Privacy Policy

General data protection information
PORTEGO GmbH attaches great importance to the protection and security of your personal data. Your personal data will be processed by us in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations. The legal basis can be found in particular in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). The following regulations inform you in this respect in accordance with Art. 12, 13 and 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) about the handling of your personal data when using our website.

Personal data is information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly (e.g. by reference to an online identifier). This includes information such as name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.

I. Controller
Controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation:
PORTEGO GmbH
Willy-Brandt-Allee 16
53113 Bonn
Telephone: 0228 | 94 37 37 - 0
E-mail: info@portego.de

II. data protection officer
PORTEGO GmbH
Dr. Bernd Marian Appel
Willy-Brandt-Allee 16
53113 Bonn
E-mail: marian.appel@portego.de

III Purposes and legal bases of data processing
When you use our website, we process personal data exclusively for specified purposes, which we explain in detail below for your information.
You can visit our website purely for information purposes without actively providing any further personal data. In this case, only technical access data transmitted by your browser will be automatically stored about your visit to our website in order to enable you to visit our website in an optimized and needs-based manner and to protect our systems from security risks (accessing/visiting the website, technical provision) as well as information that is transmitted to us within the framework of cookies used for statistical analysis of the use of our website and for the interest-based display of advertisements (use of cookies).

The extent to which and the manner in which your data is also processed depends in particular on which services, functionalities and offers on our website you actively use (active use). In particular, we process data when you contact us (contact form / email inquiries), register for our events (specialist presentations and/or congresses), subscribe to our newsletter or apply via the website.
Any further processing of your personal data other than that specified in the data protection declaration will only take place in cases where a legal provision expressly authorizes or obliges us to do so or where you have explicitly consented to the data processing. We will inform you accordingly of any changes in purpose, taking into account the legal requirements.

Usage of this website

a. Access and Visit of Our Website For the purpose of technically providing the website, it is necessary for us to process certain automatically transmitted information from you so that your browser can display our website and you can use the website. This information is automatically collected with every access of our website and stored in our server log files. This information relates to the browser/operating system of the accessing computer. The following technical access data are collected:

IP address (anonymized)
Identification data of the browser used
Date and time of your access The storage of the aforementioned access data takes place in the form of server log files on our web server and is necessary for technical reasons to provide a functional website and to ensure system security. This also applies to the storage of your anonymized IP address, which is necessarily carried out and under further conditions may enable an association with your person. Beyond the above purposes, we use access data exclusively for the needs-based design and optimization of our internet offer in a purely statistical manner and without inference to your person. The technical access data is not merged with other data sources, nor is there an evaluation of the data for marketing purposes.

Furthermore, we use cookies to provide you with our website in an optimized and needs-based manner for use (for related details and your corresponding design options, see below in the section “Use of Cookies and Associated Functions/Technologies”).

The access data collected during the use of our website are only stored for the period necessary to achieve the aforementioned purposes. Your anonymized IP address is stored on our web server for a maximum of 7 days.

Insofar as you visit our website to inform yourself about our range of services and other services or to use them, the temporary storage of access data and log files is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR (legal basis), in particular for the execution of pre-contractual measures. In addition, Art. 6 (1) GDPR serves as the legal basis for the temporary storage of technical access data and log files. Our legitimate interest is to be able to provide you with a technically functioning and user-friendly website and to ensure the security of our systems.

b. Contact Form/Inquiry

To process and respond to your inquiries to us, e.g., via the contact form or to our email address, we process the personal data you provide in this context. This includes in any case your name and your email address, to send you a response, as well as other information that you send us as part of your communication. When using the contact form on our website, the following technical access data is also stored upon sending: date and time of the sending of your inquiry.

Insofar as you contact us within the framework of an existing contractual relationship or contact us in advance for information about our range of services or our other services, the data and information communicated by you will be processed for the purpose of processing and responding to your contact request according to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR (legal basis). The storage of technical access data collected during the sending process is carried out for the purpose of technical provision of contact options and to ensure system security based on Art. 6 (1) GDPR (legal basis) and serves to protect legitimate interests.

