Source: https://www.byton.com/data-privacy
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 00:36:48+00:00

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The hosting for the website is done by our IT supplier Amazon Web Services, Inc.,410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle WA 98109, USA.
The hosting for the App is done by Alibaba Cloud Computing (AliCloud) in the People’s Republic of China (https://www.alibabacloud.com/global-locations?spm=a3c0i.170826.1097638.dnavwhya3.27051548mTIxZ8) and in Germany by Amazon Web Services (AWS Services Region Frankfurt; for details see https://aws.amazon.com/de/region-frankfurt/) automatically depending on the region where the mobile phone is based (geo tracking). The user is also able to change the region manually under the Settings in the App. By changing the region, data will be stored and processed in this region under its laws and regulations.
Please note in this respect that for the People's Republic of China, there is currently no EU Commission decision within the meaning of Art. 45 (3) of the GDPR. This means that the EU Commission has not yet established that the data protection level of the People's Republic of China meets the requirements of the GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
As defined by the basic EU data protection regulations, we hereby act as responsible for the processing of your personal data. The headquarters of BYTON are in Hong Kong.
We especially collect your Personal Data if you contact us directly via our Website, App or via e-mail to request information about our products and services or if your contact details are transferred from other Byton Group legal entities or other third parties. Further, we collect your Personal Data if you reply to our direct marketing campaigns of if we acquired your Personal Data from external sources like social media sites.
BYTON further processes your data, provided the data is transmitted to BYTON by its authorised partners, if and to the extent the necessary data protection requirements are met.
Your Personal Data will be processed to administrate and fulfil your requests and - when applicable - for individualized marketing and market research by us as controller.
Contact data: Information you provide to us such as name, phone number, address, e-mail address, country and cip code, birthday as well as image files uploaded by you on our Website or our App.
Use of Website and App and communication: Information on how you use the Website and App, including data gathered via cookies and other tracking technologies.
According to Art. 13 (1) lit. c of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) we have to inform you about the legal basis for the processing of your Personal Data by us.
According to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR processing of Personal Information is lawful when necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. Therefore, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as a legal justification for the processing of Personal Data in connection with the provision of services and products and conducting related measures.
In order to gain access to certain parts of our Website and App, registration may be required. Personal Information you are providing us within the scope of the registration process (e.g. name, email address, telephone number) will be processed by us for verification purposes on the legal basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.
According to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR processing of Personal Data is lawful when necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of Personal Information. We rely on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR to the extent that legal action or prevention measures as regards fraudulent activity are involved.
When using the registration form, we collect your Personal Data (first name, last name, e-mail address, phone number, street (optional), city, zip/postal code, state/province, country/region and password) only to the extent provided by you. Please note for mandatory information the registration cannot take place without entering the requested information. The data processing serves the purpose of opening your app account. After registration, the user can voluntarily enter further non-mandatory data in his/her personal profile (i.e. nickname, gender, birthday, profession, current vehicle, areas of interest, mobility interest) or update his/her data after registration.
By inserting your data you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
By registering we also may process your Personal - if indicated - to give you personalised information Data (especially by email and phone) tailored to your interests about new products and services, events, marketing and company communications. We will use your Personal Data for our own advertising purposes only, independently of the execution of the contract. By registering you expressly agree to this further processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke your consent under “Settings/Notifications for Push Notifications, Email, Text Messages, Phone Calls separately at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
Reservation on the App is only possible when you have already registered. When using the reservation form, besides the data already collected during the registration process, we collect your Personal Data (first name, last name, country/region, province, street, city and postal code). As mandatory information the registration cannot take place without entering the requested information. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact and to register you in order to be first contacted to place a preorder once open in your location. Please note that you are obliged to download the App in order to follow the status of your reservation. By placing the reservation, you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke the reservation at any time on the reservation status page in the vehicle section of the App.
