Name and contact details of the controller
This privacy policy of the-enterprise-architect.com (“we”), email: office@the-enterprise-architect.com, as the controller discribes in the following sections how we process personal data.
Introduction
We take the protection of your privacy very seriously. The processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The following delcation gives you an overview of what kind of data, to what extent and for what purpose it is processed. This privacy policy applies when you access the materials and information on the websites the-enterprise-architect.com (hereafter: the “website”) or on other websites and apps that contain a link to this privacy policy and use our information and services offered there. This privacy policy also applies to information you provide to us by email or other form of contact.
We may change this privacy policy from time to time at our sole discretion. Material changes to this privacy policy will be posted on this page to ensure that you are always up to date on what information we collect and how we handle it. This website may contain links to external online offers that have been carefully selected by us but are not regulated by this privacy policy and data protection declaration. By clicking on these links you will leave our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of thirs-party websites to which we link to comply with data protection standards. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy practices of such websites before providing any information to them.
Collection and processing of data
In the following we inform you about which data we collect. if you do not wish to provide such information, individual functions, such as registration or the sending of information, may only be usable to a limited extent or not at all.
What data do we collect
Our page offer different ways of use. Depending on this, different data may be collected; in detail:
Informational use of the website
When using the website for information purposes only, 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: date and time of the request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (specific page), access status/HTTP status code, amount of data transferred, website from which the request comes, Browser, operating system, and its interface, language and version of the browser software. We collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security, as well as to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber-attack.
E-mail contact, requesting information
If you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, if applicable. Your name and telephone number) are stored by us in order to answer your questions. At the time the message is sent, the following data is also stored: date and time of the message transmission. If we ask you in our contact form for information that is not necessary to contact us, we always mark these fields as “optional”. This information helps us to specify your request and to better process your request. The personal data transmitted by you serve us solely to process the contact or the request. The other personal data processed during the sending process serve to ensure the security of our information technology systems.
Participation in a survey
If you take part in a survey, this survey can either be anonymous, or personalized. When participating in a survey, we will inform you prior to participating, whether the survey will be anonymous or personalized.
Anonymous survey: Here, no personal data will be collected. If, in cases not intended by us, you enter personal data in free text fields as part of your participation in an anonymous survey, we will delete it anonymously and in accordance with data protection regulations. As a result, the data of the survey are only available in anonymous form and the evaluation of the data refers only to cumulative values. This means that, as a result, no one can identify by whom information has been provided, and no individual data is published or made available to third parties.
Personalized survey: In certain cases, we use personalized surveys, which means personal data will be collected, e.g. to organize events or send you merchandise. Which personal data are transmitted to the controller results from the respective input mask used for registration. This includes personal data such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, user ID, bank details, your inquiry or order. The data transmitted to us is used exclusively for the purpose of using the respective offer or service.
Newsletter, sending of information
If a newsletter can be subscribed to on our website, the data from the input mask will be transmitted to us when registering. You can also receive our newsletter if you have purchased a product or service from us. In order to provide you with our newsletter, we need your e-mail address. This is only used to provide our news and information about our services. We use the “double opt-in” procedure when you subscribe to the newsletter on our website. After you have entered your e-mail address, you will receive a confirmation e-mail and have the opportunity to confirm the registration in a legally secure manner. Only when the confirmation is made, your address will be actively included in the mailing list. The collection of the user’s e-mail address only serves to deliver the newsletter. When registering for the newsletter, we sometimes store the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP) at the time of registration as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of your e-mail address at a later date and therefore serves your and our legal protection. If we receive personal data from you in another way (e.g. by handing over a business card), whereby you wish to receive information, we will use your data for this purpose.
Recruiting process and events
When you enter our application process, we collect the personal data necessary for proper implementation, such as name, address, telephone number and e-mail address, but also all data from the documents provided.
Service providers and customers conclusion of contract
If you conclude a contract with us as a customer or service provider, personal data such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, bank details, your inquiry or order will be collected. The data transmitted to us is used exclusively for the purpose of fulfilling a contract with you or carrying out pre-contractual measures.
