Data protection

Data security

  1. We process your personal data as defined in Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (e.g., IP address, name, email address) only in accordance with the provisions of German data protection law and in compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The following provisions inform you about the nature, scope, and purpose of the collection, processing, and use of personal data.
  2. The processing of personal data, as defined in Article 4(2) of the GDPR, is lawful under Article 6 of the GDPR if one of the following conditions is met:
    a) The data subject has given consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for one or more specific purposes;
    b) processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the data subject’s request;
    c) the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;
    d) the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
    e) the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
    f) the processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject that require the protection of personal data prevail, in particular where the data subject is a child.
  3. The processing of special categories of personal data (e.g., health data) within the meaning of Article 9(1) of the GDPR is lawful, in particular pursuant to Article 9(2) of the GDPR, if one of the following conditions is met:

– the individual has given explicit consent;

– the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims or in connection with court proceedings within the scope of judicial activities.

1. No automated decision-making or profiling regarding personal data within the meaning of Article 22 of the GDPR takes place.

2. The operator ensures the security of the data in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR, taking into account the principle of proportionality, through appropriate technical measures.

3. In the unlikely event of a data breach, the competent supervisory authority will be notified in accordance with Article 33 of the GDPR, and the data subject will be notified in accordance with Article 34 of the GDPR.

Scope

This Privacy Policy applies only to our website. If you are redirected to other sites via links on our pages, please review the privacy policies of those sites to learn how they handle your data.

Data Retention Period

The period for which the data you provide is retained is determined by statutory retention requirements. Invoice data must be retained for a period of 10 years.

Disclosure of Data to Third Parties

Data transmitted within the scope of the contractual relationship (Art. 4(10) GDPR) will only be disclosed to third parties if you have expressly given your consent (Art. 4(11) GDPR) or if the disclosure is necessary to fulfil the contract. Consent may be revoked at any time without formal notice. Data collected through visits to the website is collected only by third parties expressly listed below.

Data Controller as Defined by the GDPR

The data controller as defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as other data protection laws applicable in the European Union and other provisions relating to data protection, is:

Malcolm Walters
Grosse Arche 18b
99084 Erfurt

E-Mail: info[at]bigark.de

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The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to make your experience with our website more pleasant. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted when you leave our site.

In addition, to optimise user-friendliness, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your device for a specific, predetermined period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, the system automatically recognises that you have previously visited us and recalls the entries and settings you made, so you do not have to re-enter them.
 

These cookies allow us to automatically recognise that you have visited our site before when you return. These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time. The data processed by cookies is necessary for the stated purposes to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a notification always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely disabling cookies may prevent you from using all the features of our website.