EDGITAL GmbH takes the protection of your personal data seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection information. This data protection information provides you with information about the processing of your personal data in connection with your visit to the www.edgital.io website as well as a summary of your rights under the European General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR“). Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1. Name and address of the person responsible

This website is operated by EDGITAL GmbH, Westring 303 / co Innovationszentrum Herne, 44629 Herne, kontakt@edgital.io (hereinafter referred to as “EDGITAL” or “we”). It is also the data controller for all data processing in connection with visits to the website within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR.

2. Contact details

If you have any questions about data protection, please contact the address of the person responsible at any time with the addition “Data protection” or by e-mail to kontakt@edgital.io.

3. Data processing when visiting the website

a) Processed personal data

When you visit our website, we collect so-called log data (hereinafter referred to as “log data“). This log data is automatically recorded by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is a data record (also known as server log files) that is only temporarily stored by us.

If you consent to the use of analytics and performance cookies when visiting our website, data from the use of the website will also be processed (hereinafter referred to as “visit data“):

When you use one of the contact forms offered on our website, we collect the data you provide in the contact form (hereinafter referred to as “contact form data“).

b) Purpose and legal basis of the processing

• Log data
  The log data is processed for statistical purposes and to improve the quality of our offering, in particular the stability and security of the connection and the error-free provision of the website, and thus serves our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR).

• Visit data
  Visit data is processed to improve the quality of our offer, in particular to analyze your user behavior on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR).

• Contact form data
  Contact form data is processed and stored exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you. If you agree to occasional communication about products and services before sending the contact form data, we will also process and store your data for future contact. The legal basis for the processing of this data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

c) Duration of storage

Unless a more specific storage period is specified in this data protection information, all personal data will be deleted as soon as its processing is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. If statutory retention obligations apply, the data will be deleted after the respective retention period has expired.

d) Recipient of the data

The data will only be passed on if this is necessary and in the cases listed below.

• The services for hosting and displaying the website as well as for contacting and communicating are partly provided by service providers within the framework of order processing in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. We also share contact form data for storage and processing purposes with HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions GmbH, whose expertise and resources we use to implement our projects.
• Your data will be forwarded to authorities (e.g. competent data protection supervisory authority, public prosecutor’s office, etc.) if we are subject to a legal obligation to forward it. Otherwise, your data will only be passed on to other recipients if you have given us your express prior consent or if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer.

e) Newsletters and other advertising e-mails, download of documents

We send newsletters and other advertising emails if you have given your consent for this in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent to receive our advertising emails includes the evaluation of usage and interaction behaviour with the advertising emails (e.g. opening and click rates) in order to provide you with personalized content tailored to you. If advertising emails are subscribed to or documents provided on the website are downloaded, we can link the website visits with the personal data provided in order to provide individually relevant content.

In the case of existing customers, we may send advertising e-mails by e-mail in accordance with Section 7 (3) UWG. You can object to this at any time via the unsubscribe link in the advertising e-mail or by sending us a message.

Your name and e-mail address are required to register for the newsletter and other promotional mailings. Registration takes place via a double opt-in procedure. Consent can be revoked at any time via the unsubscribe link or by sending us a message.

We store registrations for advertising emails in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Transfer to third countries

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in so-called third countries outside the EU or the EEA. If these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out that it may not be possible to guarantee a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU in these countries. When selecting the tools, we ensure that there is an adequacy decision by the Commission in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR or other guarantees in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR. We are happy to provide a copy of the guarantees in accordance with Art. 45, 46 GDPR on request.

5. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights with regard to the processing of your personal data by us if the legal requirements are met

• Right to information
• Right to rectification
• Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object to the processing
• Right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future

To exercise your above-mentioned rights, you can contact us using the contact details above. In addition, you can complain to a supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

6. Consent management tool

We use a consent management tool (hereinafter referred to as “CMT“) for the purpose of consent management for cookies and comparable technologies. When you visit our website, a CMT cookie is set, which can be used to store the consents granted for the individual services and to control the corresponding activation or deactivation of the respective functionalities.

Cookies and similar technologies are used to analyze usage data (so that the user remains logged in), to store settings, to provide services, to track users of the website, to monitor and analyze performance, functions and effectiveness, to track marketing campaigns, for security reasons and to protect against fraud and to detect and prevent cyber attacks.

The use of these cookies and comparable technologies is in our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR), insofar as they are necessary to operate our website and to enable secure use.

Insofar as cookies and comparable technologies (such as analytics and performance cookies) are not absolutely necessary, they will only be used on the website if you have given your consent to this in the CMT (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR). Further information on the specific cookies used can be found in the CMT.

The CMT is used to obtain the necessary consents and to document them in accordance with our obligation to provide evidence under the GDPR and the German Act on Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Digital Services (hereinafter referred to as “TDDDG“). The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR. Details on data processing by the CMT can be found in the user interface of the tool.