Ahead
Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy in a nutshell
The following notes give you an overview of how we collect and process your information. This is an overview, but if you want to know it exactly, you will find a detailed description down below.
Your rights as a user of our services
You have the right to information, correction, blocking or deletion of your data at any time. Any given consent can be revoked at any time and you may partially object to the processing of your data, even if no consent was required from you for the processing. You can contact us at any time for further information on privacy issues at [hi@ahead-app.com]
Data we collect about you
On the one hand, your data is captured because you communicate it to us.
This may, for example, be data that you enter in our contact form. Other
data is collected automatically when visiting the website through our IT
systems. These are above all technical data (e.g. Internet browser,
operating system or time of the page request). The collection of this data
is automatic as soon as you visit our platform.
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Registration Information: When you register for ahead
(for our free offer, paid subscription, or use of a code), we collect the
personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering
through your access device.
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Mobile Advertising ID: If not disabled by the user, we
collect the Mobile Advertising ID provided by your mobile device. If you
do not want us to collect this Mobile Advertising ID, you can always
disable or change this on your device. Please see
this manual for iOS devices.
- Cookies and Cookie-Policy: For the provision of
the Ahead service and to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and
secure, we also use so-called cookies for data collection and storage.
Cookies are small data packets that are stored on your device and do no
harm. We collect Cookies in the following categories:
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Necessary technical or functional cookies: They help make
a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and
access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function
properly without these cookies.
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Preference cookies: They enable a website to remember
information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your
preferred language or the region that you are in.
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Statistical cookies: They help website owners to
understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting
information anonymously.
- Marketing cookies: They
are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display
ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user.
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Cookie settings: You can change your cookie settings
anytime
- Tracking Services: We use tracking
services to collect information about the behavior of visitors to our
pages. So we can ensure an optimal user experience. These services use
pseudonymised user profiles with the help of cookies, so that a direct
inference to persons is not possible. Of course you can contradict the
creation of these profiles at any time. Incidentally, each access device
can be configured in such a way that basically no cookies can be created
at all, or they can be deleted directly after the session.
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Social Plugins: Our pages contain buttons from various
social networks so that you can recommend our offers, services and / or
products to other interested people. If you click on such a button, data
such as your current IP address, browser and access device information
(type and operating system), the resolution of the screen, if you have
plug-ins installed will be the referrer (from where you came to the site)
and the current URL to the site operator.
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Newsletter: When you sign up for our newsletter, your
email address will be used for information on advertising and advertising
purposes. Of course, this is voluntary and you can even after the consent
at any time unsubscribe.
- Payment Information: If
you use our free access, any of our trial phases or any of our
subscriptions or you purchase anything through the Service, credit card
information and other financial information we need to process the payment
will be collected and stored with a payment service provider. We ourselves
receive very little information from the payment providers about you.
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Personal Data of Children: We are not aware of collecting
personal data from children under 16 years of age; if you are under 16
years of age, please do not register for Ahead or send us any personal
data. If we learn we have collected personal data from a child under 16
years of age, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If
you believe that a child under 16 may have provided us personal data,
please contact us at hi@ahead-app.com
How we collect your data:
We collect your data in three different ways:
- automated when you
visit our website
- through cookies
- through your voluntary
input
What we use your data for
We want to offer you a faultless use of our services. Therefore, data is needed for the administration and troubleshooting of our websites. We pass on the collected data for processing to the respective internal departments or to external service providers and contract processors according to the required purposes. However, as we are constantly improving ourselves and offering you optimized services, data in pseudonymised form (through usage profiles) are also needed for advertising and / or market research. Of course, this can be contradicted at any time.
How we work with partners
In some cases, your data is also processed with the help of third-party providers of various online services (please refer to our privacy policy in detail further below). However, this is exclusively regulated by data processing agreements and the processing is instruction-bound, so that we always keep the responsibility for the processing. Processors from a third country outside the European Economic Area only receive access to personal data if these third countries offer an appropriate level of data protection in connection with an adequacy decision by the EU Commission or if we have suitable guarantees with these service providers (so-called Standard Contractual Clauses in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR) or recognized Binding Corporate Rules in accordance with Art. 47 GDPR.
