Independent Racing respects the privacy of users of its internet presence and has made their protection the top priority in all internet activities.
This means: Independent Racing is committed to treating the information provided by the user with the utmost care and responsibility at all times. This also applies to cooperation with partners and third parties.
However, Independent Racing assumes no liability for third parties unless otherwise stated separately.
This data protection declaration informs you about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data (hereinafter referred to as "data") within our online offering and the associated websites, functions, and content as well as external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter jointly referred to as "online offering"). With regard to the terms used, such as "processing" or "controller," we refer to the definitions in Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Independent Racing
Independent Industries AB
Kärrabo 1
51461, Dalstorp
Sweden
info@independentracing.de
Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses).
Contact details (e.g., email, phone numbers).
Content data (e.g., text input, photographs, videos).
Usage data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times).
Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses
Visitors and users of the online offering (hereinafter, we also collectively refer to the data subjects as "users").
Provision of the online offering, its functions, and content
Responding to contact inquiries and communicating with users
Security measures
Range measurement/marketing
"Personal data" refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., cookie), or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
"Processing" is any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means. The term is broad and encompasses practically any handling of data.
"Pseudonymization" is the processing of personal data in such a way that the data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures ensuring that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
"Profiling" is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
The "controller" is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
A "processor" is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
In accordance with Article 13 of the GDPR, we inform you about the legal bases of our data processing. If the legal basis is not mentioned in the data protection declaration, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Article 6(1)(a) and Article 7 of the GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our services and carry out contractual measures and respond to inquiries is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR, and the legal basis for processing to safeguard our legitimate interests is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6(1)(d) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs, the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing, as well as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
These measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as the access, input, disclosure, availability, and separation of data. We have also established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subject rights, data deletion, and response to data breaches. Furthermore, we take data protection into account in the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection by design and by default (Article 25 of the GDPR).
If we disclose or transmit data to other persons or companies (processors or third parties) as part of our processing, or grant them access to the data, this is only done on the basis of a legal permission (e.g., if data transmission to third parties, such as payment service providers, is necessary for the performance of a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR), if you have consented to it, if a legal obligation provides for it, or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., when using agents, web hosts, etc.).
If we commission third parties to process data on the basis of a so-called "data processing agreement," this is done on the basis of Article 28 of the GDPR.
If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs within the scope of using third-party services or disclosing/transmitting data to third parties, it only happens if it is necessary to fulfill our (pre)contractual obligations, based on your consent, due to a legal obligation, or based on our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we only process or have the data processed in a third country if there are specific conditions as outlined in Articles 44 et seq. of the GDPR. This means that the processing may, for example, be based on special guarantees, such as the officially recognized determination of a level of data protection equivalent to that of the EU (e.g., for the USA through the "Privacy Shield") or compliance with officially recognized specific contractual obligations (so-called "standard contractual clauses").
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data concerning you is being processed, and to obtain information about such data and further details, as per Article 15 of the GDPR.
You have the right, pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR, to request the completion of data concerning you or the rectification of inaccurate data concerning you.
Subject to Article 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to demand that data concerning you be deleted immediately, or alternatively, subject to Article 18 of the GDPR, to demand a restriction of the processing of data concerning you.
You have the right, in accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR, to receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us and to request its transmission to other controllers.
Furthermore, in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You have the right to revoke any consent given pursuant to Article 7(3) of the GDPR with future effect.
You can object to future processing of data concerning you at any time in accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR. This objection can be made, in particular, against processing for the purposes of direct marketing.
"Cookies" are small files that are stored on users' computers. Different information can be stored within cookies. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user (or the device on which the cookie is stored) during or after their visit to an online offering. Temporary cookies, or "session cookies" or "transient cookies," are cookies that are deleted after a user leaves an online offering and closes their browser. For example, a temporary cookie can store the contents of a shopping cart in an online store or a login status. Cookies that remain stored even after the browser is closed are referred to as "permanent" or "persistent." For example, the login status can be stored in such a cookie when users revisit the site after several days. Similarly, such a cookie can store users' interests, which are used for measuring reach or marketing purposes. "Third-party cookies" are cookies offered by providers other than the controller operating the online offering (otherwise, if they are only its cookies, they are referred to as "first-party cookies").
