Summary

The following summary of our Data Privacy Policy provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you use this app. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. For more detailed information on the subject of data privacy, you may consult the full Privacy Policy below this summary.

Who is responsible for how data is collected and processed by this app?
We are a company called “Smart Data Applications Cologne UG (haftungsbeschränkt)”, and we are responsible for how data is collected and processed by this app. You can find our contact details in the “Notice about the responsible party” section of the Privacy Policy below.

How do we collect your data?
When you use this app, we collect information about which names you dislike, like, or superlike. If you choose to provide your baby’s gender and last name within the app settings, we also collect this data. We only store this information on your device, and you can remove it at any time by uninstalling the app from your device.

What do we use your data for?
We collect your data to ensure that our app runs as intended. To help you explore your baby name preferences, the app displays names you have disliked, liked and superliked in the past. We would not be able to offer this feature if we did not keep track of which names you dislike, like and superlike while using the app. Should you choose to enter this data within the app, we store your baby’s gender in order to only display names corresponding to your baby’s gender; and we store your baby’s last name in order to show it next to possible first names.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right, at any time and free of charge, to receive information about what personal data we process, where your data is collected from, who it is sent to, as well as for what purpose. You also have a right to demand the rectification or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under certain circumstances, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority.

Data Privacy Policy

1. General notes and mandatory information

Data protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal regulations as well as this Privacy Policy. When you use this app, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) is not secure 100 % of the time, and that complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Notice about the responsible party
The responsible party for data processing through this app is:

Smart Data Applications Cologne UG (haftungsbeschränkt)\ Am Beethovenpark 48\ 50935 Cologne\ Germany

Storage duration
Unless a more specific storage duration is specified within this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data ceases to exist. If you request deletion of your data or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted immediately. If there are legal reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law), the data will be deleted after these reasons cease to exist.

General information on the legal basis for data processing by this app
We process your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union. The GDPR provides the following legal grounds for us to process your data:

  • If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
  • If special types of data pursuant to Article 9 (1) GDPR are processed, we process your data according to Article 9 (2) (a) GDPR.
  • If you have given express consent to the transfer of your personal data to other countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Article 49 (1) (a) GDPR.
  • If we need your data to fulfill a contract or to implement pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
  • If we need to process your data to fulfill legal obligations, we process your data on the basis of Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR.
  • We may also process your data based on our legitimate interest according to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Information about the relevant legal basis in each individual instance of data processing is provided in the following paragraphs of this Privacy Policy.

Revoking your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. If you have given your consent but would like to revoke it for the future, you can do so at any time.

Right to object to the collection of data in certain cases and to direct marketing (Article 21 GDPR)
IF WE PROCESS YOUR DATA ON THE BASIS OF ARTICLE 6 (1) (E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. IN ALL INDIVIDUAL CASES, THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA IS DOCUMENTED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU REVOKE YOUR CONSENT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA – UNLESS THERE ARE COMPELLING AND LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS; OR IF PROCESSING YOUR DATA IS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (1) GDPR). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 21 (2) DSGVO).

Right to appeal to a relevant supervisory authority
If the processing of your personal data infringes on GDPR regulations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. Your right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability
In cases where we process your data based on your consent or in order to fulfill contractual obligations, you have the right to receive this data in a common, machine-readable format. You also have the right to request direct transfer of the data to a third party. If you request the direct transfer of the data to a third party, we will only comply with your request if it is technically feasible.

Access, rectification and erasure
Within the framework of the GDPR, you have the right, at any time and free of charge, to receive information about what personal data we process, where it is collected from, recipients to whom it has been or will be disclosed, and the purpose for which it is collected. You also have a right, where applicable, to rectification and erasure of your data. For this and other questions related to you personal data, you may contact us at any time.

Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
  • If our processing of your personal data is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the data, you may request a restriction of processing.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data in place of erasure.
  • If you have lodged an objection to processing pursuant to Article 21 (1) GDPR, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data pending the verification whether our legitimate interests override yours.
  • If you have restricted processing of your personal data, your data will, with the exception of storage, only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

2. Data collected by this app

Dislikes, likes and superlikes
This app collects data about which names you dislike, like and superlike. This is necessary to display which names you have disliked, liked and superliked in the past – a feature intended to aid you in exploring your baby name preferences. Thus, storing past dislikes, likes and superlikes is necessary for the app’s core functionality of helping you to explore your baby name peferences, and it is therefore based on our legitimate interest according to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Information about past dislikes, likes and superlikes is stored within the app on your device and is deleted if you uninstall the app from your device.

Your baby’s gender and last name
This app stores your baby’s gender and last name.

Storing your baby’s gender is necessary to only display names corresponding to your baby’s gender. If we did not store your baby’s gender, the app would have to display names of all genders, even though you might only be interested in names corresponding to a specific gender.

Storing your baby’s last name is necessary for the app to display your baby’s last name next to possible first names as you dislike, like and superlike first names. Displaying your baby’s last name next to possible first names is intended to give you a better impression about what possible first names will look like in conjunction with your baby’s last name.

Displaying names corresponding to the gender of your baby and giving you an impression of what first names will look like together with your baby’s last name are both part of the app’s core functionality of aiding you in exploring your baby name preferences. Processing of your baby’s gender and last name is thus necessary for the app to run as intended, and it is therefore based on our legitimate interest according to Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Note that we only store your baby’s gender and last name if you enter this data within the user settings. Once you have entered gender and last name, both are stored within the app on your device. If you remove your baby’s last name from the user settings, it will be deleted from the app. If you uninstall the app from your device, both your baby’s gender and last name are deleted as well.

Contacting us by phone or e-mail
If you contact us by phone or e-mail, we will store your inquiry as well as all personal data (name, content of inquiry) in order to properly process your inquiry. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

If your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, the processing of this data is based on Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. In all other cases, data processing is based on our legitimate interest to effectively process inquiries addressed to us [Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR]. If we have requested your consent, data processing is based on your consent [Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR]. Note that you can revoke your consent at any time.

The data you send us via inquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have fully processed your request). In all cases, we will adhere to mandatory legal provisions – in particular to statutory retention periods.

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