Website data protection statement and at the same time information for data subjects pursuant to Article 13 and Article 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation

General Information

Information about the controller

Company:
Silk & Otter Research
Lina Steffens

Legal representative:
Lina Steffens

Address:
Bootsbauerstr. 20
10245 Berlin-Germany

Contact details for data protection officer:
datenschutz@silkotter-research.de

General data processing information

Affected data:
Personal data is only collected if you communicate it to us yourself. Apart from that, no personal data is collected. Any processing of your personal data that goes beyond the scope of the statutory permission is only possible on the basis of your express consent.

Processing purpose:
Contract execution

Categories of recipients:

    • Public authorities in the event of priority legislation.
    • External service providers or other contractors.
    • Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.

Third-country transfers:
As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.

Duration of data storage:
The duration of data storage depends on the statutory stor-age requirements and is usually 10 years.

Specific information about the website

Use of a Registration form for participants

As part of the registration in our test person database, you provide us with your first and last name, your e-mail address and telephone number, your date of birth, infor-mation about your gender, your professional group, your place of residence and, op-tionally, other data. We use this information exclusively to identify you as a suitable test person for a market or social research study and to specifically request and invite you. We do not pass this data on to third parties without your express consent. The data you entered during registration will be saved by us until you log out as a test person. You can unsubscribe at any time by notifying us accordingly. By unsubscribing, you object to the use of your recorded data.

Use of a newsletter

When registering for our newsletter, you provide us with your email address and, on an optional basis, other information. We use these data solely for the purpose of send-ing you the newsletter. We retain the data that you disclose in your newsletter applica-tion until you cancel your subscription to our newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in the newsletter intended for this purpose, or by sending us the ap-propriate notification. By unsubscribing, you revoke the use of your email address.
We also use your email address, which we receive in connection with the sale of a product or service, exclusively for direct advertising in the form of our newsletter for products or services that we sell that are similar to the ones you ordered, provided that you have not objected to having your email used in this way. You may object to the use of your email address at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmis-sion costs according to the basic rates. Your objection (and thus the cancellation of our newsletter) can be communicated by sending the appropriate message to our email address (see the Legal Notice).

Website Log Files

When you visit our websites, your browser transmits certain data to our web server for technical reasons. The following data are recorded during an ongoing connection for communication between your internet browser and our web server:

  • Date and time of your request
  • Name of the requested file
  • Page from which the file was requested
  • Access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.)
  • 
Type and version of the browser and the operating system you use
  • Full IP address of the requesting computer
  • Quantity of data transferred


For reasons of technical security, in particular to prevent attacks on our web server, we store these data for a short period of time. It is impossible to discern the identity of in-dividual persons based on this data. After seven days at the latest, the data is anony-mized by shortening the IP address at the domain level, so that it is no longer possible to establish any reference to the individual user. The anonymized data will also be pro-cessed for statistical purposes. We don’t compare any data to data in other databases or forward them to third parties, even in excerpts.

Use of Google Analytics with the consent of the website visitor

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), on the basis of the consent of the website visitors. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; we would like to point out, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by using the link below Download and install browser plug-in (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). In view of the discussion about the use of analysis tools with full IP addresses, we would like to point out that this website will only use Google Analytics with prior consent and with the extension “_anonymizeIp ()” and therefore IP addresses will only be processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude a direct personal reference. Especially for browsers on mobile devices, please click this link (please link with (javascript:gaOptout()) to allow Google Analytics to record anonymously on this website for your To prevent future browsers by means of a so-called “opt-out cookie”.

Information about other data processing procedures

Specific information for the processing of customer data / client data / prospective parties’ data

Affected data:
Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your express consent.

Processing Purpose:
Execution of the contract, among others offers, orders, sales and invoicing, quality assurance Categories of recipients:    Public authorities in the event of priority legislation.


Categories of recipients:

    • Public authorities in the event of priority legislation.
    • External service providers or other contractors, including for data processing and hosting, for shipping, transport and logistics, service providers for printing and sending infor-mation, for establishing contact and for exchanging infor-mation in the context of order fulfillment.
    • Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest, i.a. for credit information when purchasing on account, for sending information electronically, for quality assurance purposes.




Third-country transfers:
As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.

Duration of data storage:
The duration of data storage depends on the statutory stor-age requirements and is usually 10 years.

