Privacy statement

Thank you for your interest in Dotch GmbH. With the following information, we inform you about the collection, processing and storage of personal data when using our website.

1 Scope

This privacy policy applies to the dotch GmbH website (hereinafter”Dotch“) (https://www.dotch.de) and for personal data processed on this website. For websites of other providers, which are referred to via links or which are integrated via iFrames, for example, the data protection declarations there apply.

2 Responsible

The person responsible for the processing of personal data within the framework of this website in accordance with Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR is:

dotch GmbH

Selma-Lagerlöf-Strasse 2

13189 Berlin

E-mail: info@dotch.de

You can contact our data protection officer at:

tim.winkler@dotch.de

3 Subject matter of data processing

3.1 Personal data

According to Article 4 (1) GDPR, personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is a natural person who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more particular characteristics that express physical, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity that natural person.

4 processing operations

4.1 Hosting

As part of hosting our website, all data processed in connection with the operation and use of the website is stored. This is necessary to enable the website to operate.

The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the contracted hosting provider Wix.com Inc. These may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, names, website accesses or other categories of personal data that are generated via a website.

The processing of personal data is therefore based on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

4.2 Log files

We log your visit to our platform. The following personal data is processed in the process:

Name of the retrieved website, date and time of retrieval, browser type and version, the operating system you are using, the referrer URL (the previously visited website), host name and IP address of the accessing computer and the requesting provider.

The processing of personal data is based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the security of our platform in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

4.3 Contact requests

If you contact us via our contact form, we will process your personal data exclusively for the purpose of processing and responding to your request. The following categories of personal data may be processed here:

Name, phone number, email address, and your message

We process this data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in processing and responding to your request.

4.4 Newsletters

We are happy to inform you regularly about our offers and other promotions and competitions.

To sign up to receive our newsletter, you must enter your email address in the required field. The provision of further personal data when registering is voluntary. After you have signed up, we will send you an email to the email address you provided, asking you to confirm that you would like us to send you the newsletter in the future (so-called double opt-in procedure). If you do not confirm your registration, the data you have provided will not be processed further and will be deleted in accordance with legal requirements. After your confirmation, we save the data you provide, such as your name and email address, so that we can send you the newsletter. In addition, we store your IP address, the time of registration for the newsletter and the time of confirmation in order to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data.

The newsletter is sent on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR and § 7 para. 2 no. 2 UWG.

We only want to send our customers newsletters that are of interest to them. We therefore evaluate your user behavior with regard to the newsletter using cookies and similar technologies, i.e. we record, for example, whether and when you read the newsletter and whether and which links you click on in the newsletter email. The evaluation of this data is used exclusively to optimize our offer for our newsletter recipients and to measure the success of the newsletter.

The evaluation of your user behavior in relation to the newsletter is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.

Unless we use a third party provider 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.

We store personal data collected in this context as long as you have subscribed to the newsletter or as long as it is necessary to achieve the purposes above. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter, you can unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link: “Unsubscribe,” which is included at the end of all emails we send. Alternatively, you can email us at info@dotch.de send. You can also separately object to the evaluation of your user behavior at any time by clicking on the separate tracking revocation link contained in each newsletter email. Alternatively, you can email us at handel@dotch.de send.

5 Functional, Statistical and Marketing Services

To enable you to use certain services, we use cookies and other tracking technologies. These include short data packages that are stored on your device and exchanged with other providers. Some of the cookies we use are deleted immediately after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and make it possible to recognize your browser the next time you visit (persistent cookies).

You can delete all cookies stored on your device and set the standard browsers to prevent cookies from being saved. In this case, you may have to re-adjust some settings each time you visit this platform and accept that some features will be affected.

6 social media plugins

We maintain publicly available profiles on social networks. Social networks such as LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. can usually comprehensively analyze your user behavior when you visit their website or a website with integrated social media content (such as buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media sites triggers numerous data protection-relevant processing processes.

In detail:

By visiting our social media sites, logged-in and possibly not logged in users can be identified by platform operators. Your activities are recorded and are usually used to create an individual user profile. This profile is used, among other things, to display personalized advertising — both within and outside the respective platform. Data collection is carried out using various techniques, such as cookies and recording your IP address.

Please note that we do not have full insight into the data processing processes of the platform operators. Detailed information can be found in the respective privacy policy

6.1 LinkedIn

We have a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies.

If you would like to disable LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Data transmission to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.

You can find more information in LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

6.2 Instagram

We also have an Instagram profile. The provider is Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. Instagram uses advertising cookies.

If you would like to disable Instagram advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://help.instagram.com/196883487377501.

You can find more information in Instagram's privacy policy at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

As part of the Meta Platforms, Inc. group, Instagram is committed to the principles of the EU-US Privacy Shield.

7 Sharing your data

In principle, personal data will only be passed on to third parties to the extent permitted by law. We only share user data with third parties if

· You have given your express consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR,

· This is necessary in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the execution of contractual relationships with you.