Use of your data for other purposes
In addition to the purposes already mentioned, we are also subject to
legal requirements. These are:
- any request for information (and the
related disclosure) to governmental authorities
- any request for
information (and the related disclosure) to copyright holders
- for
the misuse recognition of our provided services
- trouble-shooting or
-avoidance
Our Privacy Policy in detail
General and Responsible Entity
We are glad that you are interested in Ahead. In order to provide you with our service, we need certain information about you (including personally identifiable information - information that identifies you personally). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect about you for what purpose and what we use it for. It also explains what rights you have with regard to the data processing operations affecting you.Ahead Solutions GmbH, Auguststraße 26, 10117 Berlin (hereafter referred to as "Ahead" or "we") operates on the internet sites https://www.ahead-app.com as well as via the mobile application a platform for mobile learning (hereinafter "platform").Responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses, etc.).
Revocation of consent
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an existing consent at any time. An informal message by email to hi@ahead-app.com is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of data protection violations, you, the person concerned, have the right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based or in which you have your residence. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found here.
SSL or TLS Encryption
We use SSL or Internet security for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as orders or requests you send to us. TLS encryption. An encrypted connection is indicated by the browser's address bar switching from "http: //" to "https: //" and the lock icon in your browser bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us can not be read by third parties.
Information, Correction, Deletion, Blocking, Data Transferability
You have the right at any time to request information about your personal data processed by us free of charge. In particular, you may request us to provide information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed, the planned retention period, the right of rectification, deletion, limitation of processing or opposition, passing a right of appeal, the origin of their data, if not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about your details.You have the right to request the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data of you stored by us.You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, except in cases where the processing of the data is required for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.You have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion and we no longer need the data and you the data for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or if you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.You have the right to receive your personal information that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it is sent to another person in charge.
Right to Object
If your personal data is processed based on legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to file an objection against the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct mail. In the latter case, you have a general right to objection, which is implemented by us without specifying any particular situation.If you want to exercise your right to object, please send an email to hi@ahead-app.com.
Server Log Files (Add Data Collection Use above this)
Our provider of the platform automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are browser type and browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, host name of the accessing computer, time of the server request and the IP address.
Cookies and Cookiebot
We use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your access device and do
not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly,
effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your
access device and stored by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use
are so-called "session cookies". They will be deleted automatically at the
end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you
delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next
visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the
setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the
acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and enable the
automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies
may limit the functionality of our website.
Cookies which are
required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide
certain functions which you wish to use (e.g. shopping basket function)
are processed on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO saved. We as website
operators have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the
technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. If other
cookies (e.g. cookies for the analysis of your surfing behavior) are
stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
We collect Cookies in the following categories:
Necessary technical or functional cookies:
Functional cookies help make our website usable by enabling basic
functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
The website cannot function without these cookies.
Analytical cookies:
These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website. We
might also use analytics cookies to test new ads, pages, or features.
Marketing cookies:
These cookies are placed by third-party advertising platforms to deliver
ads and track ad performance, enabling advertising networks to deliver ads
that may be relevant to you.
Cookie settings: You
can change your cookie settings anytimeThe encrypted key and the cookie
status are stored on the user's end device using a cookie in order to
establish the corresponding cookie status when the page is called up in
the future. This cookie is automatically deleted after 12 months. The
legal basis here is Art. 1 Para. 1 lit. 1 f DSGVO. The legitimate interest
of the website operator is the user-friendliness of the website and the
fulfillment of the legal requirements from the DSGVO.
