Dear visitors to our internet portal, we want to ensure you feel safe and comfortable when visiting our web pages. Below, we will inform you about how we handle your data.
Responsible Party
With the following privacy notices, we, Konsole Labs GmbH, Gritznerstraße 42, D-12163 Berlin, explain which personal data we collect about you when you visit us at our website www.konsole-labs.com or use our online services. You will also learn how we use the data.
The responsible party in terms of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:
KONSOLE LABS GmbH
Gritznerstraße 42
12163 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30 23634838
Email: info@konsole.org
Website: www.konsole.org
What these Privacy Policies Regulate
These privacy policies regulate the handling of personal data. They describe which personal data we collect when you use our website and how we use this data. Personal data are details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as your name, address, phone number, or date of birth. Statistical information that cannot be directly or indirectly linked to you – such as the popularity of individual pages of our offer or the number of users of a page – are not considered personal data.
Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user visits a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our internet site require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.
The following data is stored and transmitted in the cookies:
(1) Language settings
We also use cookies on our website that allow an analysis of the users' surfing behavior.
In this way, the following data can be transmitted:
(1) Entered search terms
(2) Use of website features
When accessing our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and his consent to the processing of personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, there is also a reference to this privacy policy.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is, in the presence of the user's consent, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.
For the following applications, we need cookies:
(1) Adoption of language settings
The user data collected through technically necessary cookies are not used to create user profiles.
The use of analysis cookies is for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and thus we can continuously optimize our offer.
Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted from there to our site. Therefore, as a user, you have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.
Creation of Log Files
Each time our website is accessed, Konsole automatically collects data and information through an automated system. This data is stored in the server's log files.
The following data can be collected:
Information about the browser type and version used
The user's operating system
The Internet Service Provider of the user
The user's IP address
Date and time of access
Websites from which the user's system reaches our website (Referrer)
Websites accessed by the user's system through our website
The processing of the data serves to deliver the contents of our website, to ensure the functionality of our information technology systems, and to optimize our website. The data of log files are always stored separately from other personal data of users.
Encryption
To protect your data from unwanted access, we use an encryption procedure on our sites. Your data is then transferred from your computer to the server and vice versa over the Internet using 256-bit TLS encryption (Transport Layer Security Version 1.2). You can recognize this by the fact that the lock symbol on your browser's status bar is closed and the address line begins with https://.
To protect your data from unwanted access, we use an encryption procedure on our sites. Your data is then transferred from your computer to the server and vice versa over the Internet using 256-bit TLS encryption (Transport Layer Security Version 1.2). You can recognize this by the fact that the lock symbol on your browser's status bar is closed and the address line begins with https://.
Newsletter
Our website offers the option to subscribe to a free newsletter. During the subscription to the newsletter, the data from the input mask is transmitted to us.
Only the user's email address is stored.
The following data is also collected during registration:
(1) The IP address of the calling computer
(2) Date and time of registration
Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data during the registration process and reference is made to this privacy policy.
In connection with the processing of data for the sending of newsletters, no data is passed on to third parties. The data will only be used for sending the newsletter.
There is no transfer of data to third parties. No data is processed outside the European Union.
The newsletter is sent based on the user's registration on the website.
The legal basis for processing the data after the user subscribes to the newsletter, if consent has been given by the user, is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The collection of the user's email address serves to deliver the newsletter.
The collection of other personal data during the registration process serves to prevent misuse of the services or the email address used.
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. Therefore, the user's email address will be stored as long as the subscription to the newsletter is active.
The other personal data collected during the registration process will generally be deleted after a period of seven days.
The subscription to the newsletter can be canceled by the affected user at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in every newsletter.
This also allows a revocation of the consent to the storage of personal data collected during the registration process.
Contact Form and Email Contact
Our website includes a contact form that can be used for electronic contact. If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and saved. This data includes:
Name
Email address
At the time the message is sent, the following data is also stored:
(1) The user's IP address
(2) Date and time of registration
Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data during the sending process and reference is made to this privacy policy.
Alternatively, contact can be made via the provided email address. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the email will be stored.
In this context, there is no disclosure of data to third parties. The data is used exclusively for processing the conversation.
The legal basis for processing the data, if consent has been given by the user, is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The legal basis for processing the data transmitted in the course of sending an email is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the email contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
The processing of personal data from the input mask serves us solely to process the contact. In the case of contact via email, this also constitutes the necessary legitimate interest in processing the data.
The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
No data is passed on to third parties. No data is processed outside the European Union.
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. For the personal data from the input mask of the contact form and those sent by email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation is ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved.
The additional personal data collected during the sending process will be deleted no later than seven days after their collection.
The user has the option at any time to revoke his consent to the processing of personal data. If the user contacts us by email, he can object to the storage of his personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued.
The consent can be revoked at any time by the provider. To do this, the affected person must send an email with "Revocation of consent" and his name to the following email address: data-protection@konsole.org. All personal data stored in the course of contact will be deleted in this case.
Use of Matomo
For the needs-based design of our website, we create pseudonymous user profiles using Piwik based on Article 6(1)(f) General Data Protection Regulation. Piwik is a product of Innocraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011
Wellington, New Zealand, Email: contact@innocraft.com. Matomo uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer to help analyze how you use the website. For this purpose, the usage information generated by the cookie (including your shortened IP address) is transmitted to our server and stored for usage analysis purposes. Your IP address is immediately anonymized during this process, so you remain anonymous to us as a user. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties.
