Privacy Policy

This English version is provided for information purposes only. In case of any deviation, the German version shall prevail.

1. Privacy at a glance

General information

The following notes give a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You will find their contact details in the section “Notes on the controller” of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, on the one hand, by you providing it to us. This may, for example, be data you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically — or after your consent — by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are primarily technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time the page was opened). The collection of this data happens automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive free information about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, in certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as well as a right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority.

2. Hosting

External hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host’s servers. This may primarily include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact data, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract performance with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

We use the following host:

Netlify, Inc.
44 Montgomery Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA

In the event of data processing in the USA, an adequate level of data protection is ensured on the basis of standard contractual clauses and supplementary technical and organisational measures. For more information on data processing by our host, please refer to Netlify’s privacy policy: https://www.netlify.com/privacy/

A data processing agreement (DPA) has been concluded with Netlify, ensuring the service processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General notes and mandatory information

Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

SIMA Software Solutions GmbH August-Schmieder-Straße 48 94377 Steinach, Germany

Phone: +49 172 6111133 Email: info@simasoftware.de

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing ceases to apply. If you make a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons to store your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion takes place once these reasons no longer apply.

Legal bases

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR. If your data is required for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Where necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Your rights

You have the right at any time to: free information about your stored personal data, correction or deletion of this data, restriction of processing, data portability, and to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right at any time to object on grounds relating to your particular situation. If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to such processing at any time.

You can revoke a consent already given at any time for the future. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up until the withdrawal is not affected.

SSL/TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the “https://” prefix and the lock icon in your browser’s address bar.

4. Data collection on this website

Cookie consent with Cookieconsent

This website uses the open-source solution “Cookieconsent” (provider: Orest Bida) to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies. Cookieconsent runs entirely on our or our host’s servers — no transmission to third parties takes place.

On your first visit, a technically necessary cookie is set in which your consent settings are stored. Optional categories (e.g. statistics) remain inactive until you explicitly allow them. You can adjust or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings.

The legal basis for the use of Cookieconsent is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7(1) GDPR (obligation to provide evidence of consent given).

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us: browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request and IP address. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The contact form is processed via the service “Netlify Forms” of our host Netlify, Inc. (44 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA). Submitted form data is received on Netlify’s servers, transmitted encrypted and forwarded to us. Further information can be found in Netlify’s privacy policy: https://www.netlify.com/privacy/

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Enquiry by email or telephone

If you contact us by email or telephone, your enquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your concern.

5. Analytics

Google Analytics 4

This website uses — subject to your consent — functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics 4. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables us to analyse the behaviour of our website visitors and provides usage data such as page views, dwell time, operating systems used and origin. The information collected by Google about the use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time via our cookie settings.

The data transfer to the USA is supported by the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. For details, see: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

IP anonymisation

This website uses Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymisation activated. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transferred to the USA.

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

For further information, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.