Source: https://www.earsandeyes.com/en/privacy/
Timestamp: 2019-04-22 04:01:29+00:00

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Please note that this content has been automatically translated. The original German version can be found here.
We adhere strictly to the legal requirements for the protection of personal data and commit ourselves as a market research institute to the quality standards of the professional associations (BVM, ADM, ESOMAR).
We use the latest technical and organizational security measures to protect your privacy.
In principle, we process personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary to provide a functioning website as well as our content and services. Personal data is all data that personally identifies you.
Other information is collected as you voluntarily share it with us. Some functions on this website, such as contact forms and newsletter subscription require the submission of certain personal data in order to provide you with the respective function.
All data collection will be explained separately in detail below.
We will never knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 16 without the consent of the legal guardian. We ask persons under the age of 16 not to provide us with any personal information without the consent of their legal guardians.
Personal data will be stored and processed solely for the specified purposes and will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, unless we are required to do so by law or by court order.
We reserve the right to transfer your personal data to authorized sources without your consent, if necessary, in order to defend ourselves against attacks which constitute criminal offenses or which are likely to impair or cancel the functionality of our website.
We only store your personal data for as long as necessary. We will delete the personal data relating to you or restrict its processing if the purpose for storage no longer applies, or at your request.
If deletion conflicts with statutory retention periods (such as commercial or tax obligations), the data will be kept locked as required and will not be processed for other purposes. After expiration of the deadline, the data will be deleted, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for a contract or fulfillment of the contract.
The responsible body for the collection and processing of your personal data on this website is EARSandEYES GmbH, represented by Susanne Maisch and Frank Lüttschwager, Oberstraße 14 B, 20144 Hamburg, phone: +49 40/822 240-0, e-mail: info@earsandeyes.com.
Responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or in concert with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion: You have the right to free information on your stored personal data, their origin, recipients and the purpose of the data processing and a right to correct incorrect data in the context of applicable law, restriction of processing or deletion of your personal data.
Right of withdrawal: You can contact us at any time to revoke any consent given to us. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right of objection: You can object to the future processing of your personal data in accordance with legal requirements at any time. The objection may in particular be made against processing for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Data Portability: You have the right to have data processed by us on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another person in charge, this will only be done to a technically feasible extent.
Exercise of your rights: Please contact us by e-mail or mail at the above addresses for further information on privacy issues. If you see any of your rights violated by this website, please contact us immediately for clarification and correction.
Storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, we use this data in aggregated form for general statistical analysis and optimization of our website. The data is not linked to other data sources and can not be assigned to specific persons.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures.
You have the possibility to contact us via a contact form on our website or via our e-mail address. The data transmitted by you in these ways (e.g. name, e-mail address, application documents) are stored and used, unless otherwise agreed, exclusively for the processing of your request and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent. You can object to the storage of your personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot continue.
The data remain with us until you ask us for deletion or the purpose for the data storage ceases to exist. Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected. Contractual obligations shall also remain unaffected if the data are necessary to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures.
The processing of the data transmitted when you contact us is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in enabling the user to establish contact and receive guidance. If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (processing to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures).
On our website you have the possibility to request documents (e.g. study results, whitepapers or guides) as downloads. The prerequisite for obtaining these materials is usually the subscription to our e-mail newsletter. Our free newsletter informs you at least once a month about our activities, current studies and other topics related to market research. You also have the option of registering for the newsletter using the appropriate forms without downloading.
To sign up for the newsletter, we need a valid e-mail address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and agree to receive our e-mails (“Double opt-in method”). At the same time, we store your current IP address as well as the date and time of registration in case of misuse. Further data are not collected or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data solely for the stated purpose, namely the sending of the newsletter and, if necessary, the requested download document, and do not pass it on to third parties without your consent.
For subscribing to and sending newsletters and download offers, we use CleverReach, a service with which newsletter delivery can be organized and analyzed. Provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede.
The data transmitted by you for the purpose of download request and newsletter subscription (e.g. e-mail address) will be stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany or Ireland.
Note: There are cases where we forward the newsletter recipients to pages on the CleverReach website, such as when opening the newsletter in the web browser. In this context, we point out that CleverReach websites may use web analytics tools that we have no control over.