Registration on this Website
You can register on our platform to use our services. We only use the data entered for the purpose of using the respective offer for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration, such as name and email address, must be provided, otherwise the registration can not be completed.For important changes such as the scope of the offer or in case of technical changes, we use the email address given at registration to inform you in this way.The processing of the data entered during registration takes place at your request and is required in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DSGVO in order to be able to comply with the user contract, including precontractual measures.The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered for our services and will subsequently be deleted. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
Registration and Login with Facebook Connect
Instead of registering directly on our website, you can sign up with Facebook Connect. Provider of this service is the Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent company: Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”).If you decide to register with Facebook Connect and click on the "Sign Up with Facebook" button, you will automatically be redirected to the Facebook platform. There you can log in with your usage data. This links your Facebook profile to our website or services. This link gives us access to your data stored on Facebook. These are above all:Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact details (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), event data ("event data" are data that can be transmitted by us to Facebook e.g. via Facebook pixels via apps or in other ways and relate to people or their actions; The data includes, for example, information about visits to websites, interactions with content, functions, installations of apps, purchases of products, etc .; the event Data is processed for the purpose of creating target groups for content and advertising information (custom audiences); event data does not contain the actual content (such as written comments), no login information and no contact information (i.e. no names, e-mail addresses). Event data will be deleted by Facebook after a maximum of two years).This information is used to set up, provision and personalize your account as part of the provision of a contractual service. The legal basis for this is your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a. GDPR), contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. GSPR) and legitimate interest (Art. 6 Par . 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).Together with Facebook Ireland Ltd., we are jointly responsible for the collection or receipt as part of a transmission (but not further processing) of "event data" that Facebook collects using the Facebook single sign-on registration process that is carried out on our online offer or as part of a transmission for the following purposes: a) Display of content advertising information that corresponds to the presumed interests of the users; b) Delivery of commercial and transaction-related messages (e.g. addressing users via Facebook Messenger); c) Improving the delivery of advertisements and personalizing functions and content (e.g. improving the recognition of which content or advertising information presumably corresponds to the interests of the users). We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook (""Controller Addendum""), which regulates in particular which security measures Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the rights of the data subject (i.e. users can, for example, provide information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). Note: If Facebook provides us with measured values, analytics and reports (which are aggregated, i.e. they do not receive any information about individual users and are anonymous to us), then this processing does not take place within the framework of joint responsibility, but on the basis of an data processing addendum (""data processing terms""), the "data security terms and with regards to processing in the USA on the basis of standard contractual clauses ("Facebook-EU data transfer addendum"). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook.For more information, see the Facebook Terms of Use and the Facebook Privacy Policy.. Facebook offers an objection option via this Opt-Out-Link.
Register and Login with Google Connect
Instead of a direct registration / login on our website, you can also register via Google. Provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”).If you decide to register / login with Google and click the "Sign in with Google" button, you will automatically be redirected to Google's platform. There you can log in with your usage data. This will link your Google profile to our website or services. This link gives us access to your data stored on Google. These are above all:First name | Surname | E-mail address | Username | Google Profile URL | Featured ImageThis information is used to set up, provision and personalize your accounts.For more information, see the Google Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
Facebook Plugins (Put "Social Media" Title Above This)
On our pages plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent company: Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”), are integrated. The Facebook plug-ins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the "Like-Button" ("Like") on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here.When you visit our platform, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like-Button" while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages are not aware of the content of the data transmitted and their use by Facebook. If you do not want Facebook to associate visiting our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account. More information can be found in the Facebook Privacy Policy.
LinkedIn Plugin
Our site uses functions from the LinkedIn network. The service is provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 West Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA, and its subsidiaries LinkedIn Singapore Pte Ltd, 10 Marina Boulevard, Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 2, Level 30, Singapore 018983 and LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (all together “LinkedIn”). We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with LinkedIn, in which we commit LinkedIn to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA and Singapore.Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn features is accessed, your browser establishes a direct connection to the LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages from your IP address. If you use the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, it is possible for LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website to your user account. More information can be found in the LinkedIn Privacy Policy.
Twitter Plugin
On our pages are functions of the service Twitter included. These features are available through Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 (USA) as well as its subsidiary Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin, Ireland (together “Twitter”). By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. This data is also transmitted to Twitter. For more information, see the Twitter Privacy Policy. ou can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the Twitter account settings.We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Twitter, in which we commit Twitter to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.
Google (Put "Analysis Tools and Advertising" Title Above This)
For marketing optimization purposes, we send, if not disabled by the user in the system settings of its device, the Mobile Advertising ID, the hashed email address given during registration and the parameters specified in the section “Social Plugins” (such as IP address, browser and access device information) to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”). The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior and optimization of our website and our advertising. If you do not want us to collect the Mobile Advertising ID and send it to Google, you can find a manual for deactivation under the topic “Mobile Advertising ID”. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Google, in which we commit Google to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA. Further details to different Google services are mentioned below.
Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements. Provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”). Google AdSense uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages. The information generated by cookies and web beacons on the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA. The generated information may be shared by Google with Google affiliates. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data you have stored.The storage of AdSense cookies is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all features of this website.We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Google, in which we commit Google to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.
Google AdWords und Google Conversion-Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”). As part of Google AdWords, we use the so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that the Internet browser stores on the user's computer. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for the personal identification of the users. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not expired yet, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page.Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. The cookies can not be tracked through the websites of advertisers. The information gathered using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, they do not receive information that personally identifies users. If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can opt-out of this use by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie from your Internet browser under User Preferences. You will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and cookies only on a case by case basis, the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally exclude and can activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.The storage of "conversion cookies" is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.More information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking can be found in the Google Privacy Policy. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Google, in which we commit Google to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.
Google Analytics
Our sites use functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics for
the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization. Provider is
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland,
Parent company: Google LLC, 1600
Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA
(“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text
files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the
use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about
your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the
United States and stored there.Google Analytics cookies are stored on the
basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate
interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website
and its advertising.We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing
Agreement" with Google, in which we commit Google to protect the data of
our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with
the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46
GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.
Here’re
the details in regard to how we’re using Google Analytics:
IP Anonymization:
We have activated the function IP anonymization on this website. As a
result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states
of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European
Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in
exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in
the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website,
Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to
compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related
to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP
address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not
be merged with other Google data.
Browser Plugin:
you can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software
accordingly; however, we point out that in this case you may not be able
to use all the features of this website in full. In addition, you may
prevent the collection by Google 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 the
browser plug-in available under this
link.
Opposition to Data Collection: With the help of
this
browser add-on
for disabling Google Analytics JavaScript, you can prevent Google
Analytics from using your data during future visits to this website. For
more information about how to handle user data on Google Analytics, see
the Google
Privacy Policy.
Commissioned Data Processing: We have entered
into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Google, in which we
commit Google to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them
to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard
contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of
personal data to the USA and fully implement the strict requirements of
the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
Demographic Data:
his website uses the "demographics" feature of Google Analytics. As a
result, reports can be produced that contain statements on the age, gender
and interests of the site visitors. This data comes from interest-based
advertising from Google and third-party visitor data. This data can not be
assigned to a specific person. You can disable this feature at any time
through the Ads settings in your Google account, or generally prohibit
Google Analytics from collecting your data as outlined in the "Opposition
to Data Collection" section.
Google Analytics Remarketing
Our websites use the features of Google Analytics Remarketing in
conjunction with the cross-device features of Google AdWords and Google
DoubleClick. Provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow
Street, Dublin 4, Irland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600
Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA
(“Google”). This feature allows you to link the advertising audiences
created with Google Analytics Remarketing to the cross-device capabilities
of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based,
personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you based on
your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (i.e. mobile phone)
can also be displayed on another of your devices (i.e. tablet or PC).Once
you have given your consent, Google will link your web and app browsing
history to your Google account for this purpose. That way, the same
personalized advertising messages can appear on any device you sign in to
with your Google account. To support this feature, Google Analytics
collects Google-authenticated IDs of users who are temporarily linked to
our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device
ad promotion. You can permanently opt out of cross-device remarketing /
targeting by disabling personalized ads in your Google account; to do so
follow this
link.The aggregation of the collected data in your Google account is based
solely on your consent, which you can give or revoke on Google (Art.6
Abs.1 a. DSGVO). For data collection operations that are not merged into
your Google account (e.g., because you do not have a Google account or
have objected to the merge), the collection of the data is based on Art. 6
(1) lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the
website operator has an interest in the anonymous analysis of the website
visitors for advertising purposes.
For more information and privacy
policy, see the Google
Privacy Policy. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with
Google, in which we commit Google to protect the data of our customers, to
not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of
the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of
a transfer of personal data to the USA.
