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Sensors Alive App Privacy Policy

Sensors Alive App Privacy Policy

  1. "Sensors Alive - Bring Physics to Life" App privacy at a glance

General information

The following notices provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you use our mobile app "Sensors Alive - Bring Physics to Life". Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

How do we collect your data?

Data is automatically collected by our IT systems or service providers when you use the app. This is, for example, technical data (e.g. IP address or time of page view). The collection of this data occurs automatically as soon as you use our app. Data collected by the app due to access authorizations on your smartphone.

What do we use your data for?

The data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the app's content as well as the operation, maintenance and improvement of the associated online platform and the app. Further purpose of the data collection is to improve the user experience, the offer, the content and the functionalities. Personal data is only collected by this app if we are legally entitled to do so or if you have expressly consented to the data collection in question. By accepting this privacy policy, you consent to the collection and processing of data for the purposes described.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to demand the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When using the app, your usage behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your usage behavior is usually anonymous; the usage behavior cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis by uninstalling the app.

 

  1. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection

This privacy policy applies to the mobile app "Sensors Alive - Bring Physics to Life" for iOS, FireOS and Android (hereinafter "App"). It explains the nature, purpose and scope of data collection in the context of app use. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the responsible office

The responsible party for data processing in this app is:

Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG
Pfizerstrasse 5 – 7
70184 Stuttgart
Tel: 0711/2191-0
Fax: 0711/2191-422
E-Mail: info@kosmos.de

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an already granted consent at any time. To do so, it is sufficient to delete the corresponding app. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of violations of data protection law, the data subject has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the state data protection commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link:www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Information, blocking, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

General information on the right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO).

If data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims (objection under Article 21(1) DSGVO). If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling, insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Article 21 (2) DSGVO).

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do so, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

- If the processing of your personal data has happened / is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.

- If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

- If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

 

  1. data protection officer

Data protection officer required by law

We have appointed a data protection officer for our company.

Fabian Henkel
Graduate in Business Administration (FH)
Kant Street 14
71277 Rutesheim
Phone: +49(0)71632744172
Email: info(at)externer-datenschutzbeauftragter-stuttgart.de

 

  1. data collection in the context of app use

Personal data may be collected in the context of app use in the following ways in particular:

  1. your data is automatically collected by our systems or the service providers we commission. For example, analysis data for usage statistics and for troubleshooting.
  2. your data is collected based on the access rights that this app requires and that you have granted us.

4.1 Data collected automatically by our systems or contracted service providers.

- Usage data for the use of the app

- Unique device identifiers (e.g. IDFV for iOS devices and Android ID for Android devices).

- IP address, country of installation (from IP address) and language

- Device manufacturer and model disk type (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, etc.) and operating system

- Application or bundle identification ("App ID") of the installed product.

IP addresses are stored for 6 months and deleted afterwards. In aggregated and anonymized form, usage data is stored for a longer period of time. This data is collected for the purpose of operating and optimizing the app and is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures as well as for legitimate interest.

Analytics Tools

Unity Analytics

Unity Analytics collects device information such as IP address and device number to determine the number of users per country. Furthermore, information on usage behavior, such as the duration of use or number of in-app purchases, is determined. As the provider of this app, we have access to the aggregated data of our app. We do not have access to individual IP addresses or device numbers. For our app, "COPPA compliance" is enabled with Unity. Unity Analytics is an analytics service provided by Unity Technologies ApS. Unity Analytics collects usage data and various other types of data as described in the service's privacy policy. The provider of the service is Unity Technologies, 30 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States Privacy Policyunity3d.com/legal/privacy-policyThe analysis of user behavior is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The responsible party has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize its offer.

4.2 Data collected based on the access rights that this app requires and that you have granted us.

In order to provide our services through the App, we require the access rights enumerated below, which allow us to access certain features of your device. Your express consent (opt-in) is required to access this data. You can grant this as part of the installation process. This data is thus processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Access to the location

Reason: The app connects via Bluetooth to the purchased hardware (base station) to transmit the measured values. The location information of the device is not collected or stored. Access to the location of your device is not possible without your consent. The access is therefore based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Revocation if you use Android:

  1. tap Settings
  2. tap permissions
  3. tap location
  4. scroll to APP and turn off / revoke permission.

Revocation if you are using iOS:

  1. tap settings
  2. tap privacy
  3. tap location
  4. scroll to APP and turn off / revoke permission.

Revocation if you are using Fire OS.

Uninstalling the app.

Access to memory

Reason: The screenshots you create, recent game scores, and files to send to a 3D printer are stored on your device, so the app needs access to your media storage. Without your consent, access to your device's media storage is not possible. The access is therefore based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

Revocation if you are using Android:

  1. tap Settings
  2. tap permissions
  3. tap memory
  4. scroll to APP and turn off / revoke permission.

Revocation if you are using iOS:

  1. tap Settings
  2. tap privacy
  3. tap memory
  4. scroll to APP and turn off / revoke permission.

Revocation if you are using Fire OS:

Uninstalling the app.

General notice:

Uninstalling the app will delete permissions on all systems.

 

  1. transfer of the Sensors Alive - Bring Physics to Life data to TinkerToys.

You have the option to transfer your measured values (volume / dB value, temperature / °C or °F value, brightness / lx value) collected with the app to TinkerToys in order to order your individual monster as a 3D print from TinkerToys. For this purpose, your mobile internet browser is opened from the app and the corresponding page of TinkerToys is called up; in doing so, other data can be transferred in addition to the Sensors Alive - Bring Physics to Life data. As a rule, in addition to the Sensors Alive - Bring Physics to Life data, your IP address, your operating system used and information about the mobile browser are also transmitted to TinkerToys. However, we have no influence on the data collection by TinkerToys, for more information you can view the privacy policy of TinkerToys athttps://www.tinkertoys.de/datenschutz/.

Tinker Toys is a manufacturer of customizable toys based in Germany, TinkerToys GmbH, Breitscheidstr. 51, 39114 Magdeburg.