Legal

You can trust in the protection and security of your personal information: The protection of your privacy and your rights to the processing of personal data is for Matmatch an important concern, which we take into account in all our business processes. Therefore, as here you inform about the basic rules of our handling of personal data.

Matmatch collects, processes and uses all personal data resulting from your visits to our internet service only in accordance with the applicable regulations for the protection of personal data. We use the personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy (for example, to process inquiries or, if necessary, to process insurance contracts). When collecting personal data via forms, you will be informed about the purpose of the survey and other circumstances in accordance with the requirements of Art. 13 GDPR. Use of such data for other purposes is excluded.

person within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the:

Matmatch GmbH
Leopoldstraße 250a
80807 München

Phone: +49 89 262075200
E-Mail: info@matmatch.com

For any further information you can contact our Data Protection Officer at any time: datenschutz@matmatch.com

The website also uses cookies that are strictly necessary for the technical operation of the website, they contain no personal information and are not read by third parties.A contact form is available on our website that can be used for your inquiries. To answer your request, the e-mail address, as well as the text field for your request, your Full Name, your Company and your Job Title is required as a mandatory field. Further details are voluntary. The data of your request will be processed by us for answering. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The purpose of processing is to process your request. The stored data will be deleted if the purpose of the processing ceases and no further statutory or contractual retention obligations cease to exist. Usually the data of your inquiries are kept for 24 months, as long as no other processing purpose (e.g. order, offer) results from the request.On our website you can subscribe to a newsletter. For this purpose, the following data is collected and stored for the purpose of shipment and traceability:

• Email address
• Firstname
• Lastname
• Date and time of registration
• Date and time of the confirmation email (double-opt-in procedure)

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (Consent). As part of the registration for the newsletter, your consent is obtained and referred to this privacy policy. A double-opt-in procedure is used: after you have given your consent, you will receive an email from us with a confirmation link, which you can use to complete the registration process. You may revoke your consent to receive our newsletter at any time with effect for the future. Your data will be deleted immediately, as long as there are no legal or contractual storage requirements.

The Website may contain links to other websites that are not under our control and for which this Privacy Policy does not apply. If you use the links provided to access other websites, the operators of these websites may collect information about you that they use in accordance with their privacy policies, which may differ from ours. The website may also offer you the opportunity information about the sample company, to share or follow the website or the products and / or services available through it using social networking functionality (e.g. "share this", "like"). or "follow" buttons). We offer this functionality to interest the members of your social networks in the website and to give you the opportunity to share and follow opinions, messages and recommendations about the website with your contacts. However, you should be aware that if personal information is shared on a social network, that information may be collected and made public by the social network provider, including through internet search engines. You should always read the privacy policy of every webpage you visit or any social network you use to disclose information in order to be aware of your privacy practices.

We rely on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR contents of the following third-party providers:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The data generated by the cookies about your use of this website are transmitted to a server of Google and stored there. The IP address you have used while visiting this website is only stored in an anonymous form (via a non-reversible reduction of the IP address). You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookies of Google Analytics and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), their transmission to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google Analytics, by using the link below Download and install the available browser plugin: Link

This website uses HubSpot, a marketing automation platform provided by HubSpot, Inc. HubSpot uses “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The data generated by the cookies about your use of the website are transmitted to a server of HubSpot and stored there.

Additionally, when you submit a form on this website, your personal and usage data may be stored and processed by HubSpot, who act as a Data Processor. This information may be used to provide you with content and additional information where deemed necessary or when you specifically request it.

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service to which the Services link. The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.

In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM or any other app developer, app provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Apps.

We use so-called social plugins (the “Plugins”) provided by the social networks Facebook, LinkedIn, XING and the microblogging service Twitter. The companies Facebook Inc., LinkedIn Inc., XING AG and Twitter Inc. (together the “Plugin Providers”) offer these services.

Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”). An overview of Facebook’s plugins and how they look like is provided here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.

LinkedIn is operated by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland (“LinkedIn”). An overview of LinkedIn’s plugins and how they look like is provided here: https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins.

XING is operated by XING AG., Xing AG, Dammtorstr. 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany (“XING”). An overview of XING’s plugins and how they look like is provided here: https://dev.xing.com/.

Twitter is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”). An overview of the Twitter buttons and how they look like is provided here: https://dev.twitter.com/web/overview.

The Plugins are using the “Shariff" software developed by c't and Heise Online (further information: https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html (german language version)). The Shariff solution allows us to implement the Plugins on our Website without compromising your privacy by ensuring that no connection to the Facebook, LinkedIn, XING and/or Twitter servers is established when you visit the Website. Your browser will only establish a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, LinkedIn, XING and/or Twitter once you actively interact with the respective Plugin. If you have previously provided personally identifiable information to a Plugin Provider, then this Plugin Provider may recognize you on this Website. Your use of the Plugins is subject to each Plugin Provider’s privacy policy, which may be different from this Privacy Policy, so please read the Plugin Providers’ policies carefully to understand them and learn about your options. We have no control over the information that is collected, stored, or used by the Plugin Providers using their Plugin.

Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

LinkedIn’s privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

XING’s privacy policy: https://www.xing.com/privacy

Twitter’s privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

This website uses Analysis techniques to obtain information about the behavior of visitors to this website, thereby improving their user experience.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The data generated by the cookies about your use of this website are transmitted to a server of Google and stored there. Your IP address used when visiting the website will only be stored in anonymous form (via a non-reversible IP address reduction). You can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookies of Google Analytics and related to your use of the website (including your IP address), their transmission to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google Analytics by the link below Download and install the available browser plug-in: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest for the purpose of statistical analysis and optimization of our offer.) According to Art. 28 GDPR, there is a contract processing agreement with Google Inc. Google Inc. Is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement.

On matmatch.com we use the plug-in of the social network twitter. Twitter is an internet service of Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, called „Twitter“ from here on.

By being certified by EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active Twitter guarantees that the Data Protection Regulations of the EU are honored even when data is processed in the United States of America.

legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest for the purpose of statistical analysis and optimization of our offer.)

If the plug-in is present on a page you are visiting your browser will download a representation of the Plug-In from a Server of Twitter in the United States of America. Due to technical reasons it is necessary that Twitter will process your IP Address as well as Date and Timestamp of your visit. If you are logged into twitter while you are browsing our webpage with an included plugin, the information collected by the plugin from this specific visit will be recognized by twitter. This information might be added to your personal twitter account. Should you for example use the “Share” Button of Twitter this information will be saved under your user account and possibly published. If you want to prohibit this, you need to log out from twitter before visiting our web pages or modify the according setting in your twitter preferences.

Additional Information about collecting and storing of Data and your Rights and Protections is published by twitter under https://twitter.com/privacy

On matmatch.com we use the plug-in of the social network linkedIn. linkedIn is an internet service of LinkedIn AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Deutschland, called „ linkedIn “ from here on.

legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest for the purpose of statistical analysis and optimization of our offer.)

By being certified by EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active linkedIn guarantees that the Data Protection Regulations of the EU are honored even when data is processed in the United States of America.

If the plug-in is present on a page you are visiting your browser will download a representation of the Plug-In from a Server of linkedIn in the United States of America. Due to technical reasons it is necessary that linkedIn will process your IP Address as well as Date and Timestamp of your visit.

If you are logged into linkedIn while you are browsing our webpage with an included plugin, the information collected by the plugin from this specific visit will be recognized by linkedIn. This information might be added to your personal twitter account. Should you for example use the “Like” Button of linkedIn this information will be saved under your user account and possibly published. If you want to prohibit this, you need to log out from twitter before visiting our web pages or modify the according setting in your linkedIn preferences or https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Additional Information about collecting and storing of Data and your Rights and Protections is published by linkedIn under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

On matmatch.com we use the plug-in of the social network Facebook. Facebook is an internet service der facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. In the EU it is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland, both called „ Facebook “ from here on.

legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest for the purpose of statistical analysis and optimization of our offer.)

By being certified by EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active Facebook guarantees that the Data Protection Regulations of the EU are honored even when data is processed in the United States of America.

If the plug-in is present on a page you are visiting your browser will download a representation of the Plug-In from a Server of Facebook in the United States of America. Due to technical reasons it is necessary that Facebook will process your IP Address as well as Date and Timestamp of your visit.

If you are logged into Facebook while you are browsing our webpage with an included plugin, the information collected by the plugin from this specific visit will be recognized by Facebook. This information might be added to your personal twitter account. Should you for example use the “Like” Button of Facebook this information will be saved under your user account and possibly published. If you want to prohibit this, you need to log out from twitter before visiting our web pages or modify the according setting in your Facebook preferences or https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen

Additional Information about collecting and storing of Data and your Rights and Protections is published by Facebook under https://www.facebook.com/policy

We use Hotjar to bette runderstand the needs of our users and to optimize the offer we present to them on our website. With this technology we get a better understand of our users’ experience (e.g. how much time you spend on which pages, which links you click, and more generally what you like and what you don’t like). This helps us to build better features. Hotjar works with cookies and other technologies to collect information about the users and their devices. This includes (collected and stored only in an anonymized way) IP Addresses, Screen Size, Device Class (Unique Device Identifies), Browser Agent Identifier, Location (only Country) and the language you prefer on Matmatch. This Information is stored by Hotjar in a pseudonymized user profile. This information is not used to identify a single user and will not be joined with other user information by other sources.

legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest for the purpose of statistical analysis and optimization of our offer.)

More information can be found in hotjars data pricacy policy: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy

You can object to the collection of your user profile and your use of our website as well as the placement of the hotjar cookie here: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out

We store Data about your submitted Request in Freshdesk: https://www.freshworks.com/privacy/. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

External service providers are only commissioned if they have committed themselves by contract to the provisions of Art. 28 DSGVO (processor).

Personal data by minors (under 16 years) are not gathered or used knowingly by Matmatch in any way. As a rule, we do not learn the age of the visitor to our website. However, we have also taken no specific measures to protect such data to a particular degree. Persons under the age of 16 may not submit personal data without the express consent of parents or guardians.

information: The subject has the right to ask the person responsible for confirmation of the processing of personal data concerning him or her; if this is the case, it has a right to information about these personal data and to the information listed in Article 15 GDPR.

Right to correction: The data subject has the right to demand from the person responsible without delay the correction of inaccurate personal data concerning them and, if necessary, the completion of incomplete personal data (Art. 16 GDPR).

Right to cancellation: The data subject has the right to demand from the person responsible that personal data relating to him / her be deleted without delay, provided that one of the reasons listed in detail in Art. 17 GDPR applies, e.g. For example, if the data is no longer needed for the purposes pursued (right to delete).

Right to restriction of processing: The data subject has the right to require the person responsible to restrict the processing if one of the conditions listed in Art. 18 GDPR is fulfilled, e.g. For example, if the data subject has objected to processing for the duration of the review by the controller.

Notification obligation:The data subject has the right to be informed about the recipients of personal data. The controller shall notify all recipients of any correction or erasure of personal data or a restriction on processing under Articles 16, 17 (1) and 18, unless that proves impossible or disproportionate. (Art. 19 GDPR)

Right to data portability:The data subject has the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her provided to a responsible person in a structured, common and machine-readable format. It also has the right, if technically feasible, to obtain the transfer of this data to another person responsible (Art. 20 GDPR).

Right to objection:The data subject has the right, at any time, to object to the processing of personal data for reasons arising from his or her particular situation. The controller then no longer processes the personal data unless he can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal rights (Art 21 GDPR).

Right to complain:without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, each data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data concerning them infringes the GDPR (Article 77 GDPR). The data subject may assert this right with a supervisory authority in the Member State of his or her residence, place of work or place of alleged infringement. In Bavaria, the competent supervisory authority:

Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA)
Promenade 27
91522 Ansbach

The provided data to Matmatch are protected by suitable technical and organizational means with the aim of your data against accidental or deliberate manipulation to secure loss, destruction, access by unauthorized persons or unauthorized disclosure to third parties. Our security measures are continuously monitored and improved according to technological developments and organizational possibilities.