We store the personal data collected in connection with your contact for the purpose and duration of processing your request. The technical access data stored in this context is kept only for the period necessary for technical reasons, particularly for the functional provision of contact options and to ensure system security.

c. Online Application

Please consider our following "Data Protection Information for Applicants and Employees for Temporary Employment" regarding the possibility of submitting online applications offered on our website, which you can take note of hereafter:

Data Protection Information for Applicants and Employees Regarding Temporary Employment at PORTEGO

General
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on May 25, 2018, is a regulation of the European Union that creates a directly applicable legal basis for the processing of personal data by authorities and companies across Europe. With this, the European Union aims to extend the protection of personal data and thus strengthen the individual in terms of their right to informational self-determination. PORTEGO GmbH takes the protection of personal data very seriously. We process your personal data in compliance with the legal provisions for data protection, in particular the provisions of the GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). With the following information, we fulfill our legal obligation to inform you according to Art. 12 ff. GDPR about the purpose and relevant contacts in data processing and enable you to exercise your legal rights in data processing.

Scope
PORTEGO GmbH provides needs-based and flexible staffing solutions through the provision and placement of specialist and executive staff. This includes the placement of staff for direct employment by our clients (recruitment), the provision of staff as part of temporary/agency work (temporary employment), and the provision of interim and project managers (hereinafter referred to as "our Personnel Services").

This information sheet is directed at candidates and applicants who apply for open positions in the area of our Personnel Services or on their own initiative, who are suitable for corresponding positions, or who are deployed in this context (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Applicants"). Separate data protection information applies to employees employed in the PORTEGO’s own business operations and applicants thereof, as well as to visitors of our websites and our events (see our General Data Protection Information).

Responsible Entity
The responsible entity for processing your personal data is PORTEGO GmbH, located at Willy-Brandt-Allee 16, 53113 Bonn, Phone: 0228 943737-0, Email: info@portego.de.

Contact Details of the Data Protection Officer
You can reach the company data protection officer at PORTEGO GmbH at the following contact details: PORTEGO GmbH Dr. Bernd Marian Appel Willy-Brandt-Allee 16 53113 Bonn Email: marian.appel@portego.de

He is available to you for questions, complaints, or comments regarding data protection at PORTEGO.

5. Purposes of Processing and Legal Bases
a) Contract Initiation and Fulfillment
In the field of our staffing services, we process your personal data as an applicant for the purpose of providing these staffing services and for the establishment of related contractual relationships between you and PORTEGO or our clients, as well as, in the case of a corresponding hiring or commissioning, for the execution and possibly termination of related contractual relationships (especially in the context of specialized personnel placement/staff leasing and the deployment as interim/project managers).
The data processed by PORTEGO concerning you includes, among others, your basic data (name, address, date of birth, etc.), your application documents (CV, certificates, and application photo) including corresponding information shared about you and your qualifications (especially education, professional career, knowledge and skills), as well as possibly further application-relevant data (e.g., your preferred areas of deployment and activity, salary expectations, work permit, etc.). Moreover, it may be necessary for PORTEGO, as part of the contractual duty to carefully select suitable candidates for its clients, to require a police clearance certificate from you, which is stored exclusively with your consent. The aforementioned data is processed in order to assess your suitability for the position to be filled and to be able to offer you further employment positions tailored to your person and qualifications, if applicable.

In the case of your placement within the scope of specialized personnel placement/staff leasing or as an interim/project manager, PORTEGO also processes the data necessary for the transfer to clients, such as the proof of activity, your absences due to illness or vacation, as well as your social security and tax data necessary for payroll accounting for the purpose of executing the corresponding contractual relationship. Furthermore, we store the evaluation of your work performance communicated by our clients (customer feedback). The data processing by the clients themselves is the responsibility of the clients; for information in this regard, please contact the respective client where you are deployed in the context of specialized personnel placement/staff leasing or as an interim/project manager.
It is possible that the data you provided during the application process or otherwise collected may include special categories of personal data. These may include, for example, religious or philosophical beliefs, the presence of a disability, or other health-related information. Processing of special categories of personal data only takes place if this is legally required, such as in the case of absence times and sickness reports for claiming benefits from health insurance, tax-relevant data on church memberships, and data collected in connection with the suspicion of criminal activities.

