We appreciate your interest in our website. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

Data protection

The following privacy policy applies to the use of our online offer www.hi-chart.com (hereinafter “Website”).

The Excel data files that can be uploaded under Customize are saved for a brief moment of processing and then immediately deleted. No other customer-specific data is saved during or after the chart generation process.

The collection and processing of your personal data is carried out in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO).

1 Responsible

Responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is the
HI-CHART GmbH
Blumenthalstrasse 51
13156 Berlin
Germany
E-mail: service@hi-chart.com

If you wish to object to the collection, processing or use of your data by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy as a whole or for individual measures, you can address your objection to the person responsible.

You can save and print this privacy policy at any time.

2 General purposes of processing

We use personal information for the purpose of operating the website.

3 What data we use and why

3.1 Hosting

The hosting services we use are for the purpose of providing the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage and database services, security and technical maintenance services we use to operate the website.

In doing so we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors to this website based on our legitimate interests in the efficient and secure provision of our websites. Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) DSGVO i.V.m. Art. 28 GDPR.

3.2 Access data

We collect information about you when you use this website. We automatically collect information about your usage and interaction with us and register information about your computer or mobile device. We collect, store and use data about every access to our website (so-called server log files). Access data includes:

Name and URL of the retrieved file
Date and time of retrieval
transferred amount of data
Message about successful retrieval (HTTP response code)
Browser type and browser version
operating system
Referer URL (i.e. the previously visited page)
Websites that are accessed by the user’s system through our website
Internet service provider of the user
IP address and the requesting provider
We use this protocol data without assignment to you or other profiling for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of our website, but also for the anonymous recording of the number of visitors to our website (traffic) and the extent and nature of use our website and services, as well as for billing purposes, to measure the number of clicks received from cooperation partners. This information enables us to provide personalized and location-based content, analyze traffic, troubleshoot and improve our services.

This is also our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 p. 1 f) GDPR.

We reserve the right to check the log data retrospectively if, on the basis of concrete evidence, the legitimate suspicion of unlawful use exists. We store IP addresses in the log files for a limited period if necessary for security purposes or for the provision of services or the billing of a service, eg. Eg if you use one of our offers. After termination of the order process or after receipt of payment, we will delete the IP address if it is no longer required for security purposes. We store IP addresses even if we have a specific suspicion of a crime in connection with the use of our website. In addition, as part of your account, we save the date of your last visit (for example, when registering, logging in, clicking links, etc.).

3.3 Cookies

We use so-called session cookies to optimize our website. A session cookie is a small text file that is sent by the respective servers when visiting a website and stored on your hard disk. As such, this file contains a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. These cookies are deleted after you close your browser. They serve z. For example, you can use the shopping cart feature across multiple pages.

We also use a small amount of persistent cookies (also small text files that are stored on your device) that remain on your device and allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit it. These cookies are stored on your hard drive and delete themselves after the given time. Their lifespan is 1 month to 10 years. In this way, we can present our offer in a more user-friendly, effective and secure way and, for example, show you information tailored to your interests on the page.

Our legitimate interest in the use of cookies in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR is to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure.

The cookies store about the following data and information:

Log-in information
language settings
entered search terms
Information about the number of visits to our website and use of individual functions of our website.
When the cookie is activated, it will be assigned an identification number and no assignment of your personal data to this identification number will be made. Your name, IP address or similar data that would allow the cookie to be associated with you will not be inserted into the cookie. Based on the cookie technology, we only receive pseudonymous information, for example, which pages of our shop were visited, which products were viewed, etc.

You can set your browser so that you are informed in advance about the setting of cookies and can decide on a case-by-case basis whether you exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, or that cookies are completely prevented. This may limit the functionality of the website.

3.4 Data to fulfill our contractual obligations

We process personal data that we need to fulfill our contractual obligations, such as name, address, e-mail address, ordered products, billing and payment data. The collection of this data is required for the conclusion of the contract.

