Privacy policy

1. Name and contact details of the controller and the company data protection officer 
This privacy policy information applies to data processing by:

Controller: Virtimo AG (hereafter: Virtimo), Behrenstr. 18, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
Email: info@virtimo.de
Phone: +49 30 – 555 744 00
Fax: +49 30 – 555 744 099 

The company data protection officer at Virtimo can be contacted at the above address, c/o Mr. Schütz, or at .

2. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the type and purpose of their use All personal data processing (collection, processing and use) by Virtimo is carried out in strict compliance with the legal data protection regulations. We collect, process and use personal data, among other things, to offer services and to carry out and further improve the content and functionalities of our products, internet content and services and, only if you have given your consent, for purposes of advertising and market research. With this privacy policy notice we would like to inform you about how your personal data is handled. The policy applies to the collection, processing and use of personal data. In addition, it also applies to the Virtimo online products that can be called up via our website – if necessary after registration for the respective product. The term “online products” includes products that are operated as Software as a Service (“SaaS”). This means that a product is not stored on the user’s individual workstation as software. Rather, the software can be accessed via the internet, so that the services can be performed as required. When you visit our website www.virtimo.de, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server on our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,
  • date and time of access
  • name and URL of the file accessed
  • website from which access is made (referrer URL)
  • browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

These data are processed by us for the following purposes:

  • ensuring a smooth connection to the website
  • ensuring a comfortable use of our website
  • evaluation of system security and stability as well as
    for further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally. In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations under section 4 and 5 of this privacy policy notice.

3. Disclosure of data Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your expressed consent under art. 6 para. 1 sub. 1 lit. a GDPR
  • the disclosure according to art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that for the transfer according to art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. c GDPR there is a legal obligation, and if
  • this is legally permissible and required for the processing of contractual relationships with you according to art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. b GDPR.

4. Cookies We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are saved on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information which results from the specific device used is stored in the cookie. However, this does not mean that we immediately gain any insight into your identity. On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make using our content a more pleasant experience for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognisable that you have visited us before and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again (for example your language choice). The data processed by cookies are required for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or that a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies can lead to you not being able to use all functions of our website.

5. not applicable.

6. Social networks We use links from social networks (e.g. Facebook) on our website on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR to make our company better known. The advertising purpose behind this is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. These social networks are operated exclusively by third parties, some of which have their registered office outside the EU or EEA – an adequate level of data protection in accordance with §§ 4b, 4c BDSG may therefore not exist. The links are highlighted in colour on our web pages. When you call up these websites via the link, a connection is automatically established between your device (browser) and the servers of the respective social network. Through this, the information that you have visited our website is forwarded to the social network. The visit of our web pages is then assigned to your account if you are logged in to the social network via your personal user account or if you log in during your visit to our website. When you interact with browser plug-ins or links, e.g. by pressing a “Like” button or leaving a comment, this information is transmitted to the respective social network and stored there. The assignment of the data to your account can therefore be prevented by logging out of your account (of the respective social network) before visiting our websites. Alternatively, you can also prevent the respective plug-ins from loading in the first place by using an add-on for your browser, e.g. the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/). Responsibility for a data protection compliant operation has to be guaranteed by the respective providers. For the purpose and scope of data collection by social networks and the further processing and use of your data there, as well as your rights and setting options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the respective privacy policy notices of the operators:

a) Facebook In addition to the hyperlinks to Facebook that are used on our website, we present our company on Facebook itself at https://www.facebook.com/Virtimo/. For this, we use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button. This is a service provided by Facebook. When you call up our Facebook page, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. This tells Facebook that your browser has called up the corresponding page, even if you are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly assign your visit to our website to your Facebook account. If you interact with plugins, for example, by clicking the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends. Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and the design of Facebook pages to meet your needs. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services associated with the use of Facebook. If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy information (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). Provider: Facebook Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Nelo Park, CA 94025, USA

b) Twitter Our web presence on the short news network Twitter Inc. (hereinafter Twitter) can be reached via https://twitter.com/virtimo. When you call up a page of this website, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter “tweet” button while you are logged in to your Twitter account, you can link the contents of our web pages on your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to associate your visit to our website with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the web pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. If you do not want Twitter to be able to link your visit to our website, please log out of your Twitter user account. For further information, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy (https://twitter.com/privacy). Provider: Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

7. Rights of data subjects You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you may request information on the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right of rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or opposition, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data, if not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on the details of such data;
  • in accordance with art. 16 GDPR, to demand without delay the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • pursuant to art. 17 GDPR to demand the deletion of your personal data stored with us, unless processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
  • pursuant to art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it, and we no longer require the data, but you require it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to art. 21 GDPR;
  • in accordance with art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another responsible party;
  • in accordance with art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue data processing based on this consent for the future and
  • complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can turn to the supervisory authority of your habitual residence or place of work or to the supervisory authority of our head office.

8.Right to objection If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to art. 21 GDPR if there are reasons for doing so that arise from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to objection, which will be implemented by us without indicating any particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right to revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to datenschutz@virtimo.de. 

9.Data security Within a visit to our website, we use the widespread SSL procedure (Secure Socket Layer) in connection with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. Generally, this is a 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 being transmitted in encrypted form by the display of a closed key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or deliberate manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

10.Hyperlinks to other websites Some of our internet content contains hyperlinks to other websites that are not operated by Virtimo. We do not monitor these websites and are not responsible for their content or their handling of personal data.

11.Topicality and amendment of this privacy policy This privacy policy notice is currently valid and has last been updated in August 2020. Due to the further development of our website and content described above or due to amended legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy notice. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time online at https://www.virtimo.de/datenschutz.