Privacy Policy
Who We are
Our company name is: Accelerate German (“Us”, “We”, or “Our”).
Our website address is: https://accelerategerman.com (the “Site”).
Welcome to https://accelerategerman.com. We understand that privacy online is important to users of Our Site, especially when conducting business. This statement governs Our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Site (“Visitors”, “You”, “Your”) who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on the Site and make use of the various products and services offered by Accelerate German (“Authorized Customers”, “You”, “Your”), and how We collect, store and use Your personal data that You provide when You use Our Site.
What data do We collect?
We collect Your personal information. Personal information is any data that relates to an individual to use as identification like:
- Personally Identifiable: This data is provided by You for registration and for using other Services – name, email address, phone number, country, state, etc.
- Browser and visit information: This data is provided by Your browser and visits You made on Our Site – browser type, operating system, IP address, demographics, etc.
- Cookie-related information: See Cookies Policy for cookie-related details.
However, You can browse Our Site without providing Your personal information.
“Personally Identifiable Information”
This refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.
What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?
We may collect basic user profile information from all of Our Visitors. We collect the following additional information from Our Authorized Customers: the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Authorized Customers, the nature and size of the business, and the nature and size of the advertising inventory that the Authorized Customer intends to purchase or sell.
How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?
We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Site, to make appropriate service offerings, and to fulfill buying and selling requests on the Site. We may email Visitors and Authorized Customers about research or purchase and selling opportunities on the Site or information related to the subject matter of the Site. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Visitors and Authorized Customers in response to specific inquiries, or to provide requested information.
Who We share Your data with
Personally Identifiable Information about Authorized Customers may be shared with other Authorized Customers who wish to evaluate potential transactions with other Authorized Customers. We may share aggregated information about Our Visitors, including the demographics of Our Visitors and Authorized Customers, with Our affiliated agencies and third party vendors. We also offer the opportunity to “opt out” of receiving information or being contacted by Us or by any agency acting on Our behalf.
How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information collected by Accelerate German is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or employees of Accelerate German except for use as indicated above.
How do We collect and use Your personal information?
Collection of personal information
We collect Your data in the following forms:
- Register online or place an order for any Products or Services
- Complete a survey or provide feedback on Our Products or Services or via emails
- Visit Our Site using Your browser’s cookies
Use of personal information
We use Your personal information for the following purposes:
- To create and manage Your account on Our Site
- To process details related to Your orders and refunds
- To identify You once You register on Our Site
- To provide You better usability and service
- To contact You and respond to Your queries and feedbacks
- To understand which sections of the Site are visited and how frequently
Comments
When Visitors leave comments on the Site We collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the Visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from Your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if You are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of Your comment, Your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of Your comment.
Media
If You upload images to the website, You should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Site can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
A Cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a Visitor’s computer, and that the Visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the Visitor returns.
Are Cookies used on the Site?
Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of Our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect Our Authorized Customers.
For example, if an Authorized Customer is logged on and the Site is unused for more than 10 minutes, We will automatically log the Authorized Customer off. Visitors who do not wish to have Cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse Cookies before using https://accelerategerman.com, with the drawback that certain features of Site may not function properly without the aid of Cookies.
If You leave a comment on Our Site You may opt-in to saving Your name, email address and website in Cookies. These are for Your convenience so that You do not have to fill in Your details again when You leave another comment. These Cookies will last for one year.
If You visit Our login page, 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 also set up several Cookies to save Your login information and Your screen display choices. Login Cookies last for two days, and screen options Cookies last for a year. If You select “Remember Me”, Your login will persist for two weeks. If You log out of Your account, the login Cookies will be removed.
If You edit or publish an article, an additional Cookie will be saved in Your browser. This Cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article You just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Cookies used by Our service providers
Our service providers use Cookies and those Cookies may be stored on Your computer when You visit Our website. You can find more details about which Cookies are used in Our Cookies info page.
