Privacy Policy
1. Name and contact details of the body responsible for the processing - the controller - and also of the data protection officer
This information about data protection applies for data processing by:
Controller: IQ Technologies for Earth and Space GmbH, Ernst-Lau-Straße 5, D-12489 Berlin,
represented by its director, Dr. Kurt Winter,
e-mail:
Telephone: +49 30 863230-500
Fax: +49 30 863230-505
Company data protection officer: ABS Büro für Arbeitssicherheit Strausberg GmbH
August-Bebel-Straße 33a, 15344 Strausberg
Tel.: +49 3341 490190
Fax: +49 3341 348635
e-mail:
2. Collection and storage of personal data and also the nature and purpose of its use
When you call up our websites www.iq-technologies.berlin, www.iq-wireless.com, www.iq-spacecom.com or www.iq-firewatch.com information will automatically be sent to our website server by the browser used on your end device. This information will be stored temporarily in a so-called log file. In this connection, the following information will be collected without any input by you and will be stored until it is automatically erased:
- IP address of the accessing computer,
- date and time of the access,
- name and URL of the file retrieved,
- website from which the access is made (referrer URL),
- browser used and, where applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.
The above-mentioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:
- to ensure the trouble-free establishment of a connection to our website,
- to ensure the easy use of our website,
- evaluation of the system security and stability and also
- for further administrative purposes.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, para. f, GDPR. Our legitimate interest derives from the purposes of data collection listed above. In no case do we use the data collected for the purpose of making any connection with your person.
In addition, when you visit our website, we use cookies and also analytical services. Further explanations are given in Sections 7 and 8 of this Privacy Policy.
3. Use of Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google's reCaptcha service to determine whether a person or computer is making a particular entry on our contact or newsletter form. Google uses the following information to determine whether you are a human or a computer: IP address of the end device used, the website you visit with us and on which the captcha is embedded, the date and duration of your visit, recognition data of the type of browser and operating system used, Google account if you are logged in at Google, mouse movements on the reCaptcha areas as well as tasks in which you have to identify images. The legal basis for the described data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f Data Protection Basic Regulation. There is a legitimate interest on our part in this data processing to ensure the security of our website and to protect us from automated entries (attacks).
4. Newsletter
You have the possibility to subscribe to our newsletter via our website. Therefore, you may provide us with your e-mail address and your declaration that you agree to receive the newsletter.
In order to provide you with targeted information, we also collect and process voluntarily provided information such as first and last name. We indicate at the time of data collection which information is mandatory and which is optional.
As soon as you have registered for the newsletter, we will send you a confirmation e-mail with a link to confirm your registration.
You can withdraw your subscription to the newsletter at any time. Please send your withdrawal to the following e-mail address:
5. Request forms
If you fill out a contact form on our website, we ask you to provide information such as your name, e-mail address and the company you work for in order to be able to answer your request. At the time of data collection, we indicate which information is mandatory and which is voluntary. All customer data required for this purpose will be stored and processed by us in compliance with the relevant provisions of the EU – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
6. Forwarding of data
As a basic principle, we do not pass on your personal data to third parties.
As an exception, we only pass your personal data to third parties where:
- you have issued your express consent hereto pursuant to Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, para. a, GDPR,
- the processing is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, para. f, GDPR in order to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to suppose that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-forwarding of your data,
- a legal obligation exists for the forwarding of the data pursuant to Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, para. c, GDPR and also
- this is legally admissible and necessary pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1, para. b, GDPR for the performance of contractual relationships with you.
7. Cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files automatically created by your browser which are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone and such like) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware.
Information generated in the respective case in connection with the specific end device used is deposited in the cookie. However, this does not mean that we thereby receive direct knowledge of your identity.
On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more convenient for you. For instance, we use so-called session cookies in order to recognise when you have visited individual pages of our website before. These session cookies are automatically erased when you leave our site.
In addition, we likewise use temporary cookies to optimise the user-friendliness of the site; these temporary cookies are stored for a certain specified period on your end device. If you visit our site once more to avail yourself of our services, it is automatically recognised that you have visited us before and which inputs and settings you chose, so that you need not enter the same once more.
