Data protection declaration

Publisher of this website:
Schlauesocke GmbH, Mühlenstr. 8a, 14167 Berlin

Using the Schlauesocke GmbH website is generally possible without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wants to use special services provided by our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of 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 Schlauesocke GmbH. 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 of their rights by means of this data protection declaration.

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

1. Definitions
The data protection declaration of Schlauesocke GmbH 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 easily readable and understandable for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance. In this privacy policy we use the following terms, among others:

1) Personal data
Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the “data subject”). A natural person is considered identifiable if he or she 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 special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

2) Data subject
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.

3) Processing
Processing is any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data, such as the collection, recording, organisation, Organising, storing, adapting or altering, retrieving, consulting, using, disclosing by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, comparing or linking, restricting, erasing or destroying.

4) Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.

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

6) 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 this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

7) Controller or person responsible for processing
The controller or person responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are specified 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.

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

9) Recipient
A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data is disclosed, whether or not it is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigation in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

10) Third party
A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.

11) Consent
Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes in the form of a statement or other unambiguous confirmatory act by which the data subject indicates that he or she agrees to the processing of personal data concerning him or her.

Name and address of the controller
Controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

Publisher: Schlauesocke GmbH
Address: Mühlenstr. 8a, 14167 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 20 23 68 910
E-mail: datenschutz@schlauesocke.de
Website: http://www.sockvision.com

2. Cookies
The Schlauesocke GmbH website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and saved on a computer system via an Internet browser.
Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a character string that allows websites and servers to be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was saved. 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. By using cookies, Schlauesocke GmbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting. Cookies can be used to optimize the information and offers on our website for the benefit of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to enter his or her access data every time he or she visits the website because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie for a shopping cart in an online shop. The online shop uses a cookie to remember the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart. We also use cookies on our website that enable us to analyze users’ surfing behavior. The following data can be transmitted in this way:

– Frequency of page views
– Use of website functions
– Storage of offer configurations

The user data collected in this way is pseudonymized using technical precautions. It is therefore no longer possible to assign the data to the user who accessed the website. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the users. When visiting our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and his consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, a reference is also made to this data protection declaration. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR if the user has given his consent to this. The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

3. Collection of general data and information
The website of Schlauesocke GmbH collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. The following may be recorded: (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 accessed via an accessing system on our website, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) other similar data and information used to avert dangers in the event of attacks on our information technology systems. When using this general data and information, Schlauesocke GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the contents of our website, (2) optimize the contents of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. This anonymously collected data and information is therefore evaluated by Schlauesocke GmbH both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our enterprise in order 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. In addition, the following personal data is also recorded, provided that the express permission of the users concerned is given and in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations:

– Users’ first and last names
– Users’ email addresses
– Address details (street, number, postcode, city, etc.)

The personal data is processed based on our legitimate interest in fulfilling our contractually agreed services and optimizing our online offering. You can also visit this website without providing any personal information. However, in order to improve our online offering, we store your access data to this website (without personal reference). This access data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your Internet provider. The anonymization of the data means that it is not possible to draw conclusions about you personally. This does not affect the user’s IP addresses or other data that enable the data to be assigned to a user. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

4. SSL encryption
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) over HTTPS.

5. Contact options via the website
Due to legal regulations, the Schlauesocke GmbH website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company and direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (email address). If a data subject contacts the controller by email 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 controller are stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. Some of the data entered are processed automatically and transmitted to the software providers Make.com and Airtable.com for this purpose as part of the applications we operate there. This personal data is not passed on to third parties.

6. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller shall process and store personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or as far as this has been provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject. If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data shall be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

7. Rights of the data subject

1) Right to confirmation
Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may contact an employee of the controller at any time.

2) Right to information
Every data subject affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain information about the personal data concerning him or her stored at any time from the controller free of charge and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject the right to information about the following information:

The purposes of the processing
The categories of personal data that are processed 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 planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that duration the existence of a right to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of the personal data concerning them or to object to such processing the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information on their origin the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information on the logic involved, as well as the scope and envisaged effects of such processing for the data subject Furthermore, the data subject has the right to obtain information as to whether personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation were transmitted. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transmission. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of information, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

3) Right to rectification
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data – also by means of a supplementary statement. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time.

4) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to erase personal data concerning him or her immediately where one of the following reasons applies and processing is not necessary:

The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for such purposes for which they are no longer necessary. The data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based according to Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter a of GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 Letter a of GDPR, and there is no other legal ground for the processing. The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 2 GDPR. The personal data were processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject. The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR. If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by Schlauesocke GmbH, he or she may contact any employee of the controller at any time. The employee of Schlauesocke GmbH will ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.If the personal data was made public by Schlauesocke GmbH and our company as the controller pursuant to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR is obliged to erase the personal data, Schlauesocke GmbH shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, in order to inform other data controllers which process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of all links to these personal data or of copies or replications of these personal data, unless processing is required. The employee of Schlauesocke GmbH will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.