We primarily process data within the respective application/staffing processes that you have provided to us. In addition, for the aforementioned purposes, we may also receive data from the following additional sources:

- Previous employers, provided you have consented to us contacting them as part of your application process;
- Clients, provided you have been deployed by them in the context of specialized personnel placement/staff leasing or as an interim/project manager.

The legal basis for the aforementioned processing of your data results from Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR, Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. b, Art. 88 GDPR, § 26 Para. 1 S. 1, Para. 3 BDSG.

b) Consent (Career Support)

PORTEGO, as a specialized personnel service provider, offers candidates a lasting professional partnership and career support. As part of this ongoing professional partnership, PORTEGO will use your personal data (especially your email address and phone number) beyond the specific application process and any potential temporary assignments of your services within the framework of specialized personnel placement/temporary employment or as an interim/project manager, to stay in regular contact with you and to accompany you on your further career path, provided that you give us your consent to do so. Naturally, you can revoke the consent you have given at any time for the future.

The legal basis for the processing of your data in the context of career support is derived from Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, Art. 88 GDPR, § 26 para. 2 BDSG.

c) Additional Processing Purposes and Legal Bases

Where necessary, we process data concerning you for the following purposes, based on legal grounds, particularly in the context of temporary employment and when working as an interim manager:

Investigation of criminal offences: when there are factual indications that give rise to the suspicion that a criminal offence has been committed within the employment relationship and the processing is necessary for the investigation and your legitimate interests in the exclusion of processing do not prevail (Art. 88 GDPR, § 26 para. 1 sentence 2 BDSG); and

Fulfillment of legal obligations: in the form of record-keeping, reporting, and notification obligations, processing of requests from law enforcement authorities or other agencies, and the defence against or enforcement of legal claims (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR).

To the extent that data processing for the following purposes is not already necessary for the performance of the respective contractual relationship, we also process data on a legal basis due to a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR) or consent for the following purposes:

Maintenance of business operations and ensuring compliance, such as the operation, management, and enabling the use of information technology and communication systems, information exchange in the intranet/extranet, protection of trade and business secrets and company property including IT infrastructure from loss and threats such as viruses, spam, and other attacks and threat scenarios, project management, ensuring business continuity, creation of audit trails and other reporting tools, budgeting, financial management and reporting, other internal administrative purposes within the corporate group, management of corporate mergers and acquisitions as well as reorganizations and sales, preventive measures to prevent criminal behavior and administrative offenses or the violation of company regulations. In this regard, we have carefully reviewed your need for protection in relation to the processing of these data. In the case of data processing that is based on a balance of interests, you are generally entitled to object. However, in this case, we reserve the right to continue processing if, after re-examination, we conclude that our legitimate interest in processing these data outweighs your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. (Please also consider your rights as a data subject outlined under section 10 of this Data Protection Information.)

6. Recipients
Initially, only our employees who are involved with the care of applicants in personnel, sales, or technical matters will have knowledge of your personal data.

Furthermore, your basic data, application documents, and a candidate profile developed from this about you may be transmitted to our clients to present you as a candidate, as part of providing our personnel services. This transmission is exclusively to clients who desire a collaboration based on your qualification and interest profile.

PORTEGO carries out its core activities without the support of other external service providers. However, some of our clients occasionally wish to involve additional service providers who support in selecting suitable candidates or in processing orders. With these service providers, we conclude data protection agreements to contractually establish an appropriate handling of personal data.

Moreover, we transmit personal data, particularly from you as an employee in the area of temporary employment, to entities that require this information to fulfill their respective tasks. These are in particular: public bodies such as social insurance agencies, the German Pension Insurance, professional associations, health insurance companies, and the tax office, in order to comply with our social security and tax obligations, among other things.

Finally, in individual cases, we transmit personal data to our consultants in legal or tax matters, whereby these recipients are obligated to special confidentiality and secrecy due to their professional legal status.

7. Duration of Storage and Deletion of Your Personal Data
PORTEGO stores your personal data for the duration of the initiation and the duration of the contractual relationship, as long as it is necessary for the justification and/or execution of the respective contractual relationship.

If you apply for a specific position in the area of personnel placement with us, we will delete your data after three months following a rejection or successful placement with our client, unless you have consented to further storage within the framework of career support.

