SUPERTAB GLOBAL PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date January 20, 2025
Purpose
Legal basis
Personal data processed
Processing of server log files
During the purely informative use of our website, general information that your browser transmits to our server is initially stored automatically (i.e. not via registration).
 
The stored data is deleted after a maximum of two years, unless there is a justified suspicion of unlawful use based on concrete indications and further examination and processing of the information is necessary for this reason. If this is the case, we will delete the information as soon as the investigation/examination is concluded.
 
Please note: We may not be able to identify you as a data subject based on the stored information without further information. Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR therefore do not apply pursuant to Article 11 (2) of the GDPR, unless you provide additional information that enables us to identify you to exercise your rights set out in these articles.

Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.This processing serves the technical administration and security of our website. In addition, the log files are used to identify and resolve possible cases of fraud.
Browser type/version, operating system used, page accessed, previously visited page (referrer URL), IP address, date and time of the server request, HTTP status code.
Contact options and inquiriesOur website contains contact forms through which you can send us messages. The transfer of your data is encrypted (recognizable by the "https" in the address line of the browser). All data fields marked as mandatory are required to process your request.Failure to provide this data will result in us not being able to process your request. The provision of further data is voluntary. Alternatively, you can send us a message via the contact email. We process the data for the purpose of answering your inquiry.
Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR: Contractual necessity if your request is directed towards the conclusion or performance of a contract with us.
 
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests if the request is not directed towards the conclusion or performance of a contract with us. In this case, our legitimate interest is to answer inquiries and get in touch with inquiring persons.
Contact data (name, email address, telephone number), other data you provide via your inquiry

Job applications
You have the option of applying via our website. For this purpose, we collect personal data from you.For the selection of our applications, we use the service provider Personio, Personio SE & Co. KG (Germany/EU), who is solely bound by instructions to act for us in accordance with the legal requirements for order processing.Your personal application data will be processed exclusively for purposes related to your interest in current or future employment with us and the processing of your application. Your application will only be processed and noted by the relevant contacts at our company. It is possible that your application will also be passed on to a company in our group in order to decide whether to hire you.All employees entrusted with data processing are obliged to maintain the confidentiality of your data. If we are unable to offer you employment, we will retain the data you have provided for up to six months after completion of the application process for the purpose of answering questions relating to your application and rejection. This does not apply if legal provisions prevent deletion, if further storage is necessary for the purpose of providing evidence, or if you have expressly consented to longer storage.If we store your applicant data for longer than six months and you have expressly consented to this, wewould like to point out that this consent can be freely revoked at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. Such revocation shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing that was carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR: Contractual necessity. Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent if we store your applicant data for longer than six months and you have expressly consented to thisContact data (name, email address, telephone number), other data you provide via your inquiry

Name, resume, salary requirements and other information provided by you.

When visiting our website, we also use cookies and similar technologies as well as tracking tools. The following table informs you about this data processing. 
Purpose
Legal basis
Personal data processed
Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies ("cookies") on our website. Cookies are small data sets that are stored by your browser when you visit a website. This identifies the browser used and can be recognized by web servers. You have full control over the use of cookies through your browser, or through your cookie settings on our website (which are accessible in the footer of our website). You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time. You can object to the use of cookies through your browser settings in principle or for specific cases, or through your cookie settings on our website (which are accessible in the footer of our website).
We use cookies that are necessary for the operation of our website and thus permissible without the consent of the user.
In addition, we may use cookies to offer special features and content and for analysis and marketing purposes. These may also include cookies from third- party providers (so-called third party cookies). In this case, we only use such cookies if you consent to us doing so.
Information on the purposes, providers, technologies used, data stored and the storage period of individual cookies can be found in the cookie settings of our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website ("Cookie Settings").
We also explain our use of cookies below where it involves the collection of your personal data.

Necessary cookies:
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interest
 
Our legitimate interest is to provide a user-friendly and secure webpage.
 
