Privacy
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains which personal data is processed when you visit our website or use our contact form.
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1. Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
- Company
- kAIzen Innovations
- Address
- [Please add company address]
- info@kaizen-innovations.com
- Authorized representative
- [Please add authorized representative]
2. General information on data processing
We process personal data only to the extent necessary to provide this website, handle inquiries, communicate with prospective customers or comply with legal obligations.
Processing is based in particular on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your inquiry relates to pre-contractual communication, a demo or a pilot project. Where processing is required to ensure website operation, document inquiries or organize business communication internally, it may be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
3. Contact form
When you use our contact form, we process the information you provide in order to respond to your inquiry, prepare an initial consultation, coordinate a demo or discuss a potential pilot project.
The fields marked as required in the form are needed to process your inquiry in a meaningful way. Optional information such as phone number, role, industry, ERP system or message helps us better understand your request but is not mandatory.
The contact form asks for your consent to process the form information for handling your inquiry. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Where the inquiry relates to pre-contractual communication, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR may also apply. In addition, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR may apply where we have a legitimate interest in processing, documenting and internally organizing business inquiries.
We store your information only for as long as necessary to handle your inquiry and any follow-up communication. If no contract, demo or pilot project relationship is established, the data is generally deleted after communication has been completed unless statutory retention obligations or legitimate interests require longer retention.
Based on the current website implementation, information submitted via the contact form is not used to train AI models. No automated decision is made based on your inquiry on this website. Internal practice must be confirmed before launch.
Processed data categories
- name
- company
- email address
- phone number, if provided
- role / function, if provided
- industry, if provided
- ERP system, if provided
- selected area of interest, such as demo, pilot project or initial consultation
- message content or description of your challenge, if provided
- confirmation of consent to process the form information
- time of submission
- technical metadata required for form submission
- anti-forgery and security data to the extent ASP.NET Core uses it for form processing
Purposes
- processing and responding to your inquiry
- preparing an initial consultation
- coordinating a demo
- assessing a potential pilot project
- understanding the business and technical starting point
- documenting communication
Specific deletion periods must be defined internally and added here: [Please verify retention period].
4. Contact by email
If you contact us by email, we process the personal data you provide, in particular your email address, your name, the content of your message and any further information you voluntarily submit.
Processing is carried out to handle and respond to your inquiry.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your inquiry relates to pre-contractual communication. In other cases, processing may be based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
STRATO GmbH is used for email/SMTP communication.
5. Server log files
When you access our website, technically necessary access data is processed in order to provide the website securely and reliably.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure and functional provision of the website.
The retention period for server log files depends on the technical configuration of the hosting provider and must be added once confirmed.
Possible access data
- IP address
- date and time of access
- requested URL
- referrer URL, if transmitted
- browser type and browser version
- operating system
- HTTP status code
- amount of data transferred
Purposes
- technical provision of the website
- stability and security
- error analysis
- defense against abusive use
Form contents and sensitive free-text messages should not be fully written to technical logs.
6. Hosting
Our website is operated on a vServer provided by STRATO GmbH. Personal data generated when visiting the website may be processed in this context, especially technical access data.
Where the hosting provider acts as a processor, processing is carried out on the basis of an appropriate data processing agreement.
- Hosting provider
- STRATO GmbH, vServer
8. Recipients and service providers
Within kAIzen Innovations, only those functions that need the data to handle the inquiry or operate the website receive access to personal data.
The currently implemented local ContactSubmissionService is a stub and does not describe an active SMTP, CRM or API transfer. If email sending, CRM integration or an external API is added later, this Privacy Policy must be updated accordingly.
Possible external recipients
- STRATO GmbH as hosting provider for the vServer
- STRATO GmbH as email/SMTP provider
- CRM system, if connected later
- technical service providers for maintenance and operation
Further concrete service providers must be added once they have been confirmed.
9. Third-country transfers
A transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area only takes place where an appropriate legal basis and suitable safeguards are in place.
- Current assessment
- [Please review and add third-country transfer assessment]
No blanket statement is made that third-country transfers do not occur until hosting, email, CRM and other service providers have been finally reviewed.
10. Retention period
We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the respective purposes or as required by statutory retention obligations.
Data from contact form inquiries is stored for the duration of processing and follow-up communication. If a contract, demo or pilot project relationship is established, the data may continue to be processed within the business relationship and retained in accordance with legal obligations.
Specific deletion periods must be defined internally and added here.
11. Security of processing
We take technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorized access and unauthorized disclosure.
Measures prepared or implemented in the project
- HTTPS redirection and HSTS in production
- anti-forgery protection for form submissions
- secure HTTP headers such as X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options and Referrer-Policy
- access restrictions based on responsibility
- data minimization in the contact form
- no unnecessary publication of form contents
- no full logging of sensitive message contents
Further technical and organizational measures must be reviewed before launch based on the actual operating environment.
12. Your rights
Subject to the statutory requirements, you have various rights regarding your personal data.
To exercise your rights, you can contact us at info@kaizen-innovations.com.
Data subject rights
- access
- rectification
- erasure
- restriction of processing
- data portability
- objection to certain processing activities
- withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent
13. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates data protection law.
The supervisory authority responsible for kAIzen Innovations must be added once the company seat has been finalized.
14. Automated decision-making
Based on the current website implementation, no automated decision-making, including profiling, takes place when visiting this website or using the contact form that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
This statement must be checked against actual internal practice before launch.
15. Pilot projects and production data
This Privacy Policy covers the use of this website and contact via form or email. The processing of company, production, ERP, calculation or order data as part of a pilot project will be assessed and contractually agreed separately.
As part of a pilot project, it will be jointly determined which data is required, for which purposes it is processed, which technical architecture is used and which safeguards are necessary.
Website inquiries and later pilot projects involving production or ERP data are intentionally assessed separately.
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy if the website, data processing activities or legal requirements change. The current version is available on this page.
Questions about privacy?
Contact us if you have questions about the processing of personal data on this website.
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