In the case of your employment in the context of temporary work or as an interim/project manager, your personal data will be deleted by us when the contractual relationship between you and PORTEGO has ended, all mutual claims have been fulfilled, and there are no legal retention obligations, for example from the Commercial Code (§§ 238, 257 paragraph 4 HGB) or from the Tax Code (§ 147 paragraph 3, 4 AO), or other legal bases for storage (e.g., your consent to further storage within the framework of career support, see above) no longer exist.

8. Data Security
Personal data is protected by PORTEGO using appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure an adequate level of protection and to safeguard the personal rights of applicants. The measures taken serve, among other things, to prevent unauthorized access to the technical facilities used by us and to protect personal data from unauthorized knowledge by third parties.

9. Obligation to Provide Your Data
The provision of some personal data that you provide to us as an applicant is legally or contractually required or necessary for the establishment or proper execution of the corresponding contractual relationships. Therefore, you are obligated to provide us with this personal data. We point out that if you do not provide us with this personal data, it may result in us not being able to consider you in the respective application procedures or not being able to fulfill certain contractual obligations.

10. Your Rights as a Data Subject
a) Information, Correction, Deletion, etc.
Upon request, you will receive information as to whether and which personal data concerning you are stored by us and, among other things, to which categories of recipients we have possibly transmitted this data. Furthermore, in accordance with legal provisions, you can exercise the following rights: correction, deletion, restriction of processing (blocking for certain purposes), and the right to data portability.

b) Right to Object (including against direct marketing)
You have the right, under the conditions of Article 21 of the GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data, especially on the basis of a balancing of interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). This also applies to cases where we process your personal data in individual cases for direct marketing purposes. In this respect, we balance our interest in addressing you for advertising purposes with your right to informational self-determination. If you do not want to receive advertising from PORTEGO, you may object at any time to the processing for advertising purposes.

Information about Your Right to Object under Article 21 GDPR

1. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data which takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests), if there are reasons arising from your particular situation.

If you lodge an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

2. In individual cases, we also process your personal data to conduct direct advertising. If you do not wish to receive advertising, you have the right to object at any time. We will respect this objection for the future.

We will no longer process your data for direct advertising purposes if you object to the processing for these purposes.
The objection does not need to follow any formal process and should ideally be addressed to:
PORTEGO GmbH
Willy-Brandt-Allee 16
53113 Bonn
Email: marian.appel@portego.de

c) Right of Revocation
You have the right to revoke at any time any consent you have given for the processing of your personal data (e.g., for permanent career support). Upon revocation, the processing of your data for the purposes covered by the consent will be discontinued in the future. The lawfulness of the processing for the time prior to the revocation remains unaffected. For documentation and proof purposes, we store information about your revocation.

d) Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority. The supervisory authority responsible for PORTEGO is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia, Kavalleriestr. 2 - 4, 40213 Düsseldorf, www.ldi.nrw.de.

e) Other Concerns
For further data protection questions and concerns, our data protection officer is at your disposal. Corresponding inquiries and the exercise of your aforementioned rights should, if possible, be addressed in writing to our above-mentioned address or directly to our data protection officer, preferably by email at: marian.appel@portego.de

11. Automated Decision-Making / Profiling
There is no automated decision-making and/or profiling taking place.

12. Changes
We reserve the right to change this privacy information for applicants from time to time. Any changes will be made known by publishing the amended privacy information on our website. Unless otherwise specified, such changes become effective immediately. Therefore, please regularly review this privacy information to view the most current version.

Use of Cookies and Related Functions/Technologies

To make the visit of our website appealing and to enable the use of certain features, we use so-called cookies in some areas. Cookies are text files that are stored on your hard drive or in the cache of your internet browser when you visit our website. A cookie contains a distinctive string of characters that allows for the unique identification of the browser when the website is accessed again. In addition, we also refer to "cookies" when talking about web beacons and other similar storage technologies for tracking user activities. Web beacons are usually transparent graphic/image elements, typically no larger than 1 x 1 pixel, that are embedded in the website and with which cookies on your devices can be recognized.

We use cookies for storing session-relevant information within the website. These cookies expire at the end of the session/browser session (so-called transient cookies) and are not permanently stored. Other cookies remain on your computer beyond the respective browser session/session and allow us to recognize your computer on your next visit (so-called persistent/permanent cookies). Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a predetermined duration, which can vary depending on the type of cookie.