By reserving we also may process your Personal Data to give you personalised information (especially by email and phone) tailored to your interests about new products and services, events, marketing and company communications. We will use your Personal Data for our own advertising purposes only, independently of the execution of the contract. By placing your reservation you expressly agree to this further processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke your consent for further processing at any time under “Settings/Notifications for Push Notifications, Email, Text Messages, Phone Calls separately at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
The reservation on the Website takes place in two steps (account creation and reservation).
By using the registration form under step 1 for your account creation, we collect your Personal Data (first name, last name, e-mail address and password). As mandatory information the registration cannot take place without entering the requested information. The data processing serves the purpose of opening your website account. By inserting your data you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
By registering we also may process your Personal Data to give you personalised information (especially by email) tailored to your interests about new products and services, events, marketing and company communications. We will use your Personal Data for our own advertising purposes only, independently of the execution of the contract. By registering you expressly agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke your consent by sending an e-mail to team@byton.com at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
Reservation on the Website is only possible when you have already registered under step one. When using the reservation form, besides the data already collected during the registration process, we collect your Personal Data (country/region, city, phone number and birthdate). As mandatory information the registration cannot take place without entering the requested information. The data processing serves the purpose of establishing contact and to register you in order to be first contacted to place a preorder once open in your location. Please note that you are obliged to download the App in order to follow the status of your reservation. By placing the reservation, you agree to the processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke the reservation at any time by sending an e-mail to team@byton.com or on the app under “Settings on the reservation status page in the vehicle section of the App.
By reserving we also may process your Personal Data to give you personalised information (especially by email or phone) tailored to your interests about new products and services, events, marketing and company communications. We will use your Personal Data for our own advertising purposes only, independently of the execution of the contract. By placing your reservation you expressly agree to this further processing of the transmitted data. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
When using the registration form, we collect your Personal Data (first name, last name, e-mail and country/region). As mandatory information the registration cannot take place without entering the requested information. If you expressly subscribe to keep in touch with us for receiving the latest news about BYTON we may process your Personal Data (especially by email to give you personalised information tailored to your interests about new products and services, events, marketing and company communications. We will use your Personal Data for our own advertising purposes only, independently of the execution of the contract, provided that you have expressly agreed to this. The processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR with your consent.
You can revoke your consent at any time by notifying us by e-mail at team@byton.com without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.
such other way offered to you as set out in the Website or our App.
You can visit our Website and App without providing any personal information. Each time you access our Website and App, usage data is transmitted through your internet browser and stored in log data (server log files). This stored data includes, for example, the name of the page accessed, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred and the requesting provider. This data is used exclusively to guarantee the error-free operation of our Website and App and to improve our services. It is not possible to assign this data to a specific person.
We store Personal Data in accordance with the principles of data reduction and data economy only as long as it is necessary or prescribed by law (legal storage period). If the purpose of the information collected no longer applies or if the storage period ends, we block or delete the data.
When you access a Website and App, data is always logged for technical and organizational reasons. This includes: date and time, web browser, requesting IP address and domain, accessed page or file, status information about success or failure of the access. The log data of the web server are stored for 30 days and deleted after a statistical evaluation. A further use or passing on of this data does not take place. The evaluation serves to check the function of the web server or the Website and App.
BYTON is a company that operates globally. Personal Data ise processed by BYTON employees, and by service providers we have commissioned, preferably within the EU. If data is processed in countries outside of the EU, BYTON uses EU standard contracts, including suitable technical and organizational measures in order to ensure that your Personal Data is processed according to the European data protection standards.