Non-necessary cookies:
Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent
Information on the data that is processed through cookies can be found in our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website (“Cookie settings”).
Consent management tool
This website uses the CookieYes consent management tool from CookieYes Limited (United Kingdom) to control cookies and the processing of personal data.
The consent banner allows visitors of our website to give their consent to certain data processing or to revoke their consent. By confirming the "I accept" button or by saving individual cookie settings, you consent to the use of the associated cookies.
In addition, the banner supports us in being able to provide evidence of the declaration of consent. For this purpose, we process information about the declaration of consent and further log data about this declaration. Cookies are also used to collect this data. The processing of this data is necessary in order to be able to prove that consent has been given.
You can revoke or change your consent at any time in the cookie settings, which are accessible in the footer of our website.
Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent, where the placement of cookies involves the processing of personal data
 
Art. 6 (1) (c), Art. 7 (1) GDPR:
Legal obligation. The banner supports us in being able to provide evidence of the declaration of consent
Information on the data that is processed through cookies can be found in our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website (“Cookie settings”).

Tracking and retargeting via Google Analytics
We use the Google Analytics service of the provider Google Ireland Limited (Ireland, EU) on our website.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service that allows us to collect and analyze data about the behavior of our website visitors. Google Analytics allows us to measure interaction data from different devices and from different sessions. This allows us to put individual user actions in context and analyze long-term relationships.
Google Analytics uses cookies for this purpose, which enable an analysis of the use of our service.
Google Ireland will process the data collected in this way on our behalf in order to evaluate the use of our website by visitors, to compile reports on the activities within our website and to provide us with other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet. In doing so, pseudonymous usage profiles of users can be created from the processed data.
We use Google Analytics only with IP anonymization enabled.
The data on user actions are stored for a period of 14 months and then automatically deleted. The deletion of data whose storage period has expired takes place automatically once a month.
Further information on how data from websites or apps is used by Google for advertising purposes can be found in Google's notices at: www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.


Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent
 
The setting of cookies and the further processing of personal data takes place with your consent. You can revoke this consent via our Consent Management Tool at any time.


IP addresses, device identifiers, information about interaction with our service (stored in the terminal device you are using or stored on your device via cookies).For more information also see our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website (“Cookie settings”).


Purpose
Legal basis
Personal data processed
Processing of server log filesWhen using our service, general information that your browser transmits to our server is initially stored automatically (i.e. not via registration). The stored data is deleted after a maximum of two years, unless there is a justified suspicion of unlawful use based on concrete indications and further examination and processing of the information is necessary for this reason. If this is the case, we will delete the information as soon as the investigation/examination is concluded. Please note: We may not be able to identify you as a data subject based on the stored information without further information. Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR therefore do not apply pursuant to Article 11 (2) of the GDPR, unless you provide additional information that enables us to identify you to exercise your rights set out in these articles.

Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.
This processing serves the technical administration and security of our service. In addition, the log files are used to identify and resolve possible cases of fraud.

browser type/version, operating system used, page accessed, previously visited page (referrer URL), IP address, date and time of the server request, HTTP status code.
Registration/user account
In order to use our service, registration is required. There are several ways to create the account and log in.
 
1.     Registration and Login by email and password
You can register and log in with your e-mail address and a password. To confirm the registration, you will first receive a registration email, which you must confirm via a link (double opt-in). After registration, you can log in to your user account by providing your email address and the password used. The provision of the information is mandatory for the registration to be completed via this method and for you to be able to use the service.
 
2. Registration / Login via single-sign-on You also have the option to register with us using your Google or Apple account. In this case, we
receive from Google or Apple (hereinafter "SSO
provider") the information necessary for registration (your email address and, if applicable, your first and last name). Your password is not transmitted to us in the process.
By integrating the single sign-on functionality, your web browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the server of the respective SSO provider. To log in, you will be redirected to the page of the SSO provider. There you can log in with your user data. This links your user account with the respective SSO provider to our service. We have no influence on the scope and further use of data collected by the SSO providers through the use of single sign-on. It is also possible that the respective SSO provider links the information about your login to our service to your other account information.
When using the SSO services, your personal data may be transferred to the US and other third countries. Please see the “data transfer to third countries” section for further information.
You can find more information about Google Log-In here:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/112802? hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop.General information on data protection at Google can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacyYou can find more information about the Apple Log-In here: https://www.apple.com/de/privacy/features/.More information on data processing by Apple can be found here: https://www.apple.com/de/privacy/.
Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR: Contractual necessity

