1. Privacy at a glance
General notes
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.
Data collection on this website
Who is responsible for data collection?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details under "Notice on the responsible body" below.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us — for example via a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems (e.g. browser, operating system, time of page request).
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your usage behaviour. If contracts can be concluded or initiated via the website, the transmitted data is also processed for contract performance.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
2. Hosting
External hosting
This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.
External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract performance with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg ("AWS"). When you visit our website, your personal data is processed on AWS servers. Personal data may also be transferred to AWS's parent company in the USA. Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU standard contractual clauses. Details: https://aws.amazon.com/de/privacy/.
Cloudflare
We use the "Cloudflare" service. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. As a result, the information transfer between your browser and our website is technically routed via Cloudflare's network. Details: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
3. General information and mandatory information
Notice on the responsible body
The body responsible for data processing on this website is:
Maurice Zomorrodi
Elephant Technologies GmbH
Donaustraße 44
12043 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 308 3790839
Email: momo@elephantcompany.co
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses).
Retention period
Unless a more specific retention period is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing it (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods).
General notes on the legal bases of data processing
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR if special data categories are processed. If your data is required to fulfil a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Processing may also be based on our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Withdrawing your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can withdraw consent that has already been given at any time. The lawfulness of data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 (1) (E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA.
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged violation.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format.
Information, correction and deletion
Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, where applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data.
SSL/TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this site uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Our internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Consent with ConsentManager
Our website uses the consent technology of ConsentManager to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device. The provider is Jaohawi AB, Håltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västerås, Sweden. Further information is available at: https://www.consentmanager.de.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data is not merged with other data sources. Collection takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Contact form
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
HubSpot CRM
We use HubSpot CRM on this website. The provider is HubSpot Inc., 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA. HubSpot CRM enables us, among other things, to manage existing and potential customers and to communicate with you. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy.
5. Analytics tools and advertising
Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, store cookies or carry out independent analyses.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour of website visitors. Use is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
IP anonymisation
On this website, IP anonymisation is activated. As a result, your IP address is 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 to the USA.
6. Newsletter
Newsletter dispatch to existing customers
If you order goods or services from us and provide your email address, we may subsequently use this email address to send you a newsletter, provided we inform you in advance. You can unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time using a link at the end of every email.
7. Plug-ins and tools
Google Fonts
This site uses so-called Google Fonts, provided by Google, for the consistent display of fonts. When you load a page, your browser loads the required fonts into your browser cache. Use is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Further information: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.