Specific information on the processing of participant data

Affected data:   
Contact and structural data, including sensitive data, that were communicated to us as part of the following procedures. (Example “structural data”: male, > 45 years, elemen-tary school teacher, uses a smartboard for his lessons.)

    • Registration as a participant via the website registration form (mandatory information for registration: first and last name, email address and telephone number, date of birth, gender, professional group, place of residence. In addition, further data can be provided on a voluntary basis.)
    • Reaction to an advertisement, a participant request for a specific study or a direct re-quest
    • Inquiry or preliminary survey, e.g. by phone or online questionnaire that follows one of the two aforementioned procedures

Processing Purpose:
Identification of suitable participants for market and social research studies, their in-quiry, preliminary questioning and invitation; Transmission of anonymised structural data to customers as proof of the placement of suitable participants.


Categories of recipients:

    • Customers / clients receive anonymized structural data as proof of the placement of suitable participants
    • Public authorities in the event of priority legislation
    • Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent.




Third-country transfers:
As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.


Duration of data storage:
Test person data that was recorded via the registration form is stored for as long as it can be used for the processing purpose and / or must be kept in accordance with legal requirements. The person concerned can assert his / her claims for information, correction or deletion or for restriction of processing or the exercise of his / her right to object to processing and the right to data portability at any time. Here you can contact us by email or letter (https://silkotter-research.de/en/legal-notice). Contact and structural data that were not collected via the registration form will be deleted after the study has ended, but at the latest after one month. The duration of the data storage of the anonymised structural data is based on the statutory retention requirements and, as part of our work, is usually 10 years.

Specific information about the application process

Affected data:
Application information

Processing Purpose:   
Implementation of application process


Categories of recipients:

    • Public authorities in the event of priority legislation
    • External service providers or other contractors i.a. for data processing and hosting
    • Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevail-ing interest i.a. Customers and prospective parties in the context of order acquisition.




Third-country transfers:
As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.


Duration of data storage:
Application data are usually deleted within one month after notification of the decision, unless consent has been given to longer data storage within the framework of inclusion in the service provider pool.

Specific information on the processing of employee data / data from independent service providers

Affected data:
Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your express consent e.g. data on professional qualifications.

Processing Purpose:
Execution of the contract within the framework of the employment relationship / the concluded service contract, SRM, establishment and support of a service provider pool (admission after consent), transmission of selected service provider data and data of their employees to interested parties, customers and clients, to prove their qualifications


Categories of recipients:

    • Public authorities in the event of priority legislation, i.a. tax office, social security agency, professional association
    • Customers / clients in order to prove the qualifications of the service providers within the framework of a project
    • External service providers or other contractors, including for data processing and host-ing, for remuneration / fee accounting, for travel expense accounting, for insurance benefits
    • Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmis-sion is permitted due to a prevailing interest i.a. Customers and prospective parties in the context of order acquisition, insurance benefits.




Third-country transfers:
As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.

Duration of data storage:
The duration of data storage depends on the statutory storage requirements and is usually 10 years.

Specific information for the processing of supplier data

Affected data:
Data communicated for contract execution; if necessary, additional data for processing on the basis of your express consent.

Processing Purpose:
Contract execution, i.a. inquiries, purchasing, quality assurance


Categories of recipients:

    • Public authorities in the event of priority legislation, i.a. tax office, customs
    • External service providers or other contractors, i.a. for data processing and hosting, accounting, payment processing
    • Other external bodies in so far as the data subject has given his consent or a transmission is permitted due to a prevailing interest.




Third-country transfers:
As part of contractual execution, processors could also be used outside the European Union.


Duration of data storage:
The duration of data storage depends on the statutory stor-age requirements and is usually 10 years.

Further information and contacts

In addition, you may invoke your rights to correction or deletion at any time, to restrict processing, to object to processing, and to data portability. Here you will find the option to contact us by email or letter (https://silkotter-research.de/en/legal-notice). You also have the right to contact the data protection supervisory authority for complaints.

Silk & Otter Research
Lina Steffens
Bootsbauerstr. 20
10245 Berlin – Germany

info@silkotter-research.de
+49 30 629 323 43

 

Silk & Otter Research
Lina Steffens
Bootsbauerstr. 20
10245 Berlin – Germany

info@silkotter-research.de
+49 30 629 323 43

Silk & Otter Research
Lina Steffens
Bootsbauerstr. 20
10245 Berlin – Germany

info@silkotter-research.de
+49 30 629 323 43