Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains which personal data is processed when you visit our website, the purposes for which it is processed, and the rights you have regarding your personal data.

2. Data Controller

The entity responsible for processing personal data on this website is:

Frontforge is a brand of S Ventures GmbH

Krefelder Str. 35
52070 Aachen
Germany

Represented by: Cornelia Frentz-Brosius

Phone: +49 160 8935564
Email: c.brosiusatfrontforge@gmail.com

3. Collection and Processing of Personal Data

We process personal data only to the extent necessary to operate our website, respond to inquiries, conduct our business activities, or where another legal basis for processing applies.

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

4. Hosting and Server Log Files

When you visit our website, our hosting provider may automatically process certain technical information.

This may include, in particular:

• IP address

• Date and time of access

• Pages and files accessed

• Browser type and version

• Operating system

• Referrer URL

• Technical status and error messages

This processing is carried out to ensure the technical operation, stability, and security of our website.

The legal basis for this processing is generally Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), based on our legitimate interest in providing a secure and functional website.

5. Contact via the Contact Form

If you contact us using the contact form on our website, we process the information you provide.

This may include, in particular:

• Name

• Email address

• Company name, if provided

• Telephone number, if provided

• Content of your message

We use this information exclusively to process your inquiry and communicate with you in connection with it, unless another legal basis permits further processing.

Where your inquiry relates to pre-contractual measures or an existing contractual relationship, processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR.

For other inquiries, processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to respond appropriately to incoming inquiries.

Personal data will be deleted once there are no statutory retention obligations or other legitimate reasons for continued storage.

Providing the contact information necessary to process your inquiry is voluntary. However, this information is required for us to respond to your request.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use technically necessary cookies or similar technologies that are required for its operation and the provision of certain functions.

Where consent is required to store information on your device or access information stored on it, such consent is obtained in accordance with Section 25 of the German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).

Strictly necessary technologies may qualify for a statutory exemption from the consent requirement.

Any processing of personal data associated with these technologies is additionally governed by the provisions of the GDPR.

7. Disclosure of Personal Data

We disclose personal data only where necessary to fulfill contractual or legal obligations, where an appropriate legal basis exists, or where you have provided your consent.

This may include technical service providers that support us with website hosting, website operation, or the handling of contact inquiries.

Where service providers process personal data on our behalf, we enter into data processing agreements in accordance with Article 28 GDPR, where required.

8. Transfers of Personal Data to Third Countries

Where personal data is transferred to recipients outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), we comply with the applicable legal requirements set out in Articles 44 et seq. GDPR.

9. Data Retention

We generally retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed.

Where statutory retention obligations apply, the relevant data will be stored for the legally prescribed period.

Once the purpose of processing no longer applies or the applicable statutory retention period has expired, the data will be deleted unless another legal basis permits continued storage.

10. Your Rights

Subject to the applicable legal requirements, you have the following rights in particular:

• Right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR

• Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR

• Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR

• Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR

• Right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR

• Right to object pursuant to Article 21 GDPR

• Right to withdraw consent pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR

You may withdraw any consent you have given at any time with effect for the future. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

Where we process personal data on the basis of legitimate interests, you may object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.

11. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding the processing of your personal data.

For companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the relevant authority is, in particular:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW)

Website: https://www.ldi.nrw.de

12. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or unlawful disclosure.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy if legal requirements change or if the actual processing of personal data on our website changes.

The version of this Privacy Policy published on our website at any given time shall apply.