Privacy policy

1) Introduction and contact details of the controller

1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.

1.2 The controller for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Beth Miles, Berliner Str. 76, 13189 Berlin, Germany, Tel.: +4915566475077, e-mail: info@milestranslations.de. The controller for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 If you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect such data that your browser transmits to the site server (so-called ‘server log files’). When you visit our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:

– Website that you visited
– Date and time of access
– Amount of data sent in bytes
– Source/reference from where you reached the page
– Browser used
– Operating system used
– IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively, should concrete indications point to unlawful use.

2.2 For security reasons and to protect the transfer of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the string ‘https://’ and the lock icon in your browser line.

3) Hosting & content delivery network

For the hosting of our website and to present the page content, we use a provider that provides its services itself or through selected sub-contractors exclusively on servers within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

4) Contacting us

Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). The data collected when using a contact form can be seen in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest responding to your enquiry in accordance with Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR. If your enquiry is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Article 6 (1)(b) GDPR. Your data is deleted after final processing of your enquiry. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

5) Site functionalities

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On this website we use the CAPTCHA service of the following provider: Intuition Machines, Inc., 350 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States

The service checks whether an entry is made by a natural person or abusively by machine and automated processing, and blocks spam, DDoS attacks and similar automated malicious access. In order to ensure that an action is carried out by a human and not by an automated bot, the provider collects the IP address of the end device used, identification data of the browser and operating system type used, as well as the date and duration of the visit and transmits these to the provider’s servers for evaluation.

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and in preventing misuse and spam in accordance with Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR.

We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider, which ensures the protection of our site visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.

For the transfer of data to the United States, the provider relies on standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.

6) Rights of the data subject

6.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective exercise requirements:

– Right of access in accordance with Article 15 GDPR;
– Right to rectification in accordance with Article 16 GDPR;
– Right to erasure in accordance with Article 17 GDPR;
– Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Article 18 GDPR;
– Right to information in accordance with Article 19 GDPR;
– Right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 GDPR;
– Right to withdraw granted consent in accordance with Article 7 (3) GDPR;
– Right to lodge a complaint in accordance with Article 77 GDPR.

6.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FURTHER PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH THEIR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL TERMINATE THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

7) Duration of the storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing and – if applicable – additionally by the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

When processing personal data on the basis of express consent pursuant to Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you revoke your consent.

If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal obligations or obligations similar to them on the basis of Article 6 (1)(b) GDPR, these data is routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract and/or that we have no legitimate interest in further storage.

When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR, this data is stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Article 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR, these data is stored until you exercise your right to object in accordance with Article 21 (2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this privacy statement on specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

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