We, tipster.community - a service of tipster.community - are pleased about your interest in our website and our offers on our website.

The protection of your personal data is a major and very important concern for us. Therefore, we would like to inform you in detail below which data is collected when you visit our website and use our offers there and how it is processed or used by us in the following. Furthermore, we will also inform you about the accompanying protective measures we have taken in technical and organizational terms.

The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations. By means of this data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process and, if you are affected by data processing, to enlighten you.

Although we, as the controller responsible for the processing of personal data, have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. We ask you to take this into account when using our website.

This data protection declaration uses terms that have been specified by the legislator in the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter also referred to as GDPR). You can access the GDPR under the following link:

GDPR

The aim of our data protection declaration is to inform you in a simple and understandable way about the processing of your personal data on our website.

The controller within the meaning of data protection law is:

tipster.community
ME Network LLC
30 N Gould St, STE 100
Sheridan, 82801 Wyoming
USA

Unless otherwise regulated in the respective processing of personal data in Chapter B. of this data protection declaration, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. If the data of the data subject is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data of the data subject that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons.

According to the legal requirements, the retention period is six years in accordance with Section 257 (1) HGB (German Commercial Code) (commercial books, inventories, opening balance sheets, annual financial statements, commercial letters, accounting documents, etc.) and ten years in accordance with Section 147 (1) AO (German Fiscal Code) (books, records, management reports, accounting documents, commercial and business letters, etc.).

5.1 Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact us.

5.2 Right to information

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to obtain from the controller, at any time, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the data subject is entitled to information about the following:

• the purposes of the processing
• the categories of personal data being processed
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organizations
• if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of the personal data concerning them or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
• the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
• if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject

Furthermore, the data subject has a right to information as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to information, he or she can contact us at any time.

5.3 Right to rectification

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data by means of a supplementary declaration, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she can contact us at any time.

5.4 Right to erasure

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand that the controller delete the personal data concerning him or her without delay, provided that one of the following reasons applies and processing is not necessary:

• The personal data were collected for purposes or processed in any other way for which they are no longer necessary.
• The data subject revokes their consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
• The personal data were processed unlawfully.
• The deletion of the personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
• The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8(1) GDPR.

If one of the above reasons applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored at tipster.community deleted, they can contact us at any time. We will ensure that the deletion request is complied with immediately.

If the personal data has been made public by tipster.community and our company is the controller responsible for deleting the personal data pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, tipster.community shall take reasonable measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform other data controllers who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or of copies or replications of this personal data from these other data controllers, insofar as the processing is not necessary. We will take the necessary steps in individual cases.

5.5 Right to restriction of processing

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to demand that the controller restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met:

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses the erasure of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data.
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
• The data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate grounds of the controller outweigh those of the data subject.

If one of the above cases exists and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored at tipster.community, they can contact us at any time. We will then arrange for the restriction of the processing.

5.6 Right to data portability

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which have been provided by the data subject to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. The data subject also has the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data were provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Furthermore, when exercising their right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 (1) GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To assert the right to data portability, the data subject can contact us at any time.

5.7 Right to object

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In the event of an objection, tipster.community will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If tipster.community processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling, insofar as it is connected with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to tipster.community processing for direct marketing purposes, tipster.community will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by tipster.community for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

To exercise the right to object, the data subject can contact us directly. The data subject is also free to exercise his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC.

5.8 Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, provided that the decision

• is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or
• is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or
• is based on the data subject's explicit consent.

Is the decision

• necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or
• it is based on the data subject's explicit consent, tipster.community shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, which includes at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may, at any time, contact us.

5.9 Right to withdraw data protection consent

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she can contact us at any time. Any data subject can contact us directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

5.10 Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

Unless otherwise stated in the description of the respective data processing operation in the following Chapter B. of this data protection declaration, the following regulations apply.

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves tipster.community as the legal basis for processing operations for which consent must be obtained for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our services and products. If tipster.community is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. In this case, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of tipster.community or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not override. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator (cf. Recital 47, second sentence, GDPR).

Unless otherwise regulated in the description of the respective data processing operation in Chapter B. of this data protection declaration and the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business and the associated economic interest.

If you use the contact data provided on our website (such as our e-mail address or fax number) to contact us, the personal data you transmit will only be processed for the purpose pursued with the contact.

If the reason for your contact is an interest in our services or products or the fulfillment of a contract with us, the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. In all other cases of contact, we have a legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR due to the communication initiated by you.

We store the data required for contract processing until the expiry of the statutory warranty and, if applicable, contractual guarantee periods. We retain the data required under commercial and tax law for the statutory periods, regularly ten years (cf. Section 257 HGB, Section 147 AO). The data processed for the implementation of pre-contractual measures will be deleted as soon as the measures have been carried out and it is clear that a contract will not be concluded.

The personal data stored by us on the basis of a legitimate interest will be stored until the purpose pursued by the contact has been achieved. You have the right to object to the data processing which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR and which is not for direct advertising purposes at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. In the case of direct advertising, on the other hand, you can object to the processing at any time without giving reasons.

