• I. General
• II. Responsible body
• III. Your rights
• IV. Processing of personal data when using our website for informational purposes
• V. Processing of personal data through cookies
• VI. Other functions and offers of our website
• VII. Contact
• VIII. Newsletter
• IX. Blog
• X. Registration
• XI. Borlabs Cookie
• XII. Google Analytics 4
• XIII. Google Fonts
• XIV.Google Maps
• XV. Gravatar
• XVI YouTube
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I. General

(1) Below we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website.

(2) The term ‘personal data’ refers to the definition of Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ or ‘GDPR’ for short) all data that can be related to you personally. This includes, for example, name, address, e-mail address, user behavior. With regard to other terms, in particular the terms ‘processing’, ‘person responsible’, ‘processor’ and ‘consent’, we refer to the legal data protection definitions of Art. 4 DSGVO.

(3) In principle, we only process personal data to the extent that this is necessary to provide a functioning website and the content and services we offer. The processing of personal data takes place regularly only if you have given us your consent within the meaning of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR or the processing is permitted by statutory provisions, in particular by one of the legal bases specified in Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b) to letter f) GDPR.

(4) Your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage can also take place if this has been provided for by national or European regulations to which we are subject. In this case, the data will be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed in the respective regulations has expired. The latter does not apply if further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or fulfillment of a contract.

(5) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our website or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes.

II. Responsible entity

(1) The person responsible within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR, the other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other regulations as well as provisions of a data protection nature is: 

Brainpath GbR represented by 

Tina Banerjee, TorstenTromm

Friedrichstr. 114a

10117 Berlin

Tel.: +49 30 235995150
Email: info@brainpath.de

(2) Further details on the responsible body can be found in our imprint.

III. Your rights

(1) You have the following rights towards us with regard to your personal data:

• the right to information,
• the right to rectification and erasure,
• the right to restriction of processing,
• the right to object to the processing,
• the right to data portability.

(2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

IV. Processing of personal data when using our website for informational purposes

(1) If you access our website without registering or otherwise providing us with information (‘informational use’), we only collect the personal data that your web browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to enable you to display our website and to ensure stability and security: IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference to GMT, website content, access status (HTTP status), amount of data transferred, request website, web browser, operating system, language and version of the browser

(2) The aforementioned data is also stored in so-called log files on our servers. A storage of this data together with other personal data of yours does not take place.

(3) The collection and temporary storage of the IP address is necessary to enable the delivery of our website to your end device. To do this, your IP address must be saved for the duration of your visit to our website.

(4) The storage of the above data in log files serves to ensure the functionality and optimization of our website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(5) This data is not evaluated for marketing purposes. Our legitimate interest in data processing lies in the above purposes. The legal basis for the collection and temporary storage of the above data and the log files is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f) GDPR. The above data for the provision of our website will be deleted when the respective session has ended. The collection of the above data for the provision of our website and the storage of this data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of our website. There is no possibility of objection.

V. Processing of personal data through cookies

(1) We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the storage medium of your end device, e.g. on a hard drive, and through which we, as the place that sets the cookie, receive certain information. Cookies cannot run programs or transfer viruses to your end device. This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below.

(2) Cookies that are stored in your web browser:

• Transient cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. These include session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your web browser to the joint session. This enables your device to be recognized when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you log out or close the web browser.

• Persistent cookies: These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which can vary depending on the cookie. You can delete these cookies at any time in the settings of your web browser.

(3) The processing of personal data by the above cookies serves to make our website more user-friendly and effective for you overall. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of these cookies. In particular, some functions of our website require that your web browser can still be identified after a page change. If you have an account, we use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits. This avoids you having to log in again every time you visit our website. The data processed by cookies that are required to provide the functions of our website are not used to create user profiles. Insofar as cookies are used for analysis purposes, they serve to improve the quality and user-friendliness of our website, its content and functions. They enable us to understand how the website, which functions and how often they are used. This enables us to continuously optimize our offer.

(4) Insofar as cookies are not technically mandatory, we only set them with your previously given consent, which you can also revoke at any time. The legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR.

(5) The above cookies are stored on your end device and transmitted to our server. You can therefore configure the processing of data and information by cookies yourself. You can make appropriate configurations in the settings of your web browser, which you can use, for example, to reject third-party cookies or cookies altogether. In this context, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of our website properly. In addition, we recommend regularly deleting cookies and your browser history manually.

VI. Other functions and offers of our website

(1) In addition to the above-described informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. For this purpose, it is usually necessary to provide further personal data. We need this data to provide the respective service. The above data processing principles apply.

(2) In some cases, we use external service providers who have been carefully selected and commissioned by us to process this data. These service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly checked by us. If personal data is passed on to third parties in the course of services that we offer together with partners, you can find more detailed information in the following descriptions of the individual services. If these third parties are based in a country outside the European Economic Area, you can find more detailed information about the consequences of this circumstance in the following descriptions of the individual services.

