XOLAS ADVISORS GmbH

Your privacy is important to us. XOLAS ADVISORS GmbH aims to respect your privacy and comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the personal information we collect about you, including on our website at https://www.xolasadvisors.com and other sites we own and operate.

Information we collect falls into “voluntarily provided” and “automatically collected.”

Information We Collect

1. “Voluntarily provided” refers to any information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in our services and promotions.
2. “Automatically collected” information refers to any information that is automatically sent by your devices when accessing our products and services.

Log Data

When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data your web browser provides. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details about your visit.

Additionally, if you encounter specific errors while using the site, we may automatically collect data about the error and the circumstances surrounding its occurrence. This data may include technical details about your device, what you tried to do when the error happened, and other technical information relating to the problem. You may or may not receive notice of such errors, even when they occur, that they have occurred, or the nature of the error.

Please be aware that although this information may not personally identify you on its own, it could potentially be combined with other data to identify individuals.

Device Data

When you visit our website or interact with our services, we may automatically collect data about your device. The data we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us.

Collection and Use of (Personal) Information

We may collect your personal information when you access our content, including contacting us via contact forms, email, social media, or similar technologies. We may collect, hold, use, and disclose information for the following purposes, and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:

• to provide you with our platform’s core features and services,
• to enable you to customize or personalize your experience of our website,
• to contact and communicate with you,
• for analytics, market research, and business development, including to operate and improve our website, associated applications, and associated social media platforms,
• for advertising and marketing.

We will only collect and use your personal information when we have a legal right to do so.

We may ask for personal information, such as when you submit content or contact us. We only collect and use your personal information for legitimate reasons. In this instance, we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you.

By providing personal information to us, you understand that we will collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information following this privacy policy. You do not have to provide personal information to us. However, if you do not, it may affect your use of our website or the products and/or services offered on or through it. If you have previously agreed to use your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind by contacting us using the details below.

If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.

When we collect and process personal information and retain it, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. No one can guarantee absolute data security.

We may combine voluntarily provided and automatically collected personal information with general information or research data we receive from other trusted sources. For example, our marketing and market research activities may uncover data and insights, which we may combine with information about how visitors use our site to improve it and your experience.

If applicable, you are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your information within the bounds of our services. For example, guaranteeing passwords to access your personal information and accounts are secure and confidential.

We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This period may depend on what we use your information for under this privacy policy. For example, suppose you have provided us with personal information as part of creating an account with us. In that case, we may retain this information for your account on our system. If your personal information is no longer required for this purpose, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you. You may have a right to request that we delete the personal information we hold about you at any time, and we will take reasonable steps to delete your personal information from our current records.

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information based on our legitimate or public interests. If this is done, we must provide compelling, legitimate grounds for the processing that overrides your interests, rights, and freedoms to proceed with processing your personal information.

However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information to comply with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research, or statistical purposes. Such cases may include (but are not limited to) court orders, criminal investigations, government requests, and regulatory obligations.

We may disclose personal information to

• third-party service providers to enable them to provide their services (including third-party tracking software such as Google Analytics),
• our employees, contractors, and related entities,
• our existing or potential agents or business partners.

The countries to which we store, process, or transfer your personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If we transfer your personal information to third parties in other countries: (i) we will perform those transfers under the requirements of applicable law, and (ii) we will protect the transferred personal information under this privacy policy. We will ensure that any transfer of personal information from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, for example, by using standard data protection clauses approved by the European Commission or the use of binding corporate rules or other legally accepted means.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights over your personal information. Unless your personal information is required to provide you with a particular service or offer (for example, providing user support), we will not deny you goods or services and/or charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties, or provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.

If you believe any information we hold about you is inaccurate, outdated, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.

We will comply with laws applicable to us regarding any data breach. If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please get in touch with us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority concerning your complaint.

To unsubscribe from our email database or opt out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us. We may need to request specific information from you to verify your identity.

Our Legitimate Interests

Where we assess it is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as providing, operating, improving, and communicating our services. We consider our legitimate interests to include research and development, understanding our audience, marketing and promoting our services, measures taken to operate our services efficiently, marketing analysis, and measures taken to protect our legal rights and interests.

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information based on our legitimate interests or public interest. If this is done, we must provide compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, in order to proceed with the processing of your personal information.

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information if (i) you are concerned about the accuracy of your personal information, (ii) you believe your personal information has been unlawfully processed, (iii) you need us to maintain the personal information solely for the purpose of a legal claim, or (iv) we are in the process of considering your objection in relation to processing on the basis of legitimate interests.

Consent from You

If you give us consent to collect and use your personal information for a specific purpose, you may withdraw your consent at any time using the facilities we provide; however, this will not affect any use of your information that has already taken place. You may consent to provide your name and contact details for the purpose of entering a giveaway or promotion. While you may withdraw your entry at any time, this will not affect any selection or judging that has already taken place. If you have any further inquiries about how to withdraw your consent, please feel free to inquire using the details provided in the Contact Us section of this privacy policy.

Business Transfers

If we or our assets are acquired, or in the unlikely event that we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, we will include your personal information among the assets transferred to any parties that acquire us. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any parties who acquire us may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, continue to use your personal information according to this policy, which they will be required to assume as it is the basis for any ownership or use rights we have over such information.

Limits and Changes to this Policy

Our website may link to external sites that we do not operate or control. Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We reserve the right to update our privacy policy to reflect changes in our business processes, current industry practices, or legislative or regulatory developments. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy.

Copyright

We strive to respect applicable copyright laws in all publications. Should a copyright infringement nevertheless occur, XOLAS ADVISORS will remove the offending object from its publication upon notification or mark it with the appropriate copyright notice.

All brands and trademarks mentioned on the website and possibly protected by third parties are subject without restriction to the provisions of the applicable trademark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. The mere mention of a trademark does not imply that third-party rights do not protect it.

The copyright for XOLAS ADVISORS GmbH’s own content on the domain www.xolasadvisors.com belongs solely to XOLAS ADVISORS GmbH. Reproduction of such graphics, sounds, or texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of XOLAS ADVISORS GmbH.

All images displayed on this website are provided without copyright restrictions by https://unsplash.com/.

Disclosures for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance (EU)

The GDPR distinguishes between organizations that process personal information for their purposes (known as “data controllers”) and organizations that process personal information on behalf of other organizations (known as “data processors”). We, XOLAS ADVISORS, located at the address provided in our Contact Us section, are a Data Controller and/or Processor concerning the personal information you provide to us.

Web Hosting

Our website is hosted by IONOS SE, 1&1 Internet SE (Elgendorfer Str. 57, D-56410 Montabaur, Germany). The hosting provider processes personal data (e.g., IP addresses and access logs) on our behalf to ensure the proper functioning and security of the website. The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest). We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with our hosting provider to ensure that your data is processed securely and in compliance with the GDPR.

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed an internal Data Protection Officer to contact if you have any questions or concerns regarding your privacy or our policies or practices. The Data Protection Officer’s contact details are as follows:

Ulrich Hommel, Managing Director
E-Mail: info(at)xolasadvisors.com
Phone: +49 156 7854 2990

Impressum

Information according to § 5 DDG:
XOLAS ADVISORS GmbH
Fabrikstr. 22
D-66265 Heusweiler, Germany

Represented by:
Ulrich Hommel, Managing Director

Contact:
E-Mail: info(at)xolasadvisors.com
Phone: +49 156 7854 2990

Trade Register Entry: HRB Saarbrücken 110670
VAT ID: DE370548720