Candid Public Affairs GmbH
Pappelallee 78/79
D-10437 Berlin
T +49 0176 806 39894
info@candidpa.com
Managing Director: Constance Chucholowski

Candid Public Affairs GmbH (Candid) is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The GDPR provides several legal grounds on which Candid may process your personal data.

Candid processes your personal data on the basis of the following, limited, legal grounds:

– Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR)

– For the fulfilment of contracts (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR)

– On the basis of a balancing of interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR)

– For the fulfilment of a legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR)

‍If your personal data is processed on the basis of your consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time.

If Candid processes your data on the basis of a balance of interests, you as the data subject have the right to object to the processing of personal data, taking into account the requirements of Article 21 of the GDPR.

When you visit the Candid website, personal data is processed in order to display the content of the website on your terminal device. In order for the pages to be displayed in your browser, the IP address of your terminal device must be processed. In addition, further information about the browser of your end device is processed. Candid is obliged by data protection law to guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of the personal data processed with Candid's IT systems.

For this purpose and out of this interest, the following data is logged on the basis of a balancing of interests:

‍– IP address of the end device (for a maximum of 14 days)

– Operating system of the end device

– Browser version of the end device

– Name of the retrieved file

– Date and time of the retrieval

– Amount of data transferred referring URL

‍The IP address is deleted after 14 days from all systems used in connection with the operation of this website. We can then no longer establish a personal reference from the remaining data. The access data is also used to identify and correct errors on the website.

Cookies are used on Candid's website. Cookies are small pieces of text information that are stored in your terminal device via your browser. The cookies are necessary to enable certain functions of our website. We use session cookies, which are automatically deleted from your browser immediately after you have finished visiting our website. These cookies are absolutely necessary for the operation of our website. The use of cookies that are not absolutely necessary requires your consent.In these cases, you will be shown a corresponding consent form in the so-called "cookie banner" on the website. You also have the option of preventing the setting of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser.

However, we would like to point out that the use of our website may then only be possible to a limited extent. Cookies do not install or start any programs or other applications on your computer.

Candid's website uses the web analysis tool "Google Analytics", a service offered by Google Ireland Limited. The purpose of its use is the "needs-based design" of this website, which is carried out on the basis of a balancing of interests. The web analysis also enables us to detect and correct errors on the website, e.g. due to faulty links. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", to which you have given your consent via the so-called "cookie banner". If you do not give your consent, no cookies will be set by Google Analytics. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Since we have activated the so-called IP anonymization on this website and concluded a corresponding order processing agreement with Google, your IP address will, however, be truncated beforehand 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 will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. An adequate level of data protection is guaranteed by Google through the use of the so-called EU standard contractual clauses. For more information about the terms of use of Google Analytics and privacy notices, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Candid processes the aforementioned data for the operation of our website and to fulfil contractual obligations to our customers or the protection of our legitimate interests. In the case of inquiries from you outside of an active customer relationship, we process the data for the purposes of responding to your request.

If you voluntarily provide us with data, e.g. in forms, and this data is not required for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations, we process this data on the assumption that the processing and use of this data is in your interest.

Data that you have provided to us will not be disclosed to third parties, unless this is necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations or our services.

Candid uses the following service providers to offer this website and our services via the Internet and/or apps:

‍– Squarespace

Squarespace has entered into EU standard contractual clauses. We consider data processing in the respective third country (here: USA) to be permissible given the need to protect the data and the actual risk of unauthorized access to the data by third parties.

Status: Aug. 2023