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 identify you personally. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

—Why and How Your Personal Data Is Collected and Used:
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the Legal Notice or the Notice on the Controller section of this privacy policy. Your data is collected on one hand when you provide it to us, for instance, data you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This primarily involves technical data such as web browser, operating system, or time of page access. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website. Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website, while other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

—Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data:
You have the right at any time to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent regulatory authority. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice.

This website is hosted by an external service provider. The provider is Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host. This primarily involves IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, access logs, and other data generated via a website. The transfer of data to the USA is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Further details regarding this data transfer can be found here.

The use of the host is for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

—Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement:
To ensure the data protection compliant processing of your personal data, we have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with our host through which this website is operated.

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

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We point out that data transmission over the Internet such as during communication by email can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

—Notice on the Controller:
NEXGAP GmbH
Messeturm, 9th Floor
D-60308 Frankfurt am Main

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data such as names, email addresses, or similar.

—Storage Duration:
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified 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 such as retention periods under tax or commercial law. In the latter case, deletion takes place after these reasons no longer apply.

—Notice on Data Transfer to the USA and Other Third Countries:
Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure under data protection law. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We point out that a level of data protection comparable to the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to release personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be excluded that US authorities such as intelligence services process, evaluate, and permanently store your data located on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

—Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing:
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

—Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR):
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING PROTECTIVE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES TO ASSERT, EXERCISE, OR DEFEND LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

—Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Regulatory Authority:
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a right to lodge a complaint with a regulatory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

—Right to Data Portability:
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

—SSL or TLS Encryption:
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize 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. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

—Information, Deletion, and Correction:
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice.

—Right to Restriction of Processing:
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this purpose, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the Legal Notice. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the check, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data happened or is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection according to Art. 21 Para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data—apart from its storage—may only be processed with your consent or to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a member state.

—Objection to Advertising Emails:
The use of contact data published as part of the Legal Notice obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as through spam emails.

—Cookies:
Our internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or until your web browser performs an automatic deletion.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you enter our site. These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company, such as cookies for processing payment services.

Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary because certain website functions would not work without them, for instance the shopping cart function or the display of videos. Other cookies serve to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.

Cookies required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you desire, such as for the shopping cart function, or to optimize the website, such as cookies for measuring the web audience, are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent for the storage of cookies was requested, the storage of the cookies concerned takes place exclusively on the basis of this consent; the consent can be revoked at any time.


You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

To the extent that cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this separately within this privacy policy and request consent if necessary.

—Server Log Files:
The provider of the pages 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 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of its website—the server log files must be recorded for this purpose.

—Form:
If you send inquiries to NEXGAP or its subsidiaries via a form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us or on your consent if this was requested.

The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies, for instance after your inquiry has been fully processed. Mandatory legal provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.

—Inquiries by Email, Telephone, or Fax:
If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data such as name and inquiry, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us or on your consent if this was requested.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries remains with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies, for instance after your request has been fully processed. Mandatory legal provisions—especially statutory retention periods—remain unaffected.

—Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement:
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with the provider mentioned above. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

The data you enter remains with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory legal provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in making appointments with interested parties and customers as uncomplicated as possible. If consent has been requested, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR is the legal basis for data processing; the consent can be revoked at any time.

—Registration on This Website:
You can register on this website to use additional functions on the site. We use the data entered for this purpose only for the use of the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

For important changes, such as in the scope of the offer or in the case of technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you in this way. The processing of the data entered during registration takes place for the purpose of implementing the user relationship established by the registration and, if necessary, for the initiation of further contracts. The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will then be deleted. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require 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. No further data is collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for instance via the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you provide us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us or the newsletter service provider until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you cancel the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.

After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used only for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.

—Google Web Fonts:
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The Google fonts are installed locally. A connection to Google servers does not take place in this process.

For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the typeface on their website. If a corresponding consent was requested, such as consent to the storage of cookies, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found here and in the Google privacy policy.

—Data Processing:
For communication with our customers, we use online conference tools among others. The specific tools we use are listed below. If you communicate with us via video or audio conference via the Internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by us and the provider of the respective conference tool.

The conference tools collect all data that you provide or use to utilize the tools, such as your email address and your phone number. Furthermore, the conference tools process the duration of the conference, start and end time of participation in the conference, number of participants, and other context information related to the communication process, known as metadata.

In addition, the provider of the tool processes all technical data required to handle online communication. This includes in particular IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, operating system type and version, client version, camera type, microphone or speakers, and the type of connection.

If content is exchanged, uploaded, or otherwise provided within the tool, it is also stored on the servers of the tool providers. Such content includes in particular cloud recordings, chat and instant messages, voicemails, uploaded photos and videos, files, whiteboards, and other information shared during the use of the service.

Please note that we do not have full influence over the data processing operations of the tools used. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policy of the respective provider. For further information on data processing by the conference tools, please refer to the privacy policies of the tools used, which we have listed below this text.

—Purpose and Legal Bases:
The conference tools are used to communicate with prospective or existing contractual partners or to offer certain services to our customers (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR). Furthermore, the use of the tools serves to generally simplify and accelerate communication with us or our company (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If consent has been requested, the tools concerned are used on the basis of this consent; the consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.

—Storage Duration:
The data collected directly by us via the video and conference tools will be deleted from our systems as soon as you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

We have no influence on the storage duration of your data stored by the operators of the conference tools for their own purposes. For details, please inform yourself directly from the operators of the conference tools.

—Google Tag Manager:
We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to integrate tracking or statistics tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies, and does not perform any independent analyses. It merely serves to manage and display the tools integrated through it. However, Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transmitted to Google's parent company in the United States.

The use of Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the quick and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on their website. If a corresponding consent was requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

—Google Analytics:
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. In doing so, the website operator receives various usage data such as page views, duration of visit, operating systems used, and the origin of the user. This data may be combined by Google into a profile assigned to the respective user or their device.

Furthermore, we can use Google Analytics to record among other things your mouse and scroll movements and clicks. Additionally, Google Analytics uses various modeling approaches to supplement the recorded data sets and employs machine learning technologies for data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that enable user recognition for the purpose of analyzing user behavior such as cookies or device fingerprinting. The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its web offerings and its advertising. If a corresponding consent was requested, for instance consent to the storage of cookies, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here.

—IP Anonymization:
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA 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 transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

—Browser Plugin:
You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link. More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google's privacy policy.

—Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement:
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

—Demographic Characteristics in Google Analytics:
This website uses the "demographic characteristics" function of Google Analytics to show website visitors suitable advertisements within the Google advertising network. This allows reports to be created that contain statements about the age, gender, and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as from visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the "Objection to Data Collection" section.

—Storage Duration:
Data stored by Google at the user and event level that is linked to cookies, user identifiers such as User ID, or advertising IDs such as DoubleClick cookies or Android advertising ID is anonymized or deleted after 2 months. Details can be found at the following link.

—Google Ads:
The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ads allows us to display advertisements in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms on Google (keyword targeting). Furthermore, targeted advertisements can be displayed based on the user data available at Google such as location data and interests (target group targeting). As the website operator, we can evaluate this data quantitatively by analyzing, for example, which search terms led to the display of our advertisements and how many advertisements led to corresponding clicks.

The use of Google Ads is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in marketing its service products as effectively as possible. Data transfer to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here and here.