USphone (a brand of the Comtec GmbH) takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. When we process the personal data that is collected during your visits to our Web site, we always observe the rules laid down in the applicable data protection laws. Your data will not be disclosed publicly by us, nor transferred to any third parties without your consent.
1. Recording and processing of data in connection with access over the Internet
When you visit our Web site, our Web server makes a temporary record of each access and stores it in a log file. The following data are recorded, and stored until an automatic deletion date:
IP address of the requesting processor
Date and time of access
Name and URL of the downloaded file
Volume of data transmitted
Indication whether download was successful
Data identifying the browser software and operating system
Web site from which our site was accessed
Name of your Internet service provider
The purpose of recording these data is to allow use of the Web site (connection setup), for system security, for technical administration of the network infrastructure and in order to optimize our Internet service. The IP address is only evaluated in the event of fraudulent access to the network infrastructure of USphone.
We do not compile personal profiles of users. The German Teleservices Data Protection Act (TDDSG § 6 Abs. 3) states that user profiles are permissible under the condition that pseudonyms are used, and on condition that the user does not withhold consent. If we intend to make use of this option anywhere on our Internet site, a notice informing you of your right to withdraw consent will be posted on the corresponding page.
Apart from the special cases cited above, we do not process personal data without first obtaining your explicit consent to do so.
2. Use and transfer of personal data
All use of your personal data is confined to the purposes stated above, and is only undertaken to the extent necessary for these purposes.
Personal data will not be transferred to government bodies or public authorities except in order to comply with mandatory national legislation or if the transfer of such data should be necessary in order to take legal action in cases of fraudulent access to our network infrastructure. Personal data will not be transferred to third parties for any other purpose. Exception: The data we have to submit for a DSL availablity check.
3. Consent to use data in other contexts
The use of certain services on our Web site, such as newsletters, requires prior registration and involves more substantial processing of personal data, such as longer-term storage of email addresses, user IDs and passwords. We only use such data insofar as they have been sent to us by you in person and you have given us your prior consent for this use.
Newsletters:
In order to register for a newsletter service provided by USphone, we need at least your e-mail address so that we know where to send the newsletter. All other information you supply is on a voluntary basis, and will be used in order to contact you directly or clear up questions concerning your email address.
As a general rule, we employ the double opt-in method when sending out newsletters. In other words, after you have registered for the service and informed us of your email address, you will receive an email in return from us, containing a link that you must use to confirm your registration. The newsletter will not be sent until this has been done. This procedure is used to ensure that only you yourself can register with the newsletter service under the specified email address. You must confirm your registration as soon as possible after receiving our email, otherwise your registration and email address will be erased from our database. Until we receive your confirmation, our newsletter service will refuse to accept any other registration requests using this email address.
You can cancel subscriptions to our newsletters at any time. To do so, either send us an email or follow the link at the end of the newsletter.
4. Cookies
We don’t normally use cookies on our Web site, but in certain exceptional cases we may use session cookies which place technical session-control data in your browser’s memory.
5. Links to Web sites operated by other providers
Our Web pages may contain links to other providers’ Web pages. We would like to point out that this statement of data protection conditions applies exclusively to the Web pages managed by Usphone. We have no way of influencing the practices of other providers with respect to data protection, nor do we carry out any checks to ensure that they conform with the relevant legislation.
