Data Policy

DATENSCHUTZERKLÄRUNG

1. Privacy Policy
Below you will find information on the processing of personal data on our website.

2. Terms
The technical terms used in this privacy policy are to be understood as legally defined in Art. 4 GDPR.

3. Principles for the Collection and Processing of Personal Data
It is generally possible to use our website without providing any personal data. If you wish to use special services of our company via our website, the processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will obtain the consent of the data subject.

4. Processing of Personal Data
4.1 Automated Data Processing
You can visit our website without actively providing any personal data. However, we automatically store access data (server log files), such as the name of your Internet service provider, the operating system used, the website from which you visit us, the date and duration of the visit or the name of the requested file, as well as the IP address of the computer used for security reasons, e.g. to detect attacks on our websites, for a period of up to 50 months. This data is evaluated exclusively to improve our offer and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person. This data is not merged with other data sources. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. We process and use the data for the following purposes: 1. provision of the My India Love website, 2. improvement of our websites and 3. prevention and detection of errors/malfunctions and misuse of the websites. The data processing of this kind is carried out either to fulfill the contract for the use of the My India Love website or we pursue a legitimate interest in ensuring the functionality and error-free operation of the My India Love website and adapting these websites to the requirements of the users.

4.2 Cookie-based Services
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on our websites. If the cookies used are technically necessary and personal data is collected, we rely on a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Cookies are a standard internet technology for storing and retrieving login and other usage information for all users of the My India Love website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device. Among other things, they enable us to save user settings so that our websites can be displayed in a format tailored to your device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us or our partner companies to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies).
Furthermore, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Furthermore, cookies can be deleted retrospectively in order to remove data that websites have stored on your computer. Deactivating cookies may lead to some restrictions in the functionality of the My India Love website.
For the setting of cookies that are used for tracking or analyzing your surfing behavior, we ask in advance whether you agree to this (see corresponding banner). This consent is voluntary and can be revoked at any time.
Deactivating or removing cookies (opt-out)
Web browsers offer options for restricting and deleting cookies. Further information on this can be found on the following websites:
– Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442
– Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-informationen-websites-auf-ihrem-computer?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Cookies
– Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de
– Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/HT201265
Preventing the storage of cookies
You can allow the use of cookies or data processing by giving your prior consent on the banner that appears (opt-in solution).
You can also prevent the processing of this data by deactivating the execution of Java Script in your browser. In addition, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Furthermore, cookies can be deleted retrospectively in order to remove data that websites have stored on your computer. Deactivating cookies can lead to some restrictions in the functionality of the website. You can also deactivate the execution of Java Script code by installing a blocker.

4.3 Google Services
We use Google programs to make visiting our website attractive and to simplify the use of certain functions for you. The use of these Google programs serves our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR to make your visit to our website clear, uncomplicated and as pleasant as possible for you.
Google’s data protection information can be found under Privacy Policy – Privacy Policy & Terms of Use – Google

4.3.1 Google Maps
We use Google Maps to display maps and to create directions. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as Google).
By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data and the data entered by you by Google, one of its representatives or third-party providers.
You can find more details in the data protection center of google.de: Transparency and choices as well as privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

4.3.2 Google Web Fonts
We use the Web Fonts application on our website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as Google). The service is used to display a system font in a web application. When the page is called up, the web fonts are transferred to the browser cache and can be used for the display. Data about the website and your IP address are transmitted to the Google server. You have the option of setting your browser so that no fonts are loaded from Google’s servers.
The terms of use for Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?hl=de-DE&csw=1
General information on data protection at Google can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/de-DE/policies/privacy/

4.3.3 Google reCAPTCHA
We use the reCAPTCHA service. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as Google). We use this service to ensure adequate data security when submitting forms. This service is used to recognize whether the input is made by a person or by automated machine processing. The following data is used: the IP address of the website visitor, the duration, date and time of the request, the identification data of your browser and operating system type used, the data relating to your Google account (if you are logged in), mouse movements on the reCAPTCHA areas and the tasks for which you have to identify images. This data is transmitted to a Google Inc. server and stored there.
The deviating data protection provisions of Google Inc. apply. You can find more information on this here: http://www.google.de/intl/de/privacy