VII. Contact

(1) If you contact us by e-mail, the personal data you sent to us with your e-mail will be saved.

(2) We also have a contact form on our website that you can use to contact us. The data you enter in the input mask is transmitted to us and stored: first name, last name, e-mail address, website.

(3) The data will only be used to answer your questions. Unless this is explicitly stated in this data protection declaration, the data will not be passed on to third parties. In addition, we record your IP address and the time of sending.

(4) The processing of the above personal data serves solely to process your inquiries.

(5) The processing of other personal data that arises through the use of the contact form provided on our website serves to prevent misuse and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.

(6) This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of your personal data. If you have given us your consent for this, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f) GDPR, in particular in the event that the data is sent to us by you by sending an e-mail. If you want to use your e-mail to work towards the conclusion of a contract, Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR represents an additional legal basis.

(7) Subject to legal retention periods, the data will be deleted as soon as we have finally processed your request. If you contact us by email, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. We would like to point out that in this case your request cannot be processed further. You can declare your revocation or objection by sending an e-mail to our e-mail address given in the imprint.

VIII. Newsletter

(1) We provide you with a newsletter that you can subscribe to on our website. Details of the newsletter, in particular its possible content, are named in the declaration of consent. If you subscribe to our newsletter, the data you entered in the input mask when registering for the newsletter will be transmitted to us. In order to register for the sending of the newsletter, you must provide us with the required data: first name, surname, e-mail address.

(2) If you provide additional personal data when registering, this is voluntary.

(3) We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to register for our newsletter. After you have registered, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you would like us to send you the newsletter in the future. If you do not confirm your registration within the period specified in the e-mail, the data you have provided will be blocked and deleted after three days. In addition, we store your IP address and the time of registration for the newsletter as well as the time of confirmation. In connection with the processing of the data for sending the newsletter, the data will not be passed on to third parties. This data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.

(4) Unless we use a third-party provider named below to send the newsletter, the data will not be passed on to third parties in connection with the processing of the data for sending the newsletter.

(5) The data you enter in the input mask when registering will be processed for the purpose of addressing you personally. After your confirmation, we will save your e-mail address in order to be able to send you the newsletter. We store the respective IP address and the times of registration and confirmation in order to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to be able to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data. This is also our legitimate interest. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

(6) The above data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the above purposes. We therefore store your above-mentioned data as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing from the newsletter, we store the aforementioned data purely statistically and anonymously.

(7) You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from this by clicking on the link contained in each newsletter email we send you.

IX. Blog

(1) We offer a blog on our website. In this blog we publish articles on various topics.

(2) You can comment on the respective posts. If you make a comment, it will be published with the username you have given assigned to the respective post. When choosing a user name, we recommend that you use a pseudonym instead of your real name. To use the comment function, you must provide the user name you have chosen and your e-mail address. All other information you provide is voluntary.

(3) If you make a comment, we will store your IP address with the aforementioned data.

(4) Your e-mail address is stored for the purpose of contacting you if a third party reports your comment to us as illegal or to be able to defend ourselves against third-party claims if you publish illegal content. This is also our legitimate interest. If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR. Insofar as the processing is otherwise based on our legitimate interests, the legal basis is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as illegal by third parties.

(5) We store your email address and IP address as long as your comment is publicly visible.

(6) If you have given us your consent to store the data, you can revoke this at any time. You can object to this storage of the above data at any time.

X. Registration

(1) In order to use additional functions of our website, we offer the option of registering by providing personal data. The data is entered into an input mask and transmitted to us and stored. A transfer of data to third parties does not take place. The mandatory information requested during registration is marked accordingly and must be given in full. Otherwise we will refuse the registration. The following data is collected as part of the registration process: first name, surname, email address, website.

(2) At the time of registration, the IP address and the date and time of registration are also saved. As part of the registration process, the user’s consent to the processing of this data is obtained.

(3) Registration is required for the availability of certain content and services on our website. We only use the data entered for the purpose of using the respective offer or service or to provide the services for which you have registered. In the event of important changes to our offers, services or performance, for example regarding the scope of the offer or in the event of technically necessary changes, we will use the e-mail address provided during registration to inform you about this. The legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. Insofar as the registration serves to conclude or execute a contract, Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR represents an additional legal basis.

(4) You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

(5) The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. This is the case if the registration on our website is canceled or changed. You have the option to cancel the registration at any time. You can have the data stored about you changed at any time. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

(6) We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary within the framework of contract processing. Any further transmission of the data does not take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

(7) If you have given us your consent, the legal basis for processing the data is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR. Otherwise, the legal basis is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter b) GDPR.

(8) We process and/or store your personal data on a server of an external provider in the European Union. This ensures that the standards and regulations of European data protection law are observed.

(9) We process and/or store your personal data on a server of an external provider in a third country that has been declared safe by the EU Commission’s adequacy decision. This ensures that the standards and regulations of European data protection law are observed.