Privacy Policy

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

We will only carry out analyses with your consent in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

When you visit our website, your surfing behavior can be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily with cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous; the surfing behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. You will find detailed information on this in the following privacy policy.

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Nivona Apparate GmbH
Südwestpark 49
90449 Nuremberg, Germany

Phone: +49 911 2526630
Email: info@nivona.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, or similar).

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. If the consent was given via our consent tool, it can be accessed again and the consent can be revoked through it. Alternatively, an informal notification by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

In the event of breaches of data protection law, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company:

Marc Fuchs (DATEV eG)
Email: datenschutz@nivona.com

The internet pages sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, they are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated site YouTube. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is based on your consent to marketing cookies (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can grant and revoke at any time via our consent management tool.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

This website uses Google Maps to display interactive maps and to create directions, based on your consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, which you can control and revoke at any time via our consent management tool. Google Maps is a map service from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. By using Google Maps, information about the use of this website, including your IP address and the (start) address entered in the route planner function, may be transmitted to Google in the USA. Your data is transferred to Google on the basis of a data protection agreement we have concluded with Google. In addition, Google has certified itself under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, so it can be assumed that data processing is at a level equivalent to that in the EU.

When you visit a webpage of our internet presence that contains Google Maps and have consented to the use of Google Maps, your browser establishes a direct connection with Google's servers. The map content is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it. Therefore, we have no influence on the scope of the data collected by Google in this way. According to our knowledge, this includes at least the following data:

- Date and time of the visit to the respective webpage,
- Internet address or URL of the webpage accessed,
- IP address, (start) address entered as part of route planning.

We have no influence on the further processing and use of the data by Google and can therefore assume no responsibility for this. If you do not want Google Maps to collect, process, or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. In this case, however, you cannot use the map display. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

If you consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"), 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by these cookies about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

To protect your data as much as possible, we only use Google Analytics with IP anonymization activated. This means that your IP address will generally be truncated by Google 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.

The transfer of your data to Google is based on a data protection agreement we have concluded with Google. In addition, Google has certified itself under the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework, so it can be assumed that data processing is at a level equivalent to that in the EU.

Google uses the information collected from you to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to us as the website operator. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at the following link. The current link is https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

We would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Nivona Apparate GmbH
Südwestpark 49
90449 Nuremberg, Germany

Phone: +49 911 2526630
Email: info@nivona.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, or similar).

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company:

Marc Fuchs (DATEV eG)
Email: datenschutz@nivona.com

The "NIVONA Connect" app generally does not process any personal data of users, unless it is technically necessary for operation. During error analysis (see point 4), technically necessary data, including IP addresses, may be temporarily processed.

We collect technical and statistical usage data in anonymized or pseudonymized form, which does not allow for direct identification of individuals.

The information collected may include, for example:

- technical device information (e.g., operating system version, app version)
- anonymized usage statistics (e.g., function calls, error messages)

The processing is based on our legitimate interest in improving the app and system security (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We use the Sentry service, operated by Functional Software Inc., 45 Fremont Street, 8th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA, to monitor and analyze technical errors within our app. Sentry serves to ensure the stability and functionality of the app, to detect errors, and to fix their causes.

As part of its use, the following data may be processed:

- Technical information about the end device used (e.g., device type, operating system, app version),
- Times and technical details of the error (e.g., log data, stack traces),
- IP address of the device at the time of the error. The IP address is usually truncated and not stored permanently.

This information is used exclusively for error analysis and to improve the app. No personal evaluation or profiling takes place.

The processing is based on our legitimate interest in a stable and secure app (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Sentry processes data as a data processor on our behalf in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. A corresponding data processing agreement has been concluded. This may involve the transfer of data to the USA. It cannot be ruled out that US authorities may access the transmitted data without effective legal remedies being available. Sentry ensures an adequate level of data protection through the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) in accordance with Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR.

For more information on Sentry's data protection, please visit: https://sentry.io/privacy/.

Data is not passed on to other external recipients unless required by law or necessary for the enforcement of our rights. Likewise, the data is not used for advertising or profiling purposes.

We take technical and organizational measures in accordance with the state of the art to protect the collected data against loss, misuse, or unauthorized access. The transmission between the app and our servers is exclusively encrypted.

Insofar as personal data is processed (e.g., in the context of error analysis), users have the rights to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection in accordance with Art. 15 et seq. GDPR. Corresponding requests can be directed to us (see point 1).