For more information on how We handle Cookies
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the Visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about You, use Cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor Your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking Your interaction with the embedded content if You have an account and are logged in to that website.
What organizations are collecting the information?
In addition to Our direct collection of information, Our third party service vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses and banks) who may provide such services as credit, insurance, and escrow services may collect this information from Our Visitors and Authorized Customers.
We do not control how these third parties use such information, but We do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Visitors and Authorized Customers. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.
What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?
Visitors and Authorized Customers may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by Us and/or Our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting Us at P.O. Box 339, Wanaka 9343, New Zealand.
How long We retain Your data
If You leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so We can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For Visitors that register on Our Site (“Users”) (if any), We also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact Us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing Us at support[at]accelerategerman[dot]com.
Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
We are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of Our Site Visitors. You can request “to be forgotten”. We provide Visitors and Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site’s database by contacting Us.
However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor’s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and We will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact Us at support[at]accelerategerman[dot]com.
What rights You have over Your data
We would like to make sure that You are fully aware of Your data protection rights.
Every User is entitled to the following rights:
- The right to access: You have the right to ask for copies of Your personal information provided to Us.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to tell Us to correct the personal information that You believe needs correction. You also have the right to complete the information You believe is incomplete.
- The right to erase: You have the right to ask Us to erase all Your personal data at any time.
- The right to object: You have the right to object to Our organization’s processing of Your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You can anytime ask Us to transfer Your personal information to any other organization or directly to You, under certain conditions.
- The right to complain to a supervisory authority
- The right to withdraw consent
If You have an account on this site, or have left comments, You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data We hold about You, including any data You have provided to Us. You can also request that We erase any personal data We hold about You. This does not include any data We are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We send Your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How We use login information
Accelerate German uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a User’s movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.
How We protect Your data
All of Our employees are familiar with Our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of Our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit Our security systems and processes on a regular basis.
Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, is protected by encryption protocols, in place to protect information sent over the Internet.
While We take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering and break-ins, and We cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and We will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences.
Data used for marketing or shared with third parties
Data used for marketing
Based on Your preference, Our organization would like to send You marketing emails for Products, Services, and offers that You might like. You have the right at any time to stop Our organization from contacting You. You can anytime opt-out of Our marketing-related emails at a later date.
Data sharing with third-party sites
Accelerate German has entered into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors. Such vendors may have access to certain Personally Identifiable Information on a need to know basis for evaluating Authorized Customers for service eligibility. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information.
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with law
We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of Our Visitors and Authorized Customers.
Our organization will never share Your personal information with third-party sites without taking prior permission from you. Though, We share Your personal information within the organization, business partners, authorized third-party services.
Changes to Our privacy policy
Our organization reviews and updates its privacy policy on a regular basis. We may change Our data privacy practices and place any updates on this privacy policy page.
We will let Our Visitors and Authorized Customers know about changes to Our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if We are changing Our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Customer has previously requested not be disclosed, We will contact such Visitor or Authorized Customer to allow such Visitor or Authorized Customer to prevent such disclosure.
Privacy policies for other linked websites
https://accelerategerman.com contains links from and to other websites. However, Our privacy policy applies to only Our Site and not other linked websites. Please note that when You click on one of these links, You are moving to another Web site. We encourage You to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from Ours.
Contact Us
If You have any queries related to Our data privacy practices or this privacy policy, feel free to contact Us at support[at]accelerategerman[dot]com.
California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by Accelerate German to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to support[at]accelerategerman[dot]com or write us:
P.O. Box 339, Wanaka 9343, New Zealand
We take great pride in the relationship of trust and we are dedicated to treating your personal information with care and respect. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83(c)(2), Accelerate German does not share guests’ personal information with other companies or others outside for those parties’ direct marketing use unless a guest elects that we do so. For more information about our privacy and data collection policies, you may wish to review our Privacy Policy.
If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of any site where this policy is posted, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information to support[at]accelerategerman[dot]com. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.