For marketing optimization purposes, we send, if not disabled by the user
in the system settings of its device, the Mobile Advertising ID, the
hashed email address given during registration and the parameters
specified in the section “Social Plugins” (such as IP address, browser and
access device information) to Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal
Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent company: Facebook Inc,
1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
(“Facebook”). The data processing takes place on the basis of our
legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior
and optimization of our website and our advertising. If you do not want us
to collect the Mobile Advertising ID and send it to Facebook, you can find
a manual for deactivation under the topic “Mobile Advertising ID”.We have
concluded a special agreement with Facebook (""Controller Addendum""), which regulates in particular which
security measures
Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the
rights of the data subject (i.e. users can, for example, provide
information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). Note: If Facebook
provides us with measured values, analytics and reports (which are
aggregated, i.e. they do not receive any information about individual
users and are anonymous to us), then this processing does not take place
within the framework of joint responsibility, but on the basis of an data
processing addendum (""data processing terms""), the
"data security terms
and with regards to processing in the USA on the basis of standard
contractual clauses ("Facebook-EU data transfer addendum"). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection
and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted
by the agreements with Facebook.
You will find more information on
the protection of your privacy in the Facebook
Privacy Policy.
Facebook Pixel
Our site uses the visitor action pixel from Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, Parent company: Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Facebook”) for conversion measurement. This way, the behavior of the site visitors can be tracked after they have been redirected to the provider's website by clicking on a Facebook ad. As a result, the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements can be evaluated for statistical and market research purposes and future advertising measures optimized. The collected data are anonymous to us as the operator of this website, we can not draw conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data are stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with the Facebook data usage directive. As a result, Facebook can enable ads to be displayed on Facebook and outside of Facebook. This use of data can not be influenced by us as the site operator.Together with Facebook Ireland Ltd., we are jointly responsible for the collection or receipt as part of a transmission (but not further processing) of "event data" that Facebook collects using the Facebook single sign-on registration process that is carried out on our online offer or as part of a transmission for the following purposes: a) Display of content advertising information that corresponds to the presumed interests of the users; b) Delivery of commercial and transaction-related messages (e.g. addressing users via Facebook Messenger); c) Improving the delivery of advertisements and personalizing functions and content (e.g. improving the recognition of which content or advertising information presumably corresponds to the interests of the users). We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook ("Controller Addendum"), which regulates in particular which security measures Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the rights of the data subject (i.e. users can, for example, provide information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). Note: If Facebook provides us with measured values, analytics and reports (which are aggregated, i.e. they do not receive any information about individual users and are anonymous to us), then this processing does not take place within the framework of joint responsibility, but on the basis of an data processing addendum (""data processing terms""), the "data security terms and with regards to processing in the USA on the basis of standard contractual clauses ("Facebook-EU data transfer addendum"). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook.You will find more information on the protection of your privacy in the Facebook Privacy Policy.You can also disable the remarketing "Custom Audiences" feature in the Ads Settings section at the following link You have to be logged in to Facebook. If you do not have a Facebook account, you can opt out of use-based advertising from Facebook on the website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.The storage of "conversion cookies" is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Hotjar
We use Hotjar, a web analytics service of Hotjar Ltd., St. Julian's Business Center, Elia Zammit Street 3, St Julian's STJ 1000 (Malta) ("Hotjar"). With Hotjar, interactions of randomly selected, individual visitors to our website are recorded anonymously. Logs of mouse movements and clicks, for example, are created from the recordings with the aim of making Ahead even more intuitive and user-friendly. Hotjar also uses "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer. In order to exclude a personal relationship, IP addresses are stored only anonymously and information is processed only anonymously. It also provides information, including about your operating system | Browser | geographical origin (country), evaluated for statistical purposes. This information is not personal and will not be disclosed to third parties by us or by Hotjar.If you do not want your data to be tracked by Hotjar, just follow this guide. For more information about Hotjar, see the Hotjar Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Hotjar, in which we commit Hotjar to protect the data of our customers and not to disclose them to third parties.
