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Zulip - Open Telekom Cloud Privacy policy

The protection of your personal data has a high priority for Open Telekom Cloud. It is important to us to inform you about what personal data are collected, how they are used and what options you have in this regard.

  1. What data are collected, how are they used and how long are they stored?

    • When using OTC Zulip, hereinafter referred to as online service: Our goal is to help make team collaboration and communication easier for you. In the course of providing our Services, we only use the information stored in our OTC LDAP as The source of truth to grant access for only internal use. We only use the email address and the username for creating an account. (Art. 6 para. 1b GDPR, §25 para. 2 No. 2 TTDSG (Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act)).

    When you use our online service, our servers temporarily record the domain name or IP address of your terminal device as well as other data, such as the content requested or the response code. The logged data are used exclusively for data security purposes, in particular to defend against attempted attacks on our web server (Art. 6 para. 1f DSGVO). They are neither used for the creation of individual application profiles nor passed on to third parties and are deleted after 7 days at the latest. We reserve the right to statistically evaluate anonymized data records.

  2. Where can I find the information important to me?

    This privacy policy provides an overview of the points that apply to Telekom’s processing of your data in this online service. Further information, including on data privacy in general and in specific products, is available at https://www.telekom.com/en/company/data-privacy-and-security/governance-data-privacy .

  3. Who is responsible for data processing? Who do I contact if I have questions about the data privacy policy at Telekom?

    Open Telekom Cloud – Tools Squad is responsible for data. If you have any questions, please email DL-TSI_OTC_Tools_Squad@t-systems.com with appropriate details, including Your contact information.

  4. What rights do I have?

    You have the right,

    • To request information on the categories of data processed, the purposes of processing, any recipients of the data, or the planned storage period (Art. 15 GDPR);

    • to demand the correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (Art. 16 GDPR);

    • to revoke given consent at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR);

    • to object to data processing that is to be carried out on the basis of a legitimate interest for reasons arising from your particular situation (Art. 21 (1) GDPR);

    • in certain cases, within the framework of Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the deletion of data − in particular, insofar as the data are no longer required for the intended purpose or is processed unlawfully, or you have revoked your consent in accordance with (c) above or declared an objection in accordance with (d) above;

    • under certain conditions, to demand the restriction of data, insofar as deletion is not possible or the obligation to delete is disputed (Art. 18 GDPR)

    • to data portability, i.e. you can receive your data that you have provided to us in a conventional machine-readable format, such as CSV, and transmit it to others if necessary (Art. 20 GDPR);

    • to issue a complaint to the competent supervisory authority about the data processing (for telecommunication contracts: Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information; otherwise: State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia).

  5. To whom does Telekom pass my data?

    To order processors, i.e. companies that we commission with the processing of data within the scope provided by law, Art. 28 GDPR (service providers, vicarious agents). Telekom remains responsible for the protection of your data even in this case. We commission companies in the following areas in particular: IT, sales, marketing, finance, consulting, customer service, human resources, logistics, printing.

    To cooperation partners who independently provide services for you or in connection with your Telekom contract. This is the case if you order services from such partners from us, if you consent to the involvement of the partner or if we involve the partner on the basis of legal permission.

    Due to legal obligation: In certain cases, we are legally obligated to transmit certain data to the requesting government agency.

  6. Where are my data processed?

    Your data are processed in Germany and other European countries. If, in exceptional cases, processing of your data also takes place in countries outside the European Union (in so-called third countries), this will happen,

    • if you have expressly consented to this (Art. 49 para. 1a GDPR). (In most countries outside the EU, the level of data protection does not meet EU standards. This applies in particular to comprehensive monitoring and control rights of state authorities, e.g. in the USA, which disproportionately interfere with the data protection of European citizens,

    • or insofar as it is necessary for our provision of services to you (Art. 49 para. 1b DSGVO),

    • or insofar as it is provided for by law (Art. 6 para. 1c GDPR).

    Furthermore, your data will only be processed in third countries if certain measures ensure that an adequate level of data protection exists (e.g. adequacy decision of the EU Commission or so-called suitable guarantees, Art. 44ff GDPR).

You may print a copy of this Privacy Policy by clicking here.

By means of cookies and similar technologies, information can be stored, enriched and read on your end device. By clicking on “Accept All”, you consent to access to your end device as well as to the processing of your data, the creation and processing of individual usage profiles across websites as well as partners and devices, and the transfer of your data to third-party providers, some of which process your data in countries outside of the European Union (GDPR Art. 49). Telekom may not be able to ensure that the European level of data protection is complied with in all cases. You can find more details under Privacy Policy. Some of the data are supplemented with sociodemographic information (such as gender, age range and postal code area) and used for analyses, retargeting and for the output of personalized content and offers on Telekom sites, as well as for showing advertising on third-party sites, and for partners’ own purposes and merged with other data.

If you have given us your consent to the information service and consented to cookies, we also take into account pseudonymized information from your contracts and sociodemographic data (e.g. age decade, products booked) for the individual display of offers on Telekom and third-party sites. This information is assigned to your web/app usage data via a cookie and an e-mail hash.

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