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Our privacy policy

Data protection at a glance

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy, which is linked below.

Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section "Mandatory Information / Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

Hosting and server log files (usage data)

When you simply browse our website for informational purposes (without registering or contacting us), we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called server log files). When you access our website, the following technically necessary data is collected:

Visited website / URL
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Browser and version used
Operating system used
The anonymized or shortened IP address

The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. This data will not be shared or compared with other data. The log file data is automatically deleted after a short period of time, unless there are concrete indications of unlawful use.

Cookies & Consent Management (Update according to TDDDG)

To make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies. Some cookies are technically necessary (session cookies), while other persistent cookies allow us to recognize your browser.

Legal basis: Insofar as personal data is processed through cookies, this is done for technically necessary cookies to protect our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
TDDDG Notice: If a cookie stores or reads information on your device that is not strictly technically necessary, this is done additionally on the basis of your consent in accordance with Section 25 Paragraph 1 of the TDDDG. You can configure your browser to notify you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to generally exclude them.

Mandatory information & responsible body

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws is:

+Benefit Research

and Consulting GmbH

Dahlemer Weg 83a

14167 Berlin

Germany

Mobile: +49 172 3872 373

Mobile: +49 15125227608

Email: mail@benefitgroup.de

Website: www.benefitgroup.de

Commercial Register

HRB 198804 B

District Court Berlin-Charburg

Share capital: EUR 25,000

Managing Director

Dr. iur. Olga R. Gulina

Rüdiger W. Schwarz

VAT ID No.

according to § 27 a UstG:

VAT ID: DE 319609970

Contact us (contact form & email)

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The type of data collected in the form is determined directly by the respective input fields.

Purpose and legal basis: The processing is carried out to answer your request and for the associated technical administration based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If your request aims at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Deletion: Your data will be deleted after processing is complete, unless legal retention obligations (e.g., tax or commercial law deadlines) prevent this.

contact

When you contact us (e.g. using the website contact form or email), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 GDPR.

If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, this is an additional legal basis for the processing according to Art. 6 Para. 1 GDPR. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed; this is the case if the circumstances indicate that the processes have been finally clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention requirements.

Your rights as a data subject

Current data protection law grants you comprehensive rights as a data subject vis-à-vis the data controller:

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to free access to information about your stored data, its origin, recipients and the purpose of the processing.
Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): Immediate rectification of inaccurate data or completion of incomplete data.
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”, Art. 17 GDPR): Under certain conditions (e.g., when data is no longer necessary for the purposes).
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR): Blocking of your data from further processing in certain cases of conflict.
Right to information (Art. 19 GDPR): Obligation of the controller to inform recipients of rectifications/erasures.
Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): Receiving your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
Right of withdrawal (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR): Consent once given can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): You can object to the processing of your data on grounds relating to your particular situation.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR): You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (e.g. the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information) if you believe that the processing of your data violates the GDPR.

Presence on social networking platforms (XING, LinkedIn, YouTube, Zoho)

We maintain online presences on various external platforms to communicate with users active there. When visiting these profiles, data may be processed by the respective platform operators outside the EU.

XING: Provider: New Work SE, Hamburg, Germany. Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung
LinkedIn: Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Dublin, Ireland. Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy (Opt-out for retargeting: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out )
YouTube: Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Dublin, Ireland. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Zoho: Provider: Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (with EU offices and servers in the USA). Privacy policy: https://www.zoho.com/privacy/cookie-policy.html