Data protection information

Dear reader,

The protection of your data is of particular concern to us. As a product of Arkadia Heilbronn gGmbH, LEVEL3 is subject to the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the supplementary provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-new), and the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG). We fully comply with the applicable data protection laws.

In the following, we would like to inform you in detail about which personal data we collect on our website, for what purpose and how long this data is stored. In addition, it is important to us to provide you with comprehensive information about your rights in relation to data processing and how you can assert these rights.

If you have any questions or comments about data protection on our website, please feel free to contact us at any time. You can contact us, for example, by sending an e-mail to hello@arkadia.hn.

Person responsible

The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) GDPR and other data protection regulations is the

Arkadia Heilbronn gGmbH
Weipertstr. 8-10
74076 Heilbronn
E-mail: hello@arkadia.hn
Website: www.arkadia.hn

Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection and the enforcement of your rights, please do not hesitate to contact our data protection officer:

conreri digital development GmbH
Von-Kurtzrock-Ring 16
22391 Hamburg
Tel: 0151 61728308
E-Mail: support@conreri.de
Website: www.conreri.de


1. General information

We collect various types of data on our websites. Some data is collected by us automatically when you use our services, for example through the use of so-called cookies. This automatically collected data is mostly of a general nature and primarily contains information about the duration and location of access.

In addition, we collect personal data with your consent and data that you enter voluntarily if you wish to use certain services. It is possible to use our website without providing personal data, but this may be considerably restricted in some cases.

You decide whether to consent to the use of various purposes and service providers the first time you visit our website. With the exception of the processing that is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website, it is up to you to decide which data processing you allow.

Due to many regulatory changes, a comprehensive set of data protection regulations has emerged in recent years, which is intended to ensure data security and strengthen the rights of users on the one hand, but has also produced a flood of relevant terms on the other. In order to make the following more detailed explanations of collected data, legal regulations and rights more accessible, we have briefly summarized the most important of these terms below.

Definitions

In our data protection information, we use terms that are used and defined in the GDPR. We would like to explain the most important terms so that you know what they mean.

Processor
A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller in accordance with instructions.

Third
A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.

Consent
Consent is an expression of self-determination under data protection law. It is the voluntary, informed and unambiguous expression of will in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject indicates that they consent to the processing of their personal data. Any consent given can be revoked at any time for the future.

Receiver
The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. IP address or cookies) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Pseudonymization
Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG)
The TDDDG is a law designed to protect the integrity of the end device and thus the privacy of the user. We use local storage in your browser to temporarily save form data while you’re filling out forms, which helps prevent data loss if you accidentally close the page. This data remains on your device and is not transmitted to our servers until you submit the form.

According to Section 25 (2) No. 2 TDDDG, consent is not required if the storage of information in the end user’s terminal equipment or access to information already stored in the end user’s terminal equipment is absolutely necessary so that the provider of a telemedia service can provide a telemedia service expressly requested by the user. The temporary storage of form data falls under this exemption as it is necessary for the proper functioning of our forms.

Please note that the legal basis for the downstream processing of personal data is then derived from the GDPR. The relevant legal basis for the processing of personal data on this website can be found later in this privacy policy.

Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. This basically includes any handling of personal data such as the collection, storage, modification, use, transmission, dissemination, erasure or destruction of personal data.

Person responsible
The controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. The controller must ensure the permissibility of data processing through the use of technical and organizational measures that are regularly reviewed.

Data transfer outside the EU
The GDPR guarantees the same high level of data protection within the European Union. When selecting our service providers, we therefore rely on European partners wherever possible if your personal data is to be processed. Only in exceptional cases will we have data processed outside the European Union as part of the use of third-party services.

We only allow your data to be processed in a third country if the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. This means that your data may only be processed on the basis of special guarantees, such as the EU Commission’s officially recognized determination of a level of data protection corresponding to the EU or compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations, the so-called “standard data protection clauses”.


2. Data collected automatically when using our website

If you only use the website for information purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. This data will not be merged with other data sources without your consent. While we don’t use cookies, we do use local storage in your browser to temporarily save form data while you’re filling out forms. This data remains on your device until you submit the form or clear your browser data.

When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security:

  • The IP address of the user
  • Date and time of access
  • URL of the website on which the user is located at the time of the query.

