The protection of your privacy is very important to us. We as NamSolar CC
and operator of the website nam.solar (hereinafter referred to as “website”)
attach great importance to the protection and confidentiality of your data. The
collection and use of your personal data takes place exclusively in the context of
the legal regulations, in particular the applicable data protection law (EU
data protection basic regulation and BDSG). Below we inform you in detail about
the handling of your data.
Responsible in terms of Data
Protection
NamSolar CC
P.O. Box 65482, Katutura
Windhoek
Namibia
Represented by: Andreas Arndt
Tel.: +49 179 4647449
E-Mail: andreas.arndt@nam.solar
Website: nam.solar
Personal Data
Personal data are individual details about personal or factual
circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. These include e.g.
your name, address, date of birth, username, password, e-mail and payment
details, in addition to your IP address. Below we describe how we process your
personal information.
Provision of the website and
creation of log files
You can visit our website at any time without having to register or provide
any personal information. However, every time our website is accessed, our
system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of
the calling computer.
Description and scope of data
processing
The following data is collected automatically when a page is called:
– browser type and version,
– used operating system and its interface,
– language and version of the browser software,
– website from which you’re visiting us (referrer URL),
– website you’re visiting,
– access status/HTTP status code,
– date and time of your access,
– time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
– your internet protocol (IP) address.
The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of
the data in log files is essential for the operation of the website.
Legal basis for data
processing
The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6
para. 1 lit. f EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Purpose of data processing
The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to allow
delivery of the website to the computer of the user. To do this, the user’s IP
address must be kept for the duration of the session. The purpose of storing in
log files is to ensure the functionality and stability of the website. In
addition, the data is used to optimize the website and to ensure the security
of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing
purposes does not take place in this context. For these purposes lies our
legitimate interest in the processing of data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f
GDPR.
Duration of storage
The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary for the
purpose of its collection. In the case of collecting the data for the provision
of the website, this is when the respective session is completed.
NewsletterDescription and scope of data
processing
When registering for our free newsletter, the data from the input form will
be sent to us. For the processing of the data, your consent is obtained during
the registration process and reference is made to this privacy policy. When
sending the application, the following data will also be stored:
– the IP address of the user
– date and time of registration.
If you open one of our newsletters or click on a link in it, this may be
logged via the web server (date, time, e-mail address). This serves internal
statistical purposes, so that we can better tailor our information offer to the
interests of our newsletter users. This is at the same time our legitimate
interest in data processing. This data will not be merged into personal usage
profiles. Your provision of personal information is neither required by law nor
by contract. You are not required to provide us with personal information. A
failure to provide personal data, if it is mandatory information, means that we
cannot send you a newsletter.
Legal basis for data
processing
The legal basis for the processing of the data after registering for the
newsletter is the consent given by you (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the GDPR). The
legal basis for any statistical evaluations carried out is Art. 6 para. 1 lit.
f GDPR.
Purpose of data processing
The collection of your e-mail address serves to send you the newsletter. If
other personal data are voluntarily provided by you during the registration
process, this serves to individualize the newsletter and to prevent misuse of
the services or the e-mail address used.
Duration of storage
The personal data you provide will be stored until you revoke your consent
to receive the newsletter. Upon receipt of a revocation from you, your e-mail address
will be marked with a blocking note in order to document that you no longer
wish to be contacted by e-mail in the future. Any further personal data
collected with the newsletter registration will be deleted immediately. The
blocking notice and your e-mail address will be deleted three years after the
end of the calendar year in which the blocking notice was set.
Transfer of personal data
NamSolar CC will not pass on your data to third parties, unless you have
previously given your explicit consent to a disclosure or the transmission is
required or permitted by law. This does not apply to our service partners,
which are required for the execution of the contractual relationship and who
have been commissioned by us with the processing of personal data in accordance
with our instructions, as well as the project owners to whom you grant a loan
and who provide the necessary personal data (name, address, date of birth,
e-mail address, telephone number, account information, tax identification
number) for the execution and settlement of the loan relationship need. We will
neither sell your data to third parties nor pass them on to third parties for
advertising purposes. Our employees are required to observe secrecy and to
comply with data protection regulations
CookiesDescription and scope of data
processing
In order to make the visit to our website attractive and to enable the use
of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are
small text files that are stored on your device. You can set your browser so
that you are informed about the setting of cookies and individually decide on
their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in
general. Failure to accept cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
The following links show you how to adjust the settings on the following
popular browsers:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Internet
Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-deletemanage-cookies
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=de_DE&locale=de_DE
Legal basis for data
processing
If personal data is processed using cookies, the legal basis is Art. 6
para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Purpose of data processing
The purpose of the processing is to make the visit to our website
attractive and to allow the use of certain functions. Some features of our
website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is
necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page break. We require
cookies for the following applications:
– cookieconsent_status: Query of the cookie approval
– _ga, _gat, _gid: Website analytics with Google Analytics (see below)
– IDE: Online marketing tool DoubleClick (see below)
– datr, fr, reg_ext_ref, reg_fb_gate, reg_fb_ref: Facebook Custom Audiences
(see below)
– Microsoft Bing Ads (see below)
– Quantcast (see below)
The user data collected by cookies will not be used to create user
profiles.
