Privacy Policy

First things first:

You can revoke your consent and the settings you have made when visiting our website www.engelvoelkers.tech and all its subpages (hereinafter referred to collectively as our “website”) via the consent management platform of Didomi SAS used by us at any time with effect for the future in whole or in part. To do this, please use the menu item “Manage cookie settings” at the bottom of the website. Information about the use of cookies and other tracking technologies (“trackers”) as well as the processing of personal data in this context, the consent herein and a possible revocation can be found in our „Consent choices“.

*Gender note: For reasons of better readability, the simultaneous use of the language forms male, female and diverse (m/f/d) is dispensed with in the following. All of the following personal designations apply equally to all genders. )

I. Person in charge and your rights as a data subject

1. person in charge

Engel & Völkers Technology GmbH (hereinafter also referred to as “Engel & Völkers” or “we” or “us”) is responsible for the data processing governed by this privacy policy.

Our contact details are:

Engel & Völkers Technology GmbH
Vancouverstraße 2a
D-20457 Hamburg
Deutschland
E-Mail: info@engelvoelkers.com

2. data protection officer

If you have any questions about this privacy statement and data protection within the Engel & Völkers Group, please contact the external data protection officer of Engel & Völkers:

Dr. Stefanie Wegener

Mittelweg 10

20148 Hamburg, Germany

swegener@wegener-ra.de

3. your rights as a data subject

You are entitled to the following data protection rights:

You have a right to information about the processing of your personal data (for example, the origin of this data, the purpose of processing, the modalities of data processing). Furthermore, under certain conditions, you are entitled to object to the processing of data for the future, to restrict it or to demand the deletion of the data. Finally, you may at any time stop the sending of advertising material or the carrying out of market research or commercial communications.

In summary, you have the right to

Information, rectification,
Deletion (or to be forgotten),
restriction of processing,
data portability,
Objection to the processing of your personal data,
Complaint to supervisory authorities.

In addition, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

In accordance with Article 7 III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “DSGVO”), you may revoke your consent, once given, at any time vis-à-vis us. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future.

Please note that your right of deletion is subject to restrictions. For example, we do not have to or may not delete data that we still have to retain due to legal retention periods. Data that we need to assert, exercise or defend legal claims are also excluded from your right to erasure.

If you have a complaint about the way we process your data, you have the possibility to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, workplace or the place of the alleged infringement.

We reserve the right, in the event of a legal obligation, to disclose information about you if we are required to do so by lawful authorities or law enforcement bodies. Legal basis: Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO (legal obligation).

II. collection and processing of personal data when visiting our website

1. what data we process from you (hereinafter also “you” or “user”).

By using our website, we process personal data, namely:

E-mail address, first name, last name, title, address, telephone number, property data, participation in events and webinars – hereinafter referred to as “data” or “personal data” – which we receive from you in the event that you use individual services offered by us or an Engel & Völkers company via our
website (e.g. in the context of contact inquiries, newsletter mailings, webinars as well as the market price determination of properties); mandatory fields are marked with an “asterisk”.

personal data (also hereinafter referred to as “User Data”) transmitted by the Users’ Internet browser each time they access the Website and stored within log files, also known as server log files. This data includes: IP address (Internet Protocol address) of the accessing computer; name of the accessed page; date and time of access; URL from which the user accessed the page; number of data transferred; status message for successful access; session ID number;

personal data in the form of location data (GPS data, so-called “Locate Me” function), which is transmitted by your Internet browser each time you have activated this setting on the browser side in principle or application-based.

2. purpose of processing

We process the personal data of the users of our website for the following purposes:

Provision of this online offer for own and third-party advertising (legal basis is the legitimate interest of Engel & Völkers Technology in marketing its own services as well as the services of the companies of the Engel & Völkers Group as described above;

Fulfilment of user contact requests towards Engel & Völkers Technology (legal basis is the fulfillment of the contract as well as – in case of passing on the user data – your consent or the legitimate interest of Engel & Völkers, contact or service requests within the Engel & Völkers Group;

Organization of webinars (legal basis is the fulfillment of the contract by Engel & Völkers and – in case your contact data is passed on to the lecturer – your consent);

Contact by telephone by Engel & Völkers or the Engel & Völkers Group (legal basis is the fulfillment of the contract or, in the case of the use of the telephone number for promotional purposes, your consent);

Sending of e-mail newsletters by Engel & Völkers or the Engel & Völkers Group regarding its own offers as well as third-party advertising to the extent permitted by law or based on consent (the legal basis is either your consent or the legitimate interest of Engel & Völkers in direct marketing, as long as the marketing is carried out in compliance with data protection and competition law requirements of the applicable national regulations);

For the functionality and optimization of the website (legal basis is the legitimate interest of Engel & Völkers to continuously improve the quality of the website and to ensure ease of use);

Where applicable, to identify and, if necessary, block users who have installed a so-called adblocker and thereby block advertising (the legal basis is the legitimate interest of Engel & Völkers to make fully or partially ad-supported offers available to users who do not block advertising);

To prevent fraudulent activity or abuse on or in connection with the Website and to be able to ensure the legal requirements for a secure website (legal basis is the legitimate interest of Engel & Völkers to eliminate malfunctions, to ensure system security and to detect unauthorized access attempts or access).

