The purpose of this privacy statement is to inform you, as a user, about the collection of personal data on this website. Therefore, we attach importance to the most transparent presentation possible of all essential information about the protection of your data. If there are still ambiguities, questions and thus a need for clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Responsible authority within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (Art. 4 para. 7 GDPR) and the other national data protection laws and data protection regulations is:

Alexander Sviridov
Waldwiese 34
03096 Briesen
Germany

Telephone: +49 35606 459 703
Telefax: +49 3212 108 07 08
E-Mail: support@idiveyou.com
Full provider identification: https://en.idiveyou.com/legal-notice/

These contact details are therefore relevant for all questions about this website relating to data protection, as well as for all data protection rights on your part.

In the following, we would like to inform you about the data protection relevant processes which take place when you visit our website.

Every time you access our website, we automatically collect data and information from the computer system you are using to access the website.

In this context, the following details are collected:

(1) Information about your browser type and the version you are using
(2) Information about your operating system
(3) Date and time of your access
(4) Websites from which your system accessed our website
(5) Websites which are accessed by your system via our website
(6) Your IP address (anonymized)

The information is stored in the log files of our system. Your full IP address or other details which enable the assignment of the data to you are not affected by this. A storage of these data along with your other personal data does not take place. The legal basis for the temporary storage of these data is Art. 6 para. 1, letter f GDPR.

The collection of the data to provide our website and the storage of the data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of our website. Therefore, you do not have any possibility to object.

We use so-called „cookies“ on our website. These are small text files which are automatically produced by your browser and stored on your computer system when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage on your computer system, do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware.

We use cookies to improve our website, for example, to make it more user-friendly and to adapt it to the user interests.

In doing so, the following data will be stored and transmitted in the cookies:

(1) Language settings
(2) Log-in information
(3) Frequency of profile views
(4) Use of website functions

The data collected this way are pseudonymized by technical precautions. Therefore, an assignment of the data to you is not possible. The data are not stored along with other personal data.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the mentioned purposes for the protection of our legitimate interests and of third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1, letter f GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, to prevent this, you can configure your browser in such a way that no cookies are stored on your computer system or so that a note always appears before a new cookie is created. However, if you deactivate the cookies completely, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.

When you visit our website for the first time, you can use Cookies Settings to choose which cookies to enable.

We use the service „Matomo“ on this website. This is a web analysis service that is used on the servers we operate.
Matomo enables us to create pseudonymized user profiles and to use cookies (see B. No. 2 Cookies).

In doing so, the following data will be stored and transmitted in the cookies:

(1) Browser type/version
(2) Operating system used
(3) Region in which you have logged on to the internet
(4) Time and country of the server request
(5) Number of visits to our website
(6) Websites which are accessed by your system via our website
(7) Your IP address (anonymized)

Your full IP address or other details which enable the assignment of the data to you are not affected by this. A storage of these data along with your other personal data does not take place. The duration of the storage is 104 weeks.

You can prevent the installation of the cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in the browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website.

The use of Matomo is necessary for the mentioned purposes for the protection of our legitimate interests and of third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1, letter f GDPR. Therefore, you do not have any possibility to object.

In addition, we use the services of third parties which can also lead to the processing of personal data. These services are listed in the following.

(1) reCaptcha
On our website, we involve the „reCaptcha“ service which is provided by Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This is a spam protection. When using reCaptcha, your IP address is transmitted to Google LLC.

The privacy statement of Google LLC. can be viewed here:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

The processing of the data takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest, in other words, the optimization of our offer and our website according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f. GDPR.

The revocation of this data storage takes place via the opt-out:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

(2) YouTube
YouTube videos are included on the website. YouTube is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland.

When one of the included videos is played back, your IP address is transmitted to Google LLC. If you are logged in to YouTube, this information is also assigned to your YouTube user account (you can prevent this by logging off from YouTube before you call up the video.

The privacy statement of Google LLC. can be viewed here:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
The processing of the data takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest, in other words, the optimization of our offer and our products according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f. GDPR.

The revocation of this data storage takes place via the opt-out:
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

(3) Vimeo
Furthermore, we include videos from Vimeo. This service is operated by Vimeo Inc., Attention: Legal Department, 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA.

When one of the included videos is played back, your IP address is transmitted to Vimeo LLC. If you are logged in to Vimeo, this information is also assigned to your user account (you can prevent this by logging off from Vimeo before you call up the video.

