PRIVACY POLICY

Votumo undertakes to provide protection of customers' personal data, in such a way that it collects only the necessary, basic data about customers that are needed to fulfill our obligations; informs customers about how the collected data is used, regularly gives customers the opportunity to choose about the use of their data, including the ability to decide whether they want their name removed from lists used for marketing campaigns. All user data is strictly kept and is available only to employees who need this data to perform their work. All Votumo employees and business partners are responsible for respecting the principles of privacy protection.

Some data processing procedures are possible only with your express consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient to revoke consent. The revocation remains unaffected by the legality of data processing carried out up to the time of revocation.
You have the right to transfer to you or to third parties the data that we automatically process based on your consent or as part of the fulfillment of the contract. The data will be delivered in a machine-readable format. If you request a direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done if technically feasible.
Within the scope of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, the recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, the right to correct, block or delete such data. In this regard and for further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time via the contact options listed in "About Us".

Security
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the website operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that the data you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” address line in your browser and the padlock symbol in the browser line.

Log files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, maintain the website, track user movements and collect broader demographic data. IP addresses are not linked to any personal data that can be used to identify an individual.

Availability of information
Personal data will only be passed on to third parties if this is necessary for the processing of the contract. Third parties may, for example, be payment service providers or logistics companies. No further data transfer will occur or will only occur if you have expressly consented to this.

Registration
You can register on our website to use certain functions. The data transferred is used exclusively for the purpose of using the individual offer or service. Mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.
In case of important changes, e.g. for technical reasons, we will notify you by email. The e-mail will be sent to the address you provided during registration.
Data entered during registration are processed based on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient to revoke consent. Revocation does not affect the lawfulness of data processing that has already been carried out.
We store data collected during registration for as long as you are registered on our website. Your data will be deleted if you cancel your registration. Statutory retention periods remain unchanged.

Data retention period
We store and process personal data only as long as it is necessary for the execution of a certain legitimate purpose, unless the applicable regulations provide for a longer storage period for a particular purpose, and at least for the duration of the legal terms and the duration of the contract between the user and Votumo.
In the case of giving consent for marketing, we store the data for as long as the consent is withdrawn. In the case of rejected offers, where consent for marketing has not been given, we keep the data related to the offer for one year, and in case you ask us to delete it, it will be completely deleted immediately.
Personal data that is no longer needed is either irretrievably anonymized or securely destroyed.

Newsletter
In order to send you our newsletter, we need your email address. Verification of the specified e-mail address and consent to receive the newsletter is necessary. Additional data is not collected or is voluntary. The data will be used exclusively for sending the newsletter.
The data provided when signing up for the newsletter is processed solely on the basis of your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent, simply send an informal email or unsubscribe using the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. Revocation does not affect the legality of already implemented data processing procedures.
The data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you unsubscribe. If this data is forwarded to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.

Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device. Cookies help us make our offer more useful, efficient and secure.
Some cookies are "session cookies". Such cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your browser session. Other cookies, however, remain on your device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us recognize you when you return to our website.
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, limit or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured to automatically delete cookies when the program is closed. Deactivating cookies may lead to limited functionality of our website.
Setting cookies, which are necessary to perform electronic communication processes or provide certain functions according to your wishes. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically faultless and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set (e.g. for analysis functions), they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.

PayPal
Our website allows you to pay via PayPal. The payment service provider is PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.
If you pay via PayPal, the payment data you have entered will be transferred to PayPal.

Klarna
Our website allows you to pay via Klarna. The payment service provider is Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.
When you pay via Klarna (Klarna checkout solution), Klarna collects various personal data from you. For details, please see Klarna's privacy policy at: https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/.
Klarna uses cookies to optimize the Klarna checkout solution. This optimization constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Klarna cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Details on the use of Klarna cookies can be found at: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/cookie/de_de/checkout.pdf.
Transfer of your data lit. 6. lit. of the GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Data processing operations that occurred in the past remain in effect in the event of revocation.

Google AdWords
Our website uses Google AdWords. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
AdWords is an online advertising program. As part of the online advertising program, we work with conversion tracking. After clicking on an ad placed by Google, a cookie is set to track conversions. Cookies are small text files that your web browser saves on your device. Google AdWords cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to personally identify users. The cookie enables Google and us to recognize that you have clicked on an ad and been redirected to our website.
Each Google AdWords user receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked on the websites of AdWords users. Conversion cookies are used to create conversion statistics for AdWords users using conversion tracking. Adwords users find out how many users clicked on their ad and were redirected to pages with a conversion tracking tag. However, AdWords users do not receive any personally identifiable information. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can object to its use. The conversion cookie must be deactivated in the user settings of the browser. This means it is not included in conversion tracking statistics.
The storage of "cookies for conversion" is based on Art. 6 (1) GDPR. As website operators, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and advertising.
For details on Google AdWords and Google conversion tracking, see Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.at/policies/privacy/ .
With a modern web browser, you can monitor, limit or prevent the setting of cookies. Deactivating cookies may lead to limited functionality of our website.