Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

We appreciate your interest in our website. The protection of your personal data is very important to us. In this privacy policy, we inform you about the processing of personal data on our website in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We use only technically necessary cookies and refrain from using tracking or marketing tools.

2. Data Controller

Calvergy UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
c/o Collective Incubator
Jülicher Straße 209 q-s
52070 Aachen
E-Mail: contact@calvergy.com

3. Access Data and Hosting

When you visit our website, the hosting provider automatically collects information and stores it in server log files. This data is technically necessary to display the website to you and ensure stability and security.

Collected data may include:

• IP address
• Date and time of request
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Access status/HTTP status code
• Amount of data transferred
• Website from which the request comes (referrer)
• Browser type and version
• Operating system and its interface

This data is not combined with other data sources. The storage is carried out to safeguard our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

4. Use of Cloudflare

We use services of Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA for protection and optimization of load times (Content Delivery Network, DDoS protection, security features).

What Cloudflare does:

• Filters suspicious traffic
• Uses security cookies (e.g., cf_clearance, __cf_bm)
• Uses globally distributed servers, including outside the EU

Legal basis:
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in secure operation and protection against attacks)

Data transfer to third countries:
Cloudflare processes data in the USA. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which ensures an adequate level of data protection.

Data processing agreement:
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with Cloudflare.

Further information: https://www.cloudflare.com/de-de/privacypolicy/

Note: We do not use Cloudflare Web Analytics or any other tracking services. Cloudflare is used exclusively for securing and optimizing the website operation.

5. Contact

When you contact us by email, your request including all resulting personal data (name, email, message) will be stored and processed by us to handle your request.

Legal basis:
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (for implementation of pre-contractual measures)

6. Cookies

We use technically necessary cookies that are required for the operation of the website. These are specifically security cookies (e.g., cf_clearance from Cloudflare) that serve to protect the website. You can adjust your browser settings to be informed about the setting of cookies or to block cookies.

Legal basis:
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest)

7. Your Rights

You have the right:

• to information about your stored data (Art. 15 GDPR)
• to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
• to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)
• to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

8. Data Security

We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to ensure that it always complies with current legal requirements. The current version of the privacy policy applies to your next visit.