Source: https://www.brainforce-ag.com/en/legal-disclaimer/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 16:07:36+00:00

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The protection of your privacy and data is very important to Brainforce.
In addition, BRAINFORCE AG assumes no responsibility and is not liable for any viruses or other damage to your computer system or other property resulting from accessing, using or browsing the site, or downloading materials, data, text, images, video or audio material originate from the site. BRAINFORCE AG has not reviewed any of the web sites linked to this site, and is not responsible for their content or the privacy practices of off-site pages or other sites linked through links to this site. Use of the site, off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk and without permission from BRAINFORCE AG.
Content data (such as contact form or e-mail) will be used to comply with the information provided by the user for processing the contact request and processing it.
In general, you provide us with this data starting with the as an individual to become a Pool Member with BRAINFORCE AG. The information can be stored in our Customer Relationship Management System (“CRM System”) or comparable request organization. In certain cases, however, we may receive personal information from third parties. As part of the Contract start-up phase and during the business relationship, in particular by personal, telephone or written contacts, initiated by you or by us, further personal data, e.g. Information about contact channel, date, cause and result, (electronic) copies of correspondence and information about participation in direct marketing activities may be collected.
We process the above-outlined personal data in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR and the BDSG.
The processing is carried out regularly to fulfill the contractual obligations we have assumed from you (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).
Insofar as necessary, we process your data beyond the actual performance of the Contract for the protection of legitimate interests of us or third parties (Article 6 (1) f) of the GDPR), such as the assertion of legal claims and defense in legal disputes or prevention of crimes.
Insofar as you have given us consent to the processing of personal data for specific purposes (e.g. inclusion of your applicant data in our applicant database or transfer of your applicant data to potential interested parties and business partners of BRAINFORCE AG), the legality of this processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR). A given consent can be revoked at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent, which were given to us before the validity of the GDPR, i.e. before May 25, 2018. Please note that the revocation only works for the future. Processing that occurred before the revocation is not affected.
In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you about the legal basis of our data processing. Unless the legal basis in the data protection declaration is mentioned, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Article 6 (1) lit. a and Art. 7 GDPR, the legal basis for the processing for the performance of our services and the performance of contractual measures as well as the response to inquiries is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, the legal basis for processing in order to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR, and the legal basis for processing in order to safeguard our legitimate interests is Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR as legal basis.
We take into account, in accordance with Art. 32 GDPR, the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the different likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals to implement the appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of protection commensurate with the risk. The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling the physical access to the data, as well as their access, input, disclosure, securing of availability and their separation. We have also set up procedures to ensure the enjoyment of data subject rights, data deletion and data vulnerability. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already in the development, or selection of hardware, software and procedures, according to the principle of data protection by technology design and by privacy-friendly default settings considered (Article 25 GDPR).
Your personal data is collected by BRAINFORCE AG. It stores all data necessary for contract fulfillment and customer care in its IT systems. Within BRAINFORCE AG, those entities gain access to your data, which they need to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations.
In the event of default of payment, we reserve the right to transfer your data to debt collection agencies or lawyers for the purpose of recovery.
All service companies commissioned by us are checked for their data protection standards before the contract is awarded and are obliged to comply with the statutory data protection requirements. Any further disclosure of data to third parties commissioned by us will not take place, unless we are legally entitled or obliged to do so or you have given us your prior consent.
In the course of our business relationship, you must provide the personal information necessary to establish, conduct and terminate a business relationship and to perform the related contractual obligations or that we are required to collect by law. Without this data, we will generally have to refuse to conclude the contract or to execute the order or to be unable to complete an existing contract and possibly terminate it.
In principle, we do not use fully automated decision-making pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR to justify and implement the business relationship.
Insofar as we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or in the context of the use of third party services or disclosure, or transmission of data to third parties, this will only be done if it is to fulfill our (pre) contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, under a legal obligation or based on our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or have the data processed in a third country only in the presence of the special conditions of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR. I.e. the processing takes place e.g. on the basis of specific guarantees, such as the officially recognized level of data protection (e.g. for the US through the Privacy Shield) or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called “standard contract clauses”).
BRAINFORCE AG stores your data for the period of the existing business relationship as well as the existence of a legitimate interest (e.g. outstanding payments) beyond the duration of the business relationship.
