Privacy Policy
1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
2. Data Collection on Our Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the Imprint of this website.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us. This may, for example, be data you enter into a contact form. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily involves technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to obtain information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time and free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint for this purpose and for other questions regarding data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Details on this can be found in the privacy policy under “Right to restriction of processing.”
3. General information and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the responsible party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Loy & Co Corporate Finance GmbH
Managing Director: Markus Loy
Bilker Straße 11
40231 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 20 49 6000
Email: loy@loy-cf.de
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Article 21 GDPR)
If data processing is based on Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this Privacy Policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims (objection pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR).
If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged violation. This right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Blocking, Deletion, and Correction
Within the scope of applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to correct, block, or delete this data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint for this purpose and for other questions regarding personal data.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to verify this.
For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. - If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours.
As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.
4. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our service more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies
remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit.
You can set your browser to inform you about the use of cookies, to only allow cookies in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Cookies that are necessary for electronic communication or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your surfing behavior) are stored, these are treated separately in this privacy policy.
Server log files
The provider of the website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us.
These are:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Hostname of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
This data will not be merged with other data sources. This data is collected on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.
5. Matomo (Piwik)
Description and scope of data processing
We use the software “Matomo” (www.matomo.org) on our website, a service provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand (hereinafter “Matomo”).
Matomo uses so-called “browser fingerprinting” technology, through which information is stored on the device used by our website visitors or accessed. The information and access data generated in this way are subsequently processed for the purpose of statistical analysis of the use of our website/webshop.
If sub-websites of our website are accessed, the following data is processed:
(1) the anonymized proxy IP address (client IP address of the gateway, truncated by the last byte),
(2) the sub-website accessed and the time of access,
(3) the page from which the user accessed our Interview Suite (referrer),
(4) which browser with which plug-ins, which operating system, and which screen resolution are used,
(5) the length of time spent on our website,
(6) the pages accessed from the accessed sub-website.
The functions are configured so that the IP addresses are not stored in full, but 2 bytes of the IP address are masked (e.g.: 192.168.xxx.xxx), i.e., anonymization is set up. This makes it impossible to assign the truncated IP address to the accessing device/client.
By anonymizing the IP address, we take into account the user’s interest in the protection of personal data. Invoice. This data is never used to personally identify the user of our website and is not merged with other data. The data collected with Matomo is stored on our service provider Taquiri’s servers, which are hosted and certified in Germany. It is not shared with third parties.
Purpose and legal basis for data processing
The legal basis for the processing of users’ personal data is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
The information obtained through the use of Matomo is used in particular to better understand the use of our website and our webshop and to improve the content, functionality, and findability of the website and the shop. As the operator, we have an interest in analyzing your user behavior in order to improve our website. The processing of users’ personal data enables us to measure the reach of our website and our webshop. By evaluating the data obtained, we are able to compile information about the use of the individual components of our website and our webshop. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing the data pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. By anonymizing the IP address, the user’s interest in the protection of their personal data is sufficiently taken into account.
Duration of storage
The data is deleted when it is no longer needed for our purposes. In our case, this is after 180 days.
Opt-out and Removal Option
You can object to the collection, storage, and use of information by Matomo at any time with future effect:
This will place a cookie on your system that signals our system not to store the user’s data. If the user deletes the corresponding cookie from their system in the meantime, they must set the opt-out cookie again.
You have the option to prevent actions you perform here from being analyzed and linked. This will protect your privacy, but will also prevent the owner from learning from your actions and improving usability for you and other users.
Further information about Matomo’s privacy settings can be found at the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.
6. Pipedrive
Customer and partner relationships are organized and optimized using the cloud-based software Pipedrive. Incoming emails and information requests are also managed via this software. Pipedrive is a service provided by Pipedrive OÜ, Paldiski mnt 80, Tallinn 10617, Estonia. Processing is based on legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Further details can be found in the data processing agreement at the following link: Data Processing Agreement.
You can find Pipedrive’s Privacy Policy here.