Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to any information that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the Privacy Policy set out below.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator's contact details in the section “Information on the Data Controller” within this Privacy Policy.

How do we collect your data?

Some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include information entered into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This primarily includes technical data such as your internet browser, operating system, or the time of your page visit. This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning and error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze user behavior.

Where contracts can be concluded or initiated through the website, the transmitted data will also be processed for contract offers, orders, or other business inquiries.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction or deletion of this data.

If you have granted consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time with future effect. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

If you have any questions regarding data protection or your rights, you may contact us at any time.

2. Hosting

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. Personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the hosting provider(s). This may include, in particular:

• IP addresses

• Contact inquiries

• Meta and communication data

• Contract data

• Contact details

• Names

• Website access data

• Other data generated through the website

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling contractual obligations toward our prospective and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services through a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Where consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's device (e.g., device fingerprinting). Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Our hosting provider will process your data only to the extent necessary to fulfill its contractual obligations and in accordance with our instructions regarding such data.

Hosting Provider

Framer B.V.
Rozengracht 207B
1016 LZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection laws and this Privacy Policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data refers to information that can personally identify you. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and for what purpose.

Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g., communication by email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against third-party access is not possible.

Information on the Data Controller

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Kevin Karg
Vogelbergerstraße 5
85614 Kirchseeon
Germany

Phone: +49 151 44363580
Email: support@polario.io

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

Data Retention

Unless a more specific retention period is stated in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies.

If you submit a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for retaining it (e.g., statutory retention periods under tax or commercial law). In such cases, deletion will occur after these retention obligations cease to apply.

Legal Bases for Data Processing

Where you have provided consent, we process your personal data based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and, where applicable, Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR.

If you have expressly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing is additionally based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR.

Where cookies or device access technologies are used based on your consent, processing is additionally carried out under Section 25(1) TDDDG.

Where your data is required for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Where processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation, it is based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Processing may also occur based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Recipients of Personal Data

As part of our business operations, we work with external parties. Personal data is only transferred where necessary for contract fulfillment, legal obligations, legitimate interests, or where another legal basis permits such transfer.

Where data processors are used, personal data is only transferred on the basis of a valid Data Processing Agreement (DPA).

Withdrawal of Consent

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent at any time. The legality of processing carried out before withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)

If your personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to such processing.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing for such marketing purposes. Upon objection, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

In the event of GDPR violations, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the EU Member State of their habitual residence, workplace, or place of the alleged infringement.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or a contract in a commonly used, machine-readable format and to have it transmitted to another controller where technically feasible.

Access, Rectification and Erasure

You have the right to obtain information about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and the purpose of processing, as well as the right to correction or deletion of such data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of processing where:

• You contest the accuracy of your personal data.

• Processing is unlawful and you oppose deletion.

• We no longer need the data, but you require it for legal claims.

• You have objected pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR and a balancing of interests is pending.

Where processing has been restricted, your data may only be processed with your consent or for legal claims, protection of rights, or important public interest reasons.

SSL/TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption.

You can recognize an encrypted connection when the browser address changes from "http://" to "https://" and displays a lock symbol.

When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, data transmitted to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Contact by Email or Telephone

If you contact us by email or telephone, your inquiry, including all personal data arising from it (such as your name and inquiry details), will be stored and processed for the purpose of handling your request.

We do not share this data without your consent.

Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your inquiry relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling inquiries (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), where applicable.

The data transmitted to us through inquiries remains with us until you request deletion, withdraw your consent, or the purpose for storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.