Switzerland: According to legal requirements, the storage takes place in particular for 10 years in accordance with Art. 958f OR (business records, transaction documents, business documents and other documents in conjunction with the value added tax), 20 years for business records related to immovable property, 15 years for tax documents (in the canton of Zurich) and unlimited for vouchers for the account balance at the time of marriage, pension fund records, supporting documents on paid inheritances and donations as well as receipts of more expensive purchases for household contents insurance in the event of a claim.
Germany: According to legal requirements, the storage takes place in particular for 6 years according to § 257 Abs. 1 HGB (trading books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual accounts, trade letters, accounting documents, etc.) and for 10 years according to § 147 Abs. 1 AO (books, records , Management reports, accounting documents, commercial and business letters, documents relevant for taxation, etc.). Preservation of evidence under the statute of limitations. According to §§ 195 ff. Of the Civil Code (BGB), these limitation periods can be up to 30 years, with the regular limitation period being three years.
With regard to the right to information and the right to erase, the restrictions under §§ 34 and 35 BDSG apply. In addition, there is a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR i.V.m. § 19 BDSG).
You may revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time. This also applies to the revocation of consent in accordance with. (Art. 7 (3) GDPR) which were granted to us before the application of the GDPR, i.e. before 25 May 2018. Please note that the revocation only works for the future.
Cookies are information that is transferred from our web server or third-party web servers to the users’ web browsers and stored there for later retrieval. Cookies can be small files or other types of information storage.
We use “session cookies”, which are only stored for the duration of the current visit on our online presence. In a session cookie, a randomly generated unique identification number is stored, a so-called session ID. In addition, a cookie contains information about its origin and storage period. These cookies cannot save any other data. Session cookies are deleted when you have finished using our online offer and, for example, close the browser.
When users leave comments or other contributions, their IP addresses are based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR stored for 7 days. This is for our own safety, if someone leaves illegal content in comments and contributions (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In this case, we can be prosecuted for the comment or post and are therefore interested in the identity of the author.
We collect data based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR on every access to the server on which this service is located (so-called server log files). The access data includes name of the retrieved web page, file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, message about successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider.
Logfile information is stored for security reasons (e.g. to investigate abusive or fraudulent activities) for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further retention is required for evidential purposes shall be exempted from the cancellation until final clarification of the incident.
For more information about Google’s data usage, hiring and opt-out options, please visit Google’s websites: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners (“Google’s use of your data when you use websites or apps Our Partners “), https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads (“Advertising Use of Data”), https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated (“Managing information Google uses to show you advertising “).
Incidentally, the personal data will be deleted after 38 months.
The following information will inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, shipping and statistical evaluation procedures as well as your right to object. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to the receipt and the procedures described.
Content of the newsletter: We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications with advertising information (hereinafter “newsletter”) only with the consent of the recipient or a legal permission. Insofar as the contents of a newsletter are concretely described, they are authoritative for the consent of the users. Incidentally, our newsletters contain information about our offers, our company and our business partners.
Double opt-in and logging: Registration for our newsletter is done in a so-called double-opt-in procedure. After registration, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external e-mail addresses. The registration for the newsletter will be logged in order to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the login and the confirmation time, as well as the IP address. The dispatch of the newsletter and the success measurement are made on the basis of a consent of the recipients acc. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in connection with § 7 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 UWG or on the basis of the legal permission according to Art. § 7 Abs. 3 UWG.
Termination / Revocation – Newsletter recipients may terminate the receipt of our newsletter at any time, ie. Revoke your consent. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. At the same time, their consent to success measurement expires. A separate revocation of the performance measurement is unfortunately not possible, in this case, the entire newsletter subscription must be terminated. By unsubscribing from Newsletter, the personal data will be deleted, unless their retention is legally required or justified, in which case their processing is limited only to these exceptional purposes. In particular, we may save the e-mail addresses sent for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them for purposes of sending out the newsletter in order to provide evidence of prior consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for cancellation is possible at any time, provided that at the same time the former existence of a consent is confirmed.
We make content or service offers of third parties within our online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer in terms of Art. 6 (1) lit. GDPR) to provide their content and services, such as videos or fonts (collectively referred to as “content”).

References: Art. 13
 Art. 7
 Art. 6
 Art. 6
 Art. 6
 Art. 32
 Art. 22
 Art. 44
 Art. 958
 § 257
 § 147
 § 19
 Art. 6
 Art. 6
 Art. 6
 Art. 7
 § 7
 § 7
 Art. 6