5) Right to restriction of processing
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the controller to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

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, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of the use of the personal data instead.

The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject. If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by Schlauesocke GmbH, he or she may at any time contact any employee of the controller. The employee of Schlauesocke GmbH will arrange for the processing to be restricted.

6) Right to data portability
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was made available to a controller, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. He or she also has the right to transmit these data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data was made available, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Art. 6 (1) GDPR or point (a) of Art. 9 (2) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Art. 6 (1) GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is 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 Art. 20 (1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the 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. To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee of Schlauesocke GmbH.

7) Right to object
Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on Art. 6 (1) e or f GDPR, for reasons related to his or her particular situation.This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Schlauesocke GmbH will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If Schlauesocke GmbH processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purposes of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to Schlauesocke GmbH to the processing for direct marketing purposes, Schlauesocke GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes. In addition, the data subject has the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by Schlauesocke GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest, for reasons related to his or her particular situation. To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of Schlauesocke GmbH or another employee directly. Furthermore, the data subject is free to exercise his or her right of objection by automated means using technical specifications in relation to the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

8) Automated individual decisions, including profiling
Every 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, provided that the decision (1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is not authorized 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 made with 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 the controller, or (2) it is made with the data subject’s explicit consent, Schlauesocke GmbH 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 decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

9) Right to withdraw consent under data protection law
Any data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of personal data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

8. Using Piwik Pro Analytics

We use the Piwik PRO Analytics service on our website to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve our offerings. Piwik PRO is a web-based analytics platform that helps us collect information about user behavior on our website in order to optimize the user experience.

1) Data processed:
When using Piwik PRO, data such as IP address, referrer URL, pages visited, as well as information about the device and browser used are collected. This data is stored exclusively on servers in the EU to ensure data protection in accordance with European guidelines. Purposes of processing: We use the data collected by Piwik PRO to:

– Analyze usage behavior on our website.
– Monitor the frequency of use of certain pages.
– Improve our content and functions according to the interests of our users.

2) Anonymization and possibility of objection:
The IP addresses of users are anonymized so that no conclusions can be drawn about the identity of individual visitors. We also offer users the option of objecting to tracking by Piwik PRO. You can do this at any time by using the corresponding opt-out tool on our website. Further information on data protection at Piwik PRO can be found in their privacy policy at https://piwik.pro/privacy-policy/.

9. Processing of personal data for the creation of offers and processing of orders
As part of the creation of offers, we process personal data that we receive from you via the contact form, e-mail or telephone or that we collect and structure via our automation and project management tools (Make.com, Airtable.com, Monday.com, Softr.com). The data we process includes, depending on the request, name, email address, company name, contact information, delivery addresses, details of the desired products or services, as well as graphic files related to the creation of the requested products.

1) Processing and use of data
The email address and the associated contact details are used exclusively to create and send the offer and to respond to queries.

Make.com automatically synchronizes data between the platforms to ensure efficient processing and tracking of offers and orders.

Airtable.com, SoftR.com and Monday.com are used to manage the offer details and to coordinate between the departments involved in the creation and editing of the offer and production.

Data will only be passed on to third parties if this is necessary in the context of creating an offer (e.g. to external service providers or partner companies to carry out part of the offer).

10. Google Ads
This website uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program from Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. As part of Google Ads, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set for conversion tracking. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user’s computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. The cookies cannot be tracked across the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by easily deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your Internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. The storage of “conversion cookies” and the use of this tracking tool are based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. If a corresponding consent has been requested (e.g. consent to the storage of cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time. More information about Google Ads and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

11. Google Remarketing
This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. The function is used to present interest-based advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A so-called “cookie” is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when he or she visits websites that belong to the Google advertising network. On these pages, visitors can be presented with advertisements that relate to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use Google’s remarketing function. According to Google, it does not collect any personal data during this process. If you still do not want Google’s remarketing function, you can generally deactivate it by making the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies for interest-based advertising via the advertising network initiative by following the instructions at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

12. Legal basis for processing
Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our company 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 to fulfill a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of enquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or 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 had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. In that case, the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they were specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47, Sentence 2 GDPR).

Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third party: If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.

13. Duration for which personal data is stored
The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of this period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted unless it is no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract. Legal or contractual provisions for the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of non-provision.

We would like to clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also arise from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data in order to conclude a contract, which must then be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. Before providing personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will clarify to the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of 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 what the consequences of non-provision of personal data would be.

14. Changes to the data protection policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.

15. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we do not use automated decision-making or profiling.