The protection of information related to you, such as your name, telephone number, as well as your email or IP address (so-called “personal data”), is a major concern for us. Therefore, we operate this website and the services offered by us on it in accordance with applicable data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Below, you will find an explanation of how we handle your personal data in this context.
 

1.  Who is the Controller? Who is the Data Protection Officer?

Cineastik Filmproduktion GmbH represented by Managing Director Yannic A Schuster, Im Grund 1, 34233 Fuldatal.
You can reach us at info@cineastik.com.

2.  What do we do with your personal data?

a. When you use our website or our contact form

The provision of this website requires the processing of personal data, such as your IP address. This processing is necessary to retrieve the content displayed on this website (including its features) as well as for IT security measures.
You also have the option to contact us via our contact form. We collect the personal data that you enter in the contact form.

(1)  Legal Basis
The processing of your personal data for the provision of this website and for communication via this website is based on our overriding legitimate interest. It is technically necessary for us to process certain personal data (e.g., the IP address) to provide this website. For your communication with us, it is necessary for us to handle your respective personal data.

(2)  Balancing of Interests
As part of the required balancing of interests, we have weighed your confidentiality interest against our interest in providing this website and making contact. Your confidentiality interest is subordinated in each case. Otherwise, we would not be able to provide you with this website or respond to your contact request.

(3)  Categories of Recipients
We use service providers to provide our website. We transfer personal data to these service providers for this purpose. These service providers are contractually obligated by us to exercise the same care in handling personal data as we do.

b. When you follow us on Facebook and other third-party social media platforms

You have the option to follow us on Facebook and other third-party social media platforms (e.g., Instagram, Vimeo, LinkedIn, XING). We handle the personal data you provide to us or that is provided to us by the respective platform operator about you, to the extent that it is made available to us. You can control the privacy settings within a social media platform yourself.

(1)  Legal Basis
We process your personal data within the scope of our social media offerings based on our overriding legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR. For the provision of our social media offerings, it is technically necessary for us to process certain personal data (e.g., the IP address; personal data provided to the respective platform operator or us).
As part of the required balancing of interests, we have weighed your confidentiality interest against our interest in providing our social media offerings. Your confidentiality interest is subordinated in each case. Otherwise, we would not be able to offer you our social media offerings.

(2)  Categories of Recipients
We use service providers to provide our social media offerings (e.g., Instagram, Vimeo, Facebook, LinkedIn, XING). The data you provide to us within the scope of our social media offerings is automatically also transferred to the respective social media platform operators.

e. When you are interested in our videos on YouTube and Vimeo

We link to our profiles on YouTube and Vimeo. You can watch our videos on these platforms. The platform operators are responsible for the data processing. There is no exchange of personal data between us and the platform operators.

f. When you visit one of our websites where a Vimeo video is played

We use the provider Vimeo for embedding videos. Vimeo is operated by Vimeo, LLC with its main business address at 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011.

On some of our websites, we use plugins from the provider Vimeo. When you access the web pages that are provided with such a plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established and the plugin is displayed. This transmits to the Vimeo server which of our web pages you have visited. If you are logged in as a member of Vimeo, Vimeo assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the plugin, such as clicking the start button of a video, this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your Vimeo user account and deleting the corresponding cookies from the company before using our websites.

For more information on data processing and privacy information by Vimeo, please visit:

https://vimeo.com/privacy

(1)  Legal Basis
We process your personal data to provide the videos based on our overriding legitimate interest. It is technically necessary for us to process certain personal data (e.g., the IP address) to provide these videos.

