Data collection
With the collection, processing and use of personal data, we pursue the goal of providing the users of our website with a user-friendly, efficient, customer-oriented and secure platform. In principle, you can visit our website without providing us with any personal data. If you use services that require registration, you must register and disclose your data. These inventory data are your business address and contact data as well as some information regarding data of the company and company representatives, communication data with contact names, contract data, product data or industry affiliation.
Wherever possible, we give you the opportunity to freely choose whether to share your information with us. This voluntary information enables other registered users to get to know you better and thus to select you more quickly as a suitable business contact.
Cookies & Plugins
So-called cookies are used on ALPHA POOL. Cookies are small log files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. In most cases these are "session cookies", which are automatically deleted from your computer when you close your web browser. Other cookies remain on your computer so that ALPHA POOL recognizes your computer on your next visit. In addition, every time you request content from our website, data (e.g. name of the requested file, date/time, amount of data transferred, etc.) about this process is stored in a log file. These are only evaluated statistically.
Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. ALPHA POOL also uses cookies to speed up navigation on our website, to adapt the ALPHA POOL website to your needs and interests and to avoid misuse of the offer. In addition, we use cookies to measure the frequency of page views and the display of advertising banners and general navigation.
You can set your browser to inform you before accepting a cookie or to no longer accept cookies. However, we would like to point out that if you refuse function-related cookies, you may only be able to use our offer under more difficult conditions. Certain functions are only available if you accept the use of function-related cookies.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies (text files), which are stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can object to the general collection and storage of data by Google Analytics at any time with effect for the future by using a browser extension, available at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
We maintain online presences within social networks and platforms to be able to communicate with the customers, interested parties and users active there and to be able to inform them about our services there. When calling up the respective networks and platforms, the terms and conditions and data processing guidelines of their respective operators apply. Unless otherwise stated in our data protection declaration, we process user data if they communicate with us within social networks and platforms, e.g. write posts on our online presence or send us messages.
Plugins of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), are used on these Internet pages. If you access Internet pages of our Internet presence that are provided with such a plugin, a connection to the Facebook servers is established and the plugin is displayed on the Internet page by notifying your browser. This transmits to the Facebook server which of our Internet pages you have visited. If you are logged in as a Facebook member, Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. When using the plugin functions (e.g. clicking the "Like" button, submitting a comment), this information is also assigned to your Facebook account, which you can only prevent by logging out before using the plugin. For more information about the collection and use of data by Facebook, about your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy.
The website uses forms from the provider Wufoo for the collection and collection of data. Wufoo is offered by SurveyMonkey Ltd. Europe, Shelbourne Buildings, Shelbourne Road, Dublin, Ireland. SurveyMonkey stores data on its servers in San Mateo, California, USA. SurveyMonkey has been certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Program. Wufoo thus fulfills the requirements of the GDPR with regard to the collection, use and storage of personal data from EU member states.
Within our online offer, functions and content of the Twitter service can be integrated, offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. This can include, for example, content such as images, videos or text and buttons with which users can express their interest in the content, the authors of the content or subscribe to our posts. If the users are members of the Twitter platform, Twitter can assign the above-mentioned content and functions to the user profiles there. Twitter is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law.
Within our online offer, functions and content of the Instagram service can be integrated, offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. This can include, for example, content such as images, videos or text and buttons with which users can express their liking for the content, the authors of the content or subscribe to our posts. If the users are members of the Instagram platform, Instagram can assign the aforementioned content and functions to the user profiles there.
Data use
The aim of ALPHA POOL is to structure market information in such a way that every company is given access to all relevant data and contacts in order to be able to work successfully. The access to producers and service providers from all relevant areas make it possible to do business with a new customer or to realize a new project.
The collection, processing and use of data is carried out for the purposes indicated above.
In compliance with the various retention obligations and periods enacted by the legislator, the relevant data is routinely stored. If data is not affected by this, it will be deleted when the above-mentioned purposes cease to apply.
Data transfer
As far as the transfer of data to third parties is not permitted by law, especially according to the BDSG, ALPHA POOL reserves the right to transfer personal data to law enforcement and supervisory authorities for the prevention of threats to state and public security and for the prosecution of criminal offenses. To public authorities in the presence of overriding legal provisions, external contractors (e.g. service providers) in accordance with §11 BDSG as well as external bodies (e.g. foreign representatives, group companies, etc.) and internal departments always exclusively to fulfill the above purposes of data collection and use.
In the case of data transfer to countries outside the EU area ("third countries"), for the fulfillment of contractual purposes or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures with companies from developing and emerging countries, the transfer of data to the foreign representative office of ALPHA POOL of the corresponding third country essentially applies. For this purpose, company data such as communication data, order, billing, product, product interest and industry affiliation data are transmitted.
External links
Our websites may contain links to websites of other providers. Since we are not responsible for their information, we recommend that you carefully read the information on data protection on these sites.
Changes
ALPHA POOL reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time if changes become necessary due to subsequently identified regulatory gaps or with regard to new services. ALPHA POOL will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by email to the email address you provided during registration.