Privacy Notice

General Information

This privacy policy is intended to inform the users of this website about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator Elliptic Squares. The website operator takes your privacy very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory provisions. As new technologies and the continuous development of this website may result in changes to this privacy policy, we recommend that you read through the privacy policy again at regular intervals. Definitions of the terms used (e.g. "personal data" or "processing") can be found in Art. 4 DSGVO.

Handling of contact data

If you contact us as the website operator through the contact options offered, your information will be stored so that we can use it to process and respond to your request. Without your consent, this data will not be disclosed to third parties.

In the course of our services, we send one-time emails to individuals not registered in our database. This processing is based on our legitimate interest in sharing relevant information. The email addresses are used only for this single sending and are not stored. We implement all necessary security measures to protect the data during processing. Affected individuals can exercise their rights to access, correct, and delete their data at any time. We also offer the option to unsubscribe from any type of e-mail from our mailing list.

Rights of the user

As a user, you have the right to request information free of charge about what personal data has been stored about you. You also have the right to rectification of incorrect data and to restriction of processing or deletion of your personal data. If applicable, you may also exercise your right to data portability. If you believe that your data has been processed unlawfully, you may lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Data storage

Unless your request conflicts with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g. data retention), you have a right to have your data deleted. Data stored by us will be deleted if it is no longer required for its intended purpose and there are no legal retention periods. If deletion cannot be carried out because the data is required for permissible legal purposes, data processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.

Right of objection

Users of this website may exercise their right to object to the processing of their personal data at any time. If you wish to correct, block, delete or obtain information about the personal data stored about you or have questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data or wish to revoke consents granted, please contact us at the following e-mail address: martin.kurz@ellipticsquares.com.

Cookies and other tracking technologies

We use session-based and persistent “cookies” and similar technologies such as web beacons to increase user-friendliness and compile information about the usage of our websites and applications. Cookies are created either by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party providers determined by us (third-party cookies). The following describes the types of further cookies we utilize:

  • Necessary Cookies. Necessary Cookies are for basic website functionality, e.g., session cookies to transmit the website, authentication cookies, and security cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website.
  • Functional Cookies. Functional Cookies enhance functions, performance, and services on the website, e.g., cookies used to analyze site traffic, cookies for market research, and cookies to display advertising that is not directed to a particular individual.
  • Marketing Cookies. Marketing Cookies track activity across websites in order to understand your interests, to direct targeted advertising to you, and to track the performance of our advertisements.

Use of third-party provider tools

In order to provide and continuously improve our services, we are using the services of the following third-party providers which may also process personal data. These third-party providers have been selected diligently and in line with the requirements of the GDPR.

a. Google

Unless otherwise stated in the data privacy policy, the operator of all Google services mentioned here is Google Ireland Limited,Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

i. Google Maps

This website incorporates the API service “Google Maps” in order to be able to depict geographical information. The use of Google Maps makes it possible for Google to collect, process and use data on your use of the service. By using Google Maps, information about the use of this website including your IP address and the (start) address entered in the route planner function can be transmitted to Google in the USA. The map content is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated by it into the website. Elliptic Squares has no influence on the scope of the data collected by Google in this way. Elliptic Squares also has no influence on the further processing and use of the data by Google. We have no influence and therefore cannot accept any responsibility for this.You can find further information on the processing of your data by Google at the Google data privacy information.

ii. Google Analytics

This website uses the service “Google Analytics”. The operator of this service is the company Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. Google Analytics is a web analysis service, and, by placement of cookies and the information acquired by this, it enables us to make inferences about user behavior on our website. The information generated by the cookies is sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Our website uses the service Google Analytics on an exclusively pseudonymous basis. Your IP address is only recorded in abbreviated form and is hence anonymized.

b. Stripe

Unless otherwise stated in the data privacy policy, the operator of all Stripe services mentioned here is Stripe Payments Europe, Limited (SPEL) in 1 Grand Canal Street, Lower Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, D02 H210, Ireland

i. Stripe Payment

For the processing of payments and to improve the user experience, we use the payment service provider Stripe. In the process certain personal data, in particular your email, is transmitted to Stripe. The transmission of this data is mandatory and in accordance with GDPR.