We transfer your Personal Data to the following recipients for the purposes stated below: BYTON Limited, Hong Kong transfers your Personal Data to contracted service providers, such as IT providers, opinion research institutes, agencies) in order to support the administration of the aforementioned purposes and to other companies of the BYTON Group, including but not limited to BYTON GmbH, Germany; BYTON North America Corporation, USA; Beijing BYTON New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., China; Nanjing BYTON Electric Co. (Shanghai Branch), China.BYTON Limited, Hong Kong also transmits Personal Data to the commissioned IT service provider Amazon Web Services, Inc.,410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle WA 98109, USA. Its registered office is outside the European Economic Area (EEA) in a so-called third country without an adequate level of data protection. There is no adequacy decision from the European Commission, but an appropriate guarantee in the form of EU standard contractual clauses. Please contact team@byton.com by e-mail us if you wish to see the specific security precautions for the transfer of your data to other countries or if you wish to receive a copy of the EU standard contractual clauses.
We take precautions to protect your Personal Data from loss, destruction, falsification, manipulation and unauthorized access. The legal data protection regulations are of course always observed. We will neither pass on your Personal Data to third parties nor use them in any other way without your express consent. If you have given your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future. Our employees are bound to confidentiality. Should data be passed on to service providers within the framework of order data processing, they are also obliged to maintain confidentiality and are bound by data protection laws, other statutory provisions and this data protection declaration.
As you use our Website and App, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and usage patterns. It allows for tracking on-line behaviour in terms of time, geographic location and usage of this Website and App. This information is collected via tracking pixels and/or cookies. The information gained via tracking pixels and/or cookies is anonymous and will not be connected to Personal Data. We use this information solely for internal purposes, such as to improve our Website and App. BYTON does not share this information with any third party for its independent use.
We collect and store the IP address assigned to your computer in order to provide you with the contents of our Website and App requested by you (e.g. texts, images and product information). The legal basis insofar is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR. We furthermore collect those data for the detection and defence of misuse which is justified by Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR and is being conducted in order to ensure the proper functioning of our Website and App. Furthermore, we collect and process information about the browser type you use as well as date and time of access and use of our Website and App based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, in order to optimize our Website and App and our services.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection includes cookies and other technologies (such as pixel tags) that are typically used on any other Website and App you are accustomed to visiting. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser, but some of our Website and App functions may be disabled or not work properly if you block cookies.
We use “cookies” for optimizing our services.
“Cookies” are small files, typically of letters and numbers that we send to the cookie file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk by our web server. The main purpose of a cookie is to allow our web server to present the user with customized web pages that make the experience when visiting the BYTON Website and App more personal and better responding to the user’s individual needs.
Some cookies are important for the functionality of the Website and App and are automatically activated when visited by the users. Some cookies allow us to provide the user with services and functions that best suit their needs, and to tailor our service to them to ensure easy and fast operation of the Website and App.
Based on what function cookies have and the purpose for which cookies are used, there are deferent categories of cookies.
Essential Cookies enable our users to navigate the Website and use its features. Without these Cookies, the requested services cannot be provided.
Allow you to save your selection in the Vehicle Configurator.
Performance Cookies collect information on how users use our Website, e.g. which pages are opened more often. They help us to improve the functionality of our Website, see which areas are of greater interest to our customers, and to learn more about the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. All this helps us to offer our users the services and functions that best meet their needs.
Review non-person-related user behaviour, and thus improve our Website.
Functional/Performance Cookies are stored on the user's computer or device in-between browser sessions and enable a website to save information which has already been entered. They are used to maintain settings or preferences and to improve the use of the Website on the next visit. The Functional Cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your movements on other websites.
Some Functional or Performance Cookies are provided by authorized third-parties, but we do not allow cookies to be used for purposes other than those mentioned above.
Marketing Cookies deliver advertisings and further communications more relevant to your personal interests. Marketing Cookies may remember your visits on our Website. This information can also be shared with other partners including advertising technologies on websites as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. We also use these cookies in order to limit the number of adverts.
Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and limit the advertisement.
Please note that if you change your settings and block certain cookies, you will not be able to take full advantage of some features of our site, and we might not be able to provide some features you have previously chosen to use. To prevent this we recommend that Cookies are enabled. There are many on-line publications on cookies in case you want to read more (eg. under http://www.allaboutcookies.org).