· We are legally obliged to transfer data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR, and

· the transfer is necessary in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,

8 International Transfer of Your (Personal) Data

We may transfer (personal) data received from you to countries other than the one in which you reside. The laws of these countries may not guarantee the same level of protection for your (personal) data. We only make transfers to such third countries if appropriate security guarantees are provided and all laws and regulations relating to such transfer are complied with. In the case of data transfers from the EU to non-EU countries, unless the transfer is permitted on the basis of Articles 45, 49 para. 1 lit. a), b), c) GDPR, we agree with the data importer the validity of the current standard contractual clauses issued by the EU Commission.

You can request information and copies from the contact specified above.

9 Duration of storage of personal data

We keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected and used (e.g. as long as it takes us to send you newsletters you have subscribed to, to answer inquiries, etc.), unless a longer period is necessary to fulfill our legal obligations or to pursue a legal or financial claim.

10 Automated Decision Making, Including Profiling

Automated decision-making, including profiling, does not take place on our platform.

11 Your Rights

Visitors to our website have various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Articles 15 to 18 and 21 GDPR:

11.1 Right to information

In accordance with Article 15 GDPR, you can request information about personal data processed by us concerning you. In your request for information, you should specify your request to make it easier for us to compile the required data. Please note that under certain circumstances, your right to information may be limited in accordance with legal requirements.

11.2 Right to rectification

If the information concerning you is no longer correct, you can request a correction in accordance with Article 16 GDPR. If your data is incomplete, you can request that it be completed.

11.3 Right to deletion

You can request the deletion of your personal data under the conditions of Article 17 GDPR. Your right to delete depends, among other things, on whether we still need the data concerning you to fulfill our legal duties or whether we have an overriding interest in storing it (e.g. to defend our rights and claims).

11.4 Right to restrict processing

Within the framework of Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to request that the processing of data concerning you be restricted.

11.5 Right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 GDPR:

You have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a common file format or to request that it be transferred to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically possible.

11.6 Right to object

According to Article 21 GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. However, we are not always able to comply with this, for example if legal regulations oblige us to process as part of our official performance of duties.

11.7 Withdrawal of your consent

If we rely on your consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Please note that we must verify your identity before we can comply with your request to exercise your data protection rights. This procedure enables us to protect our customers' personal data from fraudulent requests.

To exercise your rights above, please contact the contact listed above.

11.8 Right to lodge a complaint

If you believe that we have not complied with data protection regulations when processing your data, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Adresse:

Old Moabit 59-61

10555 Berlin

Telephone: +49 30 13889-0

E-mail: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de

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12 Amendment to this privacy statement

This privacy policy is subject to regular changes or additions.

Status: October 2024

Imprint

Information in accordance with § 5 TMG:

dotch GmbH

Managing Directors: Veronika Pfender & André Pietzke

Selma-Lagerlöf-Strasse 2

13189 Berlin

Office address:

Schönhauser Allee 26

10435 Berlin

Contact:

Telephone: +49 (0) 176 24616740

email: info@dotch.de

Commercial register number:

HRB 241533 B

Charlottenburg District Court

Sales tax ID:

Sales tax identification number in accordance with § 27 a Sales Tax Act:

DE 352 552 542

Disclaimer — Disclaimer:

Liability for content

All content on our website was created with great care and in good faith. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the content. As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general laws in accordance with Section 7 Paragraph 1 TMG. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, as a service provider, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general laws remain unaffected.

However, liability in this regard is only possible from the time of becoming aware of a specific infringement of law. As soon as we become aware of the above legal violations, we will remove this content immediately.

Limitation of liability for external links

Our website contains links to external websites of third parties. We have no influence on the content of these directly or indirectly linked websites. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of the content of the “external links”. The respective providers or operators (authors) of the pages are responsible for the content of the external links.

The external links were checked for possible legal violations at the time the links were created and were free of illegal content at the time the links were created. A continuous review of the content of external links is not possible without concrete evidence of a legal infringement. In the case of direct or indirect links to third-party websites that lie outside our area of responsibility, liability would only exist if we became aware of the content and it would be technically possible and reasonable for us to prevent use in the event of illegal content.

This disclaimer also applies to links and references set within your own “name of your domain” website by questioners, blog posters, and guests of the discussion forum. The service provider of the page to which reference was made is solely liable for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and in particular for damage arising from the use or non-use of information presented in this way, not the person who simply refers to the respective publication via links.

If we become aware of legal violations, we will immediately remove the external links.

Copyright

The content and works published on our website are subject to German copyright law (http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/urhg/gesamt.pdf). The reproduction, processing, distribution and any kind of exploitation of intellectual property from the intellectual and material point of view of the author outside the limits of copyright law require the prior written consent of the respective author within the meaning of copyright law (http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/urhg/gesamt.pdf). Downloads and copies of this site are only allowed for private and non-commercial use. If the content on our website was not created by us, the copyrights of third parties must be observed. The content of third parties is identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please notify us accordingly. If we become aware of legal violations, we will remove such content immediately.