(2)  Balancing of Interests
As part of the required balancing of interests, we have weighed your confidentiality interest against our interest in providing the videos. Your confidentiality interest is subordinated. Otherwise, we would not be able to provide these videos to you.

g. When you visit one of our websites where a YouTube video is played

We use the provider YouTube for embedding videos. YouTube is operated by YouTube LLC with its main business address at 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube is represented by Google.
On some of our websites, we use plugins from the provider YouTube. When you access the web pages that are provided with such a plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established and the plugin is displayed. This transmits to the YouTube server which of our web pages you have visited. If you are logged in as a member of YouTube, YouTube assigns this information to your personal user account. When using the plugin, such as clicking the start button of a video, this information is also assigned to your user account. You can prevent this assignment by logging out of your YouTube user account as well as other user accounts of YouTube LLC and Google before using our websites and deleting the corresponding cookies from the companies.

For more information on data processing and privacy information by YouTube (Google), please visit:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

(1)  Legal Basis
We process your personal data to provide the videos based on our overriding legitimate interest. It is technically necessary for us to process certain personal data (e.g., the IP address) to provide these videos.

(2)  Balancing of Interests
As part of the required balancing of interests, we have weighed your confidentiality interest against our interest in providing the videos. Your confidentiality interest is subordinated. Otherwise, we would not be able to provide these videos to you.

h. When you have not objected to the use of your email address for our own advertising purposes

If we receive your email address in connection with our service provision, we process it to send you advertising for our own similar goods or services, provided you have not objected to this use.
You can object to this use at any time without incurring any costs other than the transmission costs according to the basic tariffs. Please direct your objection to our contact details mentioned above. You can also use the opt-out link in one of our promotional emails.

(1)  Legal Basis
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in connection with a legal provision (§ 7 para. 3 UWG).

(2)  Categories of Recipients
We use service providers for our email marketing. We transfer personal data to these service providers for this purpose. These service providers are contractually obligated by us to exercise the same care in handling personal data as we do.

i.  When you allow the use of cookies and analysis tools in your browser

We use cookies and analysis tools to provide our website.
Our websites use so-called "cookies." Cookies are data records that are stored on the user's device (e.g., computer, smartphone, tablet) by a web server.
These are sent back to our website ("First Party Cookie") or to another website to which the cookie belongs ("Third Party Cookie") upon a subsequent visit using the same device.
The stored and returned information (e.g., the internet browser and operating system used; the domain name of the website from which you came; average duration of stay, pages accessed) allows the respective website to recognize that you have already accessed and visited it with the browser on your device. When you access our websites, information is automatically collected in an anonymous form. This enables us to provide the user with a more effective and generally better use of our websites over time by improving the content and facilitating use.
The statistical data obtained helps us improve the performance and attractiveness of our websites. We use this information to provide you with services and deliver information that is more tailored to your needs. Any storage of personal data beyond the mentioned information will only take place with your explicit consent. This is the case, for example, if you create a customer account, conclude a contract, contact us, or participate in a competition. Your personal data will be used exclusively to process your respective concern.
Disabling the cookie function in your browser does not restrict the use of our websites and the services offered.
The legal basis for this is our overriding legitimate interest. As part of the required balancing of interests, we have weighed your confidentiality interest against our interest in providing this website (including its features). Your confidentiality interest is subordinated in each case.

3.  How long do we store your personal data?

We delete your personal data when the respective purpose of storage no longer applies, and no legal requirement necessitates retention.

4.  What are your data subject rights?

Please contact us using the contact details above to exercise your rights and to withdraw your consent.

a) You have the right to request information at any time about all personal data we process about you.

b) If your personal data is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to rectification and completion.

c) You can request the deletion of your personal data at any time, unless we are legally obligated or entitled to further process your data.

d) You can request a restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain legal conditions.

e) You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing or profiling purposes. If the processing is based on a balancing of interests, you can object to the processing by providing reasons related to your particular situation.

f) If the processing is based on your consent or within the framework of a contract, you have the right to data portability, provided this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.

g) If we process your data based on a consent declaration, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. The processing carried out before a withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal.

h) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority at any time if you believe that data processing is being carried out in violation of applicable law.

If you need further assistance or have any specific terms you'd like to ensure are included, feel free to let me know!

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