Naturally, you can also visit our website without the use of cookies. You can deactivate the use of cookies on your computer by changing the browser settings for cookies. The procedure for deactivating cookies can usually be found using the "Help" function of your internet browser. Please note, however, that these settings may impair the full availability and functionality of our website. For more advanced cookie-specific settings and deactivation options, please see the individual explanations of the specific cookies and related functions/technologies used during the visit to our website below.

Some of the cookies we use on our website are from third parties who help us analyze the impact of our website content and the interests of our visitors, measure the performance and performance of our website, or place needs-based advertising and other content on our or other websites. As part of our website, we use both First Party Cookies (only visible from the domain you are currently visiting) and Third Party Cookies (visible across domains and regularly set by third parties). In detail:

Cookie: Google Analytics
Type: Analysis / Tracking
Cookie Name: _ga
Validity: 2 years

Cookie Name: _gat
Validity: 1 minute

Cookie Name: _gid
Validity: 1 day

For the purpose of statistical analysis of the use of our website, we employ Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). When using Google Analytics, cookies are used which enable an analysis of your browsing behavior. This allows us to improve the quality of our website and its content. We learn how the website is used and can thus continually optimize our offering. Google Analytics uses exclusively first-party cookies. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement ([https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active](https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active)). The information generated by the Google Analytics cookies about your use of this website (such as time, place, and frequency of your website visits, including IP address) is transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. We have set the data retention period at Google for user and event-level data to 14 months (the shortest possible setting option).

Furthermore, we would like to point out that on this website, Google Analytics is used only with activated IP anonymization. This ensures that your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union (EU) or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) and thereby anonymized. Google uses the information generated by the cookies on our behalf to evaluate the use of our website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide other services related to website and internet use to us. Google will, according to its own statements, under no circumstances associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You can prevent the storage of Google Analytics cookies by setting your browser software accordingly (see above). Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on for deactivating Google Analytics available at the following link: [tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). Alternatively, particularly on mobile devices, you can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link:

Exclude from tracking

In this case, an opt-out cookie will be set to prevent future collection of your data when visiting this website. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click this link again. For more information about Google Analytics and Google's security and privacy principles, as well as settings and opt-out options, please visit Google's websites at [https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners](https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners) ("Google's data usage when you use our partners' sites or apps") or at [support.google.com/analytics](https://support.google.com/analytics) ("Google Analytics security and privacy principles").

Cookie: Bing
Type: Analysis / Tracking

Cookie Name: _uetsid
Validity: 30 minutes

On our website, we use Bing Ads technologies to collect and store data from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. This is a service of Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. This service allows us to track the activities of users on our website when they have come to our website via ads from Bing Ads. If you arrive at our website via such an advertisement, a cookie is set on your computer. A Bing UET tag is integrated into our website. This is a code used in connection with the cookie to store some non-personal data about the use of the website. This includes, among other things, the duration of stay on the website, which areas of the website were accessed, and through which advertisement the users arrived at the website. No information about your identity is collected.

The collected information is transmitted to servers of Microsoft in the USA and stored there for a maximum of 180 days in principle. You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website, as well as the processing of these data, by disabling the setting of cookies. This may limit the functionality of the website.

Moreover, Microsoft may engage in so-called cross-device tracking to monitor your usage behavior across several of your electronic devices, thereby enabling it to display personalized advertising on or within Microsoft websites and apps. You can deactivate this behavior at [choice.microsoft.com/de-de/opt-out](https://choice.microsoft.com/de-de/opt-out).

For more information on Bing's analysis services, visit the Bing Ads website ([help.bingads.microsoft.com](https://help.bingads.microsoft.com)). For more information on privacy at Microsoft and Bing, refer to Microsoft's privacy policy ([https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement](https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement)).

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly (deactivation option, see above).

Cookie: Session Data
Type: Functional Cookies
Cookie Name: fe_typo_user
Validity: Until the end of the session

This is used for temporary storage of data relevant to the display of the website, including the use of the extranet area after successful login. In the case of redirection from a job board that we recognize, the name of the job board is also temporarily stored. This is for statistical purposes only.