5. Social Media
5.1 Our Offers on Social Media Platforms
We make offers (e.g. fan pages) available online on various social media platforms that provide information about My India Love and give us the opportunity to get in touch with you. We would like to point out that we have no influence on the processing of your personal data on these platforms and that only the respective operator of the platform has full knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use.
As a rule, cookies are stored in your browser when you visit the respective platform.
You may be affected by this data collection even if you are not registered on the respective platform. We do not know whether the data is transferred outside the European Economic Area.
The processing of personal data on the platforms by us is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in being able to present My India Love to the outside world in a variety of ways and to use the communication options with our customers as effectively as possible.
Consent to data processing in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR may also be the legal basis if you have given this to the platform operator.
You can obtain detailed information about the data processing of the platform operators on the respective objection options, the rights to information and specific information on the respective platforms via the following data protection notices of the respective operators:

Facebook
Provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Cookie information: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
Specific information on Facebook fan pages: When you visit our Facebook fan page, Facebook processes your personal data (Facebook Insights). This data is transmitted to us anonymously by Facebook as part of Facebook Insights. This anonymized data is statistical data about our fan page subscribers.
In addition, Facebook provides us with profile data about you when you interact with us or our page, for example by liking or commenting on posts, writing to us via Facebook or following our page.

Google+ / YouTube
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Cookie information: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de
Opt-out: https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?hl=de&sig=ACi0TCiJxXvvKBloi2agYqXUJ4wynvlJklYAPsz_wOZwSUspvMZl4kBzJhFORHem0ERdQR1S2YqYpM9z1j8524iEylUKxtZ5IQ
Specific information on YouTube accounts or channels: YouTube processes your personal data when you visit our YouTube site. This data is transmitted to us by YouTube in anonymized form as part of YouTube STUDIO use. This anonymized data is statistical data about our channel subscribers.
In addition, YouTube provides us with the username of your “Google+” profile when you interact with us or our site, for example by liking or commenting on videos or subscribing to our channel.

Twitter
Provider: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland
Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de
Opt-out: https://twitter.com/personalization
Specific information on Twitter company profile: When you visit our Twitter company profile, Twitter processes your personal data. This data is transmitted to us anonymously by Twitter as part of Twitter Analytics. This anonymized data is statistical data of our subscribers.
In addition, we receive your profile name from Twitter if, for example, you interact with us or our page or tweets, for example by liking, retweeting or replying to posts or following our page.
Instagram
Provider: Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
Privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Cookie information: https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig

Specific information on Instagram profiles: When you visit our Instagram company page, Instagram processes your personal data. This data is transmitted to us anonymously by Instagram as part of Instagram Insights. This anonymized data is statistical data about our profile subscribers.

In addition, we receive your user name from Instagram if you interact with us or our page, for example by liking or commenting on posts or following our page.

6. Contact Form/Inquiries
You have the option of sending us inquiries via the contact form on our website. Your details from the contact form (content of your request, subject of your request and date) including the contact details you provide there (name, surname, company, telephone number and email) will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions. The legal basis for the collection and processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

7. E-Mail Contact
If you send us inquiries or information by e-mail, your details (e-mail address, content of your e-mail, subject of your e-mail and date/time), including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by My India Love, Hornbacher Straße 46, 74731 Walldürn, Germany, for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent. The legal basis for the collection and processing of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

The user is advised that emails can be read or altered without authorization and unnoticed during transmission. My India Love uses software to filter unwanted emails (spam filter). The spam filter can reject e-mails if they have been falsely identified as spam due to certain characteristics.

The data you enter will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

8. Data Transmission
8.1 Transmission to Other Recipients
We inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may also result from contractual regulations (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded for a data subject to provide us with personal data that must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the data subject could not be concluded. If the processing of your data takes place outside the EEA, this transfer takes place in compliance with all applicable data protection laws and in particular in accordance with Art. 44 f. GDPR.

8.2 Transfer to a Third Country
We transfer your data to countries outside the EEA (so-called third countries). This is done for the purposes mentioned above (transfer throughout the Group and transfer to other recipients). The transfer only takes place to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations or on the basis of your consent. In addition, this transfer takes place in compliance with all applicable data protection laws and in particular in accordance with Art. 44 f. GDPR takes place. In particular, either on the basis of adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission or on the basis of certain guarantees (e.g. standard data protection clauses, etc.).

8.3 Technical Security
My India Love uses technical and organizational security measures to protect your data managed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

8.4 Legal Basis for Processing
Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we have obtained consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If we are subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6 (c) GDPR. If the processing of personal data is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, the processing is based on Article 6 (d) GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations can be based on Article 6 (f) GDPR. Processing operations are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of ours or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh these.

8.5 Notice to Minors
This online offer is not aimed at minors under the age of 16. Persons who have not yet reached the age of 16 are not permitted to transmit personal data to My India Love without the consent of their legal guardian.

8.6 Rights of those Affected
In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you have the right to request confirmation as to whether we are processing data concerning you. You can request information about this data as well as the other information listed in Article 15 Para. 1 GDPR and a copy of your data. In accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the correction or completion of the data relating to you and processed by us.

8.7 Revocation of your Consent to Data Processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You have the option to revoke any consent you have already given at any time. All you need to do is send us an informal email to hello@myindialove.org. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

8.8 External Links
On our website you will find links to the websites of other providers. We hereby point out that we have no influence on the content on the linked websites or the compliance with data protection regulations by their providers.

8.9 Changes to our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection notice at any time in the event of changes to our website and in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations, so that it complies with legal requirements. In accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the immediate deletion of the data concerning you. Alternatively, you can request that we restrict the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR. In accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR, you have the right to request that the data you have provided to us be provided to us and to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible. You also have the right to complain to the supervisory authority responsible for you in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR.

9. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider: Hetzner. The provider is Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen (hereinafter Hetzner). Details can be found in Hetzner’s data protection declaration: https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechts/datenschutz. The use of Hetzner is based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is presented as reliably as possible. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit . B. Device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Order processing. We have concluded an order processing contract (AVV) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that we only process the personal data of our website visitors in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

10. Contact details of the Person responsible and the Data Protection Officer
Responsible body:
My India Love
Hornbacher Straße 46, 74731 Walldürn
Email: hello@myindialove.org

Data protection officer:
Due to the size of our company, we are not obliged to appoint a data protection officer. All legal obligations in data protection are carried out by the management. Email: hello@myindialove.org

Information on data processing in connection with Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the person responsible for data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, then Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google”.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on the site visitor’s computer and which enable the site visitor’s use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website by the site visitor (including the shortened IP address) is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there.

Google Analytics is only used with the “_anonymizeIp()” extension on this website. This extension ensures that the IP address is anonymized by shortening it and excludes any direct personal reference. Through the extension, Google’s IP address is shortened beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the corresponding browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

On behalf of the site operator, Google will use the information generated to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the site operator with other services related to website and internet use (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The legitimate interest in data processing lies in optimizing this website, analyzing use of the website and adapting the content. The interests of the users are sufficiently protected by pseudonymization.
Google LLC. offers a guarantee based on the standard contractual clauses to maintain an appropriate level of data protection. The data sent and linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 50 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached occurs automatically once a month.
The collection by Google Analytics can be prevented by the site visitor adjusting the cookie settings for this website. The collection and storage of the IP address and the data generated by cookies can also be objected to at any time with future effect. The corresponding browser plugin can be downloaded and installed under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
The site visitor can prevent Google Analytics from recording data on this website by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent future collection of data when you visit this website.

Further information on data use by Google, setting options and objection options can be found in Google’s data protection declaration (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings. google.com/authenticated).