Data Protection and Privacy

Data processing

As part of the operation of our website we process data. The processing of the data also includes the disclosure by transmission.

The EU Commission, the EU-US privacy shield, has an adequacy decision for data transfers to the United States. In this, the Commission has certified that the guarantees for the transmission of data to the United States on the basis of the EU-US privacy shield comply with the standards of data protection in the EU. As far as we transmit data to the USA, we have identified the participation of our service providers in the EU-US privacy shield.

The data, processing purposes, legal bases, recipients and transfers to non-EEA countries concerned are listed in the following list:

Log file
We log your visit to our websites. The following data is processed: Name of the retrieved web page, date and time of retrieval, time difference to Greenwich Mean Time, access status, amount of data transferred, browser type and version, the operating system you are using, the referrer URL (previously visited Website), your IP address and the requesting provider. This is necessary to ensure the security of the website. We process the data on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR. The log file will be deleted after one month, unless it is required to clarify or to prove concrete infringements that have become known within the retention period.

Website Hosting
Hosting will store all data to be processed in connection with the operation of this website. This is necessary to enable the operation of the website. We process the data accordingly on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO. To provide our online presence, we use the services of web hosting providers in the USA to whom we provide the above data.

Contact
If you contact us, your data (name, contact details) and your message will be processed solely for the purpose of processing and processing your request. These data are processed by us on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR or Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR to handle your request.

User Account
When you open a user account, you consent to the storage of your data (name, e-mail address, address, other contact details) as well as your usage data (username, password). This allows us to identify you as a user and gives you the ability to access controlled content on our website such us product documentation. We receive your consent as follows:

"I want to create a user account. Please save my data for this purpose. I can revoke my consent at any time by e-mail to customer.support (at) alma-technologies.com".

Your data will be processed on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 a) GDPR.

Cookies
In order to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies. These are short data packets that are stored on your device and exchanged with other providers. Some of the cookies we use are immediately deleted after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and allow your browser to be recognized the next time you visit it (persistent cookies).

You can delete all cookies stored on your device and set the common browsers to prevent the storage of cookies. In that case, you may need to re-adjust some settings every time you visit this website and accept the impact of some features.

We use cookies in connection with the following functionalities:

Session Cookies
We use session cookies to enable the feature of user session logins. These are deleted after closing your browser.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a service of Google LLC 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA. Google uses certain cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We use the information stored to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators, and to provide other website-related services. Due to our predominant interest, we process the data thus obtained for the optimization of our online presence according to Art.6 para. 1 f) DSGVO. Google will never associate your IP address with other Google data.

You may opt-out of the collection of data at any time by opting for the Google Analytics Disable Add-on at any time:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Please also read the notes on the use of Google data in the Google Partner Network at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites