sent from your mobile device to the app's server, which then stores it in a so-called log file. This is information about:

• the operating system used,

• the time at which the app was accessed,

• the geographical location of the mobile device (after separate consent).

The data of the server log files are stored separately from any personal data provided by you. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6.1.1f DSGVO. The required legitimate interest follows from the above-mentioned purposes.

What personal and health-related information is processed if provided?

In order to use the virtual TB Companion, your consent to the privacy policy is required. By entering personal and health-related information, we can provide you with information and dialogs tailored to your particular situation. Of course, your information is always voluntary. The following personal information can be entered in the profile settings, but are free selectable:

• name

• country of birth

• country of current residence

• dates of beginning and end of therapy

• current tuberculosis medication

In addition, while using the dialog function of the TB Companion, you will be ask further personal and health-related information in order to select suitable and important information for you. These are data such as:

• gender

• age in categories (<15 years, 15-50 years,>50 years)

• information on family and partnership

• details about your diagnosis of tuberculosis (symptoms, date of diagnosis, radiological and microbiological results)

• details of your tuberculosis drug therapy (start, drugs, side effects, end)

• details of a possible HIV infection (test result, therapy details)

• details about a possible pregnancy

The provision of this information is also on a voluntary basis. Processing is carried out in the context of data storage and technical evaluation. Personal information is transmitted in encrypted form via HTTPS standard (SSL/TLS encryption). In addition, the data can be used for scientific, but not for commercial research projects.

Photo function ("DocsBox")

In the DocsBox module of the app, you can save your medical documents as image files. This will help to improve the continuity of your medical treatment. These documents usually contain personal data and medical information. The data stored in this module of the app remains exclusively on your digital mobile device (smartphone, tablet) and will not be shared or stored in any other location.

Storage period of personal data

Your personal data will be deleted as soon as their storage is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the above-mentioned purposes.

Disclosure of personal data

Personal data is not passed on to third parties.

Rights of users of the app

You have the following rights regarding the processing of personal data:

• right of access,

• right to rectification or deletion,

• right to restriction of processing,

• right to object to processing,

• right to data portability.

Enforcement of these rights is possible at any time by contacting us. In addition, we inform you about your right to contact the responsible supervisory authority in case of complaints. The supervisory authority responsible for the controller is:

Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Maja Smoltczyk
Friedrichstr. 219
10969 Berlin Germany

Tel.: +49 30 13889-0

Email: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de

Data security

The SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/ Transport Layer Security) encryption system ensures that all data in this app is transferred in encrypted form and protected against unauthorized access. The client establishes a connection to the server, which authenticates itself to the client with a certificate. The client checks the trustworthiness of the X.509 certificate and whether the server name matches the certificate. The client then sends the server a secret code encrypted with the server's public key, from which a cryptographic key is derived. This key is subsequently used to encrypt all messages in the connection using a symmetric encryption scheme and secured by a Message Authentication Code to protect message integrity and authenticity. All transferred information is stored on servers in Germany at GE-MU Systems (Neumünstersche Straße 26, 20251 Hamburg, Germany). This company ensures that the processing of personal data is technically secured according to current standards.

Data management and storage and possibility of deletion

The app communicates with the server via the Internet exclusively in encrypted form. This means that all information exchanged between the app and the central database cannot be read by third parties. The connection is made via SSL/TLS (ISO/IEC 20648) standard (see 10.2. Data security). Personal information is only collected and stored anonymously after users have explicitly agreed to all data protection provisions. All personal data is encrypted in a so-called crypto container on the user's end device and can only be used by the app designated for this purpose. When the app is uninstalled (on both iOS and Android systems), this data is irrevocably deleted. If a user has already synchronized personal information with the central database after consent, he has the option to delete his data at any time and without restriction in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO. When the app is deleted, all of the user's data (not just personal data) is physically and irrevocably deleted from both the local database on the mobile device and the central database without exception.

Liability/ Limitation of liability

The contents of our app were created with the greatest possible care and to the best of our knowledge. However, we do not assume any liability for the topicality, completeness and correctness of the pages. According to § 7 para. 1 TMG (Telemedia Act), we as a service provider are responsible for our own content on these pages under the general laws. According to § 8 to 10 TMG, however, we are not obligated as a service provider to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information. If we become aware of any such infringements, we will remove the relevant content immediately. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time of knowledge of a concrete infringement.

