Privacy Policy

Privacy policy

1. General Information

Controller:
Betty Bean GmbH
Schumannstr. 27 60325 Frankfurt am Main – Westend Süd
Email: hello@bettybean.de

2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data, as well as the Type and Purpose of Use

a) When subscribing to our newsletter:

By subscribing to our newsletter, you consent to receiving it and the described procedures.

Content of the Newsletter: We send newsletters, emails, and other electronic notifications containing promotional information (hereinafter referred to as 'newsletters') only with the consent of the recipients or when legally permitted.

Double Opt-In and Logging: Subscribing to our newsletter follows a so-called double opt-in process. After signing up, you will receive an email to confirm your subscription. This confirmation is necessary to prevent misuse. The registrations are logged, including the time of registration and confirmation, as well as the IP address.

Registration Data: To register, all you need to provide is your email address. Optionally, you can also provide your name to be addressed personally.

Email Service Provider: Our newsletters are sent via MailPoet – a product of Wysija SARL, 6 rue Dieudé, 13006, Marseille, FRANCE. You can view the privacy policy of the shipping service provider here: https://www.mailpoet.com/privacy-notice/.

Performance Measurement Our newsletters contain a 'web beacon,' a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server or the server of the email service provider when the newsletter is opened. Technical information such as browser and system data, as well as your IP address and the time of retrieval, are collected. This information is used for the technical improvement of the service and the analysis of reading behavior.

3. Disclosure of Data

Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only share your personal data with third parties if:

• you have given your explicit consent to this pursuant to Article 6(1) sentence 1 (a) of the GDPR,
• the disclosure is necessary pursuant to Article 6(1) sentence 1 (f) of the GDPR for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data.
• in the event that there is a legal obligation to disclose pursuant to Article 6(1) sentence 1 (c) of the GDPR, as well as
• this is legally permissible and necessary pursuant to Article 6(1) sentence 1 (b) of the GDPR for the performance of a contract with you.

4. Cookies and Tracking

a) Cookies:

If you leave a comment on our website, this may constitute consent to store your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature, so you don't have to re-enter all this data when leaving another comment. These cookies are stored for one year.

If you have an account and log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set some cookies to store your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days, and display option cookies last for one year. If you select 'Remember Me' when logging in, your login will be kept for two weeks. Logging out of your account will delete the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only references the post ID of the article you are currently editing. The cookie expires after one day.

Our website currently does not use any additional cookies or engage in tracking activities. If this changes in the future, we will update our privacy policy accordingly and inform you.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Posts on this website may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking services, and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

6. How Long We Store Your Data

We only store your personal data as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes mentioned here or until you withdraw your consent. Once the respective purpose has been fulfilled or consent has been withdrawn, the relevant data will be routinely deleted in accordance with legal requirements.

When you leave a comment, it is stored indefinitely along with its metadata. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments, rather than holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (the username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

7. Your Rights Regarding Your Data

You have the right to:

• According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to request information about the personal data we process about you. Specifically, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned retention period, the existence of the right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the source of your data if it was not collected from you, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and if applicable, meaningful information about the details of such processing.
• According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to request the immediate correction of inaccurate or the completion of your personal data stored with us;
• According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored with us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
• According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you object to its deletion, we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or you have objected to the processing under Article 21 GDPR;
• According to Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transfer of such data to another controller;
• According to Article 7(3) GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent once given at any time. This means that we can no longer continue the data processing based on that consent in the future;
• According to Article 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Typically, you can address the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence, place of work, or our company's registered office.

8. Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

9. Data Security

We use the widely adopted SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol during your visit to our website, in combination with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. Typically, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we will use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell if a page on our website is being transmitted securely by the closed padlock symbol displayed in your browser.