Privacy Policy

Bluedefense Kleinschewskystraße 61, 12555 Berlin, Germany Managing Director: Arun Khajuria Email: contact@bluedefense.de Phone: +49 176 6077 6999

We collect personal data only when you actively provide it — for example when you fill in our contact form, book a consultation, or request an assessment. Data collected may include: full name, work email address, company name, industry sector, phone number (if provided), and the content of your message or enquiry. We do not collect sensitive personal data (special categories under GDPR Art. 9) and do not use automated decision-making or profiling.

We process your personal data for the following purposes: • Responding to your enquiry or consultation request — Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures) • Sending service-related information you have requested — Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR • Improving our website and services — Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest) • Complying with legal obligations — Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR

Your data is used solely to respond to your enquiry, provide the services you have requested, and maintain our business relationship with you. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties. We may share data with carefully selected third-party service providers (hosting, email delivery) who are contractually bound to process data only on our instruction and in accordance with GDPR.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, or as required by applicable German law. Contact form data is retained for a maximum of 3 years from your last interaction with us, after which it is securely deleted. Financial records may be retained for up to 10 years in accordance with German commercial law (HGB).

You have the following rights regarding your personal data: • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR) — you can request a copy of the data we hold about you • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR) — you can ask us to correct inaccurate data • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR) — you can ask us to delete your data where there is no legal basis for retention • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR) — particularly in relation to processing based on legitimate interests • Right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@bluedefense.de. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Berlin Data Protection Authority (Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit).

Our website uses cookies to ensure basic functionality and to analyse website traffic. We use the "Real Cookie Banner" tool to manage cookie consent. Functionally necessary cookies are set without consent as they are required for the site to operate. Analytics or preference cookies are only set with your explicit consent. You can withdraw consent or manage cookie preferences at any time via the cookie settings link in the footer.

Our website is hosted on secure servers. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure — including TLS/HTTPS encryption for all data in transit. We cannot guarantee absolute security of data transmitted over the internet. If you have security concerns about your communication with us, please use our incident email: incident@bluedefense.de.

Our website may contain links to external websites. We have no control over these sites and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external site you visit.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version is always available at this URL. Material changes will be communicated where required by law.

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your rights: Email: contact@bluedefense.de Phone: +49 176 6077 6999 Address: Bluedefense, Kleinschewskystraße 61, 12555 Berlin, Germany