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ped·an·tiv·ity [noun]

1. Portmanteau of pedantry and creativity.

2. A zen-like quality any systems engineer must possess to be successful.

Impressum

Responsible for the content and the operation of this website as well as data privacy protection matters:

PEDANTIVITY.COM

Danilo Kempf
Stresemannallee 1
30173 Hannover
info (at) pedantivity (dot) com

Notice

The information provided on the publically available sections of this website is intended for general informational purposes and self-promotion only. Neither does it constitute a commercial offering nor is it directed at consumers in Germany or the European Union.

Privacy Policy

Purpose

The following privacy policy is intended to inform you about the nature, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis for processing of personal data. It applies to the publically accessible sections of this website and to the published means of contacting us.

Should you have obtained login credentials for the non-publically accessible sections of this website (specifically for the project-related data storage and file exchange tools), a different privacy policy applies. You have received a copy of this policy along with your login credentials. Further copies will be provided to you upon request.

Definitions

According to Art. 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter GDPR)

Alt. (1)

personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person

Alt. (2)

processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction

Alt. (7)

controller means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;

Tenets

We process personal data only to the extent necessary and for the sole purposes of

  • providing a functional and user-friendly website
  • answering your requests, should you contact us.

Personal data processed when using the website or when contacting us will be deleted or barred from being accessed as soon as the purpose behind storing it no longer applies and legal retention periods have expired.

Data subject’s rights

According to Art. 13-22, 77 GDPR you (as data subjects) have the following rights:

  • Right to be informed (Art. 13, 14, 19 GDPR)
    You have the right to be informed about how your personal data is collected, used, and shared.
  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)
    You have the right to access your personal data held by an organization, including a copy of your data and information on how it is being processed.
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
    You have the right to have inaccurate or incomplete personal data corrected or completed.
  • Right to erasure/right to be forgotten (Art. 17 GDPR)
    You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
    You have the right to limit the way your personal data is processed in certain situations.
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
    You have the right to receive your personal data we collect in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another data controller.
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
    You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including direct marketing. 
  • Right to not be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling (Art. 22 GDPR)
    You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal or similarly significant effects concerning you. 
  • Right to lodge a complaint (Art. 77 GDPR)
    You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR.

We, as data controller, are obligated to communicate any rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing carried out by the rules of Art. 16-18 GDPR outlined above to each recipient to whom the personal data have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. 

HTTP cookies

HTTP cookies are small text files stored on your device by websites to track your browsing activity. Such HTTP cookies are not used on this website.

Web hosting server logs

Your internet browser transmits certain information to us and/or our web hosting provider. This includes

  • the date and time of accessing the website
  • the sections accessed
  • your IP address
  • the type and version of your browser software
  • the operating system you are using
  • the website from which you navigated to this website (the referring site).

These data are stored temporarily by our web hosting provider, separate from any other data, in accordance with Art. 6 Par. 1 Alt. (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in ensuring the stability and security of this website. These data are erased 7 days after being stored unless required for the preservation of evidence, in which case they are exempt from being erased until the underlying legal matter is resolved.

Social media

We maintain an online presence on the LinkedIn platform to present and promote ourselves, as well as to communicate with (prospective) clients. LinkedIn is a service of

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Wilton Place
Dublin 2
Ireland

Accessing the LinkedIn platform is voluntary, and not required to use the information offered on this website. It is subject to LinkedIn’s worldwide and EU-specific privacy policies, which can be found at

respectively.

According to these policies it is possible that personal data may be processed outside the European Union, particularly in the USA, which may pose privacy risks. We encourage the careful assessment of the necessity of accessing the LinkedIn platform.

E-mail

If you contact us via e-mail, any personal data you provide will be used to process your request. Providing certain personal data, such as your e-mail address, is necessary to process and answer your request. Without you providing this data, your request cannot be answered at all or can only be answered to a limited extent. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 par. 1 Alt. b GDPR.
Your data will be erased immediately once your request has been answered conclusively and no legal retention periods prevent the erasure of this data.

Our e-mail services are hosted with Google Workspace, which is a service of

Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House, Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland

Utilizing these e-mail services is voluntary, and not required to use the information offered on this website. E-mail services are subject to Google’s privacy policies which can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

An alternative means of contacting us is provided by the postal address above.