Where do we get the personal data about you
We may collect or receive your personal information in a nuber of ways:
- When you provide us with personal data directly, for example by correspondence with us by email or through other direct interactions with us, such as filling out a form on our website or registering and using one of our online tools;
- Third party sources: for example, when we receive information about oyu from business partners in order to organize events and conferences or to carry out application processes
Incidentally, you can read in detail where the data comes from unter “What data do we collect”
Disclosure of data
We will not sell, share, rent, lend or otherwise make your personal information available to third parties, except that we may share the information with service providers who work for us and need access to the information in connection with that activity. Third parties may only process this information to the extent and within the limits within which we ourselves are permitted to process this data. In addition, we may share your contact information when responding to requests from bona fide rights holders that are related to alleged copyright or other proprietary rights infringement related to information you have posted on the Site or otherwise provided to us.
Third parties with whom we may need to share personal information in order to provide you with services and products and to operate our website include:
- our subsidiaries or affiliates;
- our third-party service providers who process information on our behalf to help us operate some of our internal business operations, such as sending emails, IT services, recruiting processes, and marketing and event services;
- our business partners for publications and events organized jointly by us and these partners;
- Lay enforcement authorities in order to comply with legal obligations or a court order
Transfer of data to third countries
Data will only be transferred to countries outside the EU or EEA (third countries) if this is necessary for the execution of your transactions or required by law. These measures may affect your personal data stored in various countries around the globe, such as the United States, where different data protection laws apply. In order to ensure an adequate level of data protection, various measures are taken, such as the conclusion of standard contractual clauses.
Storage of your personal data
Personal data of data subjects will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. If this data is no longer required to fulfil the respective purpose, it weill be deleted. However, deletion does not take place if we have to store the data for the following purposes:
- Fulfilment of commercial and tax retention obligations (in particular obligations under the Commercial Code, Tax Code, which must be kapt for up to 10 years)
- Securing evidence within the framework of limitation periods (which are generally 3 calender years, starting from the end of the year).
Withdrawal of you consent
You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revoffice@the-enterprise-architect.comeaocation. You can send your revocation at any time to office@the-enterprise-architect.com. If you do not wish to receive further newsletters from us, you have the option of unsubscribing from such communications at any time via a link. You will find this link in every e-mail you receive from us. You can also send your revocation to office@the-enterprise-architect.com
Cookies and other tracking technologies
We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a small piece of data that is created when visiting a website and stored on the system of the user of the website. A cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again. In our Cookie Policy you can find out about essential and non-essential cookies and change your preferences.
Cookies are stored on your computer and transmitted to us by it. Therefore, as a user, you also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. You can also change the cookie settings in our cookie banner.
In addition, we use the following tracking technologies:
Google Analytics
On our website we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of the use of the websites you visit. Your IP address and your online identifier may be processed. In addition, web beacons, i.e. not visible graphics, can also be used, which e.g. enable the evaluation of visitor traffic on websites. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of our website (including the IP address of the users) is transmitted to a Google server, possibly in the USA or other third countries, and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. Detailed information on the processed information can be found here: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/#infocollect. By integrating Google Analytics, we pursue the purpose of analyzing user behavior on our website and being able to react to it. This allows us to continuously improve our offer. The cookies are only set after you have given us your consent
Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager on our website. Google Tag Manager is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The Google Tag Manager enables us to integrate various codes and services on our website in a simplified way and to get an overview of the integrated services; in addition, the loading times of the various services are optimized. Tags are implemented by Google Tag Manager. In doing so, Google may process information (including personal data), such as: Your IP address and your online identifier. It cannot be ruled out that Google may also transmit the information to a server in a third country. Detailed information about Google Tag Manager can be found here: https://www.google.de/tagmanager/use-policy.html. The tags will only be set after you have given us your consent.
Security measure
We use industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, manipulation, or deletion by third parties, but we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not access your personal data.
Compliance
We may be compelled to disclose personal information of users or customers to judicial authorities in order to comply with a subpoena or similar judicial or administrative order, or if we are required or authorized to do so by the laws, ordinances and regulations of any country, state, or other competent jurisdiction. Even in the event of a violation of the restrictions on the use of the materials made available on the Website, we are entitled to disclose personal user information to our business partners concerned or to the judicial authorities.
Data subjects’ rights
You have a right to information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing and data portability. If processing is based on your consent, you have the right to revoke it with effect for the future. Please contact us at office@the-enterprise-architect.com. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out based on the consent until the revocation. You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority responsible for you about the processing of your personal data by us.
Children
We recognize the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially regarding Internet communications. This website is not intended for
