Privacy

Thank you for your visit to the website of makandra GmbH (hereinafter “makandra” or “we”) at http://makandra.com/ and associated URLs (hereinafter the “Website”).

The processing of personal data on, and through, our Website is made in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz - BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz - TMG). In this privacy statement, we inform you of the collection of personal data from the data subject on, and through, our Website in accordance with Article 13 GDPR.

In this privacy statement, the definitions in Article 4 GDPR apply.

1. Name and contact details of the controller

The controller for the processing of personal data in accordance with this privacy statement is:

makandra GmbH
Melli-Beese-Straße 5
86159 Augsburg
Germany
E-Mail: info@makandra.com
Website: http://makandra.com/

2. Contact details of the data protection officer

makandra has appointed a data protection officer in accordance with Article 37 GDPR and § 38 BDSG with the following contact details:

makandra GmbH
- Datenschutzbeauftragter -
Melli-Beese-Straße 5
86159 Augsburg
E-Mail: datenschutz@makandra.de

3. Purposes and legal basis of the processing of personal data

If you visit or use the Website, makandra will collect, process and use your personal data for the following purposes.

a) Collection and processing of personal data upon a visit to the Website

Upon a visit to the Website, we collect and process only that information and those personal data which are automatically transmitted to us by your Internet browser such as:

  • date and time of your access to the Website
  • your browser type and version, as well as the browser settings
  • name and version of your operating system
  • the website from which you access our Website (referrer URL)
  • your IP address
  • the URL requested by you

That information and those personal data are required to correctly deliver the contents of the Website, to optimise the contents of, and advertising for, the Website, as well as to ensure network and information security, and to protect the Website against attacks, disruption and damage.

The personal data and information collected on that basis are evaluated by makandra statistically and for the purpose of enhancing data protection and data security in order to ensure a level of security for the personal data processed by us which is appropriate to the risk. The personal data collected when you access the website, in particular, the user’s IP address, will be deleted, at the latest, seven days from their collection, unless an attack or a threat by the user was discovered.

To the extent that we collect and use personal data of the user such as, in particular, the user’s IP address, upon an access to the Website, the legal basis therefor is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, as that processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by makandra. The legitimate interests pursued by makandra are the enhancement of data protection and data security in order to ensure a level of security for the personal data processed by makandra which is appropriate to the risk, to ensure network and information security, to optimise the Website and to protect the Website against attacks, disruption and damage.

b) Contacting through the Website

You can contact makandra while providing your personal data (name, company name, email address, phone number). The personal data transmitted by you to makandra in that context result from the relevant contact form on the Website. The personal data transmitted to makandra in that respect will only be collected and stored for the purpose of processing your contact request.

Legal basis for processing these personal data is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR as the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract between makandra and the data subject or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.

c) Use of cookies

This Website does not store cookies.

d) Use of Matomo

This Website uses the open source tool Matomo for analytics to gather statistics about the use of this Website. Matomo is hosted on servers operated by makandra.

No data is sent to third parties. All data stored is anonymized, including the user's IP address. No cookies are stored on the user's device.

Legal basis for using Matomo is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, as using Matomo is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by makandra. The legitimate interests pursued by makandra are to evaluate the number of visits and to analyse the use of the Website in order to improve the Website, its user-friendliness and the offers from makandra and make them more interesting for the user.

e) Use of Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA (hereafter referred to as "reCAPTCHA") on our websites. Provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.

With reCAPTCHA we want to check if the data entry on our website (for example in a contact form) is done by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (for example, the IP address, the website visitor’s visit time on the website, or user mouse movements). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.

The data processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The Web site operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web sites from abusive automated spying and SPAM.

For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please visit the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

4. Recipients of personal data / no transfer to a third country

We will only transfer your personal data to the companies stated in section 3 and to the following company which hosts our Website as data processor:

PlusServer GmbH
Hohenzollernring 72
D-50672 Köln
Germany

Other than in the cases stated in section 3 we will not transfer your personal data to a third country.

5. Storage period of personal data

We only store your personal data as long as necessary for the purposes for which the personal data have been collected or processed unless statutory data retention periods require a longer storage.

6. Your rights as a data subject

You have the following rights:

  • Right of access to your personal data (Article 15 GDPR)
  • Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
  • Right to erasure (Article 17 GDPR)
  • Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
  • Right to object to processing pursuant to Article 21 GDPR where the processing is based on Article 6(1)(e) or 6(1)(f) GDPR as explained in detail at the end of this privacy statement
  • Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
  • Where the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, the right to withdraw a given consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR)

7. Your duty to provide personal data and potential consequences of a failure to provide personal data

The provision of personal data is necessary to use the Website. If personal data are not provided, the Website may not be used at all, or only be used with a limited scope of functions; in particular, no contact requests can be sent to makandra.

8. No automated decision-making / no profiling

We do not make any automated decision-making or profiling.

9. Changes to this privacy statement

It could be necessary to update and change the content of this privacy statement from time to time. Therefore, makandra reserves the right to change this privacy statement and will provide the changed privacy statement on the Website and will notify the data subjects prior to implementing the change if makandra intends to further process the personal data for another purpose.

Information about the right to object pursuant to Article 21 GDPR

1. Right to object on grounds relating to the particular situation

You shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) (public safety) or Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing based on weighing of interests), including profiling based on those provisions. makandra shall no longer process the personal data unless makandra demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of you or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

2. Right to object in case of direct marketing

Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. Where you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data shall no longer be processed for such purposes.

3. Exercising the right to object

The right to object can be exercised informally, e.g. by post to makandra GmbH, Melli-Beese-Straße 5, 86159 Augsburg, Germany or by e-mail to datenschutz@makandra.de.

makandra GmbH
Rails development & operations
Melli-Beese-Straße 5
86159 Augsburg, Germany