We use services of the short message service Pinterest. Pinterest is operated by Pinterest Europe Limited, 2nd Floor, Palmerston House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Parent company: Pinterest Inc., 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (USA) ("Pinterest"). Pinterest allows us to use target group-based advertising, re-targeting and conversion measurements for online advertising via the so-called visitor interaction pixel. Here, offers for specific target groups are played out based on a selection of general criteria, such as demographic characteristics, regions or interests. Pinterest also allows us to target ads based on your recent page views. For example, you may see ads and notices about our offers and content if you are interested in specific services, information, or offers at the online trade show. Here only general and technical information on accessed pages are evaluated. If you generally do not want to be tracked by Pinterest, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings, which could limit functionality.For more information about Pinterest, please refer to the Pinterest Privacy Policy.The storage of "conversion cookies" is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Quora
We use services of the short message service Quora. Quora is operated by Quora, Inc., 650 Castro Street, Suite 450, Mountain View, CA 94041 ("Quora"). Quora allows us to use target group-based advertising, re-targeting and conversion measurements for online advertising via the so-called visitor interaction pixel. Here, offers for specific target groups are played out based on a selection of general criteria, such as demographic characteristics, regions or interests. Quora also allows us to target ads based on your recent page views. For example, you may see ads and notices about our offers and content if you are interested in specific services, information, or offers at the online trade show. Here only general and technical information on accessed pages are evaluated. If you generally do not want to be tracked by Quora, you can prevent the storage of cookies at any time by your browser settings, which could limit functionality.For more information about Quora, please refer to the Quora Privacy Policy.The storage of "conversion cookies" and the data processing and the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Snapchat Ads
We use services of the short message service Snapchat. Snapchat Ads is operated by Snap Inc., 63 Market Street, Venice, CA 90291 ("Snapchat"). For marketing optimization purposes, we send, if not disabled by the user in the system settings of its device, the Mobile Advertising ID, the hashed email address given during registration and the parameters specified in the section “Social Plugins” (such as IP address, browser and access device information) to Snapchat. If you do not want us to collect the Mobile Advertising ID and send it to Snapchat, you can find a manual for deactivation under the topic “Mobile Advertising ID”. The Snapchat pixel generates a hash from your usage data that is sent to Snapchat, such as browser information. If you have a Snapchat profile and you're logged in or logged in to Snapchat from one of your devices, you can then use the data provided by the pixels to showcase individualized advertising for our products and offerings on your devices across devices.For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and how Snapchat processes and uses the data, as well as your privacy settings, see the Snapchat Privacy Policy. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Snapchat, in which we commit Snapchat to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.The storage of "conversion cookies" and the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Taboola Ads
We use technologies from Taboola Inc., 28 West 23rd St. 5th Fl, New York, NY 10010 ("Taboola"). Taboola uses cookies that determine what content you use and which of our pages you visit. For marketing optimization purposes, we send, if not disabled by the user in the system settings of its device, the Mobile Advertising ID, the hashed email address given during registration and the parameters specified in the section “Social Plugins” (such as IP address, browser and access device information) to Taboola. If you do not want us to collect the Mobile Advertising ID and send it to Taboola, you can find a manual for deactivation under the topic “Mobile Advertising ID”. The Taboola cookie enables us to create pseudonymous usage profiles by collecting device-related data as well as log data and recommending content that suits your personal interests. So we can design our offer individually for you. These usage profiles do not allow you to draw conclusions about yourself.For more information about Taboola and the ability to disable the Taboola cookie, see the Taboola Privacy Policy (opt-out information can be found under "Site Visitor Choices").We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Taboola, in which we commit Taboola to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.The storage of "conversion cookies" and the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
Twitter Ads
We use services of the short message service Twitter. Twitter Ads is
operated by Twitter Inc.,
1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 (USA) as well as its subsidiary Twitter International Company, One Cumberland
Place, Fenian Street, Dublin, Ireland (together “Twitter”). Twitter allows
us to use target group-based advertising, re-targeting and conversion
measurements for online advertising via the so-called visitor interaction
pixel. Here, offers for specific target groups are played out based on a
selection of general criteria, such as demographic characteristics,
regions or interests. Twitter also allows us to target ads based on your
recent page views. For example, you may see ads and notices about our
offers and content if you are interested in specific services,
information, or offers at the online trade show. Here only general and
technical information on accessed pages are evaluated. If you generally do
not want to be tracked by Twitter, you can prevent the storage of cookies
at any time by your browser settings, which could limit functionality. For
marketing optimization purposes, we send, if not disabled by the user in
the system settings of its device, the Mobile Advertising ID, the hashed
email address given during registration and the parameters specified in
the section “Social Plugins” (such as IP address, browser and access
device information) to Twitter. If you do not want us to collect the
Mobile Advertising ID and send it to Twitter, you can find a manual for
deactivation under the topic “Mobile Advertising ID”.