Cookie: Consent to the Use of Cookies
Type: Necessary Cookies

Cookie Name: COOKIE_ACC
Validity: 1 year

Stores consent for the use of cookies.

IV. Categories of Recipients
Initially, only our employees will have knowledge of your personal data. Furthermore, to the extent legally permitted or required, we will share your personal data with other recipients who provide services to us in connection with our website. We limit the sharing of your personal data to what is necessary. Some of our service providers receive your personal data as processors and are then strictly bound by our instructions in handling your personal data. Others act independently with your data that we transmit to them.

V. Duration of Storage
We will initially store your personal data for the duration necessary for the respective purpose of use (see above), which includes the initiation of a contract (pre-contractual legal relationship) and the handling of a contract. In addition, we may store your personal data until the expiration of any legal claims arising from the relationship with you, in order to use them for evidence if necessary. The limitation period is generally between 12 and 36 months but can be up to 30 years.

Upon the expiration of the limitation period, we will delete your personal data unless there is a legal obligation to retain data, for example, under the Commercial Code (§§ 238, 257 paragraph 4 HGB) or the Fiscal Code (§ 147 paragraphs 3, 4 AO). These retention obligations can be up to ten years.

VI. Your Rights as a Data Subject
Under legal conditions, you have the following rights as a data subject, which you can assert against us:
Right of Access: At any time, you have the right, under Art. 15 GDPR, to request confirmation from us as to whether we are processing personal data concerning you; if this is the case, under Art. 15 GDPR, you also have the right to be informed about this personal data and certain other information (including the purposes of the processing, categories of personal data, categories of recipients, planned duration of storage, the source of the data, the use of automated decision-making, and in the case of third-country transfers the appropriate safeguards) and to receive a copy of your data. Restrictions according to § 34 BDSG apply.

Right to Rectification: You have the right, under Art. 16 GDPR, to demand that we correct your stored personal data if it is inaccurate or incorrect.

Right to Erasure: You have the right, under the conditions of Art. 17 GDPR, to demand that we delete personal data concerning you immediately. The right to erasure does not exist, among other things, if the processing of personal data is necessary for (i) exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, (ii) for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g. statutory retention obligations), or (iii) for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. In addition, restrictions according to § 35 BDSG apply.

Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right, under the conditions of Art. 18 GDPR, to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.

Right to Data Portability: You have the right, under the conditions of Art. 20 GDPR, to demand that we provide you with the personal data concerning you which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.

Right to Object: You have the right, under the conditions of Art. 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data, so we must stop processing your personal data. The right to object exists only within the limits provided in Art. 21 GDPR. Moreover, our interests may oppose the termination of processing, so we may be entitled to process your personal data despite your objection.

Information about Your Right to Object under Art. 21 GDPR:
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data, which is based on Art. 6 paragraph 1 f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests) or Art. 6 paragraph 1 e GDPR (data processing in the public interest), if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims. The objection can be made informally and should ideally be addressed to

PORTEGO GmbH
Willy-Brandt-Allee 16
53113 Bonn
Email: marian.appel@portego.de

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You have the right, under the conditions of Art. 77 of the GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of your residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you violates the GDPR. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

Data Protection Officer for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Kavalleriestr. 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf

Other concerns: For further data protection questions and concerns, our Data Protection Officer is at your disposal. Corresponding inquiries and the exercise of your aforementioned rights should, where possible, be addressed in writing to our above-stated address or directly to our Data Protection Officer, preferably via email at: marian.appel@portego.de

VII. Scope of Your Obligations to Provide Data
In principle, you are not obliged to provide us with your personal data. However, if you do not do so, we will not be able to provide you with our contractual services or respond to your inquiries. Likewise, we will not be able to avail ourselves of your contractual services. Personal data that are not strictly necessary for the above-mentioned processing purposes are accordingly marked as voluntary information.

VIII. Automated Decision Making/Profiling
We do not use any automated decision-making or profiling (an automated analysis of your personal data).

IX. Changes
We reserve the right to amend this data protection declaration at any time. Any changes will be made known, among other ways, by publishing the amended data protection declaration on our website. Unless otherwise specified, such changes will take effect immediately.

Last updated in October 2023.