Privacy Policy

Privacy statement

Thank you for your interest in our Internet presence. The protection of your personal data (hereinafter also “data”) is a very important concern for us. 

Controller, contact, data protection officer

Controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is 

Secura GmbH
Frohnhofweg 18 
D-50858 Koeln

It is represented by the CEO Hans-Peter Oswald.

You can also contact us through the email addresssecura@domainregistry.de.

It is represented by the CEO Hans-Peter Oswald.

You can also contact us through the email addresssecura@domainregistry.de.

In case of questions or comments concerning this privacy statement, please contact our data protection officerby e-mail at datenschutz@domainregistry.deor by post at:

Data protection officer
c/o Secura GmbH
Frohnhofweg 18 
50858 Koeln (Germany).

Legal bases for processing of your data 

If the legal basis is not listed in the privacy statement, the following applies: 

  • Insofar as we obtain the data subject’s consent for processing, Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis.

  • In case of processing of personal data necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. b) GDPR. 

  • Insofar as processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. c) GDPR.

  • In the event that vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person require a processing of personal data, the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. d) GDPR.

  • If processing is necessary to safeguard legitimate interests of our company or of a third party and if the interests, basic rights, and basic freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh these legitimate interests, the legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. f) GDPR. 

Retention periods

The data processed by us is erased or its processing is restricted in compliance with statutory requirements, in particular Art. 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise within the scope of this privacy statement, we erase data stored by us as soon as such is no longer required for the intended purpose. Data will be retained beyond the time at which the purpose ends only if such data is necessary for other, legally permissible purposes or if the data must continue to be retained due to statutory retention periods. In these cases, processing is restricted, i.e. it is blocked, and will not be processed for other purposes.

Server log data

For the informational use of our Internet presence it is generally not required that you actively disclose your personal data. In this case we instead collect and use only the data automatically transmitted to us by your Internet browser. This includes:

  • date and time of your retrieval of one of our websites; 

  • your browser type; 

  • your browser settings; 

  • utilized operating system; 

  • your most recently visited site;

  • the transferred data volume and access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.); 

  • your IP address.

The data is stored on our servers. This data is not stored together with other personal data except those stated above. The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to allow delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the IP address of the user must be stored for the duration of the session. We create so-called log files from this data. The created log files are stored to safeguard the security of our IT systems. A personal evaluation of the data, in particular for marketing purposes, does not take place.

Processing of the above data is required for technical reasons to offer a website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. b), lit. c), lit. f) GDPR in order to correctly display our website to you and to safeguard stability and security. In particular, log files are created to verify attacks on our systems. We erase server log data from our systems at the latest after 7 days. 

Contacting

In case of contacting by email or telephone, your data is processed, depending on the content of the request, for purely informational inquiries based on your (assumed) consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as contacting is connected to contractual performance obligations. In case of contacting through our form, we require only your email address in order to reply to you. Additionally, you can voluntarily disclose your name to allow us to address you personally. Your information may be stored in a customer relationship management system (“CRM system”).

We delete your contact requests immediately after they are processed, unless statutory retention periods require additional retention. 

Processors and data recipients 

In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data, which are bound to our instructions. They were selected and commissioned by us with care and they are monitored regularly. The orders are based on data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. The processor does not independently process data for its own purposes.

We use a hosting provider to operate this web offer, who processes inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, utilization data, metadata, and communication data from visitors or customers of this web offer within the scope of our legitimate interest in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer pursuant to Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. f), 28 GDPR.

Your rights 

Pursuant to statutory provisions, you can assert the following rights vis-à-vis the data processing controller free of charge:

  • Right to access by the data subject (Art. 15 GDPR);

  • Right to rectification and erasure (Art. 16 and Art. 17 GDPR);

  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR);

  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR);

  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR).

You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority concerning the controller’s processing of your personal data.

Social media presences 

We maintain presences in social media in order to communicate with customers and prospective customers there and to keep them informed. When retrieving the relevant networks, the terms and conditions of the operators apply.

Cookies and integrated third-party offers 

We use cookies in our Internet presence. Cookies are small text files that within the scope of your visit of our website are transmitted from our web server to your browser and are stored by your browser on your computer for later retrieval. You yourself can determine, through settings in your browser, the extent to which cookies can be placed and retrieved. Persistent cookies may be stored on your computer after your visit and our website can access them every time each time you visit our website (so-called “ID cookies”). Some cookies that are stored during your visit of our website can be stored and retrieved by other companies.

We use so-called session cookies (also called “temporary cookies”) as cookies that are exclusively stored for the duration of your use of one of our websites. It is necessary for technical reasons to permit session cookies to fully use all functions of our Internet presence. It is the purpose of these cookies to identify your computer during your visit of our Internet presence when changing from one of our websites to one of our other websites and to determine the end of your visits. Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a specified duration, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can at any time delete cookies in the security settings of your browser.

Legal basis for the use of cookies is Art. 6 (1) Clause 1 lit. f) GDPR unless specified otherwise.

Data security

We also use technical and organizational security measures to protect incurred or collected personal data, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction, or against an attack by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved pursuant to technological advances.

For this purpose, this site, among other things, uses SSL encryption for the secure transmission of data. The common SSL process (Secure Socket Layer) is used in connection with the respective maximum encryption levelsupported by your browser.