We may use both temporary and permanent cookies and provide information about this within the scope of our data protection declaration.
If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to deactivate the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser. Stored cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. Disabling cookies may result in functional limitations of this online offering.
A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US website http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU website http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case, not all functions of this online offering may be available.
The data processed by us will be deleted or its processing restricted in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 of the GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this Privacy Policy, data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and there are no legal retention obligations preventing deletion. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.
According to legal requirements in Germany, data is stored, in particular, for 10 years in accordance with §§ 147(1) AO, 257(1) nos. 1 and 4, (4) HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting documents, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and for 6 years in accordance with § 257(1) nos. 2 and 3, (4) HGB (commercial letters).
According to legal requirements in Austria, data is stored, in particular, for 7 years pursuant to § 132(1) BAO (accounting documents, receipts/invoices, accounts, receipts, business papers, statement of income and expenses, etc.), for 22 years in connection with real estate, and for 10 years for documents relating to electronically provided services, telecommunications, broadcasting, and television services provided to non-entrepreneurs in EU member states for which the Mini-One-Stop-Shop (MOSS) is used.
In addition, we process:
- Contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category).
- Payment data (e.g., bank details, payment history)
from our customers, prospects, and business partners for the purpose of providing contractual services, service and customer support, marketing, advertising, and market research.
We process the data of our customers within the framework of the ordering processes in our online shop to enable them to select and order the selected products and services, as well as to process their payment and delivery or execution.
The processed data includes inventory data, communication data, contract data, payment data, and the persons affected by the processing include our customers, prospects, and other business partners. The processing is carried out for the purpose of providing contractual services within the framework of operating an online shop, billing, delivery, and customer service. Here, we use session cookies for storing the contents of the shopping cart and permanent cookies for storing the login status.
The processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) (performance of order processes) and (c) (legally required archiving) GDPR. The details marked as necessary are required for the establishment and fulfillment of the contract. We only disclose the data to third parties within the scope of delivery, payment, or within the scope of legal permissions and obligations to legal advisors and authorities. The data will only be processed in third countries if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract (e.g., at the customer's request for delivery or payment).
Users can optionally create a user account, through which they can view their orders. During registration, the required mandatory information will be communicated to the users. The user accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. If users have terminated their user account, their data will be deleted concerning the user account, subject to its retention being necessary for commercial or tax law reasons in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Information in the customer account will remain until its deletion with subsequent archiving in case of a legal obligation. It is the users' responsibility to secure their data upon termination before the end of the contract.
In the context of registration and subsequent logins as well as the use of our online services, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the users' interest in protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. This data is generally not disclosed to third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Deletion takes place after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations; the necessity of data retention is reviewed every three years; in the case of statutory archiving obligations, deletion occurs after their expiry (end of commercial law (6 years) and tax law (10 years) retention obligation).
We use external payment service providers through whose platforms users and we can conduct payment transactions (e.g., each with a link to the privacy policy): PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full), Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz/), Skrill (https://www.skrill.com/de/fusszeile/datenschutzrichtlinie/), Giropay (https://www.giropay.de/rechtliches/datenschutz-agb/), Visa (https://www.visa.de/datenschutz), Mastercard (https://www.mastercard.de/de-de/datenschutz.html), American Express (https://www.americanexpress.com/de/content/privacy-policy-statement.html).
In the context of fulfilling contracts, we use payment service providers based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b. GDPR. Furthermore, we use external payment service providers based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR in order to offer our users effective and secure payment options.
The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data such as the name and address, bank data such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs, and checksums as well as contract-related, sum, and recipient-related information. This information is required to carry out the transactions. However, the data entered is only processed and stored by the payment service providers. In other words, we do not receive any account or credit card-related information, but only information confirming or denying payment. Under certain circumstances, the data may be transmitted by the payment service providers to credit reporting agencies. This transmission is for the purpose of identity and creditworthiness checks. For this, we refer to the terms and conditions and data protection information of the payment service providers.
