1. Subject of this Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") is of major concern for us. In the following, we would like to inform you in detail which data is collected by us, how this data is processed or used and which technical or organizational measures have been taken by us to protect your data. 

2. Name and contact details of the responsible company handling your data:

Responsible for the handling of your data is according to Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR and Paragraph 13 Telemedia Act:

Quadriga Capital Eigenkapitalberatung GmbH ("Quadriga Capital")
Hamburger Allee 4
D-60486 Frankfurt
T +49 (69) 795 000-0
F +49 (69) 795 000-60
contact@quadriga-capital.de

3. Contact details of the data protection officer

Our data protection officer can either be reached under the above-mentioned E-Mail address or our postal address. Please address your postal request to our “Data Protection Officer ".

4. Purpose and legal basis for data processing and the duration of data storage

All personal data we are collecting from you will only be processed and used for the specified purposes. In doing so, we will ensure that this only happens within the framework of the applicable legislation or only with your explicit consent.

The extent and nature of the processing of your data differs, depending on the purpose of your visit of our website. It has to be distinguished whether you visit our website only for retrieving information or whether you want to use services offered by us.

Internet use

For the pure informational use of our website, it is generally not necessary for you to provide personal data. In this case, we only collect and use those data that your Internet browser automatically transmits to us. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file and may possibly permit identification. The following information will be collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

• Date and time of retrieval of one of our websites
• your browser type
• the browser settings
• the operating system used
• the page you visited last
• the transferred amount of data and the access status (file transfer, file not found etc.)
• your IP addresses.

We collect and process this data in order to facilitate the use of the websites you have accessed and to improve our internet presence. We also process the data for the purposes of ensuring system security and stability, including the defense and analysis of attacks of our websites.

The IP address will be stored for a period of 26 months and is only used for the aforementioned purposes; afterwards the data will be deleted or will only be saved in an anonymous form. Any evaluation for statistical purposes will at most take place in an anonymous form. We will not merge this data with other data sources.

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is outlined in Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the above listed purposes.

In addition, we use cookies as well as analysis and statistics tools when visiting our website. For more information, see paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Privacy Policy.

5. Receiver of the data

Your data may be provided under the condition of aforementioned purposes to service providers who are supporting us. We have carefully selected and assessed these providers. We committed them to comply with respective data protection laws.

The transfer of your data to other third parties will only occur if this is necessary in order to fulfill a legal obligation in accordance with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR or we have otherwise received your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

6. Use of Cookies

On our website we use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are sent from our web server to your browser as part of your visit to our website and are held by this on your computer for later retrieval.

The cookies we use can be classified in the following ways:

Session cookies store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the shared session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

Persistent cookies store a file on your computer for a certain period of time. Through these cookies, websites remember your information and settings on your next visit. This leads to a faster and more convenient access. Permanent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

Third-party cookies are provided by other providers than by us as the operator of the website (for example, Google, see section 7 of this privacy policy). For example, they can be used to collect information for advertising, custom content, and web statistics.

 We use the following cookies in connection with the use of Google services:

_gat: Storage time 1 minute, to reduce the request rate

_ga: storage period 2 years, to differentiate the user

_gid: storage time 24 hours, to differentiate the user

The information generated by the use of Google Analytics (including the IP address of the users) can also be transmitted and stored to servers of Google LLC in the European Union and the USA (see section 7 of this privacy policy). The transferred data cannot be merged with other data you have stored.

Whether cookies can be set and retrieved can be determined by the settings in your browser. For example, you may disable your cookie altogether, restrict it to certain websites, or configure your browser to automatically notify you when a cookie is about to be placed and ask for your feedback. How this works in detail can be found in the Help function of your browser or for the common browsers Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Apple Safari 6/7.

Please note that a general deactivation of cookies may possibly lead to functional restrictions of our website. For technical reasons, it is necessary for the full functionality of our website to at least allow the aforementioned session cookies.

The legal basis for the processing of your data by the use of cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time in the future by preventing or disabling the use of cookies as described above. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

7. Use of statistic tools (Google Analytics)

It is important for us to design our internet pages as optimally as possible and to make them attractive for our visitors. In order to achieve this, it is necessary for us to know which parts of the website appeal our visitors the most.

For this purpose, our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). It is a service of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), located in Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics also uses cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymization has been activated on our website so that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to us as website operators.

The IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all functions of this website.
You may also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

The privacy policy of Google can be found here:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. The EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement is a privacy agreement designed to ensure that data is sent to certified US companies for adequate data protection. The European Commission has determined the appropriateness of the data protection level under the EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement by a decision of 12 July 2016 (case C (2016) 4176). You can find the decision of the European Commission under:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?qid=1566318803874&uri=CELEX:32016D1250

Your Google Analytics data will be deleted after 26 months.

8. Google Maps

Our website uses Google Maps for showing our location on a map and for providing a driving description. It is a service of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), located in Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When accessing the Google Maps component integrated in our website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your Internet browser. To view our location and provide directions, your user settings and data will be used and processed. Google may use servers in the United States for this service.

Google will be in a position to determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions for reaching our location are to be transmitted.

The legal basis for the integration of Google Maps and the associated data transfer to Google is your consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR).

If you do not agree with this processing, you have the option to prevent the installation of cookies by the corresponding settings in your Internet browser. You will find details on this under the heading "Use of Cookies".

In addition, the use of Google Maps and information obtained through Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Service https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=US&hl=en

and the Google Maps Terms of Service

https://www.google.com/intl/en_gb/help/terms_maps.html.

In addition, Google offers more information at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

9. Data Security

We have taken technical and organizational security measures to protect personal data collected on our internet pages, in particular against copious, intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or attack by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

10. Your rights as Data Subject

The General Data Protection Regulation gives you the right to information, correction and portability, restriction of processing (blocking) and deletion of your data. You have the right to object to the processing of your data, namely to the processing based on legitimate interest.

The exercise of the rights may be dependent on the particular processing and thus differ in the various processing operations.

Furthermore, we would like to draw your attention to your general right of appeal to the responsible supervisory authority.