Privacy policy

With the following information, we would like to give you an overview of how we handle your data, which we collect and record in connection with your visit to our website glaidedata.com, when you contact us, or use our services. Additionally, we would like to inform you about your data protection rights.

1. Controller

The controller responsible for processing your data in accordance with Art. 4 No. 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

Glaide Data GmbH i. G.
℅ Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ)
Max-Born-Straße 2
D-12489 Berlin

Further details about us can be found in the imprint.

2. Definitions

a. Personal Data

"Personal data" refers to all information related to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "data subject"); a natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly (e.g., by their name, an identification number, an IP address, or similar). Information that cannot be associated with a specific or identifiable person is not considered personal data.

b. Processing

"Processing" includes the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or any other form of making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction of data.

c. Profiling

"Profiling" is any automated processing of personal data where the data is used to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, particularly to analyze or predict aspects such as job performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

d. Pseudonymization

"Pseudonymization" is the processing of personal data in such a way that the data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and subject to technical and organizational measures.

e. Controller

The "controller" is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.

f. Consent

"Consent" means any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which they, through a statement or clear affirmative action, signify agreement to the processing of their personal data.

3. Scope of Data Collection, Processing, and Use

a. Visiting Our Website

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. The data is analyzed in a de-personalized form.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest: website stability and security)

b. Contact via Email or Contact Form

If you contact us via our contact form or email, the data you provide (your email address, name, and phone number) will be stored by us or a service provider we commission to respond to your inquiries. We share this information with Squarespace, our hosting provider, to deliver the website services. We delete the data once it is no longer necessary or restrict processing if there are legal retention obligations.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR

Please note our instructions on using our contact form. To contact us via this form, you must enable cookies and provide your consent for this purpose.

Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR

c. Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

Additional details such as clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps may also be collected. We share this information with Squarespace to analyze site traffic and activity.

d. Cookies

Our website uses cookies, which make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small files stored on your device by your browser. Cookies do not harm your device and do not contain viruses. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visitThe cookies Squarespace uses.
When you first visit our website, you will be notified of the use of cookies via a cookie banner, which appears as a pop-up.

  • These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

  • Enabling additional cookies You can enable additional cookies to improve the functionality of our website and services. To do this, you must activate the displayed cookies under "Settings" in the cookie banner by moving the switch. By doing so, you consent to the processing of personal data by the enabled cookies as described.
    Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR 

  • Cookie list and cookie policy In the cookie banner under the menu item "Cookies," you will find a list of all the cookies used on our website, categorized as "necessary" or otherwise. The purpose of each cookie is described. 

  • Revoking consent / Enabling and disabling cookies
    You can revoke your consent to the processing by cookies at any time by clicking the white rectangle text box “Cookie-Einstellungen” in the lower-left corner of our website. An overview of the current cookie settings will open, where you can disable any unwanted cookies (except "necessary" ones). Once deactivated, no further data will be collected via the disabled cookies. The lawfulness of the processing up to the deactivation remains unaffected.
    You must save your cookie settings by clicking "Save Preferences," ensuring that these preferences are retained for future visits. The storage of your cookie settings is done via a consent management cookie, which is enabled by default as a necessary cookie. You can reset the cookie settings by reloading the website.
    Please note that some functions of the website may not be usable if certain cookies are not activated. 

e. Social Media

This website includes share buttons for services like LinkedIn. Clicking a share button may send your personal data, such as browser information and the details of the content shared, to third-party services. Please refer to their privacy policies for more details.

f. Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

  • Your IP address

4. Purpose of Processing and Legal Basis

We process personal data in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

a. To fulfill contractual obligations (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR)
Data is processed to fulfill our contractual obligations, as well as for pre-contractual measures requested by you, such as creating and sending offers or responding to inquiries. 

b. As part of a balancing of interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
Beyond contract fulfillment, we may process your data to safeguard our legitimate interests or those of third parties, such as:

  • Saving cookie settings

  • Ensuring the IT security of our system

  • Asserting legal claims and defending against legal disputes

c. With your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)
In individual cases, we require your consent to process your data. Processing will only occur if you have expressly granted this consent, which you can revoke at any time. The revocation does not affect the lawfulness of processing before the revocation.

5. Recipients of the Data

Without your consent, we generally do not transmit your personal data collected from the website to third parties.
Data transfer only occurs if contract processing requires it or if legal obligations demand it.

6. Data Transfer to Third Countries

We generally do not transfer personal data to recipients outside the EU and EEA. If necessary, we will inform you and obtain your consent in advance.

7. Data Retention Period

We store your data as long as necessary to fulfill contractual and legal obligations. Data from inquiries is deleted once no longer needed unless required for further processing.

8. Data Security

We implement all reasonable technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of your data.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

As a “data subject,” you have the right to:

  • Access your data

  • Request rectification

  • Request deletion

  • Restrict processing

  • Object to processing

  • Request data portability

10. Obligation to Provide Data

Providing data is not legally required. However, certain information is essential to respond to inquiries or process orders.

11. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

Automated decision-making or profiling as defined in Art. 22(1) and (4) GDPR does not occur.

12. Data Protection Inquiries

For inquiries on data protection, please email:
info(at)glaidedata.com

13. Privacy Policy Updates

We reserve the right to periodically adjust this privacy policy. Older versions are available upon request.

Berlin in February 2025