Status: November 2024
This privacy policy applies to the website www.thecommunitybuildingcompany.com
With regard to the Services, The Community Building Company c/o Eva Balmaks, Engeldamm 50, 10179 Berlin (“we”, “us” or “our”) is the controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
This privacy policy provides information on how we collect, process and use personal data in connection with our services.
A. In relation to the website: When you visit our website, your browser will automatically use certain data to open the website, in particular: the IP address, date and time of the request, browser type, operating system, language setting and version of the browser software. This data is explicitly processed because without this data it would not be possible to access the website.
B. On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example. This data is used, for example, to contact you using the information provided. It is generally possible to use our website without providing personal data. If personal data (e.g. name or e-mail address) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis. This information will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. If you would like to receive the content offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you. No other data is collected. We use this exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
C. If you provide us with information on the website, via a request form on the website or in any other way, we will use your data to respond to your respective (information) requests accordingly.
D. Personal data will be disclosed in cases where such disclosure is required by law (e.g. at the request of a court or law enforcement agency).
A. We also analyze usage data to better understand user preferences through user activity. We use the following tools
aa. The website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).Google Analytics has been expanded to include IP anonymization on our website.This means that we use available IP masking procedures (i.e. anonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect our users.
Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by cookies about your use of our website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google analyzes this information on behalf of the website operator to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by cookies and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Further information on Google Analytics can be found at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en, http://www.google.de/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy/.
Since personal data is transferred to the USA, further protective mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection required by the GDPR.To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Article 46(2)(c) GDPR.
These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be guaranteed even through this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and assurances from the recipient in the USA.
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected.
bb. If you decide to opt out of some or all of the tools mentioned in paragraph 3 (to the extent possible), you will not be able to use the functionalities of the Services or access them.
Unless a shorter storage period is specified in this Privacy Policy, we generally store specific data for (i) as long as necessary to provide the services to you and/or (ii) as long as necessary with regard to the contractual relationship with you, thereafter only if and to the extent we are required to do so by mandatory statutory retention obligations. If we no longer need the personal data concerned for the purposes described above, this personal data will only be stored for the duration of the respective statutory retention obligations and will not be processed for other purposes.
You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:
Right to information: You have the right to obtain information from us about which of your personal data we process in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR.
Right to rectification: You have the right to obtain from us the rectification of inaccurate data or the completion of incomplete data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR if the data is incorrect or incomplete.
Right to erasure: You have the right to obtain from us the erasure of your personal data under the conditions of Art. 17 GDPR. According to this provision, your right to erasure of your data may be excluded due to a conflicting interest.
Right to restriction of processing: You have the right vis-à-vis us to restrict the processing of your personal data under the conditions of Art. 18 GDPR.
Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (1) 3 GDPR.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format under the conditions of Art. 20 GDPR, and you have the right to transmit this data to others.
Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority: The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of the federal state in which we have our registered office or, if applicable, our usual place of work or residence.
Right to object: If your personal data is processed by us on the basis of a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as this is done for reasons arising from your particular situation. If the objection is directed against the processing of personal data for the purpose of direct marketing, you have a general right to object without having to specify a particular situation.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format under the conditions of Art. 20 GDPR, and you have the right to transmit this data to others
