Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of Integrity Gesellschaft für Datenschutz, Geldwäscheprävention und Compliance mbH (as of March 2021)

Thank you for your interest in our website www.dgc-integrity.de and in our company, products and services. We at Integrity are aware that the protection of your privacy when using our website is an important concern. For this reason, it is a matter of course for us to comply with the statutory regulations on data protection. Furthermore, it is important to us that you as a customer know at all times when and how we collect and store which of your data and how we use it.

In the following, we inform you about the collection and other processing (e.g. storage, retrieval, modification, disclosure) of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior.

If we process personal data in the course of using our website or if we use contracted service providers for individual functions, offers or services on our website that involve data processing or if we want to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes, in particular which data is processed in this context. In doing so, we will also state the intended storage period or, in any case, the defined criteria for the storage period as well as the relevant legal basis for the respective processing.

 

I. Name and address of the person responsible

The responsible party within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection provisions is.

Integrity Gesellschaft für Datenschutz, Geldwäscheprävention und Compliance mbH

Jülicher Street 215
52070 Aachen

Telephone: +49 241 4134 455-120
E-mail: info@dgc-integrity.de

 

II. Data Protection Officer

The data protection officer can be reached at the postal address given in the imprint and at the following e-mail address:
datenschutz@dgc-integrity.de

 

III. Collection and storage of personal data as well as type, purpose, legal basis and duration of their use

§ 1 When visiting the website

During the mere informational use of the website, we only collect the personal access data in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits to our server. The following data is collected as part of the server log files:
IP address
Date and time of the request
Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
Amount of data transferred in each case
Website from which the request comes
Browser
Operating system and its interface

language and version of the browser software.
This data is evaluated exclusively to ensure trouble-free operation of the site in terms of stability and security and to improve our offer and then discarded. The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p.1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the aforementioned purposes for data collection.

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. Not affected by this are the IP addresses of the user or other data that allow the data to be assigned to a user. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.
The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.

§ 2 When using further services, functions and offers of our website.

In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services, offers and functions that you can use if you are interested. For this purpose, you will usually have to provide further personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply. The services, offers and functions are described in more detail below.

Contact form and whistleblower portal
When you contact us via our contact form or whistleblower portal at www.insider-report.org, the data you voluntarily provide (e.g. your e-mail address, first and last name and, if applicable, telephone number, place of residence and postal code) will be stored by us in order to answer your question. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (a) and (b) of the GDPR based on your voluntarily given consent or to answer your question.
We delete the data accruing in this context after the inquiry you have made has been dealt with or restrict the processing if there are legal obligations to retain data.

 

IV. Transfer of data

We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1. p. 1 lit. a GDPR,
the disclosure is required under Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data, in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you according to Art. 6 para.1 p.1 lit. b GDPR.

 

V. Your rights

If personal data of yours is processed, you have the following rights vis-à-vis us regarding the personal data concerning you:

Right of access, Art. 15 GDPR:
You may request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you are being processed by him.
If such processing is taking place, you may request information from the controller about the following:

  • The purposes for which the personal data are processed;
  • the categories of personal data which are processed;
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organizations; in the latter cases, you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer;
  • the planned duration of the storage of the personal data concerning you or, if concrete information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
  • the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
  • the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
  • any available information about the origin of the data, if the personal data are not collected from the data subject.

Right to rectification, Art. 16 GDPR:
You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the personal data processed concerning you are inaccurate or incomplete. The controller shall carry out the rectification without undue delay.

Right to erasure, Art. 17 GDPR:
(a) Obligation to erase.
You may request the controller to erase the personal data concerning you without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase such data without undue delay, if one of the following reasons applies:

The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a or Art. 9 (2) a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR (see Section VI) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.
The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
The personal data concerning you has been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

b) Information to third parties
If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, it shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, having regard to the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested that they erase all links to or copies or replications of such personal data.

c) Exceptions
The right to erasure does not exist

insofar as the processing is necessary
For the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9(3) GDPR;
for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing; or
for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Right to restriction of processing, Art. 18 GDPR.
Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you:

if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of the use of the personal data;
the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; or
if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR (cf. Section VI) and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller outweigh your grounds.

If the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, this data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the Union or a Member State.
If you have obtained a restriction of processing under the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Right to information, Art. 19 GDPR.
If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right against the controller to be informed about these recipients.

Right to data portability, Art. 20 GDPR.
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that
the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) b GDPR and
the processing is carried out with the help of automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to obtain that the personal data concerning you be transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. Freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.
Your right to deletion remains unaffected.

The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

 

VI. Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Art. 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR (data processing for the purposes of safeguarding the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party). If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

The objection in the above-mentioned cases can be made without any formalities and should, if possible, be addressed with the subject “Objection” to the address named in the imprint or by sending an e-mail to: datenschutz@dgc-integrity.de.

 

VII. data security

We make every effort to store your personal data in such a way that it is not accessible to third parties by taking all technical and organizational measures.