For payment transactions, the terms and conditions and data protection policies of the respective payment service providers apply, which can be accessed within the respective websites or transaction applications. We also refer to these for further information and the assertion of revocation, information, and other data subject rights.
We process data within the scope of administrative tasks as well as organization of our business, financial accounting, and compliance with legal obligations, such as archiving. Here, we process the same data that we process within the scope of providing our contractual services. The processing bases are Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c. GDPR, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR. Customers, prospects, business partners, and website visitors are affected by the processing. The purpose and our interest in processing lie in administration, financial accounting, office organization, archiving of data, i.e., tasks that serve to maintain our business activities, perform our tasks, and provide our services. The deletion of data with regard to contractual services and contractual communication corresponds to the information provided in these processing activities.
We disclose or transmit data to the tax authorities, consultants such as tax advisors or auditors, as well as other fee agencies and payment service providers.
Furthermore, we store information about suppliers, organizers, and other business partners on the basis of our business interests, e.g., for the purpose of contacting them later. We generally store this predominantly company-related data permanently.
In order to operate our business economically, recognize market trends, and understand the wishes of contractual partners and users, we analyze the data available to us on business transactions, contracts, inquiries, etc. We process inventory data, communication data, contract data, payment data, usage data, metadata based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR, whereby the persons affected include contractual partners, prospects, customers, visitors, and users of our online offering.
The analyses are carried out for the purpose of business evaluations, marketing, and market research. We may take into account the profiles of registered users with information, e.g., on the services they have used. The analyses serve us to increase user-friendliness, optimize our offering, and operate economically. The analyses are solely for our benefit and are not disclosed externally, unless they are anonymous analyses with aggregated values.
If these analyses or profiles are personal, they will be deleted or anonymized upon termination of the user, otherwise after two years from the conclusion of the contract. In addition, the overall business analyses and general trend determinations are created anonymously wherever possible.
Users can create a user account. During registration, the necessary mandatory information is provided to users and processed based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of providing the user account. The processed data includes particularly the login information (name, password, and email address) provided during registration, which is used for the purpose of using the user account.
Users can be informed via email about information relevant to their user account, such as technical changes. When users have terminated their user account, their data relating to the user account will be deleted, unless there is a legal obligation to retain it. It is the users' responsibility to secure their data before the end of the contract in the event of termination. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all data stored during the contract period.
As part of the use of our registration and login functions as well as the use of the user account, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the users' interest in protection against abuse and other unauthorized use. These data are not generally disclosed to third parties unless required for the pursuit of our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR. The IP addresses are anonymized or deleted at the latest after 7 days.
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form, email, telephone, or social media), the user's information is processed for the purpose of processing the contact request and its handling pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The user's information may be stored in a Customer Relationship Management System ("CRM System") or comparable inquiry organization.
We delete the requests if they are no longer necessary. We review the necessity every two years; Furthermore, the statutory archiving obligations apply.
With the following information, we inform you about the contents of our newsletter as well as the registration, dispatch, and statistical evaluation procedures as well as your right of objection. By subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to receive it and the described procedures.
Newsletter content: We only send newsletters, emails, and other electronic notifications with promotional information (hereinafter "newsletter") with the consent of the recipients or legal permission. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described as part of registration for the newsletter, they are decisive for the user's consent. Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.
Double opt-in and logging: Registration for our newsletter is done in a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registration, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary to prevent anyone from registering with someone else's email address. Registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to document the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes storing the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored by the shipping service provider are also logged.
Registration data: To subscribe to the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide your email address. Optionally, we ask you to provide a name for personalization in the newsletter.
The dispatch of the newsletter and the associated performance measurement are based on the consent of the recipients pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR in conjunction with § 7 Para. 2 No. 3 UWG or, if consent is not required, on the basis of our legitimate interests in direct marketing pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lt. f. GDPR in conjunction with § 7 Para. 3 UWG.
The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our interest is directed towards the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves both our business interests and meets users' expectations and also allows us to prove consents.
