Data privacy statement

Any collection, processing and use (hereinafter "use") of data is solely for the purpose of providing our services. The services of Trendcity have been designed to use as little personal information as possible. For that matter, "personal data" is understood as all individual details about a person or factual circumstances of an identifiable natural person (so-called "affected person").
The following statements on data protection describe what types of data are collected when accessing our website, what happens with these data and how you may object to data usage.

Person Responsible (controller)

Responsible within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Trendcity GmbH
Kurfürstendamm 67
10707 Berlin
Tel.: 030-8892880
Email: info@trendcity.de

Data Security Officer

The data security officer is:
Christian Scholtz of Webersohn & Scholtz GmbH
If you have questions about data protection, you can contact Webersohn & Scholtz at the following e-mail address:
trendcity@ws-datenschutz.de
or by mail:
WS Datenschutz GmbH
Meinekestraße 13
D-10719 Berlin
www.ws-datenschutz.de

Which data will be used

When visiting our website, our web servers temporarily store every access in a log file. The following data is collected and stored until automated deletion:

• IP address of the requesting computer
• Date and time of access
• Name and URL of the retrieved file
• Other data may be retrieved by our partners. You will find information about this below

The processing of this data serves: the purpose of enabling the use of the website (connection establishment), the system security, the technical administration of the network infrastructure, as well as to optimize the Internet site. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The IP address is evaluated only in case of attacks on our network infrastructure or the network infrastructure of our Internet provider.
Furthermore, no input of your personal data is required to use our website.

Protection of your data

We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are met by us, as well as, by external service providers working for us.
If we work with other companies to provide our services, such as email and server providers, this will only be done after an extensive selection process. In this selection process, each individual service provider is carefully selected for its suitability in terms of technical and organizational data protection skills. This selection procedure will be documented in writing and an agreement on the order processing of data (order processing contract) will only be concluded if the third party complies with the requirements of Art. 28 GDPR.
Your information will be stored on specially protected servers. Access to it is only possible for a few specially authorized persons. Our website is SSL/TLS encrypted, as can be seen by the https:// at the start of our URL.

Use of cookies

a) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you use. Through this the stored information flows to Trendcity or the party that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. Cookies are used to analyze the use of www.trendcity.de in anonymized or pseudonymized form. Also, cookies enable personalized advertisements on this website.
This website uses the following types of cookies. The extend and function of which are explained below:

• Transient cookies (see b)
• Persistent cookies (c)

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include session cookies. Transient cookies store your session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This will allow your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie.
You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time. Please be aware that you may not be able to use all features of this site, when deleting the cookies from your browser history. The setting of cookies can be prevented by appropriate settings in the user's Internet browser at any time.
This processing is legally based on Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests are to provide a stable connection and an easy, uninterrupted user experience for the visitors of our website. Also, we evaluate all visits of our website. This happens for safety, improvement and stability reasons.

Deletion of personal data

Trendcity processes the personal data only if necessary. As soon as the purpose of the data processing is fulfilled, deletion of the data is carried out according to the standards of the deletion concept, unless legal regulations oppose this.

Contact

Via the website www.trendcity.de it is possible to contact us via e-mail or via our contact form. This will require different data to answer the request, which will be automatically saved for processing. The following data are required to process your request: email address. Furthermore you can enter the following data optionally: name and surname, phone number, number of your flat, subject of your message as well as your message. Your data will not be passed on to third parties, unless you have given your consent.
The legal basis depends on what the reason for your request is: Therefor data processing will be based on Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR or Art. 6 para. s.1 lit. b) GDPR.

Data processing for applications

Trendcity offers the opportunity to apply for jobs via an application form and via email. For this purpose, personal data is processed and stored for further processing during the respective application process.
In case of successful application and employment, the personal data is stored in accordance with the legal requirements. In case of unsuccessful application, the data will be deleted in accordance with the rules of the local deletion concept. In doing so the provisions of the AGG (German Employment Law), in particular the existing evidence pursuant to § 22 AGG, are taken into account.
The processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a) GDPR and Art. 6 para. s.1 lit. b) GDPR.

Tracking and analytics

For the continuous improvement of our website www.trendcity.de we use the following tracking and analysis tools. Which personal data is processed in each case and how you can reach the respective service providers, you will find below:

Google Analytics

The website www.trendcity.de uses Google Analytics based on Art. 6 para 1 s. 1 lit. f). This is a service for analyzing access to websites of Google Inc. ("Google") and allows us to improve our website.
Responsible Person is:
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Cookies enable us to analyze your use of our website. The information collected by a cookie (IP address, access time, access duration) is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The evaluation of your activities on our website is transmitted to us in the form of reports. Google may pass on the collected information to third parties, if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. The Google tracking codes of our Internet offer use the function "_anonymizeIp ()", thus IP addresses are processed only shortened, in order to exclude a possible direct personal link to you.
You can also prevent the installation of cookies from Google Analytics by setting your browser software accordingly. In this case, however, it may happen that you cannot fully use all the features of our website. Also through browser extensions e.g. http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en Google Analytics can be disabled and controlled.
At https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/
As well as under
http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
You can find out more about the terms of use and privacy of Google Analytics.

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage web site tags through one interface (including Google Analytics and other Google marketing services in our website). The tag manager itself (which implements the tags) does not process users' personal data. Regarding the processing of users' personal data, reference is made to the details of the Google services. Google Tag Manager usage policies can be viewed here:
https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

Other tools of third-party providers

We also use third-party providers to help us with the site's appearance and functionality. These are listed below:

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. f) GDPR. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places specified by us on the website.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Google Web Fonts

This website uses web fonts provided by Google for uniform representation of fonts on the website.
Responsible Person is:
Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. To do this, the browser you use must connect to Google's servers. As a result, Google learns that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a consistent and attractive presentation of our online services. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 s.1 lit. f) GDPR. The reason for us using Google web fonts is our interest to make our website vivid and user-friendly.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer.
For more information about Google Web Fonts, see
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Service providers from third countries

In order to be able to provide our services, we use the support of service providers from third party countries (non-EU countries). In order to ensure the protection of your personal data in this case, we conclude processing contracts with each - carefully selected - service provider. Our third country data processors are either located in a country with an adequate level of data protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or provide appropriate safeguards (Art 46 GDPR). Below you may find our categories of processors, the country they are located at and the safeguards or guarantees they provide.
We use the support of the following providers:
• Tracking service and Analysis Service, Google Inc., USA, member of the EU-US Privacy Shield:
https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TOWQAA4

Your rights

You have the following rights with respect to the personal data concerning you:

• Right to information,
• Right to rectification or deletion,
• Right to restriction of processing,
• Right to object to the processing,
• Right to data transfer,
• Right on confirmation.

In the case of a request for information, you must provide sufficient information about your identity and provide proof that it is your personal data. The information relates to data that has been stored regarding your person, the origin of the data, the recipient or the categories of recipients to which data has been transmitted and the purpose of the storage. To exercise these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer, which is mentioned at the beginning of the Privacy Policy.
If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke at any time. Such revocation will affect the admissibility of processing your personal data by us.
Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the weighting of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if processing your data is not required to fulfill a contract with you, which is explained in the following description of the functions. In the event of such a revocation, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data. In the case of your justified objection, we will examine the situation and will either stop processing your data, adapt the data processing or point out to you our compelling legitimate reasons on which we continue the processing.
Of course, you may object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You may contact us or our responsible data security officer via the contact details stated at the beginning of the Privacy Policy.

How you perceive these rights

To exercise these rights, please contact our data security officer:
Christian Scholtz from Webersohn & Scholtz GmbH
trendcity@ws-datenschutz.de
or by mail:
WS Datenschutz GmbH
Meinekestraße 13
D-10719 Berlin

supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you shall have the right to complain to a supervisory authority in the Member State of its residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes on the GDPR.
The supervisory authority to which the complaint has been submitted shall inform the complainant of the status and results of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy according to Article 78 GDPR.

Subject to change

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy in compliance with legal requirements.
August 2018