This privacy policy informs users about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the provider listed below:

Academic Hero is an offer of Brain Appeal GmbH
Wildbader Straße 9
68239 Mannheim

Represented by
Jörg Oswald, Managing Director

Contact
Phone: +49 621 437843-00
Fax: +49 621 4378943-90
Email: info☞ Please insert an @ at this point ☜academic-hero☞ Please insert a period at this point ☜de

The privacy policy is provided in accordance with Article 13 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

Brain Appeal GmbH is not obliged to appoint a data protection officer.

As a visitor to this website, you have the right to obtain information from Brain Appeal GmbH, as the data controller, about the personal data that we use about you.

You have a right to rectification or erasure or to restriction of processing of your personal data. You also have the right to object to the processing.
You have the right to data portability. This means that, upon request, we will provide you with a copy of the personal data that we have stored about you, provided that there is no other legal provision to the contrary.

You have the right to revoke a declaration of consent given to us at any time.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for Brain Appeal GmbH is:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
House address: Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart
Postal address: Postfach 10 29 32, 70025 Stuttgart
Tel.: 0711/615541-0, FAX: 0711/615541-15

Personal data is information that can be used to identify a person, i.e. information that can be traced back to a person. This includes the name, email address or telephone number. But data about preferences, hobbies, memberships or which websites have been viewed by someone also count as personal data.

Personal data is only collected, used and passed on by the provider if this is permitted by law or if the user consents to the collection of data.

The following sections explain the purpose for which types and categories of personal data are collected and processed by this website. The legal basis and the duration of storage are also stated. If the data is transferred to other bodies, to third countries or to international organizations, this is also stated.

The provider (or its web space provider Webhostone, www.webhostone.de) collects data about every access to these web pages (so-called server log files). The access data includes

• IP address / host name of the accessing computer
• Date and time (time zone) of the server request
• Page or file accessed
• HTTP status code
• Referrer URL

Purpose of processing
The provider uses the log data only for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of the offer. However, the provider reserves the right to check the log data retrospectively if there is a justified suspicion of unlawful use based on concrete evidence.

Legal basis
The legal basis for the collection of access data and log files is Article 6 para. 1 f)  EU General Data Protection Regulation (to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller).

Transfer of data
The data is not transferred - not even to third countries or international organizations.

Duration of data storage
The data is deleted after 10 days.

Profiling/automated individual decision-making
No profiling or automated individual decision-making is carried out.

Use of data for other purposes
The data is not used for other purposes.

When contacting the provider by e-mail or contact form, the user's details are stored for the purpose of processing the request and in the event that follow-up questions arise

We would like to point out that communication by e-mail is not encrypted and is therefore not confidential. If you wish to send us confidential information, please contact us by telephone so that we can arrange a secure means of communication.

If you use the contact form, your data will be transmitted in encrypted form, as the entire website only allows encrypted access. However, your request will be forwarded to us unencrypted by e-mail. Therefore, if you wish to send confidential information, please contact us by telephone so that we can arrange a secure means of communication.

Type and categories of personal data
The personal data that is processed is that which is communicated in the email or the contact form  , for example name, contact details and the content of the message.

Purpose of processing
The purpose of processing is to respond to inquiries.

Legal basis
The legal basis for responding to inquiries is Article 6 (1) b) EU GDPR (performance of a contract or for the implementation of  pre-contractual measures).

Transmission of data
The data will not be transmitted - not even to third countries or international organizations.

Duration of data storage
The data will be deleted as soon as the request has been finally processed and no other legal provision requires storage. Other legal provisions are, for example, the retention regulations pursuant to Section 257 HGB in conjunction with Section 147 AO. Accounting-related data must be stored for 10 years, other tax-related data for six years.

Profiling/automated individual decision-making
No profiling or automated individual decision-making is carried out.

Use of data for other purposes
The data is not used for other purposes.

This site does not use cookies. Therefore no cookie banner is necessary.

This website uses a self-hosted Matomo (https://matomo.org) to continuously optimize the offer. Pseudonymous user profiles are created from the data collected. No cookies are used.

The data collected with Matomo is not used to personally identify visitors to this website and is not merged with personal data about the person affected by the pseudonym. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can object to this use by clicking here:

Purpose of processing
The provider uses Matomo with pseudonymous data in the form of usage statistics for the purposes of advertising, market research and the needs-based design of the website.

Legal basis
The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Article 6(1)(f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller)

Transfer of data
The data will not be transferred - not even to third countries or international organizations.

Duration of data storage
The pseudonymous data collected by Matomo is deleted after three months.

Profiling/automated individual decision-making
No profiling or automated individual decision-making is carried out.

Use of data for other purposes
The data collected with the help of Matomo is not used for other purposes.

Brain Appeal GmbH operates appearances for Academic Hero in various social media:

• Instagram - www.instagram.com/academichero/
• YouTube- www.youtube.com/channel/UC3-_1bRwzHYAYI2aLQLqXmQ/

These appearances are used to inform and communicate with customers, interested parties, suppliers and partners.

Type and categories of personal data
The personal data that is processed is that which is communicated in a message within the social media, for example names, contact details and the content of the message.

Purpose of processing
The purpose of processing is to respond to inquiries.

Legal basis
The legal basis for responding to inquiries is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract).

Transmission of data
Brain Appeal does not transmit the data generated in the course of responding to messages - not even to third countries or international organizations.
For information on data transmission by the social media providers themselves, please contact  the respective provider. Most of the providers listed above (except Xing) are based in third countries.

Duration of data storage
The data will be deleted as soon as the request has been finally processed and no other legal provision requires storage. Other legal provisions are, for example, the retention regulations pursuant to Section 257 HGB in conjunction with Section 147 AO. Accounting-related data must be stored for 10 years, other tax-related data for six years.

Profiling/automated individual decision-making
No profiling or automated individual decision-making is carried out.

Use of data for other purposes
The data is not used for other purposes.
 

To subscribe to the free newsletter offered on our website, you can register using our form. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure. A confirmation email will first be sent to the email address you have provided, asking you to confirm your registration. The registration only becomes effective when you click on the activation link contained in the confirmation e-mail. We use your data transmitted to us exclusively for sending the newsletter, which may contain information (news, new products and special promotions) or offers. By submitting the data you have entered, you consent to the data processing and confirm our privacy policy.

We use rapidmail [external*]to send our newsletter. The provider is rapidmail GmbH, Wentzingerstraße 21, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Rapidmail is a service with which, among other things, the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter is stored on Rapidmail's servers in Germany.

Data analysis by Rapidmail
For analysis purposes, the emails sent with Rapidmail contain a so-called "tracking pixel", which connects to the Rapidmail servers when the email is opened. In this way, it can be determined whether a newsletter message has been opened.

We can also use Rapidmail to determine whether and which links in the newsletter message are clicked on. All links in the email are so-called tracking links, which can be used to count your clicks. If you do not wish to be analyzed by Rapidmail, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in every newsletter message.

For more information on Rapidmail's analysis functions, please see the following link: https://de.rapidmail.wiki/kategorien/statistiken/.

Legal basis
Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

Storage period
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After you unsubscribe from the newsletter distribution list, your e-mail address may be stored by us or the newsletter service provider in a blacklist if this is necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

For more information, please refer to Rapidmail's data security information at: https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit.

Order processing
We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that it processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time or revoke your consent at any time by sending an email to info@brain-appeal.com. Your data will be deleted within 2 months after you stop receiving the newsletter, provided that there are no legal obligations to retain the data. If a free service requires registration for the newsletter, this free service can also be provided without registration for the newsletter on request.

Please note the information on data protection for interested parties, customers, suppliers and providers.

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