The deletion of the data takes place after expiry of the warranty periods and legal retention periods. Any data associated with a user account (see below) will in any case be retained for the time this account is maintained.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 (b) GDPR, because this data is needed so that we can fulfill our contractual obligations to you.

3.5 Newsletter

To register for the newsletter, the data requested in the registration process is required. The registration for the newsletter will be logged. After registering, you will receive a message on the specified email address requesting confirmation of your registration (“Double Opt-in”). This is necessary so that third parties can not register with their email address.

You can always revoke your consent to receive the newsletter and thus unsubscribe from the newsletter.

We save the log-in details as long as they are needed for sending the newsletter. The logging of the application and the shipping address are stored as long as there was an interest in the proof of the originally given consent, as a rule, these are the limitation periods for civil claims, thus a maximum of three years.

Legal basis for sending the newsletter is your consent acc. Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1a) in conjunction with Art. 7 DSGVO in conjunction with § 7 (2) no. 3 UWG. The legal basis for logging the application is our legitimate interest in proving that the shipment was made with your consent.

You can cancel the application at any time, without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates. A text message to the contact details referred to in point 1 (eg e-mail, fax, letter) is sufficient. Of course, you will also find an unsubscribe link in every newsletter.

3.6 Product recommendations

Regardless of the newsletter, we will send you regular product recommendations by e-mail. In this way, we will provide you with information about products from our offering that you may be interested in based on your recent purchases of goods or services from us. We comply strictly with the legal requirements. You can object to this at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. A text message to the contact details referred to in point 1 (eg e-mail, fax, letter) is sufficient. Of course, you will also find an unsubscribe link in every e-mail.

Legal basis for this is the legal permission according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 f) DSGVO in connection with § 7 Abs. 3 UWG.

3.7 E-mail contact

If you contact us (eg via contact form or e-mail), we will process your details for the processing of the request as well as for the case that follow-up questions arise.

If the data processing takes place for the execution of pre-contractual measures, which take place upon your request, or, if you are already our customer, for the execution of the contract, the legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) S.1b) DSGVO.

Other personal data we process only if you agree to it (Article 6 paragraph 1 S.1a) DSGVO) or we have a legitimate interest in the processing of your data (Article 6 paragraph 1 S.1f) GDPR). A legitimate interest lies z. For example, respond to your email.

4 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by the site visitors are usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

This is also our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 p. 1 f) GDPR.

Google has submitted to the Privacy Shield Agreement between the European Union and the United States and certified. As a result, Google agrees to comply with the standards and regulations of European data protection law. You can find further information in the following linked entry
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active.

We have activated IP anonymization on this website (anonymizeIp). As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage.

The IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website in full.

In addition, you may prevent the transmission to Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

As an alternative to the browser plug-in or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie that will prevent Google Analytics from entering this site in the future (this opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain, delete the cookies in your browser, you need to click this link again): [google_analytics_optout] Disable Google Analytics [/ google_analytics_optout]

5 storage time

Unless specifically stated, we store personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes pursued.

In some cases, the legislator provides for the retention of personal data, for example in tax or commercial law. In these cases, the data will be stored by us only for these legal purposes, but not otherwise processed and deleted after expiration of the statutory retention period.

6 Your rights as a data controller

Under applicable law, you have various rights to your personal information. If you would like to assert these rights, please send your request by e-mail or by post with a clear identification of your person to the address stated in section 1.

Below is an overview of your rights.

6.1 Right to confirmation and information

You have the right to clear information about the processing of your personal data.
In detail:
You have the right at any time to obtain confirmation from us as to whether personal data relating to you are being processed. If this is the case, you have the right to request free information from us about the personal data stored with you and a copy of this data. Furthermore, there is a right to the following information:

the processing purposes;
the categories of personal data being processed;
the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been disclosed or are still being disclosed, in particular to recipients in third countries or to international organizations;
if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data are stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that duration;
the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you or to a restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
if the personal information is not collected from you, all available information about the source of the data;
the existence of an automated decision-making process including profiling according to 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, and the implications and intended effects of such processing for you.
If personal data are transmitted to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed about the appropriate guarantees under Art. 46 DSGVO in connection with the transfer.

