General
Legal Basis
Demands with Regard to Content
Realization of the Privacy Policy for the SaferSurf Service
Examples for the Realization of our Privacy Policy
Questions with Regard to this Information
General
Internet users are often unsure and rather suspicious as to which type of personal data is registered, saved, used or passed on by whom.
As the number of users who want to ensure their privacy is growing, the possibility of users leaving a website before they have seen the offered content increases if the site's privacy policy has not been published. However, this is not in the interest of the provider of the website.
SaferSurf.com takes these worries of the users regarding their privacy seriously. Being a member of the Board of IT and Multimedia Industry (VITM), user privacy is given top priority on our website. We do not only see our responsibility in the fulfilment of our duty regarding the user privacy, but we would also like to answer all our customers' questions concerning their privacy.
Legal Basis
At first we would like to explain the legal basis. The terms teleservices and media services are often used in connection with privacy. Internet offers are either called "teleservices" or "media services". Both terms are mutually exclusive.
Teleservices are all electronic information and communication services that are used for the individual use of data like characters, images or sound that can be combined together and that are transmitted by means of telecommunication like for example telebanking, data exchange, information services (e.g. traffic and weather information), services providing access to the Internet or other networks, services offering access to telegames as well as goods and services offered and listed in electronically accessible data bases with interactive access and the possibility for direct order.
Media services on the other hand include information and communication services intended for the general public like for example teleshopping, distribution of measurements in text and picture, video text and similar text services.
According to the law the online service SaferSurf is a "teleservice". The ordinance says:
The provider shall inform the user, prior to the beginning of the procedure, about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection, processing, and use of his personal data, insofar as the user has not already been informed. In case of automated processing, which permits subsequent identification of the user and which prepares the collection, processing or use of personal data, the user shall be informed prior to the beginning of the procedure. The content of such information shall be accessible to the user at any time.
SaferSurf.com fulfils its obligation to document its utilization of user-related data. There is a link on every page of our online service leading to a statement of our Privacy Policy. There are two separate areas:
- User data that is gathered for the use of our online service. The online service at www.safersurf.com describes the features, prices and so on for the use of the online service SaferSurf. We assure you that no cookies are saved or personal data are collected on any page of www.safersurf.com. If you send any personal data to us, for example by filling in a form, we only use the data for the defined purpose. No data is passed on to a third party.
Demands with Regard to Content
SaferSurf.com warrants that all legal requirements with regard to user privacy are adhered to. Those are:
Nutzwerk indicates that Nutzwerk is the provider of the SaferSurf service.
SaferSurf.com does not make the rendering of the SaferSurf service conditional upon the consent of the user to the effect that his data may be processed or used for other purposes.
SaferSurf.com observes the policy of collecting, processing and using either no personal data at all or as few data as possible. We only collect data that is absolutely necessary for provision of the service. For example, we do not need any personal data if the user pays for the service by credit card. The registration and utilization are anonymous in this case.
The SaferSurf user will be informed about the type, scope, place and purposes of collection, processing and use of his personal data.
SaferSurf,com offers the user anonymous use and payment of the service or use and payment under a pseudonym. The user is informed about these options.
User profiles may be generated under the condition that pseudonyms are used.
Every SaferSurf user is entitled at any time to inspect, free of charge, stored data concerning his person or pseudonym at the provider’s.
Realization of the Privacy Policy for the SaferSurf Service
The Privacy Policy comprises an extensive statement about the principles and procedures with regard to the collection, processing, and use of personal data in relation with the provision and utilization of the SaferSurf Service on the internet.
Our privacy policy is published whenever any personal data is requested through the website www.safersurf.com, for example in the case of an online registration for the SaferSurf service. If other forms are filled in online or the user communicates with SaferSurf.com per eMail, the user can also get information about the protection of his privacy at any time.
In no event will SaferSurf.com collect personal data without user knowledge, e.g. by means of cookies or protocols. Personal data is not passed on to a third party without user consent.
On the website www.safersurf.com and by use of the SaferSurf service data is aggregated, e.g. for statistics about page views, or anonymous data in form of IP addresses reduced to domain level. This does not mean that any personal data is saved. Although the publication of a privacy policy is not required in such a case, SaferSurf.com publishes it anyway for every user. This way we would like to dispel any existing worries or doubts of the users.
Examples for the Realization of our Privacy Policy:
Your visit to our website is only saved as anonymous access for statistical purposes that does not contain any personal data.
There is a clearly displayed link on every page of our website that leads to our online privacy policy.
When you access the website www.safersurf.com, we may save identification information (IP address) and further information (like date, time, viewed pages) on our server for data security reasons. These data are not further evaluated, except for statistical purposes and in an anonymous way.
If you send us an eMail, we will use your eMail address for no purpose other than contacting you.
We do not use cookies for the use of any of the services.
We do not collect personal data about the visitors of our website and the SaferSurf service. Our service provider only saves the domain part of your IP address (e.g. provider.com) and the pages you visited. The service provider then provides us with the aggregated information about the number of visitors per domain name.
You are entitled to request, free of charge, information about any stored personal data. In addition you have the right to correct wrong data and to block or delete data.
Any personal data collected about you are not passed on and do not serve for any other purpose than stated at the time of collection.
If you place an order on the www.safersurf.com website and as a result enter personal data, these data are encrypted during transmission by means of SSL and cannot be read by unauthorized persons. This includes the utilization of the SaferSurf administration tool.
Questions with Regard to this Information
Should you have any further questions with regard to our privacy policy, please contact us at:
Thomas Kuwatsch
(Data Protection)
eMail: t.kuwatsch@safersurf.com