We currently use Google Analytics of Google Inc to enable the functionality of our Website. The information received from Google Analytics is used only to improve our Website and the type of information displayed to Website visitors, so we can better serve those interested in BYTON. Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies". The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of the Website is normally transferred to a Google server in the USA, and is stored there. As the IP anonymize function is activated on our Website, your IP address will, within Member States of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, first be shortened by Google. Only in exceptional cases will Google transfer the full IP address to a Google server in the USA, and will shorten it there. On behalf of the operator of this Website, Google will use this information in order to analyse your usage of our Website, to compile reports on Website activities, and to provide further services to the Website provider relating to the usage of the Website and the internet. The IP address transferred by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics will not be combined by Google with other data. In case you prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly, you may possibly not be able to fully use all features on this Website. Furthermore, you can prevent collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the Website (including your IP address), as well as processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in provided under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We currently use Google Firebase Analytics of Google Inc to enable the functionality of our App. The information received from Google Firebase Analytics is used only to improve our App and the type of information displayed to App visitors, so we can better serve those interested in BYTON. Google Firebase Analytics is a free app measurement solution that provides insight on app usage and user engagement, provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Firebase uses tracking technologies that allow you to analyse your use of this APP, e.g. for performance monitoring, for error logs and for analysing user behaviour, such as which screens were viewed and which publications were opened how often. Firebase collects information about the use of the app and transfers it to Google in Ireland or the USA, where it is stored. The data is only collected anonymously and transmitted to Firebase. There is no link to other user data. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our app and to provide us with other services associated with the use of apps. For the personal data that is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU Privacy Shield. For more information about Google Firebase and privacy, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/ and firebase.google.com.
The Pushy Service makes use of log files, which track actions occurring on the Service. These log files may include data such as IP addresses, browser user agents, Internet service providers and any other data sent to The Pushy-Service, including data sent to Pushy’s API. The Service is hosted on servers located in the United States.
Pushy may use following Sub-Processors: Google, Inc. – Analytics ;Stripe, Inc. - Payment gateway and Amazon Web Service, Inc. - Cloud infrastructure.
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information Pushy hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. For more information, visit https://pushy.me/terms-and-privacy.
Nexmo by Vonage Holdings Corp.
We currently use Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform, to send you Text Messages on your mobile phone. Vonage Holdings Corp., including its corporate affiliates, is a global provider of cloud communications. For its business and residential customers, they offer a complete and fully-configured unified communications solution for the delivery of end-to-end communications via voice, video, text, mobile applications, and collaboration tools. Through the subsidiary Nexmo Inc., the Vonage API Platform, communications services in programmable modules delivered via APIs and SDKs are provided, enabling the customers to incorporate these services into their own applications to serve their own customers.
Nexmo Limited (company number 07935346) with a registered address of 5 New Street Square, London, England, EC4A 3TW.
Nexmo and its service providers may collect personal data and share it with third parties. You have the right to access personal information Nexmo holds about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. For more information, visit https://www.vonage.com/privacy-policy#section11.
The tags set up via the Google Tag Manger ensure the collection of data that is passed on to the target system. Because the data is only passed on, the system does not collect or store the data itself.
The Google Tag Manger triggers other tags that may themselves collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation has been made at the domain or cookie level, it will persist for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.
The Google Tag Manager is a cookie-free domain and therefore does not collect any Personal Data in this way. Tracking can nevertheless take place when using the service. The use of individual tags is recorded in the same way as the implementation method. Basically, the use of the Google Tag Manager is recorded and evaluated.
For further information about privacy of GTM please refer to: https://www.google.de/tagmanager/use-policy.html. Please see also the content explained under section Google Analytics.
We use Google AdWords Remarketing to advertise across the Internet. AdWords remarketing will display relevant ads tailored to you based on what parts of our Website you have viewed by placing a cookie on your machine.