Cancellation/Revocation - You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e., revoke your consent. A link to cancel the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter. We can store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them to be able to prove a previously given consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of potential defense against claims. An individual deletion request is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of consent is confirmed.
The hosting services we utilize serve to provide the following services: infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, email delivery, security services, and technical maintenance services, which we use to operate this online offering.
In this context, we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta and communication data of customers, interested parties, and visitors to this online offering on the basis of our legitimate interests in providing this online offering efficiently and securely pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR (conclusion of a data processing agreement).
We, or our hosting provider, collect data on each access to the server on which this service is located based on our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (server log files). The access data includes the name of the accessed website, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, message about successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider.
Log file information is stored for security reasons (e.g., to investigate misuse or fraud) for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Data whose further storage is required for evidentiary purposes is excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR), we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offering by users is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).
Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offering by users, to compile reports on the activities within this online offering, and to provide us with further services related to the use of this online offering and the use of the Internet. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data.
We only use Google Analytics with IP anonymization enabled. This means that the IP address of users is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.
The IP address transmitted by the user's browser is not merged with other Google data. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to their use of the online offering and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Further information on data use by Google, settings and objection options, can be found in Google's Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and in the settings for the display of advertisements by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).
The users' personal data will be deleted or anonymized after 14 months.
Based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use the services of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active).
We use the online marketing method Google "AdWords" to place ads in the Google advertising network (e.g., in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.) so that they are displayed to users who have a presumed interest in the ads. This allows us to display ads for and within our online offering more targeted to users, showing users only ads that potentially match their interests. For example, if a user is shown ads for products they have shown interest in on other online platforms, this is referred to as "remarketing". For these purposes, when our website and other websites where the Google advertising network is active are visited, Google immediately executes code provided by Google and integrates so-called (re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or code, also known as "web beacons") into the website. With the help of these tags, an individual cookie, i.e., a small file, is stored on the user's device (instead of cookies, comparable technologies may also be used). This file records which websites the user has visited, which content they are interested in, which offers the user has clicked on, as well as technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit, and other information about the use of the online offering.
Furthermore, we receive an individual "conversion cookie". The information obtained with the help of the cookie is used by Google to create conversion statistics for us. However, we only learn the anonymous total number of users who clicked on our ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that personally identifies users.
User data is processed pseudonymously within the Google advertising network. This means that Google does not store or process users' names or email addresses, for example, but processes the relevant data cookie-related within pseudonymous user profiles. From Google's perspective, ads are not managed and displayed for a specifically identified person, but for the cookie holder, regardless of who that cookie holder is. This does not apply if a user has expressly allowed Google to process the data without this pseudonymization. The information collected about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google's servers in the USA.
Further information on data use by Google, settings, and objection options, can be found in Google's Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads) and in the settings for displaying advertisements by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).
Within our online offering, we use the "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are located in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, due to our legitimate interests in analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our online offering, and for these purposes.
Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee to comply with European data protection law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active).
With the help of the Facebook Pixel, Facebook is able to determine the visitors of our online offering as a target group for the presentation of ads (so-called "Facebook Ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook Pixel to display Facebook Ads only to Facebook users who have shown an interest in our online offering or who exhibit certain characteristics (e.g., interests in certain topics or products, determined based on the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "Custom Audiences"). With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook Ads correspond to the potential interests of users and do not appear annoying. With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called "Conversion").
The processing of data by Facebook is carried out within the framework of Facebook's data usage policy. Accordingly, general information on the presentation of Facebook ads can be found in Facebook's data usage policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. For specific information and details about the Facebook Pixel and how it works, please refer to the Facebook Help section: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.
You can opt-out of the collection by the Facebook Pixel and the use of your data to display Facebook ads. To adjust which types of ads are displayed to you within Facebook, you can visit the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions for usage-based advertising settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. These settings are platform-independent, i.e., they apply to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.
You can also object to the use of cookies for range measurement and advertising purposes via the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the US website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).
We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms to communicate with customers, interested parties, and users active there and to inform them about our services. When accessing the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply.