Privacy and data protection
Introduction
Dear website visitor,
We, as the operators of these pages, take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations. With this privacy statement, we would like to inform you about which personal data is collected from you when you visit this website and what we use this data for. This privacy statement also contains a summary of your rights in connection with your personal data. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
1. Those responsible for data processing
This data protection declaration applies to data processing by Bizcarded.com
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy please send email to privacy(at)bizcarded.com and we'll be happy to provide you with additional info.
2. What data do we collect and store and why do we need it?
It is generally possible to use our website without providing any personal data. However, as customer and in connection with the service provided, you will need to share some personal information with us. Data center service provider also may collect certain data.
a. When you visit our website, the browser (program for displaying Internet pages) used on your device (e.g. tablet, PC, mobile phone) automatically sends information to our website server. This information is temporarily stored in a log file.
This is the following information, which remains stored until it is automatically deleted:
- IP address of the requesting computer,
- Date and time of access,
- Name and URL of the retrieved file,
- Website from which access is made,
- browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your Internet service provider
This data is processed for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
- Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
- Evaluation of system security and stability and
- for other administrative purposes.
This data processing is carried out on the legal basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 f) GDPR (legitimate interest of the person responsible or a third party). Our legitimate interest arises from the purposes of data collection listed above.
Under no circumstances we do not use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you.
b. If you use any of our online forms to register for the service or need to address the support
You can contact us at any time using our contact form. You must provide a valid email address so that we know who the request came from and can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.
Data processing for the purpose of contacting us or registering for the service we provide is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. The personal data collected will be deleted after the matter has been resolved. If the information is necessary for service contractual matters, your data will be anonymised. Data processing in this context is carried out solely to process your order or support ticket.
In every case in which you transmit personal data to us via the Internet, we would like to point out that there is always a risk of security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible. If you do not want to take this risk, do not communicate with us via the Internet.
3. Data transfer to third parties
As a general rule, we do not transfer your personal data to third parties. Anything else only applies if the transfer is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or for actions by the courts in the context of their judicial activities.
4. Cookies
We only use necessary cookies to to make our site work, personalize content and remember your settings. We use so-called "session cookies" that recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. Session cookie is essential for website functionality, and it is automatically deleted after you leave our site. In case of registered users , after signing in we aditionally may use language and autologin cookie for the purpose of storing user language settings and user authorization data. We do not use third party trafic or web analytics platforms or plugins.
The legal basis for the data collection by cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 f) GDPR. The data processing that takes place in this context serves the purposes mentioned above to protect our legitimate interests. Browsers usually accept cookies automatically. However, you can set your browser so that no cookies are stored on your device or a notice appears before a new cookie is created.
5. Your rights
You have the right
- to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details;
- to request the immediate rectification of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
- to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
- to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
- to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another responsible party in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;
- to revoke your consent to us at any time in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR. This means that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future and
- to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or place of work or our practice location.
6. Your right to object
If we process your personal data to protect legitimate interests on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR if there are reasons for doing so that arise from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the event of an objection to direct advertising, you have a general right of objection that can be exercised without specifying a particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, an email to privacy(at)bizcarded.com is sufficient.
7. Data security
Our website is encrypted. We use the so-called SSL procedure to secure data together with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. This is usually 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support this encryption, 128-bit v3 technology is used instead. You can tell whether individual pages of our website are encrypted by the closed display of the lock symbol in the status bar of your browser.
In addition, we use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
8. Changes to the privacy statement
This privacy statement is current and valid as of January 1, 2024.
The further development of our website or changes to legal or official requirements may make it necessary to change or adapt this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be found at https://bizcarded.com/privacy and it can be accessed there and printed out at any time.