The processing of the data takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest, in other words, the optimization of our offer and our products according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f. GDPR.

The privacy statement of Vimeo LLC. can be viewed here:
https://www.vimeo.com/privacy.

(4) Social plugins
We use so-called social plugins which enable you to distribute contents on these platforms or to have contents on these platforms displayed with us.

If you are members of one of these platforms, the platform operator can assign the call up of the contents and functions to the profiles of the users there. You can view the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the platform operators in their data protection notices.

Facebook is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbor, Dublin 2, Ireland. The privacy statement of Facebook is available here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Instagram is operated by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. The privacy statement of Instagram is available here:
https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

vk.com is operated by V Kontakte LLC, 1-N, bld. 12-14, Lit. A, Khersonskaya st., St. Petersburg, Russia, 191024 The privacy statement of vk.com is available here: https://vk.com/privacy

The processing of the data takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest, in other words, the optimization of our offer and our products according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f. GDPR.

(5) Google Maps
This site uses the “Google Maps API“ for the visual presentation of maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google“).

To use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server located in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer. The privacy statement of Google is available here:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

The processing of the data takes place for the purpose of optimizing our offer. The processing of the mentioned data is necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f. GDPR, i.e. to carry out our business activity.

The revocation of this data storage takes place via the opt-out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

We use a live chat solution for any requests and queries you may have in relation to our products and services. The chat is inserted via a script in the source code of the website. All chat functions are provided and run by tawk.to Inc., a US corporation with registered offices at 187 East Warm Springs Rd, SB298, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119, as our chat box.

The live chat uses cookies to identify and track visitors to allow us to better understand your queries.

If you interact with us using the live chat, all data that is inserted via the chat window is directly transmitted to a server of tawk.to and stored there. Especially, the following data will be transmitted and stored:

(1) Chat history
(2) Specified name
(3) City and Country at the time of the chat (based on the IP)
(4) Information about your browser type and the version you are using
(5) Information about your operating system

The chat log may be saved with your user profile for the purpose of providing excellent customer service. Your full IP address or other details which enable the assignment of the data to you are not affected by this. This data will not be passed on to third parties and is only used for the improvement of our service and for internal statistics.

We do not have any influence on the internal handling and use of the data at tawk.to. The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy are available on their website:

https://www.tawk.to/terms-of-service/
https://www.tawk.to/privacy-policy/

More information to the privacy and security of the personal information using tawk.to you can find under:
https://www.tawk.to/data-protection/

The processing of the data takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest, in other words, the optimization of our offer and our products according to Art. 6 para. 1 letter f. GDPR.

You can also completely block tawk.to live chat with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blockers.

As an alternative to the browser add-on, you can also prevent the installation of the cookies for the live chat by using our Cookies Settings (see B. No. 2 Cookies).

We offer the sending of newsletters in which we inform the recipients about our services (newsletter subscription). To receive this newsletter, you must subscribe on our website for it. The data you enter during the subscription are transmitted to us and only used for sending the newsletter.

This involves:

(1) The e-mail address you have given or for registered userd you have used for the registration
(2) The IP address of the computer system you are using
(3) Date and time of the subscription

We need your e-mail-address, so that we can send you the newsletter. Other information is necessary to prevent misuse of our - but also of the given - e-mail-address.

For the sending, we use ”MailChimp“, a service by the Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA. The above-mentioned data are transferred to this company within the framework of order processing according to Art. 28 para. 3 page 1 GDPR, i.e. these data are not used by the company to write to you directly or to pass on the data to third parties. The Rocket Science Group, LLC has certified according to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.

We evaluate the reading behavior of our newsletter mailing and are able to record the opening rate and the click rate. We can assign this behavior to the individual newsletter recipients. This takes place for the purpose of making our newsletter even more interesting and adapting it to the needs of our interested parties.

Before sending the subscription request for receiving our newsletter, your consent will be obtained, and this privacy statement will be pointed out (Art. 6 para. 1 letter a GDPR).

A termination of the subscription and thus an opportunity to object and eliminate the data processing is possible at any time. For this purpose, there is a corresponding link in every e-mail of our newsletter to terminate the subscription.

You can contact us electronically via e-mail or by using a contact form. In this case, the data you send via e-mail or by using a contact form are transmitted to us and stored by us.

This relates to:

(1) Your name
(2) Date of the contacting
(3) Your e-mail address
(4) Where applicable, further details, if you specify them

If you write us an e-mail or contact us by using a contact form and are interested in our offers, the legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR, furthermore, Art. 6 para. 1 letter f GDPR.