Recipients of the personal data processed in accordance with this provision are IT service providers (especially hosters), with whom we have concluded a corresponding order processing agreement in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of carrying out the application process and thus on the basis of a pre-contractual measure within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR or our legitimate interest in employing staff pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The processing can also take place electronically, e.g. if an applicant submits corresponding application documents to us electronically, for example by e-mail or via our contact form. If we conclude an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller conflict with deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Due to the digitized recording of the applications received, recipients of the processed personal data are our IT service providers (especially hosters), with whom we have concluded corresponding order processing agreements within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR.

tipster.community reserves the right to change these data protection provisions at any time with effect for the future. A current version is available on the website. Please visit the website regularly and inform yourself about the applicable data protection provisions.

The scope and type of collection and use of your data differs depending on whether you only visit our website to retrieve information or use the services we offer, such as concluding a contract via the website, and register if necessary.

(1) In the case of purely informational use of the website, i.e. if you do not make a booking via our website or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):

• IP address
• Date and time of the request
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Access status/HTTP status code
• amount of data transferred in each case
• Website from which the request comes
• Browser
• Operating system and its interface
• Language and version of the browser software.

(2) The data processed in accordance with para. 1 of this provision will be stored for the specified purposes for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted.

(3) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. This is done on the basis of our legitimate interest in optimizing and operating our online offer economically in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you are using and through which the body that sets the cookie (here by us) receives certain information. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.

(4) Use of cookies:

a) Our website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and function of which are explained below:

• Transient cookies (see b)
• Persistent cookies (see c).

b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes in particular the session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which can differ depending on the cookie and can be several years. (Note: here too, the period cannot be precisely determined, although the possibility of deletion at any time is pointed out below) You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.

d) You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. We would like to point out that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.

(5) Recipients of the data processed in accordance with the preceding paragraphs are IT service providers (especially hosters) with whom we have concluded corresponding order processing agreements in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

On the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA ('Google'). Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by the users is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thus offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law (Further information).

For web analysis via 'Google Analytics', we use the suffix '_gat._anonymizeIp'. By means of this suffix, the IP address of the data subject's internet connection is shortened and anonymized by Google if our website is accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the flow of visitors to our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us showing the activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the data subject's end device. The setting of the cookie enables Google to analyze the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of our website is called up on which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the internet browser on the data subject's end device is automatically prompted by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which Google uses, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently to enable commission statements.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was made and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. Each time our website is visited, this personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google Inc. in the USA. This personal data is likely to be stored permanently by Google Inc. in the USA. Google Inc. may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the internet browser or other software programs.

Furthermore, the data subject has the option of objecting to the collection of the data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of our website and the processing of this data by Google and to prevent such collection. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on from the link tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on informs Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data and information about visits to websites may be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-on is considered an objection by Google. If the data on the data subject's end device is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later date, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person attributable to their sphere of influence, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google can be found at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html.

Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this Link.

If you wish to use the services offered on our website in accordance with our terms of use, you will need to provide further personal data. Details on this can be found in the following regulations.

4.1 Data processing for the purpose of concluding a contract

(1) If you wish to use the services provided via our portal in accordance with the terms of use, you must register the necessary personal data for this, as this is necessary for the conclusion and performance of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (e.g. information on the contractual partner) or legally necessary (e.g. tax regulations) in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Failure to provide this data would mean that the contract could not be concluded with you. Furthermore, for some payment methods, we require the necessary payment data to pass on to a payment service provider commissioned by us.

(2) We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, i.e. your registration is only complete when you have confirmed your registration by clicking on the link contained in a confirmation e-mail sent to you for this purpose. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your registration will be automatically deleted from our database. The provision of the aforementioned data is mandatory, you can provide all other information voluntarily by using our portal.

(3) If you use the functions provided on our portal, your data may be made accessible to other participants or visitors to our portal in accordance with the contractual service. You can find out which personal data this is in detail for the respective function. You also have the option of choosing a pseudonym. The provision of personal data is therefore based on the contract concluded with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR or on our legitimate interest in providing these functions necessary for the operation of our portal in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

(4) Recipients of the personal data processed in accordance with this provision are payment service providers, shipping service providers, IT service providers (especially hosting).

(5) We store the data required for contract processing or performance of the contract until the expiry of the statutory warranty and, if applicable, contractual guarantee periods. We retain the data required under commercial and tax law for the statutory periods, regularly ten years (cf. Section 257 HGB, Section 147 AO). We store the other personal data collected until the termination of the contract/deletion of your account or until you object.

5.1 Google Fonts

Our website exclusively uses locally integrated web fonts.

5.2 Social Plugins

No 'social plugins' are used on our website.

We take organizational, contractual and technical security measures in accordance with the state of the art to ensure that the provisions of data protection laws are complied with and to protect the data processed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against access by unauthorized persons. The security measures include in particular the encrypted transmission of data between your browser and our server.