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We also process data in countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), in so-called third countries, and/or transfer data to recipients in these third countries. The foregoing also includes the United States. Please note that, at present, there exists no adequacy decision of the EU Commission; that, in general, these third countries have an adequate level of data protection. In particular, there exists, at present, no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the United States. Where we transfer personal data outside of the EEA, we will ensure one of the following requirements is fulfilled: 

• the transfer is to a third country which has an adequacy decision by the EU Commission, Art 45 GDPR; 
• the transfer is covered by a contractual agreement, which covers the GDPR requirements relating to transfers to third countries, in particular standard contractual clauses (or also called standard data protection clauses) pursuant to Art 46(2)(c) GDPR adopted by the EU Commission extended by additional safeguards according to the European Court of Justice findings in Schrems-II; 
• the transfer is to an organization which has binding corporate rules approved by an EU data protection authority, Art 46(2)(b), 47 GDPR;  
• the transfer is covered by other approved safeguards pursuant to Art 46 GDPR in order to protect your personal data in a degree that equals the level of data protection in the European Union; or 
• the transfer is subject to a specific derogation in the GDPR pursuant to Art 49 GDPR, e.g. where you have provided your explicit consent for the transfer or your personal data or the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims 

You can request further details about the safeguards that we have implemented, including, where applicable a copy of the standard contractual clauses by contacting us using our contact details provided in sec 1 above.

As a general rule, we store your data for the duration of usage or the contractual relationship. Otherwise, we erase your personal data once they are no longer needed for the purposes for which we have collected or processed them in accordance with this privacy policy. 

Further storage of your personal data only occurs to the extent: 

• that we are bound by law to retain your data, Art 6(1)(c) GDPR. In particular, statutory rules and regulations governing storage of data can arise from the retention periods contemplated by the Handelsgesetzbuch (Commercial Code) or by the Abgabenordnung (German Fiscal Code). The retention periods contemplated by these statutes are usually between 6 and 10 years. 
• to the extent the data is required for criminal prosecution or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. Therein also lies our legitimate interest, Art 6(1)(f) GDPR. In these constellations, we will store your personal data until the corresponding process has been completed, plus the statutory period of limitation.  

In these cases, the processing of your data is restricted. The data is then no longer available for further use.