Privacy Policy (GDPR)

1. Data Protection 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 with which you can be personally identified.

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 their contact details in the section "Information about the responsible party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected on the one hand by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access).

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the host's servers.

Host: Vercel Inc., 340 S Lemon Ave #4133, Walnut, CA 91789, USA

Neon Database

We use Neon Database for storing customer data. The servers are located in the EU (Frankfurt, Germany). Neon Database is GDPR compliant and provides appropriate data protection guarantees.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

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

Information about the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Data Protection Officer

Our data protection officer can be reached at:
Email: info@patentsecure.app

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device.

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

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions.

Registration on This Website

You can register on this website to use additional functions. We use the data entered only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.

5. Plugins and Tools

OpenAI API

We use the OpenAI API for AI-powered patent analysis. Patent data is transmitted to OpenAI. OpenAI processes this data in accordance with their privacy policy. No personal user data is transmitted to OpenAI.

6. Your Rights

You have the following rights:

• Right to Information (Art. 15 GDPR)
• Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten", Art. 17 GDPR)
• Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
• Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
• Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)
• Right to Complain to a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR)

Right of Withdrawal

You have the right to revoke consents given with effect for the future.

Right to Complain to the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

7. Data Processing upon Contract Conclusion

When concluding a paid subscription, the following data is collected:

• Name and company name
• Email address
• Billing address
• Platform usage data

8. Data Storage and Deletion

We store personal data only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the pursued purposes or as required by legal retention periods.

9. Disclosure of Data

We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• You have given your express consent to do so,
• The disclosure is necessary for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims,
• There is a legal obligation to disclose.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy.