Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. For detailed information on the subject of data protection, please refer to our privacy policy below.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator's contact details in the section "Information on the Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us, for example by entering data in a contact form. Other data is automatically collected or collected with your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions on the subject of data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the contents of our website with the following provider:

Netlify

The provider is Netlify, Inc., 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California 94104, USA (hereinafter "Netlify").

When you visit our website, your personal data is processed on Netlify's servers. Personal data may also be transmitted to Netlify's parent company in the USA. The data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

The use of Netlify is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. The consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on data protection at Netlify, please see: https://www.netlify.com/privacy/

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Sonora
Alexander Bauer & Christian Meß
Sporerstieg 21a
22419 Hamburg
Germany

Email: contact@sonora.ai

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data; in such cases, the deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

Rights of the Data Subject

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed and to access such data.
Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of incomplete personal data.
Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You have the right to request the erasure of stored personal data, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression, for compliance with a legal obligation, or for reasons of public interest.
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR): You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): You have the right to object to the processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority is:

Der Hamburgische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 22, 7. OG
20459 Hamburg, Germany

SSL/TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Contact Form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provided there (name, email address, organisation, role, message) will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular retention periods — remain unaffected.

Enquiry by Email

If you contact us by email, your enquiry, including all personal data arising from it (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not share this data without your consent.

Server Log Files

The website provider 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
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website — the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.