Privacy Policy
The protection of your data is one of the most important principles of BST ConTrade. With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us. Furthermore, we would like to inform you about your rights.
This website is hosted by Strato AG, Berlin of which the data protection declaration is to be found here: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/
Who we are
Our website address is: https://bst-contrade.com Controller & Data Protection Officer: BST ConTrade, Barbara Stiefel Zielackerstraße 7, CH-8603 Schwerzenbach You can reach us via the contact form: https://www.bst-contrade.com/?page_id=67 If you want to assert your legal rights or have general questions, please contact datenschutz@bst-contrade.com or the corporate data protection officer of BST ConTrade: Barbara Stiefel.What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Log data
When you visit our website or use our services, the device that you use to access the page automatically transmits log data (connection data) to the servers of our host. Log data includes the IP address of the device that you use to access the website or service, the type of browser you are using, the website you have visited beforehand, your system configuration, and the date and time. We store IP addresses only to the extent necessary to provide our services. Otherwise, the IP addresses are deleted or made anonymous. We store your IP address when visiting our website for a maximum of 7 days to detect and ward off attacks.Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.Contact forms – Data that you store on our servers
We collect, process and store the information you store yourself when you use our services. This includes the production of backup copies in our backup systems.Cookies
We use cookies in various areas on our website. Cookies are small identifiers that a server stores on the device that you use to access our website or our services. They contain information that can be retrieved when accessing our services, allowing for more efficient and better use of our services. We use permanent and session cookies. Session cookies are deleted when you close your web browser. Permanent cookies remain on your device until they are no longer needed to achieve their purpose and are deleted. The cookies serve to improve our services and the use of certain features. In addition, cookies are also used, among other things, to collect statistical information about our website, for example about the number of visitors. You can prevent the creation of cookies at any time by means of an appropriate setting of your Internet browser used and thus permanently object the creation of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been created can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If you deactivate the creation of cookies in the Internet browser you are using, not all functions of our website may be fully usable. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.Analytics
- Google Analytics: The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc. The purpose is to analyse the flow of visitors on our website. Among other things, Google uses the data and information obtained to evaluate the use of our website in order to compile online reports for us. Google Analytics creates a cookie in your browser. By using this cookie, Google is enabled to analyse the use of our website. Each time you access a web page that has a Google Analytics component integrated into it, the web browser is automatically prompted to submit data to Google. No personal data will be transmitted to Google here. The IP address we collect will be forwarded to Google only after the data is made anonymous. It is possible to object to the collection and processing of this data by Google. To do so, you will need to download and install a browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Additional information and Google’s privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/and http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.
Legal Basis of the Processing
We process and use your data to execute the contract and provide our services, to improve our services and our websites and to adapt them to your needs and to provide updates and upgrades. Article 6 I lit. a of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides us with a legal basis for processing operations, in which we obtain consent for a particular processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is required to fulfil a contract, the processing is based on Article 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of enquiries regarding our products or services. If we are subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6 I lit. c GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary for the protection of our legitimate interests or those of a third party, unless the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the person concerned (data subject) prevail. Such processing operations are particularly permitted because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. A legitimate interest is usually to be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller. If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is conducting our business. We process applicant data in accordance with Article 88 GDPR in conjunction with § 26 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG, new version).Who we share data with
We only release data to authorities and third parties in accordance with statutory provisions or a legal title. Information may be provided to authorities on the basis of a legal regulation on security or for prosecution purposes. Third parties will only receive information if required by law. This may be the case, for example, in the case of a copyright infringement.How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.Your contact information
We only process and store personal data for the period required to achieve the purpose of storage or where required by law. As a rule, the processing purpose is achieved upon termination of your contract. You can change and delete data that you save in our services yourself. After the termination of contract, we will delete the data stored in the services. Backup copies in our backup systems are automatically deleted with a time delay. For contract data, processing will be restricted after the contract has been terminated; it will be deleted after expiry of the statutory retention period.Your Rights
a) Right to information and confirmation You have the right to receive free information from us at any time, as well as confirmation of your personal data stored and a copy of this information. b) Right to rectification You have the right to demand the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning you. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement, taking into account the purposes of processing. c) Rights to erasure You have the right to have your personal data erased without delay if any of the following is true and if processing is not required:- The personal data has been collected for such purposes or processed in a way for which it is no longer necessary.
- You revoke your consent, on which the processing was based, and any other legal basis for processing is lacking.
- You object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (1) GDPR and there are no legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (2) GDPR.
- The personal data has been processed unlawfully.
- The erasure of personal data is required to fulfil a legal obligation under European Union law or a national law to which we are subject.
- The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8 (1) GDPR.
- The accuracy of your personal information is contested by you for a period of time that allows us to verify the accuracy of your personal information.
- The processing is unlawful, you refuse the deletion of the personal data and instead require the restriction of the use of personal data.
- We no longer need your personal information for processing purposes, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend your rights.
- You have objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (1) GDPR and it is not yet clear whether our legitimate interests prevail over yours.