This cookie does not in any way identify you or give access to your computer. The cookie is used to say “This person visited this page, so show them ads relating to that page.” Google AdWords Remarketing allows us to tailor our marketing to better suit your needs and only display ads that are relevant to you. Google has additional information available about their Remarketing Privacy Guidelines, and Restrictions.
This Website and the App my also contain links to other websites or to websites of our BYTON partners, affiliated companies or social media websites. When you click on such a link to any of such other BYTON or third party websites, please be aware that these websites have their own data privacy policies. BYTON provides access to the use of these external internet offers, but is not responsible for their contents, as he does not initiate the transmission of the information, does not select the addressee of the transmitted information and has not selected, changed or temporarily stored the transmitted information. When you leave https://www.byton.com, please check their privacy policies when using these websites.
Please be informed that BYTON cannot accept any responsibility or liability for third party websites.
If you activate the inactive Facebook/Instagram/Youtube/LinkedIn/ WhatsApp/Twitter Plug-in on our Website, your browser sets up a direct connection to the servers of Facebook/ Instagram/You Tube/WhatsApp/Twitter. The content of the plug-in is directly transferred by the social media providers to your browser and then integrated in the Website.
Therefore, you may contact BYTON also via our Social Media Channels. If you send us a message or post something on our Social Media Channels, we may use the information in your message or post to follow-up with you on the issue you contacted us for via the Social Media Channel which you used.
A social network is an Internet-based social meeting place, an online community that usually enables users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for the exchange of opinions and experiences or enables the Internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook enables users of the social network to create private profiles, upload photos and network via friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. The person responsible for processing personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, if a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada.
For an overview of Facebook web page elements and their look go to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.
Each time one of the individual pages of this Website, which is operated by us and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, is accessed, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the respective Facebook component to download a representation of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be found at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=en. As part of this technical process, Facebook obtains information about which specific subpage of our Website is visited by the person concerned.
If the person concerned is logged into Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes which specific subpage of our Website the person concerned is visiting each time the person visits our Website and for the entire duration of that person's stay on our Website. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the individual's Facebook account. If the data subject clicks one of the Facebook buttons integrated into our Website, such as the "Like" button, or if the data subject makes a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the data subject's personal Facebook user account and stores this personal data.
Facebook receives information through the Facebook component that the individual concerned has visited our Website whenever the individual concerned is logged into Facebook at the same time as accessing our Website, whether or not the individual clicks on the Facebook component. If the data subject does not choose to submit this information to Facebook in this way, he or she can prevent the submission by logging out of his or her Facebook account before visiting our Website.
The data policy published by Facebook, which is available at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains which settings Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the person concerned. In addition, various applications are available that make it possible to block data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the data subject to block data transmission to Facebook.
We use components of the Instagram service. Instagram is a service that qualifies as an audiovisual platform that allows users to share photos and videos and also to distribute such data on other social networks.
Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA. By each call of one of the single pages of this Website, on which an Instagram component (Insta button) has been integrated, Instagram gets information about which specific subpage of our Website is visited by the person concerned. The plug ins are marked with an Instagram logo. Website elements of Instagram are recognizable by the Instagram logo and lettering on the Website element itself.
If you are logged into Instagram at the same time, Instagram recognizes which specific subpage was visited each time you visit our Website and for the entire duration of your visit to our Website. This information is collected by the Instagram component and assigned to your Instagram account by Instagram. If you click on one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our Website, the data and information transferred will be assigned to your personal Instagram user account and stored and processed by Instagram. Instagram receives information from the Instagram component that you have visited our site whenever you are logged in to Instagram at the same time as you visit our site, regardless of whether you click on the Instagram component or not. If you do not agree to submit this information to Instagram in this way, Instagram may prevent you from doing so by logging out of your Instagram account before you visit our site.
For further information about privacy of Instagram please refer to https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and to https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.
