Privacy Policy

This is the Privacy Statement and Policy (“Privacy Statement”) for SIRCAR International Business Mediation - Conflict & Crisis Coaching - Profiling (hereafter “the service provider”) in compliance with the regulations of the GDPR (DSGVO in the Federal Republic of Germany). This Privacy Policy was last updated in April 2020. The service provider understands that your privacy is important. The service provider is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information you provide or as you access and use materials on www.sircar.eu (hereafter the "site"), including the site subscription pages or other websites or apps that post a link to this Privacy Statement. In addition, information that you submit to the service provider in response to an email request for information or other outreach from the service provider, or through service provider’s employment application processes, will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Statement. The service provider may, in its discretion, amend this Privacy Statement from time to time. To ensure you are able to remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it, material changes to our statement will be reflected here. This site may contain links to external sites which are not governed by this Privacy Statement. The service provider does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party sites to which the service provider links. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.

Your acceptance of this Privacy Statement

Please read this Privacy Statement carefully. By browsing the site and expressly consenting where required (for instance, when using the contact form), you agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement.

Information which is being collected, and how it is being used

The service provider may collect information from you when you send an email or use the contact form or. Personal information that may be collected includes names, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and unique personal identifiers. The purposes and uses of your personal information will depend on the use of the site and the personal information provided. Your personal information may be processed: (1) For the purposes of safeguarding the legitimate interests pursued by the service provider. This includes informing you about updates to the service and notifying you about other products and services offered by the service provider which may be of interest to you, including information regarding publications and events, tailoring your experience at the site with relevant materials provided by the service provider, understanding the site’s user population, identifying subject areas of interest, and determining whether the site is designed to work with the computer settings of a majority of the visitor, measuring and improving the effectiveness of the service provider’s marketing programs across different channels, and improving our web content and navigation. (2) On the basis of your consent. Insofar as you have granted consent to the processing of personal information for specific purposes (for example when using the contact form), the lawfulness of such processing is based on your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time. (3) For compliance with a legal obligation. This includes anti-fraud and anti-money laundering measures as well as tax and social security requirements. The service provider will not sell, share, or rent or otherwise make available your personal information to other parties, except that the information my be disclosed to third parties who perform services on the service provider’s behalf and have need to access the information in connection with those services. Any third parties will only process this information to the extent to which and within the limits that the service provider himself is permitted to process that data. In addition, the service provider may disclose your contact information in response to inquiries by bona-fide rights owners in connection with allegations of infringement of copyright or other proprietary rights arising from information that you have posted on the site or otherwise provided to the service provider.

How your information may be shared

The third parties with whom the service provider may need to share personal information to help him provide services and products to you and to run the site include co-workers, advisors, third party service providers who process information on the service provider’s behalf to help run some of the internal business operations including email distribution, IT services and marketing and events services, business partners for publications and events co-organised by the service provider and them, and law enforcement agencies in order to comply with any legal obligation or court order. Because the service provider operates globally he may need to transfer personal information which is collected on the site or through other means across his network of co-workers and advisers to help operate the business efficiently. This may also include third parties located in different countries around the world, including countries outside the European Economic Area. These arrangements may involve your personal information being located in various countries around the world where privacy laws differ. The service provider only makes these arrangements or transfers where he is satisfied that adequate levels of protection are in place to protect information held in that country. In addition, the site may be viewed and accessed anywhere in the world including countries that may not have laws regulating the use and transfer of personally identifiable information. By using the site, submitting information through this site, or submitting personal information to the service provider through other means you voluntarily consent to such international transfer and hosting of such information to those countries and parties.

Retention of your personal information

The service provider retains your personal information for so long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. The service provider may retain your personal information for longer if they may be the subject of a legal claim, or may otherwise be relevant for future litigation.

Marketing

If, at any time, you prefer not to receive further communications from the service provider in any or all forms you will have the ability to unsubscribe from such communications by means of a link provided in every e-mail that is sent to you. When subscribing to email newsletters, you are given the opportunity to select which promotions, news, and information you would like to receive at the time of sign up, and you will have the opportunity to unsubscribe from such communications.

Cookies and other tracking technology

The service provider may use cookies on this site and in his communication with you to keep track of your visits to his site and his communications with you. A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from a web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place a small amount of data on your devices to monitor your website activity to allow the service provider to collect information about how you use his site and services. With most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or consult other sources in order to obtain more information. Once you have given your consent to use cookies the service provider shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw consent at any time you will need to delete the cookies using your web browser settings. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies. The service provider may include a web beacon, which is a graphic image, in a majority of the HTML email messages which are sent. The service provider uses web beacons, alone or in conjunction, with cookies to compile information about your usage of the site and interaction with emails by the service provider. The service provider uses the capability to determine whether or not an email has been received, opened, or when an URL has been clicked inside of an email that directs you to the site. These web beacons are used to operate and improve the site, services, and email communications, send emails in a format users can read, and track the aggregate number of emails opened. The web beacon does not collect your personal information, however the information compiled by the web beacon allows the service provider to tie a user to information which the service provider has collected in data collection process as set out in this Privacy Statement. You may refuse the use of web beacons by selecting the appropriate settings in your email program, by disabling images and by refraining from clicking on any links in email messages. By continuing to browse or use the site and services, you agree that the service provider can store and access cookies and other tracking technologies as described herein.

Security processes

The service provider has in place appropriate technological and operational security processes designed to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorised employees and contractors will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor having access to any personally-identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although the service provider takes steps that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally-identifiable information, he cannot guarantee that your personallyidentifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorised persons and he cannot be responsible for any actions resulting from a breach of security when information is supplied over the internet or any public computer network.

Links to other websites

This site may contain links to other websites not operated by the service provider. The service provider is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any websites to which he links from his site. The service provider is not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting other websites and sites not governed by his Privacy Statement. The service provider cannot control the content or security of such websites. The service provider cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage incurred by a user as a result of visiting such websites. No links are intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us of that other website.

Compliance with law

The service provider complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. The service provider may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of the Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through the site, the service provider may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.

Access rights

In accordance with applicable data protection laws, including but not limited to the GDPR, you have a right to request a copy of the personal information which the service provider holds about you and details of how that information is being used. If any of the information held about you is incorrect or out of date, you have the right to amend or rectify it, please follow the process outlined below and the service provider will amend his records where appropriate. You also have the right to require the service provider to erase your personal data, stop processing your personal data, restricting the processing of your personal information, right of portability of your personal information and/or to withdraw your consent to processing. This may not apply if there are other legal justifications to continue processing. If you believe that the service provider may have incorrect personal information, or would like a copy of the personal information held on you, or to exercise any other data protection right, please contact the service provider. Please note that the service provider needs you to prove who you are before he can provide you with any information. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority.

Children

The service provider understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, particularly in their online interactions. This Site is not designed for and does not intentionally target or solicit to children 18 years of age and younger.

Use of the site

Your access to and use of the site are subject to this Privacy Statement and certain other terms and conditions, contained in our Terms and Conditions of Use.

Contact

For further questions you may contact the responsible data protection point of contact:

Aron Sircar
Schreinerstrasse 22
10247 Berlin
Germany
info@sircar.eu