Version 10 dated June 6, 2024
Privacy Policy for the Websites of Catchup Applications KG
Service Provider
Catchup Applications KG
Glockengießerwall 26
20095 Hamburg
datenschutz@catchup-apps.com
Data Protection Officer
Mr. Oliver Guderjahn
Kedua GmbH
datenschutz@catchup-apps.com
The service provider (“we”) take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and process it in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
With the following information (Privacy Policy), we provide you with an overview of the processing of your personal data when using our website.
1. General Use of the Website catchup-apps.com
In the following, we inform you about the processing (collection, storage, transmission, evaluation, blocking and deletion, encryption, anonymization and pseudonymization) of your personal data. This applies to the processing of your personal data when you use our website (including sub-websites).
1.1 General Information
When you visit our website, we collect the following personal data, which is technically necessary in order to access our or other websites:
IP address: Each request to our websites includes the IP address of the device from which the request was sent.
User-Agent string: The browser automatically sends information about the browser type and browser version, as well as the operating system, to us.
Timestamp: The exact time at which you access our websites is also recorded automatically.
HTTP header: This contains various technical information necessary for processing the request, such as language settings and data related to connection security.
We delete the mentioned data immediately after the purpose has been fulfilled, meaning after you have left our website. We do not process any personal data that would enable profiling or similar activities and operate according to the principle of data minimization.
1.2 Links to Other Websites
The practices set out in this privacy policy apply only to this website, our applications, and other specifically defined situations. Other websites operated by third parties may have different practices. Therefore, please review the privacy policies published on those websites when following links to third-party websites or visiting such sites. We have no control over these websites and assume no responsibility or liability for the practices pursued by third parties.
1.3 WordPress Plugins Statify
1.4 Newsletter
If you have registered for our newsletter, the contact data you have entered in the registration form and the confirmed double opt-in will be processed by Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin. The data processing takes place on the basis of your consent. No analysis of interactions with the newsletter is processed. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking on “Unsubscribe” at the end of the newsletter.
1.5 Language Settings
This website uses the plugin “WordPress Multilingual” from the company OnTheGoSystems Ltd. The plugin stores your language settings for 24 hours as soon as you actively switch from the default language “German” to another language. This information is deleted after this period and is not further processed. Storing your language preference is necessary so that you do not have to adjust the language repeatedly each time you visit subpages.
2. Special Processing Situation: Contract Execution
The processing of all relevant personal data for contract execution takes place for the initiation, performance, or termination of contractual relationships (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). The personal data processed by us for contract fulfillment will be stored until the expiration of legal retention periods and then deleted, unless we are obliged to store it for a longer period or you have consented to further storage (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
3. Special Processing Situation: Free Initial Consultation / Short Consultation
If you contact us via our contact form to arrange a free initial consultation, we necessarily process your name, the relevant company, and your email address in order to handle your inquiry. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, the pre-contractual measure. If you also provide us voluntarily with your phone number, your position in the company, and your availability, you thereby give us permission to process this data for your inquiry. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. We will not share your data without your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. Once the purpose of data processing has been fulfilled, your data will be deleted or destroyed by us.
4. Special Processing Situation: General Information and Contact Requests
If you contact us by mail, email, through our apps, or by other means for the purpose of getting in touch, we process certain personal data about you depending on the type of contact, including but not limited to: name/company, address, email address, and message content. The legal basis for this is your consent according to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. By contacting us via one of these methods, you give us your consent to process this data for handling your inquiry. Your data will not be shared with third parties without your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. Once the purpose of data processing has been fulfilled, your data will be deleted or destroyed by us.
If you send us ideas, comments, or feedback via the contact form or by other means, you hereby waive any rights you may have to this information. We are not bound by any confidentiality obligations and may use, modify, or otherwise process this information anonymously at any time. Under no circumstances do you have a claim for compensation against us.
5. Special Processing Situation: Job Applications
If you send us your application for a advertised position, your application documents will be processed based on Article 88 GDPR in conjunction with § 26 (1) sentence 1 no. 1 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). If you include a photo with your application, you do so voluntarily and thus give your consent to the collection and storage of your application photo (Art. 88 in conjunction with § 26 (2) BDSG). We have a strong interest in conducting and completing a proper application process. This also includes refuting any discrimination claims related to the completion of the application process, which is why your application documents will only be deleted 3 months after rejection. Longer storage of your application documents will only take place with your explicit consent, in order to consider you for future job openings if applicable. For unsolicited applications, deletion occurs within a maximum of 12 months after receipt of your application documents, even without a rejection.
6. Transfer of Personal Data to Countries Outside the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA)
When we transfer personal data to countries outside the EU that do not provide an equivalent level of data protection, we rely on a Commission adequacy decision (Art. 45 GDPR), appropriate safeguards (Art. 46 GDPR), or the exception clauses for transfers to third countries under Art. 49 GDPR.
7. Data Processing on Behalf (or Contractual Data Processing)
If we engage external service providers whose core task is to process personal data we hold on our behalf, we conclude a data processing agreement / data protection agreement with them. These external service providers are carefully selected and regularly monitored by us. They process personal data only on our behalf and strictly according to our instructions, based on the respective data processing agreement / data protection agreement (Art. 28 GDPR). For the processing of personal data that we carry out on behalf of a controller, we provide sufficient guarantees that we implement appropriate technical and/or organizational measures to ensure that the processing complies with legal requirements and that the protection of the rights of the data subjects is ensured by the controller.
8. Log-In Area
If you log in on our homepage, we store a “cookie” in your browser. You need this cookie to navigate within your login area without having to log in again on each new page visit. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) to ensure you can use our services smoothly.
9. Data Security, Data Integrity
To protect your personal data, we take appropriate technical and/or organizational measures to prevent unintended or unlawful destruction/loss, alteration, or disclosure of your personal data. The personal data we process are relevant for the intended purposes of use, and we take appropriate measures to ensure that the personal data is complete and up to date for its intended use. Nevertheless, we ask for your cooperation to help ensure the accuracy and completeness of your data at all times.
Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may have security vulnerabilities. We support the state of the art, meaning TLS encryption for email communication. However, if your email system does not support TLS, end-to-end encryption cannot be ensured, so comprehensive protection of the data from third-party access is not possible.
10. Storage of Personal Data
Unless otherwise stated in this privacy policy, personal data will only be stored as long as it is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it is processed. If personal data is no longer necessary, it will be deleted, and in any case, deletion will take place in accordance with the legal requirements.
11. Recipients of Personal Data
Unless otherwise stipulated in this privacy policy, any further transmission to recipients for the purposes mentioned above occurs only to
- Service providers for the operation of our company;
- Authorities, governmental regulators, or other law enforcement agencies and courts, insofar as this is legally required or permitted, or if enforced by a binding order (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or under other legal provisions).
No further transmission of your personal data takes place unless it is related to the purposes stated above. If necessary, we will always inform you in advance and give you the opportunity to decide whether we may use your personal data in this different manner or not.
12. Your Rights
You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, and transfer your personal data, as well as the right to object to automated decision-making; subject to limitations under applicable law. For the processing activities based on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR or for advertising purposes, you have the right to object at any time. The contact point mentioned above accepts your requests.
13. Contact Details
This privacy policy serves as a supplement to our Terms of Use for catchup-apps.com. If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at: datenschutz@catchup-apps.com
If you believe that we have not adequately addressed your complaint, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Changes to this privacy policy may be made to comply with technical and legal adjustments.