Medical disclaimer

The app TB Companion is designed to give personalized information on TB and be a companion during your TB diagnosis and treatment. It does not replace the contact with your responsible doctors and your responsible health authorities.

Limitation of liability for external links

Our website contains links to websites of third parties ("external links"), which are outside our area of responsibility. The information provider of the linked websites is liable for the content and accuracy of the information. At the time of linking, we were not aware of any legal violations. If we become aware of any legal violations, we will remove the corresponding link immediately.

Copyright

The content published on the website/ in the app TB Companion is subject to German copyright law. The reproduction, editing, distribution and any kind of exploitation outside the limits of copyright require the prior written consent of the respective author or creator.

Change of the privacy policy

The app TB Companion is continuously developed during use in order to improve its functionality and user-friendliness. The privacy policy is always kept up to date and adapted accordingly. Users will be informed of any changes to the privacy policy in a timely manner. The current privacy policy can be viewed at any time within the app.

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TB Companion Website

Latest Update: 2021

Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of the TB Companion. The use of the Internet pages of the TB Companion 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 in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to the TB Companion. By means of this data protection declaration, our enterprise would like 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, by means of this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.

As the controller, the TB Companion has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone. 

1. Definitions

The data protection declaration of the TB Companion is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to first explain the terminology used.

In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:

• Personal data

  Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“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.

• Data subject

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

• Processing

  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, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

• Restriction of processing

  Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

• Profiling

  Profiling means 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 analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

• 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 organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

• 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.

• Processor

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

• 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 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.

• Third party

  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 authorised to process personal data.

• Consent

  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.

2. Name and Address of the controller

Controller for the purposes of 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:

TB Companion Team

and

DZK – German Central Committee against tuberculosis e.V.

Waltehöferstr. 11, House Q
14165 Berlin Germany

Phone: +493081490922
Email: info@dzk-tuberkulose.de
Website: https://tbcompanion.app

3. Cookies

The Internet pages of the TB Companion use cookies. Cookies are text files that are 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 dats subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.

Through the use of cookies, the TB Companion can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

By means of 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 this is taken over by the website, 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 that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.

The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. 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 website of the TB Companion collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or automated system calls up the website. This general 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, the TB Companion does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, 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, the TB Companion analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection 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 website of the TB Companion contains information that enables a quick electronic contact to our enterprise, as well as direct communication with us, which also includes 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 on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller are stored for the purpose of processing or contacting the data 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 personal data of the data subject 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 to.

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 in accordance with legal requirements.

7. Rights of the data subject

• Right of confirmation

  Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

• 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 personal 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 organisations;
  • 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 lodge a complaint 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, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

  Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. 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, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

• 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 by means of providing a supplementary statement.

  If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

• 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, and 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: 

  • The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  • 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 pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to 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 have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

  If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by the TB Companion, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. An employee of TB Companion shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

  Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged pursuant to 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 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 the TB Companion will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

• 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 instead the restriction of their use instead.
  • The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
  • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
  
  
• 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, which was 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 pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to 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 in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

  Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to 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.

  In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee of the TB Companion.

• 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 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.

  The TB Companion shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

  If the TB Companion processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to the TB Companion to the processing for direct marketing purposes, the TB Companion will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

  In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her by the TB Companion for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

  In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of the TB Companion. In addition, the data subject is free in the context of the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

• 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 authorised 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, the TB Companion 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, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the TB Companion.

• 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 processing of his or her personal data at any time.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the TB Companion.

  If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the TB Companion.

8. 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. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods or to provide any other service, 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 in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of 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 of another natural person. This would be the case, for example, 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 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 which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of 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 they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

9. 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 the shareholders.

10. 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 expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.

11. Provision of personal data as 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 provisions (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 must subsequently be processed by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, 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.

12. Existence of automated decision-making

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

This Privacy Policy has been generated by the Privacy Policy Generator of the German Association for Data Protection that was developed in cooperation with  Privacy Lawyers from WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE, Cologne.