We have integrated YouTube components into our Website. YouTube is an Internet video portal that allows video publishers to post video clips and other users to view, rate and comment on them free of charge. YouTube allows the publication of all types of videos, which is why complete film and television programmes, but also music videos, trailers or videos made by users themselves is accessible via the Internet portal.
Each time a YouTube component (YouTube video) has been integrated into one of the individual pages of this Website that is operated for us, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the respective YouTube component to download a representation of the corresponding YouTube component from YouTube. Further information on YouTube can be found at https://www.youtube.com/yt/about. As part of this technical process, YouTube and Google obtain information about which specific subpage of our Website is visited by the person concerned.
If the person concerned is logged in on YouTube at the same time, YouTube recognizes which specific subpage of our Website the person concerned is visiting by calling up a subpage containing a YouTube video. This information is collected by YouTube and Google and transferred to the respective YouTube account of the person concerned.
YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that the individual concerned has visited our Website whenever that individual is logged on YouTube at the same time as accessing our Website, whether or not that individual clicks on a YouTube video. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to YouTube and Google in this way, they may prevent it from being transmitted by logging out of their YouTube account before visiting our Website.
For an overview of YouTube webpage elements and their look go to: https://www. youtube.com. The data protection regulations published by YouTube, which are available at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
On smartphones and tablets, the aforementioned services are often not implemented through plug-ins, but through a device-internal "share" function. Depending on its settings, information can also be given to other social media service providers. Please refer to your device information for details.
Our Website continues to use the "share function" of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you click the LinkedIn "Share Button" (Plug-In), you will be redirected to your user account in a separate browser window - if you are logged in to your LinkedIn user account - and can share the electronic publication deposited on our Website with the addition of a comment. The plug-in establishes a direct connection between your browser and the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn receives the information that you have visited our Website with your IP address. It is also possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to our Website with you and your user account. We point out that we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted (personal) data and its use by LinkedIn.
We also use WhatsApp services while contacting you. WahtsApp supports the sending and receiving of a variety of media: text, photos, videos, documents, and location, as well as voice calls. Due to the official information on the website of WhatsApp the messages and calls are secured with end-to-end encryption, meaning that no third party including WhatsApp can read or listen to them. For more information about Whatsapp please see: https://www.whatsapp.com/about/.
The operator of WhatsApp is WhatsApp Inc., 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“WhatsApp“). The Messenger for WhatsApp Plug-In is marked with a WhatsApp logo. Elements of WhatsApp are recognizable by the WhatsApp logo and lettering on the website/smartphone element itself.
For further information about privacy of WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/.
We have integrated Twitter components into this Website. Twitter is a multilingual, publicly accessible microblogging service on which users can publish and distribute so-called tweets, i.e. short messages limited to 140 characters. These short messages are accessible by anyone, including those not registered on Twitter. The tweets are also accessible to the so-called followers of the respective user. Followers are other Twitter users who follow a user's tweets. Furthermore, Twitter makes it possible to address a broad audience via hashtags, links or retweets.
The operating company of Twitter is Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
Each time one of the individual pages of this Website is accessed, which is operated for us by the user and on which a Twitter component (Twitter button) has been integrated, the internet browser on the information technology system of the person concerned is automatically prompted by the respective Twitter component to download a display of the corresponding Twitter component from Twitter. Further information on the Twitter buttons can be found at https://about.twitter.com/de/resources/buttons. As part of this technical process, Twitter receives information about which specific subpage of our Website is visited by the person concerned. The purpose of integrating the Twitter component is to enable our users to redistribute the content of this site, to make this site known in the digital world and to increase our traffic.
If the person concerned is logged in to Twitter at the same time, Twitter recognizes which specific subpage of our Website the person concerned is visiting each time the person visits our Website and for the entire duration of that person's stay on our Website. This information is collected by the Twitter component and assigned by Twitter to the respective Twitter account of the person concerned. If the person concerned clicks on one of the Twitter buttons integrated into our Website, the data and information transmitted will be assigned to the personal Twitter user account of the person concerned and stored and processed by Twitter.