Duration of storage
So-called transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the
browser. These include in particular the session cookies. These store a
so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be
assigned to the common session. This will allow your computer to be recognized
when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log
out or close the browser. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a
specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the
cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
Website AnalyticsUse of Google Analytics
Our site, nam.solar, uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service
provided by Google Inc, (1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043,
USA) in Universal Analytics operating mode. This makes it possible to assign
data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user
ID, thus analyzing the activities of a user across devices. Google Analytics
uses so-called cookies, which 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 USA and stored there. However, as this website uses
Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp ()”, your IP address will be
shortened by Google beforehand in member states of the European Union or other
parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address
will only be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there 4 in
exceptional cases. The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google
Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. 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. In
these purposes, our legitimate interest lies in the data processing. The legal
basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. F GDPR and, if
your consent is given, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The data sent by us and
linked to cookies, user information (eg user IDs) or advertising IDs will be
automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention
period has been reached is done automatically once a month. For more
information about Terms of Use and Privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your
browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able
to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. 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 the browser
plug-in available under the following link and install: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Opt-out cookies prevent future collection of your data when you visit
this website. To prevent Universal Analytics tracking across devices, you must
opt-out on all systems you use.
Interest-based advertisingDoubleClick with DoubleClick
AdExchange
Our website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick by Google
(“DoubleClick”). It is also offered by Google. DoubleClick uses cookies to show
you advertisements that are relevant to you, to improve your campaign
performance reports, or to prevent you from seeing the same ads more than once.
Your browser will be assigned a pseudonymous identification number (ID) to
check which ads have appeared in your browser and which ads have been viewed.
In addition, DoubleClick can use the ID to track conversions related to ad
requests. For example, if you see a DoubleClick ad and later use the same
browser to visit our website and request something there. Cookies do not
contain personally identifiable information, according to Google. As part of
DoubleClick Ad Exchange, some data is evaluated across devices. The information
generated by the cookies is transmitted by Google for evaluation to a server in
the USA and stored there. We have no control over the extent and continued use
of the data collected through the use of this tool by Google and therefore
inform you to the best of our knowledge: By including DoubleClick, Google
receives the information that you access the corresponding part of our website
or clicked an ad from us. If you are registered with a service provided by
Google, Google may associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not
registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a chance that the
provider will find and store your IP address. You can prevent the storage of
cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software. However, we would
like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the
functions of our web pages in full. You can opt out of Google personalized ad
using the following link: https://adssettings.google.com/. For more
information, please visit: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662856?hl=en.
The privacy policy of Google can be found here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Facebook Customer Audience
The feature Facebook Custom Audience of the social network Facebook is used
on our website, if you have given your consent to Facebook. The Facebook Custom
Audience feature allows us to measure, optimize and create audiences for our
advertising campaigns. By capturing cross-device actions, we can make
advertising campaigns even more efficient. In addition, we can create target
group-relevant advertisements. As stated on the website www.facebook.com,
this service is offered by Facebook Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square,
Dublin 2, Ireland). However, we cannot rule out that collected data will also
be transmitted to Facebook Inc. (1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California
94025, USA) (collectively “Facebook”). Whether you use a Facebook user account
or not is recognizable for Facebook through Facebook Pixel, via which the
collected usage data are transmitted to Facebook. Facebook Pixel is a
Javascript code that transmits the following data to Facebook: HTTP header
information (including IP address, information about the web browser, page
location, document, URL of the website and user agent of the web browser and
the day and time of use ); Pixel-specific data, including Pixel-ID and Facebook
cookie data, including your Facebook ID (this information is used to associate
events with a particular Facebook advertising account and associate it with a
Facebook user); additional information about visiting our websites, as well as
standard and custom data events. The above-mentioned data processing concerns
only users who have an account on Facebook or have visited a partner page of
Facebook (whereby a cookie has been set). If an assignment of the Facebook ID
contained in the Facebook cookie to a Facebook user can be made, Facebook
assigns this user to a target group according to the rules we set, provided the
rules are relevant. We use this information for the presentation of advertising
on Facebook (partner) pages. The display of advertising on Facebook (partner)
pages by means of the target group function does not affect users who are not
members of Facebook. To find out more about advertising on Facebook and how to
set which ads you see, go
to https://www.facebook.com/about/basics/advertising. Instructions on how
to make ad settings and avoid unwanted ads can be found
here https://www.facebook.com/about/basics/advertising/ad-preferences. You
can access Facebook’s data policy on the following
link: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.
