General Information
This privacy policy provides detailed information about what happens to your personal data when you visit our website https://www.vidgit.de. Personal data includes all data that can personally identify you. We strictly adhere to legal regulations when processing your data, especially the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), and place great importance on ensuring that your visit to our website is absolutely secure.
Data Controller
The data controller responsible for the collection and processing of personal data on this website is:
Name: VidgIT UG
Street, House Number: Markt 45-47, Aachen
Postal Code, City: 52062
Country: Germany
Email: info@vidgit.de
Tel.: +49 3424 3242
§ 1
Web Analytics Tools and Advertising
1.1 WordPress Stats
Our website uses the WordPress Stats tool to statistically evaluate visitor traffic. WordPress Stats is a subfunction of the Jetpack plugin. The provider is Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110-4929, USA.
WordPress Stats uses cookies stored on your computer that allow an analysis of the usage of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our online offering is stored on a server in the USA. The processed data can be used to create user profiles, which are used only for analysis purposes and not for advertising. Your IP address is anonymized after processing and before storage.
"WordPress-Stats" cookies remain on your device until you delete them. For more information, refer to Automattic's privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/ and information on Jetpack cookies: https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/.
The storage of "WordPress Stats" cookies and the use of this analytical tool are based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the anonymized analysis of user behavior to optimize both our website and our advertising.
Contact Form
If you contact us via email or a contact form, the transmitted data including your contact details will be stored to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.
The processing of data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or no longer need the data to be stored. Mandatory legal provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.
Use and Disclosure of Data
The personal data you provide to us by email (such as your name and address or email address) will not be sold to third parties or otherwise marketed. Your personal data will be used only for correspondence with you and only for the purpose for which you provided us with the data. We will disclose your payment information to the credit institution responsible for processing the payment.
Data collected automatically during your visit to our website is used only for the purposes mentioned above. The data will not be used for any other purposes.
We assure you that we do not disclose your personal data to third parties unless we are legally obligated to do so or you have given us your consent.
SSL/TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as the website operator, our website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser's address bar from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
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Storage Period
Personal data provided to us through our website is only stored for as long as the purpose for which it was entrusted to us is fulfilled. If commercial and tax retention periods are to be observed, the storage period for certain data may be up to 10 years.
§ 3
Rights of Data Subjects
Regarding the personal data concerning you, as a data subject of data processing, you have the following rights against the controller in accordance with legal provisions:
3.1 Right to Withdraw Consent
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR at any time for the future. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the legality of processing carried out based on your consent before the withdrawal. Storage of data for billing and accounting purposes is not affected by a withdrawal.
3.2 Right to Information
You have the right, in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request confirmation from us as to whether we process personal data about you. If such processing is available, you have the right to information about the personal data we have stored about you, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration or the criteria for determining the storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended consequences of such processing, as well as your right to be informed of the guarantees under Art. 46 GDPR when your data is transferred to countries outside the EU.
3.3 Right to Rectification
You have the right, in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to request the immediate correction of personal data concerning you that is incorrect or incomplete.
3.4 Right to Erasure
You have the right, in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to request the deletion of your personal data if one of the following reasons apply:
a) Your personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
b) You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based according to Art. 6 (1) lit. a or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
c) You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
d) Your personal data have been unlawfully processed.
e) The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
f) The personal data have been collected regarding the offer of information society services according to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.
However, this right does not apply where processing is necessary:
a) to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information;
b) to comply with a legal obligation that requires processing under the law of the Union or of Member States to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
c) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health according to Art. 9 (2) lit. h and i, and Art. 9 (3) GDPR;
d) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes according to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, insofar as the right mentioned in section 3.4 cannot be predicted to make the realization of the aims of this processing impossible or seriously impair it, or
e) for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
If your personal data have been made public by us and we are obliged to delete them, we will, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, and technical measures, including technical measures, to inform other data controllers processing the personal data that you have requested the deletion of all links to the personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data.
3.5 Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right, according to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of processing (blocking) of your personal data. To do so, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:
a) If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. During the period of verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
b) If the processing of your personal data is unlawful/unjustified, you may demand the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
c) If we no longer need your personal data but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right, instead of deletion, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
d) If you have objected pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balancing of interests between your interests and ours must take place. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, except for their storage, these data may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.
3.6 Right to Information
If you have exercised your right to correction, deletion, or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data have been disclosed of such correction, deletion of data, or restriction of processing unless it proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right, in accordance with Art. 19 GDPR, to be informed about these recipients upon request.
3.7 Right Not to be Subject to Automated Decision-Making
You have the right, in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which has legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
This does not apply if the decision is
a) necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and us,
b) permitted by union or member state law to which the controller is subject; it contains appropriate measures to safeguard your rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests, or
c) taken with your explicit consent.
However, decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data according to Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2) lit. a or lit. g applies, and reasonable measures to protect the rights and freedoms as well as legitimate interests have been taken.
In cases (a) and (c) above, we will take reasonable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to state your own position, and to challenge the decision.
3.8 Right to Data Portability
If the processing is based on your consent under Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, or on a contract under Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, and the processing is done by automated means, you have the right under Art. 20 GDPR to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit this data to another controller or to have it transmitted where technically feasible.
3.9 Right to Object
If we base the processing of your personal data on the balancing of interests under Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Please refer to this privacy policy for the legal basis on which processing is based. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims (objection according to Art. 21 (1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection under Art. 21 (2) GDPR).
You also have the option to exercise your right of objection regarding the use of services of the information society, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
3.10 Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Postfach 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Kavalleriestraße 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf
Telephone: 02 11/384 24-0
Email: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
Website: https://www.ldi.nrw.de
Validity and Amendments to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is effective as of January 24, 2024. We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in compliance with applicable data protection regulations. This may be necessary, for example, to comply with new legal requirements or to reflect changes to our website or new services on our website. The version available at the time of your visit shall apply.
If this privacy policy is changed, we intend to announce the changes to our privacy policy on this page to fully inform you about what personal data we collect, how we process it, and under what circumstances it may be disclosed.
