Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how “GermanPedia,” “we,” or “us” collects, uses, and discloses information about you. This Privacy Policy applies when you use our websites, mobile applications, and other online products and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, our “Services”), contact our customer service team, engage with us on social media, or otherwise interact with us.

This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by GermanPedia and how we use it. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the TermsFeed Free Privacy Policy Generator.

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By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

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Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

Collection of personal data as part of the health insurance switching/registration service

You can request information about or initiate a change of health insurance provider via GermanPedia. Personal data within the framework of the health insurance switching/registration service are information about a particular person’s factual or personal circumstances insofar as the information is necessary to initiate joining or changing health insurance companies.

The collected data is required to send information or initiate a desired change of health insurance provider. Without the provision and processing of this data, the requester’s (your) goal would not be achieved.

We save your “email address” and “consent” indefinitely unless you submit a written request to delete it. We delete the rest of the data from our servers within 25 hours or once you are a member of the chosen health insurer, whichever is longer. We process the data (using a GDPR-compliant third-party tool) you entered to complete the health insurance provider’s form and send it to our partner insurance broker. The insurance broker then contacts the chosen health insurance company on your behalf to make the switch or join. By using our health insurance switching service, you agree to the privacy policy and terms & conditions of our partner broker firm (ExpatCompassGermany, a brand of BVLG) and the chosen health insurer (TK). You consent to the insurance broker forwarding your application to the chosen health insurer.

If you use our service, you agree to be contacted by post, telephone or e-mail only if it’s necessary to carry out the change or joining of health insurance provider. Contact is only made by GermanPedia.com, our partner brokers, or the department of the chosen health insurance company, which is responsible for carrying out the change or joining.

The data will only be used to process this request. Data is only forwarded to the third-party tool (for completing the form), partner insurance broker, and the selected health insurance company. The personal data will not be passed on to other third parties. The consent to the storage of personal data that the data subject has given us for the purpose of sending information or changing health insurance providers can be revoked at any time by sending an e-mail at contact[@]germanpedia.com.

How is your data processed?

We use a third-party tool, “Fillable PDFs from CosmicGiant.” The form data is submitted to their server, where the PDF is generated. The generated PDF is then sent back to GermanPedia. The data submitted to the Fillable PDFs server is immediately deleted automatically. No data is retained.

1. Additional Data Collection for Legal and Tax Consultation Referrals

For users interested in legal or tax consultation referrals, GermanPedia collects personal information, including names, email addresses, and details necessary to facilitate a connection with our partner lawyer or tax advisor. This information is used solely for the purpose of arranging the referral.

2. Data Sharing with Partner Lawyer and Tax Advisor

By opting for a legal or tax advisor referral, users consent to GermanPedia sharing their information with the referred lawyer or tax advisor. The lawyer and tax advisor operates as an independent data controller, fully responsible for GDPR compliance and handling data in accordance with their own privacy policy.

3. Data Retention for Referral Purposes

Personal information provided for the referral will be retained only as long as necessary to complete the referral process and fulfill any associated administrative or legal obligations. Users may request the deletion of their data related to the referral by contacting us at contact[at]germanpedia.com.

4. User Rights under GDPR

Users retain the right to access, correct, or request the deletion of their personal information shared for referral purposes. Users also have the right to withdraw consent to data sharing at any time, which will terminate the referral process.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

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Log Files

GermanPedia follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information. 

From time to time, GermanPedia may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

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Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, GermanPedia uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using GermanPedia’s website, with the drawback that certain features may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to GermanPedia’s use of cookies.

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Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.germanpedia.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

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Our Advertising Partners

Some of advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

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Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of GermanPedia.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on GermanPedia, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that GermanPedia has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

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Third-Party Privacy Policies

GermanPedia’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found on the browsers’ respective websites.

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CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business deletes any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

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GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

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Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

GermanPedia does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

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Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites, products, or services.

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Protection Of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

GermanPedia discloses potentially personally identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on GermanPedia’s behalf or to provide services available at Germanpedia’s website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others.

Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using GermanPedia’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. GermanPedia will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, GermanPedia discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental requests or when GermanPedia believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of GermanPedia, third parties or the public at large.

If you send us a request (for example, via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. GermanPedia takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally-identifying information.

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Aggregated Statistics

GermanPedia may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website via Google Analytics. GermanPedia may display this information publicly or provide it to others.

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Affiliate Disclosure

This site uses affiliate links and does earn a commission from certain links. This does not affect your purchases or the price you may pay.

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Privacy Policy Changes

GermanPedia may change its Privacy Policy from time to time and at GermanPedia’s sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the such change.