These data transmitted to us are only used for the implementation of the conversation and not passed on to third parties.

We will delete these data when they are no longer needed for the respective purpose. In other words, when the exchange with you via e-mail is finished and we have fully processed your request.

You have the opportunity to revoke the consent to the processing of your data at any time. For this purpose, please refer to the above-mentioned contacts. In the case of revocation, all your personal data stored for the purpose of contacting will be deleted.

You can contact the registered users directly by using a form in the user profile. In this case, the data that you enter in the form are sent to the user within the website and stored by him. We store this message within the message function of the website.

This relates to:

(1) Your name
(2) Date of the contacting
(3) Your e-mail address
(4) Where applicable, further details, if you specify them

If you use the form to establish contact with a user, the legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR.

These data transmitted to the users and to us are only used for the implementation of the conversation by the user.

You have the opportunity to revoke the consent to the processing of your data at any time. For this purpose, please refer to the user you have contacted. In the case of revocation, all your personal data stored for the purpose of contacting will be deleted.

You can create a user account by registration to receive an entry in our database and to be able to use the additional functions of the offers of our website as a registered user. The data that you provide in this context are only used for the purposes of using the offer. The data stored during the registration are not passed on to third parties as long as this is not required to fulfill the purpose of the contract.

The following data are stored during the registration:

(1) Your IP address
(2) Date and time of registration
(3) Your e-mail address

The processing of the data takes place for the purpose of fulfilling the user contract, Art. 6 para. 1 letter b) GDPR.

Deletion of the user account and thus an opportunity to object and eliminate the data processing is possible at any time. To do so, please refer to the above-mentioned contact options. However, this does not include possible data arising from a contractual relationship.

On our website, you can create a user profile. This enables other users to contact you.

For this, we collect the following data:

(1) Your name
(2) Your gender
(3) Your whereabouts
(4) Where applicable, further details, if you specify them

You can determine a username on a voluntary basis, for example, in order to set up a specific URL address of your profile. We process this username and display it to other users of our platform at different points (e.g. in the URL address of your profile).

The processing of the data takes place for the purpose of fulfilling the user contract, Art. 6 para. 1 letter b) GDPR.

On our website, you can leave reviews for providers if you have used their services. This takes place by using a form in which you, in addition to your experience with the provider, also must enter personal data. These data are processed by us.

During the process of review, if you are already registered and logged in on the platform, we process the personal data stated in your user profile and link the review to your user profile.

If you are not registered or not logged in, further personal data can be stated on a voluntary basis for the purpose of your identity verification (a link to your profile on a social media platform and a photo of the diving certificate). If you provide us with these data, we will process them.

The data are stored by us. The provider concerned will be informed about the assessment via e-mail.

If you use the form to leave a review for provider, the legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 letter b GDPR.

To the extent that we have processed your personal data, you are regarded as a person concerned within the meaning of the GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights against us:

(1) Art. 15 GDPR - You can request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of the personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data were or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, limitation of the processing or objection, the existence of a right to object, the origin of your data, unless they were collected by us, as well as about the existence of an automated decision-making including profiling and, if necessary, meaningful information on their details.

(2) Art. 16 GDPR - You can request the correction of inaccurate personal data or completion of your personal data stored by us immediately.

(3) Art. 17 GDPR - You can request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, insofar as the processing is not necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

(4) Art. 18 GDPR - You can request the limitation of the processing of your personal data insofar as the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject the deletion, and we do not need the data any more, but you need them for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or you have filed an objection to the processing according to Art. 21 GDPR.

(5) Art. 20 GDPR - You can receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, common, and machine-readable format or request the transmission to another person responsible.

(6) Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR – You can revoke your once given consent to us at any time. This means that we are not permitted to continue the data processing - which was based on this consent - in the future.

(7) Art. 77 GDPR – You can complain to a supervisory authority. For this purpose, you can normally contact the supervisory authority of your usual residence or workplace or of our registered office.

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 letter f GDPR, you have the right to file an objection to the processing of your personal data according to Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as reasons for this exist which result from your specific situation or if the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object which is implemented by us without indication of a specific situation.

If you would like to make use of your right of revocation or objection, just send an e-mail to support@idiveyou.com

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September 2019

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Consultation on Privacy Statement by:
Lawyer Sebastian Dramburg, LL.M. (www.medienrechtberlin.de)