Temporary storage of the IP address by our system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

Temporary storage or processing of this so-called server log data is absolutely necessary for reasons of ensuring functionality or technical security, in particular to defend against and defend against attempts at attack or damage, and is carried out with our corresponding legitimate interest, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.


3. Your (data subject) rights

Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you as the data subject have various rights that you can assert at hello@arkadia.hn. These are set out below:

Right to information

You can request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing is taking place, you can request the following information from us:

  • the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
  • the categories of personal data that are processed;
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data have been or will be disclosed;
  • the planned duration of the storage of your personal data or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
  • the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of your personal data, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
  • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You also have the right to request information about whether your personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

You also have a right to rectification and completion vis-à-vis us if your personal data is incorrect or incomplete.

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority

If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg
Lautenschlagerstrasse 20
70173 Stuttgart
Phone: 0711 / 615541-0
E-Mail: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de
Website: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de

The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted will inform you of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

Right to restriction of processing

You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under the following conditions:

  • if you contest the accuracy of your personal data for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  • the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
  • we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or
  • if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it is not yet certain whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of your personal data has been restricted, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State. If processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by us before the restriction is lifted.

Right to erasure

You can demand that we delete your personal data immediately and we are obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

  • Your personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
  • You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing;
  • You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR;
  • Your personal data has been processed unlawfully;
  • The deletion of your personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject;
  • Your personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

The right to erasure does not exist if the processing is necessary:

  • to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  • for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  • for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
  • for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against us, we are obliged to notify all recipients to whom your personal data has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that

  • the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR and
  • the processing is carried out using automated procedures.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this. The right to data portability 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.


4. Use of our website

In this section, we have prepared the data protection information that is important for you in the context of using our website.

Application for LEVEL3

If you apply to participate in LEVEL3 through our website, we collect the data you submit via the application form. This data includes:

  • given name
  • family name
  • email address
  • GitHub profile link (optional)
  • LinkedIn profile link (optional)
  • attending institution(s)
  • study progress (only if you are a student of 42Heilbronn)
  • uploaded CV
  • uploaded motivation letter
  • Discord ID
  • time of submission

This information is processed exclusively for the purpose of reviewing and managing your application. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S.1 lit. b) GDPR (performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures).

We may share your application data with a third party that is contractually bound to us, for example, for the purpose of application management or participant evaluation. In such cases, we ensure that appropriate data processing agreements are in place in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR and that all data is handled confidentially and securely.

Your data will be stored only for as long as necessary to process your application and fulfill any related legal obligations. Once the application process is complete and your data is no longer required, it will be deleted, provided there are no statutory retention obligations that require further storage.

Partner Inquiries

If you contact us using the partner form available on our website, we collect the following data:

  • given name
  • family name
  • organization you belong to or represent
  • email address
  • message (optional)
  • time of submission

This data is processed for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and establishing potential collaborations or partnerships. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR (legitimate interest in processing contact requests) and, if applicable, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures).

Your data will be stored only as long as necessary to process the inquiry and for any follow-up communication. We do not pass this data on to third parties unless this is required to fulfill your request or you have given your explicit consent.

Reach measurement using Umami
Umami is a privacy-friendly open source analytics solution. It does not collect any personally identifiable information and anonymizes all collected data. Users cannot be identified and are not tracked across sessions. Umami does not use cookies.

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest. The measurement of reach and the resulting information are suitable for improving our platform.

External Resources - gstatic.com We use gstatic.com, a content delivery network operated by Google, to load certain resources efficiently. This service helps us deliver static content like fonts and images more quickly and reliably to our users. The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing an optimized website experience. No personal data is stored permanently through this service, though your IP address may be transmitted to the service when loading resources.

Advertising by e-mail, telephone and letter

We use your contact data for advertising if you have consented to this (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR), as well as for legally permissible direct advertising for our own and related products if you have specified this when placing your order or registering (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR in conjunction with. § Section 7 (3) UWG).

If you no longer wish to receive advertising, you can withdraw your consent or object to direct advertising at any time

  • by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the end of the e-mail
  • by e-mail to hello@arkadia.hn
  • in writing to our company address given at the beginning (please state your name and contact details)

Your personal data will be passed on to our external and intragroup marketing and newsletter service providers and competition partners if they support us in data processing. We contractually oblige them neither to use data for their own purposes nor to pass it on to others. We will not pass on your data to third parties for advertising purposes without your express consent. The data processed by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.