6.2 Right to rectification

You have the right to demand that we correct and, if necessary, complete your personal data.
In detail:
You have the right to demand immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.

6.3 Right to be deleted (“Right to be forgotten”)

In a number of cases, we are required to delete your personal information.
In detail:
According to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, you have the right to request that you delete your personal data without delay and we are obliged to delete your personal data immediately, if one of the following reasons applies:

The personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
They revoke their consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Article 9 (2) (a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
In accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO, you object to the processing and there are no prior justifiable grounds for processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
The personal data was processed unlawfully.
The deletion of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or national law to which we are subject.
The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
If we have made the personal data public and if we are obliged to delete it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, we shall take appropriate measures, including technical ones, for data controllers, who are responsible for the personal data, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs Process Data, informing you that you have requested the deletion of any links to such personal information or copies or replications of such Personal Information.

6.4 Right to restriction of processing

In a number of cases, you may request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
In detail:
You have the right to ask us to restrict processing if one of the following conditions is met:

The accuracy of your personal information is contested by you for a period that allows us to verify the accuracy of your personal information.
the processing is unlawful and you have objected to the deletion of personal data and have instead requested the restriction of the use of personal data;
We no longer need your personal information for processing purposes, but you do need the information to assert, exercise or defend your rights, or
You have lodged an objection against the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, as long as it is not certain whether the justified reasons of our company outweigh yours.

6.5 Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive, transmit or transmit any personal data concerning you in a machine-readable manner.
In detail:
You have the right to receive the personal information you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transfer that information to another person without hindrance, provided that

the processing on a consent according to Art.6 Abs.1 1a) DSGVO or Art.9 Abs.2 a) DSGVO or on a contract according to Art.6 Abs.1S. 1b) DSGVO is based and
the processing is done by automated methods.
In exercising your right to data portability in accordance with paragraph 1, you have the right to obtain that the personal data are transmitted directly by us to another party, as far as technically feasible.

6.6 Right to

You have the right to object to the lawful processing of your personal data by us if this is based on your particular situation and if our interests in processing do not prevail.
In detail:
You have the right, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, at any time against the processing of personal data concerning you, which, on the basis of Art.6 Abs.1S. 1e) or f) GDPR, objection is lodged; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We no longer process personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the purposes of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

If personal data are processed by us in order to operate direct mail, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct mail.

You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data relating to you for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes under Article 89 (1) GDPR Unless the processing is necessary to fulfill a public interest task.

6.7 Automated decisions including profiling

You have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that will have legal effect or similarly affect you in a similar manner.

There is no automated decision-making based on personal data collected.

6.8 Right to revoke a data protection consent

You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

6.9 Right to complain to a supervisory authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful.

7 Data Security

We make every effort to ensure the security of your data within the framework of applicable data protection laws and technical possibilities.

Your personal data is transmitted encrypted with us. This applies to your orders and also to the customer login. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) coding system, but point out that data transmission over the Internet (for example, when communicating via e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

To safeguard your data, we maintain technical and organizational security measures in accordance with Art. 32 DSGVO, which we always adapt to state-of-the-art technology.

We also do not warrant that our offer will be available at specific times; Disturbances, interruptions or failures can not be excluded. The servers we use are regularly backed up carefully.

8 Disclosure of data to third parties, no data transfer to non-EU countries

Basically, we only use your personal data within our company.

If and to the extent that we engage third parties in the performance of contracts (such as logistics service providers), these personal data will only be received to the extent that the transmission is required for the corresponding service.

In the event that we outsource certain parts of the data processing (“order processing”), we contractually obligate the processor to use personal data only in accordance with the requirements of data protection laws and to ensure the protection of the data subject’s rights.

Data transmission to agencies or persons outside the EU outside of the case referred to in paragraph 4 does not take place and is not planned.

If you have any questions or concerns about privacy, please contact:
Holger Gerths
HI-CHART GmbH
Blumenthalstrasse 51
13156 Berlin
Germany
E-mail: service@hi-chart.com