Privacy policy

With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data"). Personal data includes all data that relates to you personally, such as your name, address, email address, or user behavior. This privacy policy applies to all data processing operations carried out by us, both as part of our core activities and for the online media we provide.

Who is responsible for data processing at our company

The entity responsible for data processing is:

GerMo Bridge
Brehmstr. 34
40239 Düsseldorf
Germany
info@germo-bridge.com

Processing your data within the scope of our agency services

We offer agency services. If you are our customer or business partner, or if you are interested in our services, the type, scope, and purpose of processing your data are determined by the contractual or pre-contractual services between us. These include conceptual and strategic consulting, software and design development, consulting and maintenance services in this area, planning and implementation of campaigns, IT and server administration, and other consulting and training services. In this context, the data we process includes all data that you provide or have provided for the purpose of utilizing our contractual or pre-contractual services and that are necessary to handle your request or the contract between us. Unless otherwise stated in the further information in this privacy policy, the processing and disclosure of your data to third parties are limited to the data necessary to respond to your inquiries and/or fulfill the contract between you and us, protect our rights, and comply with legal obligations. We will inform you which data is required for this purpose before or during the data collection process. If we use third-party providers to provide our services, the privacy notices of the respective third-party providers apply.

Affected data:

  • Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses)
  • Payment data (e.g., bank details, invoices)
  • Contact data (e.g., email address, phone number, postal address)
  • Contract data (e.g., contract subject, contract duration)

Affected persons:

Customers, interested parties, business and contractual partners

Purpose of processing:

Execution of contractual services, communication and responding to contact inquiries, office and organizational procedures

Legal basis:

Fulfillment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, legal obligation, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, legitimate interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR

Your rights under the GDPR

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, which you can exercise at any time by contacting the responsible party mentioned in section 1 of this privacy policy:

Right of access: You have the right to request information about whether and which data we process about you.

Right to rectification: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

Right to erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your data.

Right to restriction: In certain cases, you have the right to request that we only process your data in a restricted manner.

Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your data to you or another responsible party in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible for you is the one at your usual place of residence, workplace, or our company headquarters.

Right to withdraw consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time.

Right to object

You have the right to object to the processing of your data, which we base on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, at any time. If you exercise your right to object, we ask you to explain the reasons. We will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests and rights.

Regardless of the above, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. Please address your objection to the contact address of the responsible party mentioned above.

When do we delete your data?

We delete your data when we no longer need it or when you instruct us to do so. This means that - unless otherwise specified in the individual data protection notices of this privacy policy - we delete your data when the purpose of the data processing has been fulfilled and thus the respective legal basis mentioned in the individual data protection notices no longer applies, for example, after the termination of the contractual or membership relationships between us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or after the lapse of our legitimate interest in further processing or storing your data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), if you exercise your right to withdraw consent and no other legal basis for the processing within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b-f GDPR applies, if you exercise your right to object and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for deletion.

However, if we still need to retain certain parts of your data for other purposes, such as tax retention periods (usually 6 years for business correspondence and 10 years for accounting records) or the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims from contractual relationships (up to four years), or if the data is required to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, we will delete the part of your data only after the expiration of these periods. Until the expiration of these periods, we will restrict the processing of this data to these purposes (fulfillment of retention obligations).

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files consisting of a series of numbers and letters that are stored and saved on the device you use. Cookies primarily serve to exchange information between the device you use and our website. This includes, among other things, the language settings on a website, the login status, or the point at which a video was watched.

When visiting our website, two types of cookies are used:

Temporary cookies (session cookies): These store a so-called session ID, which allows different requests from your browser to be assigned to the same session. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.

Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after closing the browser. This allows our website to recognize your computer when you return to our website. For example, information on language settings or login information is stored in these cookies. These cookies can also be used to document and store your surfing behavior. These data can be used for statistical, marketing, and personalization purposes.

In addition to the above classification, cookies can also be distinguished by their intended use:

Necessary cookies: These are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the operation of our website, such as saving logins or shopping carts for the duration of your session or cookies set for security reasons.

Statistics, marketing, and personalization cookies: These are cookies used for analysis purposes or reach measurement. Such "tracking" cookies can store information on entered search terms or the frequency of page views. However, the surfing behavior of a single user (e.g., viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) can also be stored in a user profile. Such profiles are used to display content to users that correspond to their potential interests. If we use services through which cookies are stored on your device for statistical, marketing, and personalization purposes, we will inform you separately in the following sections of our privacy policy or when obtaining your consent.

Affected data:

  • Usage data (e.g., access times, clicked websites)
  • Communication data (e.g., information about the used device, IP address)

Affected persons: Users of our online offers

Purpose of processing: Displaying our websites, ensuring the operation of our websites, improving our internet offer, communication, and marketing

Legal basis:

Legitimate interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR

Unless we obtain your consent to set the cookies, we base the processing of your data on our legitimate interest in improving the

Privacy Policy

With this privacy policy, we aim to inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of processing personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data"). Personal data includes all data that has a personal reference to you, such as name, address, email address, or your user behavior. This privacy policy applies to all data processing operations carried out by us within the scope of our core activities as well as for the online media we maintain.

Who is responsible for data processing?