Twitter also
adheres to the do-not-track setting of their browser. As a Twitter user,
you can also prevent the data processing described by disabling the
"Customize Ads Based on Affiliate Information" checkbox next to the
"Sponsored Content" heading in the Security and Privacy settings. More
information can be found on the pages of
Twitter.
We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with
Twitter, in which we commit Twitter to protect the data of our customers,
to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of
the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of
a transfer of personal data to the USA.The storage of "conversion cookies"
and the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. The website
operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to
optimize both its website and its advertising.
Newsletter Data (Add "Newsletter" Title Above This)
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data are not collected or only on a voluntary basis.We use this data exclusively for the delivery of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. The processing of the data entered into the newsletter application form is based exclusively on your consent (Art.6 (1) (a) GDPR). Of course, you can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the already completed data processing operations remains unaffected by the revocation.The data deposited with us for the purpose of obtaining the newsletter will be saved by us from the newsletter until your cancellation and deleted after the cancellation of the newsletter. Data stored for other purposes with us (e.g. email addresses for logging on to our services) remain unaffected.
MailChimp / Mandrill
This website uses the services of MailChimp for sending newsletters (or
mandrill for sending information relevant to the user). Provider is the
Rocket Science Group LLC,
675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 (USA) (“MailChimp”).
MailChimp is a service with which, among other
things, the dispatch of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. If you
have entered data for the purpose of newsletter subscription (e.g. email
address), these will be stored on the servers of MailChimp in the USA.With
the help of MailChimp we can analyze our newsletter campaigns. When you
open an email sent with MailChimp, a file included in the email (called
web beacon) connects to MailChimp's servers in the United States. This way
you can determine if a newsletter message has been opened and which links
have been clicked on. In addition, technical information is collected
(e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system).
This information can be assigned to the respective newsletter recipient.
They are used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter
campaigns. The results of these analyzes can be used to better tailor
future newsletters to the interests of the recipient.If you do not want to
be analyzed by MailChimp, you have to unsubscribe from the newsletter. For
this purpose, we provide a link in every newsletter message. Furthermore,
you can unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.The data
processing takes place on the basis of your active newsletter registration
and our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of optimization of
our newsletter content according to the interests of our recipients. You
can contradict this at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter.The
data deposited with us for the purpose of obtaining the newsletter will be
saved by us from the newsletter until you receive it and will be deleted
from our servers as well as from the servers of MailChimp after
cancellation of the newsletter.For details, see the Mailchimp
Privacy Policy. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with
MailChimp, in which we commit MailChimp to protect the data of our
customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the
provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR
in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.
Payment Information
When you make payments for our services, no credit or debit card
information is stored on our servers. This information is stored by our
third party PCI-compliant payment processing companies. We work with the
following providers:
Recurly Inc.,
400 Alabama Street Suite 202. San Francisco, CA 94110 (USA)
Stripe Inc.,
185 Berry Street, Suite 550, San Francisco, CA 94107 (USA)
All credit and debit card transactions occur between the computer
from which the transaction originates and our payment processor. When you
use one of our trial phases or subscriptions or you purchase something
through the service, credit card information and other financial
information we need to process the payment is collected and stored with a
payment service provider. We also collect certain limited information,
such as your zip code, mobile phone number and details of your transaction
history. In addition, these payment service providers usually provide us
with very limited information about you, such as the unique "token", which
enables you to make further purchases using the data stored by the service
providers, as well as your card type, expiration date and last four digits
of the number.
We have entered into separate so-called "Data
Processing Agreements" with both Recurly and Stripe, in which we commit
Recurly and Stripe to protect the data of our customers, to not
disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the
standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a
transfer of personal data to the USA.
