Data protection

We, substnz Capital Partners GmbH (hereinafter “we” or “substnz”) appreciate your interest in our company.

We take the protection of your personal data and its confidential treatment very seriously. Your personal data is processed exclusively within the framework of the statutory provisions of the data protection law of the European Union, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR”) and the other applicable regulations.

With this privacy policy, we inform you about the processing of your personal data and about your data protection rights.

1. Name and contact details of the responsible person

The legal represtative for the processing of your personal data is:

substnz Capital Partners GmbH, Ballindamm 27, 20095 Hamburg, Email: contact@substnz-re.com, Phone: +49 156 7951 2700; legal representatives: Andreas Arend, Hubertus Bäumer, Dr. Karsten Lieser. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please do not hesitate to contact us.

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please do not hesitate to contact us.

2.Subject matter of data protection

The subject of data protection is ‘personal data’. This is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (so-called data subject). This includes, for example, information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number.

3. Nature and purpose of the processing of personal data

Below you will find an overview of the type and purposes as well as the legal basis of the processing of your personal data by us.

Preparation and implementation of the contract

We process your personal data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of the contract and, if applicable, the preparation of a contractual relationship with you. The purposes include in particular:

  • Recording of personal and contact data for the establishment and execution of contracts
  • Transmission of personal data to designated cooperation partners, insofar as this is necessary for the establishment and execution of contracts
  • Assumption of administrative tasks for project partners, SPVs and associated companies

Further details on the purposes of data processing can be found in the documents provided to you.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. In this respect, we process those personal data that are necessary for the performance of the contract and, if applicable, the preparation of the contractual relationship.

Fulfilment of legal obligations

We also process your personal data in order to comply with legal obligations to which we are subject. The obligations may arise, for example, from commercial, tax, money laundering, financial or criminal law. The purposes of the processing result from the respective legal obligation; the processing generally serves the purpose of fulfilling state control and information obligations.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. If we collect data due to a legal obligation, we process the personal data required to fulfil the legal obligation.

Safeguarding legitimate interests

We also process your personal data to protect our legitimate interests or those of third parties. We pursue the following interests and purposes:

  • Assumption of administrative tasks for project partners, SPVs and associated companies

Data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Consent

If you have given your consent for specific purposes, the purposes are determined by the respective content of this consent.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

4. Duration of storage

We only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the above-mentioned purposes or - in the case of consent - as long as you have not withdrawn your consent (and no other legal basis applies).

In the event of a justified objection, we will delete your personal data unless their further processing is permitted under the relevant statutory provisions. We will also delete your personal data if we are obliged to do so for legal reasons.

5. Forwarding of data

We only pass on your personal data to third parties (recipients) if:

  • you have given your express consent for one or more specific purposes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
  • the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
  • we have the data managed on our behalf in compliance with Art. 28 GDPR.

Your personal data will not be transferred to so-called third countries or international organisations.

6. Change of purpose

We draw your attention to the following in accordance with Art. 13 para. 3 GDPR:

Your personal data will not be transferred for purposes other than those listed above.

If we intend to further process your personal data for a purpose other than that for which your personal data was collected, we will provide you with information about this other purpose and all other relevant information in accordance with Art. 13 para. 2 GDPR prior to this further processing.

7. Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

  • to information, i.e. to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details;
  • to rectification, i.e. to demand the immediate rectification of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
  • to erasure, i.e. to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • to demand the restriction of processing, i.e. in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
  • to data portability, i.e. in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller;
  • to revoke, i.e. in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, your consent once given to us at any time. The consequence of this is that we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future, and
  • to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters.

8. Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of cancellation or objection, simply send an e-mail to contact@substnz-re.com

9. Sources and data categories for third-party collection

We do not only process personal data that we receive directly from you. We receive some personal data from third parties. Below you will find an overview of the sources and categories of data collected from third parties:

  • publicly accessible sources, e.g. commercial registers, register portals, Creditreform

10. Further information

We draw your attention to the following in accordance with Art. 13 para. 2 lit. e) GDPR:

The provision of your personal data to us is neither legally nor contractually required. You are not obliged to provide us with your personal data. There are no negative consequences for you if you do not provide it.

We draw your attention to the following in accordance with Art. 13 para. 2 lit. f) GDPR:

We do not process your personal data for the purposes of automated decision-making.

11. Up-to-dateness and amendment of this data protection notice

This data protection notice was last updated in May 2018.

It may become necessary to amend this data protection notice as a result of the further development of our website and services or due to changes in legal or official requirements. In this case, we will send you the current data protection information.