You can object to the creation of pseudonymous user profiles at any time. There are several ways to do this:
One way to object to web analysis by Matomo is to set an opt-out cookie, which tells Matomo not to store or use your data for analysis purposes. Please note that web analysis will not occur as long as the opt-out cookie is stored by the browser. If you would like to set the opt-out cookie now, please click here.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software.
Depending on the browser you use, you have the option of installing a browser plugin that prevents tracking. To do this, please click here and install the available browser plugin.
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). The use includes the "Universal Analytics" operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions, and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID, thus analyzing a user's activities across devices.
Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is § 15 Abs. 3 TMG or Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information 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 the website operator. The purposes of the data processing lie in the evaluation of the use of the website and in the compilation of reports on activities on the website. Based on the use of the website and the internet, further related services shall be provided.
The processing lies in our legitimate interest in the data processing, which is to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on website activities.
The data sent by us and linked with cookies, user identifiers (e.g., user ID), or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month. For more details on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.
You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. Furthermore, you can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must opt-out on all systems used.
Depending on the browser you use, you have the option to install a browser plugin that prevents tracking. Please click here to install the available browser plugin.
Social Media Services
Our website includes links to social media services of Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, Xing, Pinterest, Youtube, and Foursquare.
Following these links will take you to Konsole's presence on each respective social media service. Please note that activating a link may result in certain data being transmitted to the social media service provider. This can include:
The address of the website where the activated link is located
The date and time the website was accessed or the link was activated
Information about the browser and operating system used
The IP address
If you are logged into the respective social media service at the time the link is activated, the provider of the social media service may also be able to determine your username and possibly even your real name from the transmitted data. This data can also be processed by the provider of the social media service in countries outside the European Union. We have no influence on the scope, nature, and purpose of data processing by the provider of the social media service.
Please note that the provider of the social media service is able to create pseudonymized or even individualized usage profiles with the above-mentioned data.
The servers of the social media services are located in the USA and other countries outside the European Union. Please be aware that companies in these countries are subject to a data protection law that generally does not protect personal data to the same extent as in the member states of the European Union. Further information on the use of your data by the social media services integrated on our website can be found in the privacy policy of the respective social media service.
For embedding videos, the provider YouTube is used. YouTube is operated by YouTube LLC, headquartered at 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube is represented by Google Inc., located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. We use embedded YouTube videos in extended data protection mode. This means: YouTube does not store any cookies for a user who displays a website with an embedded YouTube video player but does not click on the video to start playback. If the YouTube video player is clicked, YouTube may store cookies on the user's computer, but no personal cookie information for embedded video playback is stored. Please refer to YouTube's general privacy policy for more details.
For further information on data processing and privacy by YouTube (Google), please click here.
Rocket.Chat
The purpose of processing personal data is to operate the messaging service Rocket.Chat for Konsole Labs. Personal data is only processed to the extent necessary for the operation of the service, including its security.
The Rocket.Chat server runs on Konsole Labs' servers and is operated in Hetzner's data center.
Rocket.Chat uses cookies that are stored on your PC and are necessary for the use of the service.
The use of Rocket.Chat is for contacting purposes and is not mandatory to send a message to Konsole.
How Do We Protect Your Personal Data?
Your personal data is transmitted securely by encryption when placing an order or when signing up for your personal access. We use the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) coding system for this purpose. Hence, your data cannot be read by outsiders. We secure our websites and other systems by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification, or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons. You should always keep your access information confidential and close the browser window when you have finished communicating with us, especially if you share the computer with others.
Your Rights as a User
As a user, you have the right to request information about which data we store about you and for what purpose it is stored. Additionally, you can correct incorrect data or delete data whose storage is either not permitted or no longer necessary. You have the right to data portability. Moreover, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority about the ongoing data processing. The competent supervisory authority for Konsole is the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Friedrichstr. 219, 10969 Berlin, email: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de.
Right to Object
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data which is based on Article 6(1) lit. e or f GDPR. The data controller will no longer process your personal data unless they can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
Additionally, you have the right to revoke your data protection consent at any time. Revoking consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Data Transfer to Third Parties
Konsole uses service providers to perform certain services and to process your data (including for website analysis) (data processing according to Art. 28 General Data Protection Regulation). The service providers process the data exclusively upon the instruction of Konsole and have been obliged to comply with the applicable data protection laws. All processors were carefully selected and only have access to your data to the extent and for the period necessary for the provision of services or to the extent to which you have consented to the data processing and use.
Legal Basis for Processing
Where we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing personal data, Article 6(1) lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.
For processing personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as processing of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Article 6(1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override the first interest, Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing. The legitimate interest of our company lies in the conduct of our business.
Duration of Storage of Personal Data
Personal data is stored for the duration of the respective legal retention period. After the period expires, the data is routinely deleted, provided it is no longer necessary for initiating a contract or fulfilling the contract.
Contact Forms
You have the option to contact us via electronic mail at info@konsole.org
and by telephone. Furthermore, a contact form is available for you. The data collected during this process will only be used to process your respective request. Data is only passed on to third parties to the extent necessary for processing your request. The legal basis for the use of your data collected in this process is Article 6(1) lit. f General Data Protection Regulation. Konsole has a legitimate interest in being in contact with the users of the website and answering questions sent or information requested.
Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer
The data protection officer of the controller is:
Rainer Burkert
Harthaer Str. 3
01169 Dresden
Email: data-protection@konsole.org
By providing detailed information on data handling practices, Konsole Labs GmbH aims to maintain transparency and ensure users' privacy rights are respected and protected. Users are encouraged to exercise their rights regarding their personal data, including the right to access, rectification, deletion, and objection to processing, ensuring a high level of control over their personal information in accordance with GDPR regulations.