For the purposes of processing in connection with cookies and other tracking technologies, please refer to our “Cookie Notices”.

In summary: The legal basis of the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO, if the processing is based on consent, Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO, if the basis of the processing is a (possibly pre-contractual) contractual relationship and Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, if the basis is the legitimate interest of Engel & Völkers. If the processing of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which Engel & Völkers is subject, Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO is the relevant legal basis.

If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. If the legal basis is the legitimate interest, you are also generally entitled to object to the processing of personal data relating to you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. In this respect, Art. 21 DSGVO applies.

3. disclosure of your personal data

Due to the size and complexity of data processing by the Engel & Völkers group of companies, it is not possible to list each recipient of your personal data individually in this data protection notice, which is why only categories of recipients are generally indicated.

Within the Engel & Völkers group of companies, those Engel & Völkers companies or agencies receive your data that need it to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations as well as to pursue legitimate interests in the context of this website offering or based on your consent. This includes Engel & Völkers companies that support the provision of our website, direct marketing or other IT infrastructure, that provide webinar events, that carry out the valuation of properties or that send out newsletters.

In addition, we will only pass on your personal data to third parties (i.e. companies that do not belong to the Engel & Völkers companies and the Engel & Völker Group) if this is necessary for the performance of the contract, if we or the third party have a legitimate interest in passing on the data, if there is a legal obligation to do so or if you have given your consent. If your data is transferred to third parties on the basis of a legitimate interest, this will be explained in these data protection provisions. Third parties to whom we may disclose your personal data, independent of our performance of services, include external advisors (e.g., lawyers and auditors), public authorities within their jurisdiction to comply with legal obligations and/or to protect our rights (e.g., tax authorities, police, prosecutors, courts), potential purchasers or acquirers of all or part of our assets and/or activities, and other third parties to the extent you instruct us to disclose data or provide your consent.

Again, in summary:

If your contact request concerns offers of other companies of the Engel & Völkers group of companies (the “Engel & Völkers Companies”), Engel & Völkers will transmit the personal data you have entered in this case to the respective company on the basis of a so-called Legitimate Interest within the Engel & Völkers group of companies.

If, on the other hand, your contact request concerns offers from other companies of the Engel & Völkers Group (i.e. our license partners), we will pass on your personal data from the Engel & Völkers Group of Companies with your prior consent.

4. third party

Youtube

Nature and scope of processing

We have integrated YouTube Video on our website. YouTube Video is a component of the video platform of YouTube, LLC, on which users can upload content, share it over the Internet and receive detailed statistics.

YouTube Video allows us to integrate content from the platform into our website.

YouTube Video uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behavior, recognize users and create user profiles. This information is used, among other things, to analyze the activity of the content listened to and to generate reports. If a user is registered with YouTube, LLC, YouTube Video can associate the videos played with the profile.

When you access this content, you connect to servers of YouTube, LLC, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4 Ireland, where your IP address and, if applicable, browser data such as your user agent are transmitted.

Purpose and legal basis

The use of the service is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.

Storage period

The concrete storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by YouTube, LLC. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for YouTube Video: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Analytics

Type and scope of processing

We use Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, as an analysis service for the statistical evaluation of our online offer. This includes, for example, the number of times our online offer is called up, sub-pages visited and the length of time visitors spend on the site.

Google Analytics uses cookies and other browser technologies to evaluate user behavior and recognize users.

This information is used, among other things, to compile reports on website activity.

Purpose and legal basis

The use of Google Analytics is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.

Storage period

The concrete storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Tag Manager

Type and scope of processing

We use the Google Tag Manager provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Tag Manager is used to manage website tags through one interface and allows us to control the exact integration of services on our website

This allows us to flexibly integrate additional services to evaluate user access to our website.

Purpose and legal basis

The use of Google Tag Manager is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG.

Storage period

5. transfer of data to non-EEA countries

In addition to the “Sharing your personal data” paragraph above, the following applies:

Recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. Where personal data is transferred to locations outside the EEA/UK, we will ensure, as required by law, that your data protection rights are adequately protected, either because the European Commission has decided that the country to which personal data is transferred ensures an adequate level of protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or the transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses) of the European Union agreed with the recipient (Art. 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides for an exception (Art. 49 GDPR). Furthermore, where necessary, we intend to agree additional measures with recipients to ensure an adequate level of data protection.

Copies of the adequate safeguards (where we rely on them) and a list of recipients outside the EEA/UK can be requested. Please note that these copies may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidential information.

6. storage and deletion of data

Engel & Völkers will retain your personal data for the time necessary to achieve the purposes for which the data was collected and further processed, including any retention period required by applicable laws (e.g. retention of accounting records).