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Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in localix.biz (hereafter “localix”) and for visiting our website. To ensure that you are fully informed about the personal data being collected, processed and for which purposes, as well as your applicable rights, please note the following information.

1. Name and address of the controller

Controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

localix.biz, Bremer Str. 20, 20173 Hamburg, Germany
Email: info (at) localix.biz. Tel: +49 162 2189304

2. Collection of data and information as well as its usage and the purpose of processing

When visiting our site www.localix.biz the browser that you use on your device automatically transmits information to the server on which our website is hosted. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is processed without your interaction and stored until automatically deleted:

  • IP address of the device accessing the website,
  • date and time of the access,
  • name and URL of the file or page accessed
  • the website from which a call to our website is made (the so-called referrer URL),
  • browser and if applicable operating system used on your device as well as the name of your internet service provider.
The information listed is used by us for the following purposes:
  • Ensuring that the content of the website are delivered correctly,
  • optimizing the user-friendliness of our website,
  • monitoring system security and stability as well as other
  • administrative purposes.
Legal basis for processing of this data is Art. 6 (1) lit. f, GDPR , our legitimate interest in the above purposes. Under no circumstances is this data used for drawing conclusions on your person.

In addition to the above, we are using cookies on our website. Further information is listed under section 4 of this privacy policy.

3. Transfer of data

There is no transfer of your personal data for other than the below purposes.

We will transfer your personal data only:

  • if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit a GDPR, the transfer is in line with Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, necessary to claim, exercise or defend our rights and there is no reason to assume that you have a vital interest requiring protection from the transfer,
  • in case that the transfer is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. c due to a legal obligation, as well as
  • in case that the transfer is permitted by law and in line with Art.6 (1) lit. b, GDPR necessary for fulfilling our contractual obligations towards you.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. Cookies are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. A cookie stores information specific to the device in use. However, this does not mean that we can immediately find out your identity. The use of cookies allows us to offer you a more pleasant user experience. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These will be deleted automatically after leaving our site.

We will as well collect information about your usage of our website by applying browser cookies. These are small text files which are placed on the hard drive of your computer as soon as you access the site so as to save specific settings and data exchange with our system via your browser. Cookies enable our systems to recognise your device and to render potential settings immediately available. The cookies will be saved on your hard drive until they expire or are deleted, so the websites recognizes your settings on each visit.

By way of applying cookies, we only collect and use the data concerning your usage of our website which is not effected by allocating the data to you personally, but by assigning an identification number to the cookie (“Cookie-ID”). If you do not wish to use cookies, you can set your browser to not accept cookies. Please note, that in this case you may only be able to use our websites to a limited extent or not at all. Already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers.

5. Your Rights

With regards to our processing of your personal data the following applies:

  • In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you are entitled to receive confirmation on your personal data processed by us, especially the purpose of the processing, the category of data processed, the category of recipients who were granted access to such data, the planned duration of storage, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction or objection, the existence of a right to complain, the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority the source of your data in as far as it was not retrieved by us, as well as information on any automated decision-making or profiling.
  • In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR you are entitled to immediatly demand the correction of incorrect or completion of your incomplete personal data stored with us.
  • In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR you may demand deletion of your personal data stored with us, in as far as the processing is not required to ensure the right of free speech and information, not required for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for exercising legal rights or defending us from a legal claim.
  • In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR you are entitled to demand restriction of processing of your personal data in as far as correctness of the data is contested by you, processing would not be legal, you however reject deletion of the data, we no longer require the data, you, however need them for exercising your legal rights and defend yourself against a claim; or if in line with Art. 21 GDPR you have objected to our processing of your data.
  • In accordance with Art. 20 GDPR you may request to receive your personal data that you provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or request the transfer of such data to another data controller.
  • In accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR, you are entitled to revoke your consent to our processing of your data at any time. As a result, we are no longer entitled to continue processing of your data to which this consent was applicable and
  • to complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our office.

6. Your right to object

In as far as your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interest as per Art.6 (1) lit. f, GDPR you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under Art. 21 GDPR in as far as a cause resulting from your particular situation exists or in cases of objecting to direct marketing. In the latter case you have a general right to object without having to indicate a particular cause and we will no longer process the data.

To exercise your right to object, simply contact us at info (at) localix.biz.

7. Duration of the storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and fiscal obligations). After expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract, and/or if there is no legitimate interest on our side to maintain the data.

This privacy policy is valid as of May 25, 2018