Twitter receives via the Twitter component information that the person concerned has visited our Website whenever he or she is logged in on Twitter at the same time as accessing our Website, regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Twitter component or not. If the data subject does not wish to transmit this information to Twitter in this way, he or she can prevent the transmission by logging out of his or her Twitter account before accessing our Website.
The Website and App do not provide services or sell products to children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18 years old, please do not enter any information into this Website and App and do not use this Website and App. If you are aware of any information we may have collected from a child under 18 years of age, please let us know so that we can delete that information.
We have implemented reasonable measures designed to secure your Personal Information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure. For example, we use security software to protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information. Your Personal Information is protected in several ways with firewalls, data encryption, physical security for our buildings, files and information contained therein and current industry standards. In addition, our business practices are reviewed periodically for compliance with policies and procedures governing the security and confidentiality of our information. Our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons only. Non-personal information that you provide or that we collect also resides on a secure server in our private infrastructure and is only accessible via password.
If you are in Europe, California, Hong Kong or Mainland China, please know that you will be connected to servers located outside of the European Union or the European Economic Area, California, Hong Kong and/or Mainland China which may or may not have data protections laws equivalent to the laws of your state or country of residence. By providing your information to us through the Website and App, you are consenting to the storage, transfer, and processing of your Personal Information in our foreign data servers in accordance with the relevant laws in those jurisdictions to the extent permissible under the law in your jurisdiction.
Your Personal Information is stored in our secure servers. You can request for access to, rectification, erasure, restriction and/or objection to processing of any or all of your Personal Information. You furthermore have the right to receive your Personal Information you have provided us with, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. This includes the right to demand transmission of those data to another controller without hindrance. Please contact “The Data Protection Officer in the Legal Department” team@byton.com to assert your abovementioned rights. In certain instances, you may be further required to verify your identification and/or completing correctly, and in entirety, any requisite data access form before we are able to process your request. Alternatively to the extent where your information is stored with your profile on our Website and App, you shall have full control over the accuracy of the information and have direct access to add, change, or delete your information directly on the Website and App.
California residents have the right to request specific disclosures about our privacy practices, including telling you about the information we share with third parties for marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact the Data Protection Officer in the legal department us at the addresses provided on our Website and App. In all such requests, please reference “California Privacy Rights Request for Third Party Information” in your letter and include your full name, street address, city, state and zip code. BYTON will not accept requests via telephone or facsimile or those that do not provide complete information.
As data subject, you have the right of information, right to correction, right to deletion (right to be forgotten), right to restriction of processing, right to data portability, right to object to processing of Personal Data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 (1) e) or f) GDPR or where the Personal Data are processed for direct marketing purposes in accordance with the applicable law.
You have the right to ask us for any information regarding your data that we keep at any time. This information concerns, among others, the data categories we process, for which purposes we process them, the origin of the data and, if applicable, the recipients to whom we have sent your data. You can obtain a copy of your data from us free of charge. If you are interested in additional copies, we reserve the right to charge for the additional copies.
You have the right to request the correction of your data at any time. We will initiate appropriate measures to keep your data that we continuously process correct, complete, and up to date, based the latest information available to us.
In case of filing of an objection to the processing.
You have the right to ask for the transfer your data to another responsible entity, where technically possible. Instead of receiving a copy of your data, you can ask us to send the data directly to another responsible entity indicated by you. Please not that this right only applies if the data processing is based on your consent or is required to fulfill a contract.
You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data at any time. In this event, we will no longer process your data. Please note that this does not apply if we are able to prove that there are compelling, defensible reasons for the processing or we require your data to assert, exercise or defend against legal claims.
If you are in Europe, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of Personal Data relating to you infringes the GDPR. Please contact us at team@byton.com and we will provide you with detailed information as regards the contact details of the respective supervisory authority.

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