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1) Introduction and Contact Details of the Data Controller

1.1 Introduction

We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to all data that can personally identify you.

1.2 Contact Details of the Data Controller

The data controller responsible for processing data on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is nanopool GmbH, Zum Felsacker 76, 66773 Schwalbach, Germany, Tel.: 06831-8902712, Email: info@nanopool.eu. The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website

2.1 Server Log Files

When you use our website for purely informational purposes, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we collect only the data that your browser transmits to the server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website:

  • The website visited
  • Date and time of access
  • Amount of data sent in bytes
  • Source/reference from which you came to the page
  • Browser used
  • Operating system used
  • IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

2.2 SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the data controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

3) Cookies

To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are deleted automatically after closing the browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your device longer and allow us to save your site settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). You can find the storage duration in the overview of the cookie settings in your web browser.

Insofar as personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of consent, or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.

You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally.

Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.

4) Contacting Us

When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The data collected in the case of a contact form is evident from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact aims at concluding a contract, an additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after the final processing of your inquiry, provided that no legal storage obligations oppose this.

5) Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising

MailChimp

Our email newsletters are sent via this provider: The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

Based on our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provided during newsletter registration to this provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR so that they can handle the newsletter dispatch on our behalf.

With your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the provider also conducts a statistical evaluation of the success of newsletter campaigns using web beacons or tracking pixels in the sent emails, which can measure opening rates and specific interactions with the contents of the newsletter. Device information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and evaluated, but not merged with other data inventories.

You can revoke your consent to newsletter tracking at any time with effect for the future.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that protects the data of our site visitors and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

6) Site Functionalities

6.1 YouTube

This website uses plugins for displaying and playing videos from the following provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data can also be transferred to: Google LLC, USA.

When you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of the provider to load the plugin. This transmits certain information, including your IP address, to the provider.

If the playback of embedded videos is started via the plugin, the provider also uses cookies to collect information about user behavior, create playback statistics, and prevent misuse.

If you are logged into an account with the provider during your site visit, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. To avoid this association, you must log out of your account before clicking the playback button.

All the aforementioned processing, especially the setting of cookies for retrieving information on the device used, only occurs if you have given us your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deactivating this service through the “Cookie-Consent-Tool” provided on the website.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

6.2 Google reCAPTCHA

We use the CAPTCHA service from the following provider on this website: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

Data can also be transferred to: Google LLC, USA. The provider uses “Google Fonts,” fonts loaded from Google over the internet, for the visual design of the captcha window. No additional information beyond what is already transmitted through the functionality of reCAPTCHA is processed.

The service checks whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively by automated and mechanical processing, blocking spam, DDoS attacks, and similar automated harmful accesses. To ensure that an action is carried out by a human and not an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the device used, recognition data of the browser and operating system type used, as well as the date and duration of the visit, and transmits this information to the provider’s servers for evaluation.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the internet and preventing misuse and spam in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

For data transfers to the USA, the provider has joined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection levels based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission.

7) Tools and Miscellaneous

Cookie-Consent-Tool

This website uses a “cookie-consent tool” to obtain effective user consents for consent-requiring cookies and cookie-based applications. The “cookie-consent tool” is displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface upon page access, where consents for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be granted by ticking boxes. The tool ensures that only consent-requiring cookies are set on the user’s device if the user has given their respective consent.

The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed in this context.

If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for storage, allocation, or logging of cookie settings, this is done based on our legitimate interest in a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of our internet presence in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Another legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. We are legally obliged to make the use of technically non-essential cookies dependent on the user’s consent.

If necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

Further information about the operator and the settings options of the cookie-consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on our website.

8) Rights of the Data Subject

8.1 Data Subject Rights

Under applicable data protection law, you have the following rights regarding the processing of your personal data, which the data controller must respect (access and intervention rights), with the respective legal basis provided:

  • Right of access according to Art. 15 GDPR;
  • Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR;
  • Right to erasure according to Art. 17 GDPR;
  • Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR;
  • Right to notification according to Art. 19 GDPR;
  • Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR;
  • Right to withdraw consent according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR;
  • Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR.

8.2 Right to Object

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

9) Duration of Storage of Personal Data

The duration of storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, processing purpose, and, if applicable, additional statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods).

When processing personal data based on explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, the data will be stored until you revoke your consent.

If statutory retention periods apply to data processed within the framework of legal or quasi-legal obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided they are no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or there is no legitimate interest on our part in further storage.

When processing personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object according to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Unless otherwise indicated in the specific information of this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.