Privacy Policy

Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

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

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 can find the contact details in the section "Notice on the Responsible Entity" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected firstly by providing it to us, for example through inputs into a contact form. Other data is automatically recorded or after your consent during visits to the website by our IT systems. This primarily consists of technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter the website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used for the analysis of your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive, free of charge, information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can withdraw this consent at any time in the future. You furthermore have the right, under certain circumstances, to demand restriction of the processing of your personal data. Additionally, you have a right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. For this and other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time.

Hosting

This website is externally hosted. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers. This includes primarily IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website visits, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting occurs to fulfill our contractual obligations to potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, rapid, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

We use the following host:
Vercel Inc.
440 N Barranca Ave #4133
Covina, CA 91723, USA

General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can personally be identified. The present privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Notice on the Responsible Entity

The responsible entity for data processing on this website is:

Bridgemaker GmbH
Linienstraße 86
10119 Berlin
Email: info@bridgemaker.com

The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

If no specific storage duration has been mentioned in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing ceases. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, deletion occurs after these reasons cease.

Legal Basis of Data Processing

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, provided special data categories according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. If your data is necessary for contract fulfillment or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may also occur based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we collaborate with various external entities. Sometimes, a transfer of personal data to these external entities is necessary. We only pass on personal data to external entities if this is required within the scope of contract fulfillment, if we are legally obliged to do so, if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, or if another legal basis permits data transfer.

We collaborate with the following external entities for providing the requested services:

Vercel Inc. (USA) – Hosting as Processor (Art. 28 GDPR).
Supabase Inc. (USA) – Database and Form Data Storage as Processor (Art. 28 GDPR).

Your Rights

Revocation of Consent

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke already given consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of Objection (Art. 21 GDPR)

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

In the event of violations of GDPR, affected parties have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of these data within the framework of the applicable legal provisions. For this and other questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases: if you dispute the accuracy of your stored personal data; if the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful; if we no longer need your personal data but you need them for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims; or if you have objected according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as site operators. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address bar switching from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

Data Collection on this Website

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if requested. The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases. Mandatory legal provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.