Privacy Policy

Dear visitors to our website, to ensure that you feel safe and comfortable when visiting our webpages, we would like to inform you below about how we handle your data.

A. CONTROLLER

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Art. 4 para. 7 GDPR) and other national data protection laws and data protection regulations is:

Studio Ghost GmbH
c/o FORA Pressehaus
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 29A
10178 Berlin
Full provider identification: www.studio-ghost.com/impressum

These contact details are therefore relevant for all data protection–related questions regarding this website as well as for any data protection claims on your part.

B. COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

Below we inform you about the data protection–relevant processes that take place when you access our website.

1. Log files

Each time our website is accessed, we automatically collect data and information from the computer system used to access the website.

The following data is collected:

(1) Information about your browser type and version
(2) Information about your operating system
(3) Informationen about your internet service provider
(4) Date and time of access
(5) Your IP address

The data is stored in our system’s log files and deleted after no more than 14 days. This data is not stored together with other personal data relating to you. Both the collection and storage of this data in log files are strictly necessary for the provision and operation of our website, particularly for security reasons. The legal basis for the temporary storage of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

2. Cookies

We use so-called “cookies” on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your computer system when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer system and do not contain viruses, trojans, or other malicious software.

We use cookies to improve our website, for example to make it more user-friendly and better tailored to user interests.

The following data is stored and transmitted in cookies:

(1) Language settings
(2) Use of website functions

The data collected in this way is pseudonymized by technical means. It is therefore not possible to assign the data to you personally. The data is not stored together with other personal data.

The data processed by cookies is necessary for the stated purposes in order to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer system or so that a notice appears before a new cookie is created. Completely disabling cookies may mean that you cannot use all functions of our website.

3. Cookie selection

When you first visit the website, you can choose whether and which cookies should be loaded (consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR). For this function, we use the service “Usercentrics.” The provider of this service is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, Germany (hereinafter “Usercentrics”).

When you enter our website, a Usercentrics cookie is stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or withdrawn are stored. This data is not passed on to Usercentrics. The collected data is stored until you request deletion, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies.

Information on data processing by Usercentrics can be found at:
www.usercentrics.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/

This service is used to obtain the legally required consent for data processing. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.

4. Analyse

We use analytics services to optimize our website based on user behavior.

(1) Google Analytics

This website uses the service “Google Analytics,” a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

This service allows us to create pseudonymized user profiles and to use cookies (see section B.2). The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as:

(1) Browser type/version
(2) Operating system used
(3) Referrer URL (previously visited page)
(4) Time and country of the server request

may be transferred to and stored on servers in the USA. These servers are operated by Google Inc., USA, so a transfer of data to the USA cannot be ruled out. An adequate level of data protection is ensured by the use of standard contractual clauses of the European Commission in accordance with Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c GDPR.

The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide further services related to website and internet usage for market research and demand-oriented website design. This information may also be passed on to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. IP addresses are anonymized so that they cannot be assigned.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings; however, please note that in this case not all functions of this website may be fully available.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website, as well as the processing of this data by Google Inc., by downloading and installing a browser add-on:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent data collection by Google Analytics by clicking the corresponding opt-out link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents future collection of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie only applies to this browser and only to our website and is stored on your device. If you delete cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in Google Analytics Help:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Cookies are stored for a period of 26 months.

The use of Google Analytics is necessary for the optimization and evaluation of our offering in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can prevent data collection via the following link (opt-out):

http://www.google.com/ads/preferences

5. Tracking of marketing measures

We promote our services on other websites and evaluate advertising methods using tracking measures.

This allows us to determine which advertising measures drew your attention to us and led you to contact us. This is done via a script used on our website. It enables us to track whether and which users were directed to our services after clicking on advertisements on third-party websites. No personal data is processed as long as you do not contact us. If you do contact us, we may combine the contact data with online identifiers from marketing measures.

C. CONTACT

You can contact us electronically by email or via a form on the website. In this case, the data you send us will be stored by us.

This includes:

(1) Your name
(2) Date of contact
(3) Your email address
(4) Any additional data you choose to provide

If you contact us by email or via the form and are interested in our services, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

The data transmitted to us is used exclusively for handling the conversation and is not passed on to third parties.

We will delete this data once it is no longer required for its intended purpose, i.e., once the email exchange has ended and your request has been fully processed.

You may revoke your consent to data processing at any time. Please contact us using the contact details provided above. In the event of revocation, all personal data stored for the purpose of contacting you will be deleted.

D. PROCESSING IN THIRD COUNTRIES IN GENERAL

Unless otherwise stated above, personal data is processed in countries outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) exclusively in accordance with the legal requirements of Art. 44 GDPR. This occurs either on the basis of an adequacy decision of the European Commission (Art. 45 GDPR) and/or on the basis of appropriate safeguards (Art. 46 GDPR).

E. GENERAL STORAGE PERIOD

In general, personal data is stored only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose of data collection or to comply with statutory retention periods. Once the purpose no longer applies or the retention period expires, the data is deleted.

F. RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS

If we process personal data relating to you, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights:

(1) Art. 15 GDPR – Right of access to your personal data processed by us, including information about processing purposes, categories of personal data, recipients, planned storage period, rights to rectification, erasure, restriction or objection, right to lodge a complaint, data origin, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling.

(2)Art. 16 GDPR – Right to rectification of inaccurate personal data or completion of incomplete data.

(3) Art. 17 GDPR – Right to erasure of your personal data, unless processing is required for freedom of expression, legal obligations, public interest, or the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

(4) Art. 18 GDPR – Right to restriction of processing under certain conditions.

(5) Art. 20 GDPR – Right to data portability.

(6) Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR – Right to withdraw consent at any time, with effect for the future.

(7) Art. 77 GDPR – Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

G. RIGHT TO OBJECT

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to such processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided there are reasons arising from your particular situation or the objection relates to direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object without providing reasons.

To exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an email to the email address stated above.