Mixpanel (Add "Hosting & Analysis" Title Above This)
We use the services of Mixpanel, Inc., One Front Street, 28th floor San Francisco, CA 94111 USA (“Mixpanel”) to process our business intelligence data (graphs, dashboards). The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) of analyzing user behavior. Amplitude receives the pseudonymized Ahead ID and interaction data from us for this purpose.For more information about data processing by Mixpanel, see the Amplitude Privacy Policy. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Mixpanel, in which we commit Mixpanel to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.
Google Cloud Platform
Our sites use functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics for the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization. Provider is Google We use services of the Google Cloud Platform, a developer platform operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”) to find bugs in the Ahead app by using the service Firebase Crashlytics. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Google Cloud Platform / Firebase Crashlytics receives user data for error analysis such as Mobile ad IDs, installation UUID (universally unique ID), Android IDs and IP addresses.For more information about Firebase Crashlytics' data processing via the Google Cloud Platform, see the Google Privacy Policy. GWe have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Google, operator of the Google Cloud Platform and the Firebase Crashlytics service, in which we commit Google to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA. Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies".
Typeform
Our sites use functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics for the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization. Provider is Google Ireland We use Typeform’s services from Typeform, S.L., Carrer Bac de Roda, 163, 08018 Barcelona, Spain (“Typeform”) for user surveys. The data processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO) for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Typeform receives secure user IDs for this purpose.For more information about Typeform's data processing, please refer to the Typeform Privacy Policy. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Typeform, in which we commit Typeform to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data via sub-processors or affiliates to the USA., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies".
Youtube
On our website and based on our legitimate interests under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO to display video content we use components (videos) of the company YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, ("YouTube"), a company of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 USA (“Google”). Here we use the option provided by YouTube of "extended privacy mode".When you visit a page that has an embedded video, it will connect to the YouTube servers and display the content by notifying your browser on the website.According to information provided by YouTube, in the "extended privacy mode" only your data - in particular, which of our websites you have visited and device-specific information including the IP address – is transmitted to the YouTube server in the US when you watch the video. By clicking on the video you confirm this transmission. If you do not want the transmission, stop playing the video.If you are logged in to YouTube at the same time, this information will be associated with your Membership account on YouTube. You can prevent this by logging out of your member account before visiting our website.For more information about data protection related to YouTube, please see the Google Privacy Policy Google. We have entered into a so-called "Data Processing Agreement" with Google, in which we commit Google to protect the data of our customers, to not disclose them to third parties and to comply with the provisions of the standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 GDPR in the case of a transfer of personal data to the USA.
California Privacy Rights
We take the data protection regulations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the California Civil Code seriously and respect the resulting rights for California residents as stated in the following paragraphs. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. We will not deny you our goods or services, charge you different prices or rates, or provide you a lower quality of goods and services if you exercise your rights under the CCPA.
Shine the Light / Opt-out
California residents have the right to request information about their personal data that we have shared with third parties once a calendar year and to have this data deleted by us. In addition, California residents have the right to opt-out of the disclosure of their personal data to third parties (“opt-out”). To exercise the right to information and / or deletion and/ or opt-out, an informal email to us (hi@ahead-app.com) is sufficient, along with proof of identity and place of residence. We will respond to verified requests within 30 days. California residents also have the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal data. We do not offer this option, because we generally do not sell personal data.
Purposes of data processing of California residents
We collect and process personal data of California residents only for the purposes stated in this data privacy policy, in particular in order to be able to provide our service and our websites in a technically flawless manner, to analyze user behavior to optimize our offer and to optimize our marketing. We do not sell personal data of California residents, we only pass them on to fulfill our business purposes as stated above and in the data privacy policy.
Categories of personal data of California residents
We collect and process personal data from California residents, which are made available to us directly or through interactions with our services and websites, from the following categories: (i) personal data (e.g. name), (ii) identifiers (e.g. name, email address), (iii) Information about activities on the Internet or networks (e.g. parameters specified in the section “Social Plugins”). The categories of third parties to whom we may share California residents' personal information are: (i) marketing networks, (ii) analytics and hosting providers, (iii) payment service providers and (iv) social networks. We have no knowledge of disclosing personal data of minors under 16 years of age to third parties.