Bing Ads
On our website, we use technologies by “Bing Ads”, a service of the
Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA
(hereafter referred to as: “Microsoft”). Bing Ads collects and stores data from
which user profiles are created based on the use of pseudonyms. Bing Ads allows
us to retrace the user activities on our website, provided that the users
reached our website through Bing Ads advertisements. If you reach our website
through one of these ads, a cookie will be set on your terminal device. This
allows us and Microsoft to understand that a user clicked on a Bing Ads
advertisement and was redirected to our website. Microsoft and we can also
understand that a user has reached a previously determined landing page, the
so-called conversion page. We only learn the total amount of users that have
clicked on a Bing Ads advertisement and that have been redirected to the
conversion page. However, no personal data of the respective user are
processed. The collected information is transmitted to Microsoft servers in the
USA and stored there for a maximum of 180 days. Furthermore, Microsoft may
track, under certain circumstances, your user behavior throughout various of
your terminal devices thanks to the so-called cross-device tracking. This way,
Microsoft can show you customized ads on Microsoft websites as well as in
Microsoft apps.
We are using Bing Ads for marketing and optimization purposes, especially
in order to analyze the use of our website and to continuously improve
individual features and offers, as well as the user experience. Through the
statistical evaluation of the user behavior, we can improve our offer and make
it more interesting for you as a user. Therein lies our legitimate interest in
processing the aforementioned data by the third party. The legal basis is Art.
6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.
You can prevent the evaluation by deleting existing cookies and
deactivating the storage of cookies in your browser settings. Please be aware
that, in this case, you may not be able to use all the features on our website
to the full extent. You can also prevent the display of customized
advertisement by Microsoft by setting an Opt-Out cookie on the following
website: http://account.microsoft.com/. We would like to point out that this configuration is deleted as soon as
you delete your cookies.
In addition, Microsoft complies with the Privacy Shield Agreement between
the European Union and the USA and is certified accordingly. As a result,
Microsoft is obliged to comply with the standards and regulations of the
European data protection law. Further information can be found under the
following link: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement
Quantcast
This website uses Quantcast services for user measurement and advertising
purposes. As part of these services, the site allows Quantcast to collect and
analyze anonymous browser data using standard Internet cookies. This anonymous
data is never used to personally identify visitors to the site. You can read
more about Quantcast’s commitment to confidentiality and privacy in the
Quantcast Privacy Policy. You may opt-out
of advertising and data collection by Quantcast on the Quantcast opt-out page or
through the advanced opt-out service
provided by the European Digital Advertising Alliance.
Automated decision making
including profiling
There is no automated decision making including profiling. Rights of the
person concerned If your personal data is processed, you are subject to the
GDPR and you have the following rights to the responsible person.
Right to information
In accordance with Art. 15 GDPR you have the right to request information
about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can provide
information on the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the
categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or the planned
retention period, the right to rectification, deletion, restriction of
processing or opposition, the existence of a right to complain about the source
of your data, if not collected from us, and the existence of automated
decision-making, including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful
information about the details of each.
Right to rectification
According to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to demand immediate
correction of incorrect or completed personal data stored by us. Right to
deletion: According to Art. 17 GDPR you have the right to demand the deletion
of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is required for the
exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a
legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or assertion, exercise or
defense of legal claims.
Right to restriction
According to Art. 18 GDPR 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 the deletion and we
no longer need the data however you need them for asserting, exercising or
defending legal claims or you have objected to processing in accordance with
Art. 21 GDPR.
Right to data portability
According to Art. 20 GDPR you have the right to receive your personal data
provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to
request transmission to another person in charge.
Right to appeal
According to Art. 77 GDPR you have the right to complain to a supervisory
authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual
place of residence or work or our place of business. The responsible
supervisory authority for our registered office is: Berlin Commissioner for
Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Maja Smoltczyk, Friedrichstr. 219,
10969 Berlin, E-Mail: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de, Phone: +49 30
13889-0, Fax: +49 30 2155050
Right to object
You have the right at any time, for reasons that arise from your particular
situation, to appeal against the processing of your personal data, based on
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If the personal data relating to you are processed
in order to engage in direct advertising, you have the right to object at any
time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of such
advertising.
Right to withdrawl
You have the right to revoke your consent to processing your personal
information at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality
of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
A revocation is possible at any time by e-mail to hello@nam.solar or by post
using the above address.
Data Security
We use the popular SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method within the site visit,
in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser.
In general, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support
256-bit encryption, we’ll use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can recognize
the encryption by the closed representation of the key or lock symbol in the
lower status bar or the address bar of your browser (https). We also take
appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data
against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss,
destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security
measures are constantly being improved in line with technological developments.
Change of our privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy from time to time to
ensure that it complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes
to our services in the privacy policy, such as with the introduction of new
services. Your new visit to our website is subject to the current privacy
policy.
As of August
2021