email address, password if SSO: first and last name

Purchase of Partner Content via Supertab
As soon as you purchase content from one of our partners and decide to use Supertab for payment, you will be redirected to our service. In this case, we process the personal data required to process the contract and to provide the desired content. Each purchase of content via the tab is documented in your user account. There you have the possibility to view all purchases as well as the status of your tab.

Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR: Contractual necessity

e-mail address, IP address, purchased content, price of the content, date of purchase

Payment service provider
To be able to pay for the content via your tab, you must store payment information.

We use the payment provider Stripe of Stripe Inc. (US) to manage and process payments. Stripe processes the respective payment information under its own responsibility and directly collects all payment details from you (e.g. credit card information, country and postal code, IP address, content purchases, price). We can only access limited personal data in order to control the payments. You can find more information about data protection at Stripe here: https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation. When using Stripe, data may be transmitted to the US or other third countries. Please note the information in the section "Data transfer to third countries".
The information provided and/or collected by you during the payment process will be transmitted by us to the payment service provider, insofar as this transmission is necessary for the execution of the payment transaction.

Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR: Contractual necessity

Last four digits of the credit card, date of purchase, amount/price, taxes,
issuing bank, country, postal code
Data transfers to our partners
If you purchase content from one of our partners that is not explicitly marked as ad-free access, Supertab transfers your personal data to our partners in order to process the purchase, provide you with the purchased content and enable our partner to monitor the use of the Supertab platform. The further processing of personal data by the partner as a separate data controller is subject to the partner's data privacy policy.
Please be aware that our partner may be allowed to contact you via email in order to send you information about similar products and services. In this case, you have the option to object to this processing for marketing purposes at any time. If our partner decides to contact you for this purpose, our partner is solely responsible for this data processing. We have no influence on the use of your email address for marketing purposes by our partner.

  Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR: Contractual necessity to perform our services
Email address, name, purchase information (purchased content, date, number, name webpage where content was purchased)

Data transfer to our partners in case you buy ad-free access to content
If you explicitly purchase ad-free access to content from one of our partners, Supertab transfers personal data to those partners only in specific cases, as described below. The further processing of personal data by the partner as a separate data controller is subject to the partner's data privacy policy.
a) Disclosure of pseudonymous data for usage analysis
If you purchase ad-free access to content from one of our partners, for example a publisher, via Supertab, we may transmit pseudonymized usage information to this partner in specific circumstances. With this information, our partner can track that a person has consumed the specific content and has paid or will pay via Supertab.
However, our partner is not allowed to link this pseudonymous usage data with other personal data (e.g., your email address). We transmit this data to inform our partner about the number and type of purchases of your content via Supertab. Further data processing is determined by the partner on its own responsibility.

b) Disclosure of purchase data for providing customer supportIf you purchase ad-free access to content from one of our partners, we will automatically share the necessary purchase data with our partners. This enables our partners to provide customer support services and to help you directly and efficiently if you have problems with the purchased content. Our partners are not allowed to use those purchase data for purposes other than customer support.

Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.
 
Legitimate interests arise from our partners. They have the legitimate interest to obtain basic information about the users that access content via Supertab services (e.g. readers of a publisher’s content) in order to optimize their own offers and services.


Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.
 
The legitimate interest from our partners and from us is to provide you with the possibility to directly contact the partner’s customer support in order to solve any content-related problems directly.

Pseudonymous user information: User ID, information about purchased content (e.g. name of a specific article or 1-hour-access to all articles)
Email address, purchase information (purchased content, date, number, name webpage where content was purchased)
Data transfers for “Pick Up My Tab” We may ask you for permission to transmit an extended data set to our partners or other
organizations. The purpose of this permission is to
transmit personal data such as your name, your e- mail address, or your IP address in order to give our partners or third parties the opportunity to contact you directly and to take over your tab. Such transmission for the aforementioned purposes will only take place if you have consented to this. The specific purposes as well as the exact data transmitted and the exact recipients of the data can be found in the respective declaration of consent.

Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent

e-mail address, first and last name, IP address, other data specified in the consent form
Support RequestsYou have the possibility to contact us directly and send us a support request via the help section in your Supertab account. To answer your request and help you, we need your email address and a description of the problem. Without this information, we will not be able to help you. You also have the option to provide us with documents (e.g. screenshots of error messages). This information can help us to solve your problem as quickly as possible. The provision of these documents is voluntary
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.Our legitimate interest is to respond to your request and to provide you with a hassle-free user experience.
email address, description of the problem/question, screenshots/documents provided
When providing our service, we also use cookies and similar technologies as well as tracking tools. The following table informs you about this data processing when using our service via your user account (https://my.supertab.co/).
Purpose
Legal basis
Personal data processed
Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies ("cookies") in our service. Cookies are small data sets that are stored by your browser when you visit a website. This identifies the browser used and can be recognized by web servers. You have full control over the use of cookies through your browser, or through your cookie settings on our website (which are accessible in the footer of our website). You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time. You can object to the use of cookies through your browser settings in principle or for specific cases, or through your cookie settings on our website (which are accessible in the footer of our website).
We use cookies that are necessary for the operation of our service and thus permissible without the consent of the user.
In addition, we may use cookies to offer special features and content and for analysis and marketing purposes. These may also include cookies from third-
party providers (so-called third party cookies). In this case, we only use such cookies if you consent to us doing so.Information on the purposes, providers, technologies used, data stored and the storage period of individual cookies can be found in the cookie settings of our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website ("Cookie Settings").We also explain our use of cookies below where it involves the collection of your personal data.
Necessary cookies:
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interest
 
Our legitimate interest is to provide a user-friendly and secure webpage.
 
Non-necessary cookies:
Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent
Information on the data that is processed through cookies can be found in our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website (“Cookie settings”).

Consent management tool
Our service implements the CookieYes consent management tool from CookieYes Limited (United Kingdom) to control cookies and the processing of personal data.
The consent banner allows users of our service to give their consent to certain data processing or to revoke their consent. By confirming the "I accept" button or by saving individual cookie settings, you consent to the use of the associated cookies.
Where the placement of cookies involves the processing of your personal data, the legal basis under data protection law to place these cookies on your device is your consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
In addition, the banner supports us in being able to provide evidence of the declaration of consent. For this purpose, we process information about the declaration of consent and further log data about this declaration. Cookies are also used to collect this data. The processing of this data is necessary in order to be able to prove that consent has been given. The legal basis arises from our legal obligation to document your consent (Art. 6 (1) (c) in conjunction with Art. 7 (1) GDPR).
You can revoke or change your consent at any time in the cookie settings, which are accessible in the footer of our website.
Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent, where the placement of cookies involves the processing of personal data
 
Art. 6 (1) (c), Art. 7 (1) GDPR: the
banner supports us in being able to provide evidence of the declaration of consent
Information on the
that is processed through cookies can be found in our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website (“Cookie settings”).

Analysis of our service via New Relic
We use the New Relic service of New Relic, Inc. (US) on our Supertab service. New Relic is a web analytics tool that collects the usage data of a website in order to analyze and monitor the website's performance and, for example, to improve the loading times of individual parts of the website.
When using the service, a transfer of your data to the US or other third countries cannot be excluded. Please note the information in the section "Data transfer to third countries".

Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interest
Our legitimate interest is to monitor and optimize our service.
IP address

Tracking and retargeting via Google Analytics
We use the Google Analytics service of the provider Google Ireland Limited (Ireland, EU) in our service.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service that allows us to collect and analyze data about the
Further information on how data from websites or apps is used by Google for advertising purposes can be found in Google's notices at: www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.
Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR: Consent
 
The setting of cookies and the further processing of personal data takes place with your consent. You can revoke this consent via our Consent Management Tool at any time.
IP addresses, device identifiers, information about interaction with our service (stored in the terminal device you are using or stored on your device via cookies).
For more information also see our Consent Management Tool, which you can access in the footer of our website (“Cookie settings”).
Amazon Cloudfront
For our Supertab service, we use the Amazon Cloudfront service of the provider Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL (Luxembourg, EU) to display content. For such an integration, processing of your IP address is necessary so that the content can be sent to your browser. Your IP address is therefore transmitted to Amazon Web Services.
You can object to this data processing via the settings of the browser used or certain browser extensions.
Please note that this may result in functional restrictions within the Supertab service.
When using Amazon Cloudfront, a transfer of your data to the US cannot be ruled out. Please note the information in the section "Data transfer to third countries".
For more information on data protection at Amazon Web Services, please refer to the Amazon Web Services privacy notices at https://aws.amazon.com/de/privacy/?nc1=f_pr.
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interest.
Our legitimate interest is the optimization and economic operation of our service.
IP address
Fastly
We use the Fastly service of the provider Fastly Inc. (US) in our Supertab service to display content. For such an integration, a processing of your IP address is necessary so that the content can be sent to your browser. Your IP address is therefore transmitted to Fastly Inc.
You can object to this data processing via the settings of the browser used or certain browser extensions.
Please note that this may result in functional restrictions within the Supertab service.
When using Fastly, a transfer of your data to the US cannot be ruled out. Please refer to the information in the section "Data transfer to third countries".
For more information about Fastly's privacy policy, please refer to Fastly's privacy policy at https://www.fastly.com/de/privacy/.
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interest.
Our legitimate interest is the optimization and economic operation of our service
IP address

Google reCAPTCHA
We use the service reCAPTCHA of Google Ireland Limited (Ireland, EU) for registration. For this integration, processing of your IP address is necessary so that we can verify you as an individual. Your IP address is therefore transmitted to Google Ireland. In addition, Google Ireland collects further data, e.g. about your browser and your click behavior.
We use the service for security reasons to check whether the information is provided by a natural person. In this way, automated access attempts and attacks can be detected and warded off. We are required by law to take technically and commercially reasonable measures to ensure the security of the portal.
When using the service, a transfer of your data to the US cannot be excluded. Please note the information in the section "Data transfer to third countries".
For more information on data protection at Google, please refer to Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy.
Art 6 (1) (c) GDPR: Compliance with a legal obligation in conjunction with Art 32 GDPR.
IP address

Our partner may use further cookies and similar technologies as well as tracking tools at its own website which may also affect you as a data subject when using our user interface on our partners website. Our partner has a sole responsibility for such operations and data processing. Please see the Privacy Policy and/or consent management tool at our partner’s website for more information.
Purpose
Legal basis
Personal data processed
Contact by email
If you send us a message via the contact email provided, we will process the transmitted data for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.
Our legitimate interest is to get in touch with inquiring persons.

Email address, content, attached documents (if applicable), technical data
Customer and interested party data
If you contact our company as a commercial customer or interested party, we process your data to the extent necessary to establish or implement the contractual relationship.
We also process customer and interested party data for evaluation and marketing purposes.
 
Further data processing may take place if you have consented (Art. 6 (1) a GDPR) or if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation (Art. 6 (1) c GDPR).
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.
Our legitimate interest is to get in touch with our contact persons for commercial customers and business partners.
 
For marketing purposes:
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.
Our legitimate interest is to further develop our offer and informing our contact persons specifically about our offers.

personal master data (name, address, company), contract data and payment data, contact and communication data (email address, telephone number)

Use of email address for marketing purposes We may use the email address you provided during registration to inform you about our own similar
products and services offered by us.
You can object to this at any time without incurring any transmission costs other than those according to the basic rates. To do so, you can unsubscribe by clicking on the unsubscribe link contained in each mailing or by sending an email to help@supertab.co.
Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR: Legitimate interests.
Our legitimate interest is to inform you about our own similar products and services offered by us.