The responsible party for data processing is:GerMo BridgeBrehmstr. 340239 DüsseldorfGermanyinfo@germo-bridge.com

Processing your data as part of our agency services

We offer agency services. If you are our customer or business partner or are interested in our services, the type, scope, and purpose of processing your data depend on the contractual or pre-contractual services between us. These include conceptual and strategic consulting, software and design development, advisory and maintenance services in this field, campaign planning and implementation, IT and server administration, and other advisory and training services. Thus, the data we process includes all data provided or required by you to utilize the contractual or pre-contractual services and to handle your inquiry or the contract concluded between us. Unless otherwise stated in the further notes of this privacy policy, the processing and transmission of your data to third parties are limited to the data necessary to respond to your inquiries and/or fulfill the contract between you and us, protect our rights, and fulfill legal obligations. We will inform you about the necessary data before or during data collection. If we use third-party providers to deliver our services, the respective third-party providers' privacy policies apply.

Affected data:

  • Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses)
  • Payment data (e.g., bank details, invoices)
  • Contact data (e.g., email address, telephone number, postal address)
  • Contract data (e.g., contract subject, contract duration)

Affected persons: Customers, prospects, business and contractual partners

Purpose of processing: Fulfillment of contractual services, communication, and response to contact inquiries, office, and organizational procedures

Legal basis: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries, Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO, legal obligation, Art. 6 (1) lit. c DSGVO, legitimate interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO

Your rights under the GDPR

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, which you can exercise at any time with the responsible party mentioned in point 1 of this privacy policy:

  • Right to information: You have the right to request information about whether and which data we process about you.
  • Right to correction: You have the right to request the correction of incorrect or incomplete data.
  • Right to deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your data.
  • Right to restriction: In certain cases, you have the right to request that we only process your data in a restricted manner.
  • Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your data to you or another responsible party in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to complain: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority is the authority of your usual place of residence, workplace, or our company's location.

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time.

Right to object

You have the right to object to the processing of your data at any time, based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. If you exercise your right to object, we ask you to explain the reasons. We will then cease to process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests and rights.

Regardless of the above, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. Please direct your objection to the contact address of the responsible party mentioned above.

When do we delete your data?

We delete your data when it is no longer needed or when you instruct us to do so. This means that - unless otherwise stated in the specific privacy notices of this privacy policy - we delete your data when the purpose of data processing has been fulfilled and, therefore, the respective legal basis mentioned in the specific privacy notices no longer exists, for example, after termination of the contractual or membership relationships between us (Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO) or after our legitimate interest in further processing or storage of your data no longer exists (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO), if you exercise your right of withdrawal and no other legal basis for processing within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. b-f DSGVO applies, if you exercise your right to object and there are no overriding legitimate grounds against the deletion.

However, if we are required to retain (certain parts of) your data for other purposes, for example, due to tax retention periods (usually 6 years for business correspondence or 10 years for booking documents) or to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims from contractual relationships (up to four years), we will delete (the part of) your data after these periods have expired. Until the expiration of these periods, we will restrict the processing of these data to these purposes (fulfillment of retention obligations).

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files consisting of a series of numbers and letters that are stored and saved on the device you use. Cookies primarily serve to exchange information between your device and our website. This includes, for example, language settings on a website, login status, or the location where a video was watched.

When you visit our websites, two types of cookies are used:

  • Temporary cookies (session cookies): These store a so-called session ID, which allows various requests from your browser to be assigned to the same session. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close your browser.
  • Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after you close the browser. This allows our website to recognize your computer when you return to our website. These cookies store, for example, information on language settings or login information. In addition, these cookies can document and store your surfing behavior. These data can be used for statistical, marketing, and personalization purposes.

In addition to the above classification, cookies can also be distinguished based on their purpose:

  • Necessary cookies: These are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the operation of our website, such as storing logins or shopping carts for the duration of your session, or cookies that are set for security reasons.
  • Statistics, marketing, and personalization cookies: These are cookies used for analysis purposes or reach measurement. "Tracking" cookies, in particular, can store information on entered search terms or the frequency of page views. Additionally, the surfing behavior of an individual user (e.g., viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) can be stored in a user profile. Such profiles are used to display content to users that match their potential interests. If we use services through which cookies are stored on your device for statistics, marketing, and personalization purposes, we will inform you about this separately in the following sections of our privacy policy or within the scope of obtaining your consent.

Affected data:

  • Usage data (e.g., access times, clicked websites)
  • Communication data (e.g., information about the used device, IP address)

Affected persons: Users of our online offers

Purpose of processing: Displaying our websites, ensuring the operation of our websites, improving our internet offer, communication, and marketing

Legal basis:

  • Legitimate interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO: If we do not obtain your consent to set the cookies, we base the processing of your data on our legitimate interest in improving the quality and user-friendliness of our website, especially the content and functions. You can object to the use of cookies we set within our legitimate interest through your browser's security settings. There, you can specify whether you accept no cookies at all, only upon request, or have cookies deleted after each closing of your browser. If cookies are disabled for our website, not all functions of the website may be fully usable.
  • Consent, Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO: If we ask you to set certain cookies on your device before your visit to our online presence, and you consent to this, your consent forms the legal basis. We inform you which cookies we set within the scope of the consent. If you do not give consent, only the technically necessary cookies will be set, required for the proper operation of our websites and their display in your browser. If you have consented to the setting of cookies, you can revoke this consent at any time.

Web hosting

We use a provider to host our websites, where our websites are stored and made available for retrieval on the internet (hosting). In this process, the provider may process all data transmitted through your browser when using our websites. This includes, in particular, your IP address, which the provider needs to deliver our online offer to the browser you are using, as well as all your inputs made via our website. Additionally, the provider used by us may collect the following data:

  • Date and time of access to our website
  • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
  • Access status (HTTP status)
  • Transferred data volume
  • Internet service provider of the accessing system
  • Browser type and version used
  • Operating system used
  • Website from which you accessed our website, if applicable
  • Pages or subpages you visit on our website

These data are stored as log files on the servers of our provider. This is necessary to ensure the stability