DATA PRIVACY POLICY of AMC
We are delighted that you have visited our Internet site and are pleased by your interest in our platform. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. Personal data are information about the personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable, natural person. These include the civilian name, address, telephone number and the date of birth, although also all other data that can be assigned to an identifiable person. As personal data enjoy special protection under law, they are only recorded by us if this is necessary for the provision of our Internet site and the promotion of our services. We explain to you below which personal information we record during your visit to our Internet site and how we use these data. Our data protection policy conforms to legal regulations, in particular those of the Federal Act on Data Protection (BDSG), the Telemedia Act (TMG) and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will solely record, process and save your personal data insofar as this is required to provide the proper functions of this Internet site and our contents and services, although also to answer your inquiries and, if appropriate, to process orders / contracts, but only insofar as a justified interest exists for this in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 P.1 Letter f GDPR or some other permitting circumstance. We only use your data for further-going purposes determined exactly in the consent, e.g. for sending promotional information by newsletter, if you have issued your consent separately beforehand.
The responsible office in the sense of the GDPR, other domestic data protection laws of the Member States and other provisions of data privacy laws is:
AMC - Actuarial Media Center GmbH
Hohenstaufenring 47–51
D-50674 Cologne
email: info@aktuar.de
phone: +49 (0) 221 / 912 554-0
Fax: +49 (0) 221 / 912 554-44
When you call-up our Internet site, our systems automatically record data and information from the referring computer system.
The following data are recorded during this process:
Scope of data processing
These data are stored in our system’s log files. These data are not merged with the personal data of an actual user, so that it is not possible to identify individual visitors to the site.
Legal basis for processing personal data
Art. 6 Para.1 Letter f GDPR (justified interest). Our justified interest is in ensuring that the objective described below is achieved.
Purpose of data processing
Logging is performed to retain the compatibility of our Internet site for all visitors, if possible, to combat misuse and to rectify disturbances. In this respect, it is necessary to log the technical data of the accessing computer in order to react at the earliest possible stage to depiction errors, attacks on our IT systems and/or errors in the proper functioning of our Internet site. In addition, the data serve the purpose of optimising the website and of generally ensuring the security of our technical information systems.
Duration of storage
The aforesaid technical data are deleted as soon as they are no longer required to ensure the compatibility of the Internet site for all visitors, although at the latest 3 months after our Internet site has been called-up.
Options of objection and rectification
The options of objection and rectification are governed by the general regulations on the right of objection and the claim to deletion under data protection law described below in this declaration of data protection. :
Our Internet site offers you a variety of functions. During the use of these, we record, process and save personal data. We explain below what happens to your data.
Purpose of data processing
On our Internet site, you have the opportunity to use a separate log-in area. If you have forgotten your password or your user name for this area, there is an opportunity to resend these data after entering your contact data (e-Mail address) beforehand. The usage data arising in the context of use of the log-in area are only recorded, saved and processed by us to combat misuse, to rectify disturbances and to retain proper functioning. These data are not used for other purposes or forwarded to third parties.
Duration of storage
Your assessment is saved without limit by time and published. We reserve the right of deletion without having to state reasons and without previous or subsequent information. Duration of storage. The data recorded in the course of the 'Forgotten user name or password' function are only used for resending the forgotten access data.
Options of objection and rectification
The options of objection and rectification are governed by the general regulations on the right of objection and the claim to deletion under data protection law described below in this declaration of data protection.
When this Internet site or individual files on the Internet site are called-up, we record, process and save the following data: IP address, the web site from which the file was called-up, the name of the file, the date and time of call-up, the data volume transmitted and a message concerning the success of the call-up (web log). We use these access data solely in a non-personalised form in order to constantly improve our Internet services and for statistical purposes.
Scope of processing personal data
We deploy cookies on different pages to enable the use of certain functions on our website. Cookies are small text files, which can be deposited on your computer by your browser. These text files contain a characteristic sequence, which allows the browser to be uniquely identified if our website is called up again. The process of depositing a cookie file is also called 'placing a cookie'.
Legal basis for processing personal data
Art. 6 Para.1 Letter f GDPR (justified interest). Our justified interest is that the full functionality of our Internet site is retained, user-friendliness is raised and customers can be addressed individually. We can identify individual visits to the site with the help of cookie technology only if the site visitor has disclosed the relevant personal data to us beforehand on the basis of a separate consent.
Purpose of data processing
Our website uses cookies to retain the full functionality of our Internet site and to improve user-friendliness. In addition, cookie technology enables us to recognise individual visitors by pseudonyms (e.g. an individual, random ID). This makes it possible for us to offer tailormade services.
Duration of storage
Our cookies are saved until they are deleted in your browser or, if a session cookie is concerned, until the session has ended.
Options of objection and rectification
You can yourself determine the settings in your browser so that the placing of cookies is generally prevented, that you receive a message about this, decide whether to accept cookies on a case-by-case basis or to accept cookies as a matter of principle. Cookies can be deployed for various purposes, for example, to recognise that your PC has linked to our web presence before (permanent cookies) or to save the offers last viewed (session cookies). We deploy cookies to offer you a higher level of user comfort. In order to benefit from our comfort functions, we recommend that you accept cookies for our web presence. The options of objection and rectification are otherwise governed by the general regulations on the right of objection and the claim to deletion under data protection law described below in this declaration of data protection.
Your personal data are protected by technical means and organisational measures during their recording, saving and processing in such a way that they cannot be accessed by third parties. We cannot warrant complete data security along the transmission path to our IT systems for communications by e-Mail that have not been encrypted. We therefore recommend that information with a high degree of secrecy is encrypted or sent by post.
You have the right, once per annum, to receive information about data stored about you free-of-charge and a right of correction, blockage or deletion of your data at any time. We delete your data at the first request, unless this is contradicted by legal regulations. You can therefore revoke consent issued to us to use your personal data at any time. You can send requests for information, to delete or correct your data and any suggestions you may have to the following address at any time:
AMC - Actuarial Media Center GmbH
Hohenstaufenring 47–51
D-50674 Cologne
email: info@aktuar.de
phone: +49 (0) 221 / 912 554-0
fax: +49 (0) 221 / 912 554-44
You have the right that we make available to you the data concerning your person which you have transmitted to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You may also request that we transfer this data to a third party immediately on your first instruction, provided that the processing is based on a consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and the processing is carried out by us within the framework of automated data processing.
When exercising this right of data transferability, you also have the right to have the personal data relating to you transferred directly by one responsible party to another responsible party, insofar as this is technically feasible. Freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.
The right to data transfer does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
If you suspect that your data have been illegally processed on our site, you can naturally initiate clarification of the matter by a court at any time. Apart from this, you also have the opportunity to object to a supervisory authority. You accrue the right of complaint in the EU Member State of your normal residence, your workplace and/or the place of the alleged violation, i.e. you can choose to contact the supervisory authority at the aforesaid places. The supervisory authority to which you have complained will keep you updated on the status of their enquiries and the results, including the option of initiating a legal remedy under Art. 78 GDPR.
September 2020