On the other hand, we use cookies in order to compile statistical data on the use of our website and to evaluate the same for the purpose of optimising our offer for you (see Section 5). When you visit our site once more, these cookies enable us to recognise automatically that you have visited us before. These cookies are automatically erased after a respectively defined period.
The data processed by cookies is necessary for the specified purposes in order to protect our legitimate interests and also those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, para. f, GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser such that no cookies are stored on your computer or that a message always appears before a new cookie is placed. However, complete deactivation of cookies may lead to the result that you are unable to use all the functions of our website.
8. Analytical tools
The tracking tool Google Analytics1, a web analysis service offered by Google Inc.
(https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") which is explained below and deployed by us, is used on the basis of Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, para. f, GDPR for the purpose of tailoring our sites to meet the needs of our users and for the continuous optimisation of our pages. In this connection, pseudonymised usage profiles are created and cookies used (see under Section 4). The information about your use of this website generated through the cookie such as,
- browser type/version,
- operating system used,
- referrer URL (the site visited beforehand),
- host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
- time of the server enquiry,
is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to analyse the use of the website, to compile reports about the website activities and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and Internet for purposes of market research, as well as to arrange these Internet pages in a manner tailored to the needs of the users. This information may likewise, where appropriate, be transmitted to third parties in so far as this is prescribed by law or where third parties process this data on commission. In no case will your IP address be combined with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymised so that no assignment to a specific person is possible (IP masking).
You may prevent the installation of cookies by a corresponding setting of the browser software; however, we draw attention to the fact that in this case it is possible that not all the functions of this website can be used in the full scope.
In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en)
As an alternative to a browser add-on, in particular in the case of browsers on mobile end devices, you can also prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics through clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie will be placed which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie only applies in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you erase the cookies in this browser, you need to re-activate the opt-out cookie.
You can find further information about data protection in connection with Google Analytics in the Google Analytics Support (https://support.google.com/anaIytics/answer/6004245?hl=en)
9. Rights of data subjects
As a person affected by the processing of your personal data, that is to say, as a data subject, you have the right:
- pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR to demand information about the personal data concerning you which is processed by us. In particular, you may demand information about the purposes of the processing, the category of the personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your personal data has been or will be disclosed, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure or restriction of the processing or objection to the same, the existence of a right of complaint, the source of your data where this has not been collected by us and also about the existence of any automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about the details thereof;
- pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR to demand the prompt rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you or to have incomplete personal data which is stored with us completed;
- pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the erasure of personal data concerning you which is stored by us unless the processing is necessary for exercising a right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;
- pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data in so far as the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful but you oppose the erasure of your personal data and we no longer need the personal data but you require the same for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or in so far as you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
- pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive personal data concerning yourself which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format or to demand the transmission of this data to another controller;
- pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR, at any time to withdraw any consent you may already have issued to us. This will mean that in future we may no longer continue to carry out the data processing based on this consent, and
- pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, for this purpose, you may apply to the supervisory authority responsible at your habitual residence or place of work or place of our office.
10. Right to object to processing on grounds of a particular situation or in the case of direct marketing
Where your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1), sentence 1, para. f, GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, to lodge an objection to the processing of your personal data where grounds exist relating to your particular situation or where the objection is aimed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection which will be implemented by us without the need for you to demonstrate any particular situation.
Should you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal of consent or of objection, an e-mail to
11. Data security
The access to our website is carried out via encrypted connections. You can recognise whether an individual page of our website can be transmitted in encrypted form if your browser displays a key or closed lock symbol in the status bar at the bottom of your browser. The service provider of our websites is certified according to ISO 27001.
In addition, we apply appropriate technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or access by unauthorised third parties. Our security measures are continually improved in line with technological developments.
12. Currentness and changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is currently valid with status as of October 2021.
Through the further development of our website and offers via the same or by reason of changed stipulations prescribed by law or by authorities, it may be necessary to amend this Privacy Policy. You can at any time retrieve and print out the respectively current Privacy Policy.