Privacy

Status of this privacy policy: 08.11.2023

1. name and address of the responsible person

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection regulations is:
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Octopus GmbH (haftungsbeschränkt)
Toke Funk
Arndtstraße 25
22085 Hamburg
Germany

Phone: +49 160 97725087

E-mail: info@octopus-international.de

2. rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

1. right to information

You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us.
If such processing is taking place, you can request the following information from the controller:
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(1) the purposes for which the personal data is being processed;
(2) the categories of personal data being processed;
(3) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed; (4) the envisaged period for which the personal data concerning you will be stored, or, if specific the categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
(4) the envisaged period for which the personal data concerning you will be stored, or, if specific information on this is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
(7) any available information as to the source of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject;
(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
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You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you are transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer. This right of access may be restricted to the extent that it is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the research or statistical purposes and the restriction is necessary for the fulfillment of the research or statistical purposes.

2. right to rectification

You have a right of rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the personal data processed concerning you are inaccurate or incomplete. The controller shall carry out the rectification without undue delay.Your right to rectification may be limited to the extent that it is likely to make impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the research or statistical purposes and the limitation is necessary for the fulfilment of the research or statistical purposes.

3. right to restriction of processing

You may request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you under the following conditions:
(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
(2) the processing is unlawful and you object to the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of the use of the personal data;
(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you need them for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; or
(4) if you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller outweigh your grounds.
If the processing of personal data relating to you has been restricted, such data may - apart from being stored - only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or a Member State.
If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.
Your right to restrict processing may be limited to the extent that it is likely to make impossible or seriously compromise the achievement of the research or statistical purposes and the restriction is necessary for the fulfilment of the research or statistical purposes.

4. right to deletion

a) Obligation to erase
You may request the controller to erase the personal data concerning you without undue delay, and the controller is obliged to erase this data without undue delay, if one of the following reasons applies:
(1) The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
(2) You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO and there is no other legal basis for the processing. lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
(3) You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 2 DSGVO.
(4) The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
(5) The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject.
(6) The personal data concerning you has been collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) DSGVO.

b) Information to third parties
If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) DSGVO, the controller shall delete it. 1 DSGVO, it shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform data controllers processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested that they erase all links to or copies or replications of that personal data, taking into account the available technology and the cost of implementation.

c) Exceptions
The right to erasure does not exist insofar as the processing is necessary
(1) for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;
(2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
(3) for reasons of public interest in the field of public health pursuant to Art. 9(2)(h) and (i) and Art. 9(3) DSGVO;
(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89(1) DSGVO, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously prejudice the achievement of the purposes of such processing; or
(5) for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

5. right to information

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.
You have the right against the controller to be informed about these recipients.

6. right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transfer this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that
(1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit.
(2) the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures.In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data relating to you transferred directly from one controller to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. This shall not adversely affect the freedoms and rights of other persons.
The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. right of objection

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
The controller shall no longer process the personal data relating to you unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
If the personal data concerning you is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to processing of the personal data concerning you for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
If you object to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.
You have the possibility, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise your right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
You also have the right, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to.
Your right to object may be limited to the extent that it is likely to make impossible or seriously impair the realization of the research or statistical purposes and the limitation is necessary for the fulfillment of the research or statistical purposes.

8. right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

9. automated decision in individual cases including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision
(1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between you and the controller,
(2) is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that law contains adequate measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, or
(3) is made with your explicit consent.However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 (1) p.1 DSGVO, unless Article 9 (2) (a) or (g) DSGVO applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.
With regard to the cases mentioned in (1) and (3), the controller shall take reasonable steps to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, including at least the right to obtain the intervention of a person on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

10. right to complain to a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy under Article 78 GDPR.

11. general information on data processing

1. scope of the processing of personal data

We process personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary for the provision of a functional website and our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users is regularly only carried out with the consent of the user. An exception applies in those cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for actual reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations.

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2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures.
If processing of personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO serves as the legal basis.
In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. d DSGVO serves as the legal basis.
If the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not override the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO serves as the legal basis for the processing.

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3. Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the data subject shall be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage ceases to apply. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Blocking or deletion of the data will also take place if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

12. provision of the website and creation of log files

1. description and scope of data processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer.
The following data is collected:
Information about the browser type and version used
The user's operating system
The user's Internet service provider
The user's IP address
Date and time of access
Web pages from which the user's system accesses our website
Web pages that are accessed by the user's system via our website
The data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

2. provision of the website

Purpose of processing:
Functionality and optimization of the website, as well as ensuring the security of our information technology systems for purely informational use (without the use of additional functions such as contact forms or social media plugins) of our website; integration and display of functions and content (e.g. graphics) that we do not provide ourselves.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 letter f DSGVO
Data categories: Connection data
Recipients of the data: Data is only passed on to third parties if this is necessary for the operation of our website. For this purpose, personal data is transferred to the following recipients: Halbstark GmbH, Neckarstraße 122, 70190 Stuttgart, Germany; Webflow Inc, 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (IP address and European servers only).
Intended third country transfer: None.
Do we store or read out personal data on your end device based on your consent? No

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3. Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 p.1 lit. f DSGVO.

4. duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.
In the case of the storage of data in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or alienated, so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

5. possibility of objection and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is mandatory for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

Information on the storage period of consent-based cookies and similar technologies

In the following, we inform you about the names and functional duration of the cookies and similar technologies used by the above-mentioned plugins and services - in case of their consent - according to the following scheme:

Name of the service: name of the cookie/similar technology (functional duration).

Access to a cookie/similar technologies is generally only possible from the Internet address from which the cookie is set. This means that we do not have access to the cookies of the providers used (above). They do not have access to our cookies. Third parties have access neither to our cookies nor to those of the providers used. Access by third parties can only be obtained through technical attacks, which we cannot control and for which we are not responsible.

Features, services and tools on our website:
Vimeo: player (one year)
Vimeo: vimeo (four weeks)
Vimeo: vimeo_cart (four days)
Vimeo: OptanonConsent (one year)
Vimeo: OptanonAlertBoxClosed (one year)
Vimeo: vuid (two years)
Cookiefirst: cookiefirst-consent (one year)
Cookiefirst: cookiefirst-id (one year)

14. plugins used

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Use of Google Analytics

1. scope of the processing of personal data
We use Google Analytics on our website, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphiteatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. IP anonymization is active on this website. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.
2. Legal basis for the processing of personal data The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
3. Purpose of data processing The purpose of the processing of personal data is to specifically address a target group that has already expressed an initial interest by visiting the website.
4.Duration of storageAdvertising data in server logs is anonymized by Google deleting parts of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months respectively.
5. Objection and removal optionYou can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. You can find more information at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

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Use of Vimeo

Purpose of processing: Integration of videos via the video plugin from Vimeo; More personalized design of our website.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 letter a DSGVO.
Data categories: Connection data, usage data.
Recipients of the data: Vimeo Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA ("Vimeo").
Intended third country transfer: On a case-by-case basis, USA and other third countries (based on the EU Commission's standard data protection clauses, Article 46(2)(c) DSGVO or, where applicable, on the basis of adequacy decisions (Article 45 DSGVO)).
Do we store or read out personal data on your terminal device based on your consent? Yes (for details, please refer to the overview at the end of this statement).

AWS CloudFront CDN

Purpose of processing: More personalized design and functionality of our website; ensuring the security of our website and our information technology systems
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 letter f DSGVO.
Data categories: Usage data, connection data.
Recipients of the data: Amazon Web Services, Inc, 410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109 USA.
Intended third country transfer: On a case-by-case basis, USA (based on the EU Commission's standard data protection clauses, Art. 46 para. 2 lit. c).Do we store or read out personal data on your end device based on your consent? No.

JSDelivr CDN

Purpose of processing: Personalized design and functionality of our website; ensuring the security of our website and our information technology systems.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 letter f DSGVO.
Data categories: Usage data, connection data.
Recipients of the data: Prospectone Sp. z o.o., ul. Krolweska 65A, 30-081, Krakow, Poland.
Intended third country transfer: None.Do we store or read personal data on your terminal device based on your consent? No

Weglot

Purpose of processing: Provision of our website in multilingual versions; management of translations.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 letter f DSGVO.
Data categories: Connection data, usage data.
Recipients of the data: Weglot SAS, 138, rue Pierre Joigneaux in Bois-Colombes 92270 France.
Intended third country transfer: None.
Do we store or read personal data on your terminal device based on your consent? No

Subscription to our newsletter (SendinBlue)

Purpose of processing: Subscription to our newsletter on our news and offers; proof of your consent; ensuring the security of our information technology systems; evaluation of your click and opening behavior to personalize our newsletter based on your usage behavior.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, f DSGVO.
Data categories: If you subscribe to our newsletter via the website: Contact data; if you subscribe to our newsletter elsewhere, in individual cases, if necessary, additional master data.
Recipient of the data: Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin.
Intended transfer to third countries: None.
Do we store personal data on your end device based on your consent or read out such data? No

Contact

Purpose of processing: Processing your contact request.
Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR; Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR (if the request leads to a later conclusion of a contract or concerns an existing contract).
Data categories: Depending on the type of request. As a rule, contact data and master data are processed.
Recipient of the data: Usebasin, 96 Mowat Ave, Toronto M6K 3M1, ON, Canada.
Intended third country transfer: In individual cases Canada on the basis of adequacy decisions (Article 45 GDPR).
Do we store or read personal data on your end device based on your consent? No.