The collected data serve us to tailor newsletter content to your individual interests. The processing of this information is largely automated; a disclosure to third parties does not occur.
Note: Even without your consent to receiving personalized content, CleverReach may, for technical reasons, be able to identify certain characteristics of your newsletter usage behavior. We have no influence on this.
For more information on how CleverReach analyzes newsletter data, visit https://www.cleverreach.com/en/features/reporting-tracking/.
If you want to completely prevent a data analysis by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the e-mail newsletter. For this we provide in each newsletter message a corresponding link. Alternatively, you may revoke your consent to the reception of the newsletter or the collection of data for sending personalized content at any time for the future by sending an informal e-mail to us or by posting a message through our contact form free of charge. In this way, you can also exercise your right of opposition if the processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests.
The processing of the data entered into the registration form is based on your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR). The use of the newsletter service provider CleverReach, the performance of statistical surveys and analyses as well as the logging of the registration procedure are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interests are to use a user-friendly and secure newsletter and e-mail system that serves our business interests as well as the users’ expectations.
If you purchase services on our website, your e-mail address may be used by us to send a newsletter. In such a case, the newsletter will only consist of direct advertisement for our own similar services. The legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods or services is para. 7 lit. 3 UWG. You can object to receiving direct mail at any time by sending us an informal e-mail.
Data Processing: We have entered into an agreement with CleverReach for the processing of personal data and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using CleverReach.
If you want to leave feedback on our site, you must provide personal information (name, e-mail address) that will be used exclusively for this purpose. Your e-mail address will not be published and will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent. The comments and associated data are stored and remain visible on our website for all visitors until the commented content has been completely deleted or the comments must be deleted for legal reasons.
The comments are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in providing an engaging online offering with interactive features that provide the opportunity for professional exchange and free expression of users.
When using this website, so-called “cookies” are set. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are designed to allow the visitor a more personalized presentation of the site, to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. After leaving the page and closing your browser, these cookies are usually automatically deleted. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. However, you may not be able to access the full functionality of our website. For information on the cookie settings of your browser, please refer to the corresponding help / info pages of your browser.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions that you wish to use are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR saved. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services.
Our safety precautions are state-of-the-art and comply with high, recognized industry standards. Our servers are located in Germany and are subject to the strict German standards for data protection and security.
To ensure that the data that you wish to transmit to us (e.g. via the contact form) is not read by third parties, we have activated TLS encryption on our site. An encrypted connection can be recognized by the “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser bar. We point out, however, that complete protection against access by third parties in internet-based data transmission is not possible.
Our website contains links to other websites to which this privacy statement does not extend. The linked external sites each have their own privacy policies and procedures that we have no control over.
Our website links to social networking services such as Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, and XING. We have not integrated any social plugins of the service providers, therefore no data is transmitted to the social media providers when visiting our website. Only when you click on one of the links or linked graphics, data is transmitted to the respective service provider and stored by them. If you do not want social media providers to collect data about and associate them with your membership data, please log out of your social media account before clicking social media links. For more information on collection, processing, use and your rights and protections, please refer to the privacy statements of each social media service provider.
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
We have activated the function IP anonymization on this website. As a result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. According to Google, the IP address provided by Google Analytics within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.
You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics. This is the recommended way for visitors on mobile devices. Please note that you must again object to the storage if you remove the cookies in your browser.
More information on how to handle user data in Google Analytics can be found at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en and at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both their website and advertising.
We’ve signed a data processing agreement with Google and are fully implementing the strict requirements of German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
With reCAPTCHA we want to check whether the data entry is done in a contact form on our website by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor according to various characteristics as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (for example, the IP address, the website visitor’s visit time on the website, or user mouse movements). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.
The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its properties from abusive automated spying and spam.
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, a Google brand. Site operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
EARSandEYES uses the so-called “extended privacy mode” when integrating the videos. According to YouTube, this will not connect to YouTube’s servers or transfer site visit information until the user plays the video. When you play the video and are logged in to your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) for consistent font representation. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. To do this, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. As a result, Google learns that our website has been accessed via your IP address. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer.
The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. EARSandEYES has no influence on this data transfer.

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