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Welcome to the homepage of Port-o-Prenz, and thank you for taking an interest in our apartments. As you visit this website, we would like you to know that data protection and data security have a particularly high priority for us. In the sections below, we will therefore brief you on relevant issues under Art. 13, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), or, whenever no data are directly collected, in accordance with Art. 14, GDPR.

For instance, we will subsequently explain which data we process for what purpose, and tell you what your rights are in this context. This Data Protection Policy applies to the processing of your personal data when visiting our website, especially if you are a prospect or applicant interested in an apartment.

Basic and General Information

 

Responsible Party

The responsible entity within the meaning of Art. 4, No. 7, GDPR, is:

Trei Real Estate Berlin-Pappelallee GmbH
Klaus-Bungert-Str. 5b
D-40468 Düsseldorf

represented by

Trei Real Estate GmbH
Klaus-Bungert-Str. 5b
D-40468 Düsseldorf 

(hereinafter referred to as “Trei”)

 

Data Protection Officer

Below are the contact details of our data protection officer:

Tengelmann Audit GmbH
An der Pönt 45
D-40885 Ratingen

datenschutz@t-audit.de    

 

Basic Processing Scope, and Lawful Bases

Personal data will only be processed to the extent necessary for a given purpose, or if you expressly consent to such processing. Processing is principally based on the following lawful bases, among others:

  • Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR (consent of the data subject)
  • Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. b, GDPR (execution of a contractual relationship with the data subject, pre-contractual measures at the request of the data subject)
  • Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. c, GDPR (fulfilment of a legal obligation by our company)
  • Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. d, GDPR (protection of vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person)
  • Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. e, GDPR (performance of a task in the public interest or while exercising official authority)
  • Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR (protection of a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party, unless that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require the protection of personal data, prevail [balancing of interests]).

Whenever consent constitutes the legal basis for processing personal data, you can retract your consent at any time without stating your reasons. Principally, retracting your consent is only effective for the future. This means that retracting your declaration of consent will not render prior processing unlawful that preceded our receipt of the revocation of your consent.

We are firmly committed to ensuring end-to-end protection of your personal data on this website. Despite all technical and organisational measures taken by us, security gaps can sadly never be ruled out completely during the electronic transmission of data via the Internet. That is why we always give you the option to submit the data we need from you alternatively by phone or postal mail.

 

Data Subject Rights

To the extent that your personal data are processed by us, you have the following rights in regard to our processing of your personal data, which you may assert against us at any time. Specifically, you have the right to demand

  • disclosure of any stored data on you (Art. 15, GDPR),
  • the correction of inaccurate data (Art. 16, GDPR),
  • that processing of personal data be restricted (Art. 18, GDPR),
  • the deletion of personal data (Art. 17, GDPR) and/or 
  • the transfer of data (Art. 20, GDPR) 

To the extent that personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your specific circumstances. In this case, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose/these purposes unless rights of the landlord worthy of protection outweigh your interests, or unless the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may object as a data subject to the processing of your personal data in the context of direct marketing at any time without stating your reasons.

Whenever consent constitutes the legal basis for processing personal data, you can revoke your consent at any time without stating your reasons. Principally, revoking your consent is only effective for the future. This means that revoking your declaration of consent will not render prior processing unlawful that preceded our receipt of the revocation of your consent.

If you wish to assert your rights against us, please use the contact details below:

wohnen@treirealestate.com
+49 211 54011-000

Whenever data subject rights are asserted, personal data will also be processed in this context in order to respond to the respective inquiry. The processing of personal data is done to fulfil a legal obligation (safeguarding and fulfilling data subject rights) on the basis of Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. c, GDPR.

If you have reason to complain about us with respect to a data protection issue, you have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority without prejudice to the aforementioned rights.

 

Transfer to Third Countries or International Organisations

Unless stated otherwise in the following sections (on this subject, please see particularly “Website Visits & Cookies”), it is not intended to transfer personal data to third countries or to international organisations.

 

Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We use neither profiling nor any other procedure for automated decision making.

 

Website Visits & Cookies

Whenever you visit our website, information may be stored (e. g. by cookies) in your terminal equipment while information previously stored may be accessed (e. g. IP address). In cases where such technical processes become necessary to ensure an error-free and secure provision of services on our homepage, this is done on the basis of Art. 25, Sec. 2, No. 2, Telecommunication Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG). In all other cases, it is done on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 25, Sec. 1, TTDSG (which we obtain from you at the same time we obtain your consent pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR). The subsequent processing of personal data in any kind of process is governed by the relevant data protection law requirements (particularly those arising from the GDPR and the German Data Protection Act, BDSG):

Even when visiting the Port-o-Prenz homepage purely for information purposes, meaning whenever you are not signed in or transmit information to us in some other way, your Internet browser will, for technically necessary reasons, automatically transmit data to our web server as you access our website. Such data include the date and time of your access, the URL of the referring website, the file accessed, the quantity of data sent, your browser type and version, your operating system and your IP address.

The purposes of processing the aforementioned personal data are to deliver the website to your computer/browser, to ensure the proper functioning of the website and to optimise it for the respective user, and also to ensure the safety of our information technology systems. In fact, it would be technically impossible to make our homepage available to you without a certain degree of data processing. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in the processing of personal data pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Letter f, GDPR. This standard serves simultaneously as legal basis for the data processing. The data are stored in so-called log files on our servers, and will be deleted as soon as they have served their purposes and unless the deletion is prevented by legal requirements. In the case of data stored in log files, this tends to happen after seven days at the latest.

So-called cookies may also be used when you visit our website. A cookie is information that a web server sends to a browser, which the browser in turn sends back when it accesses the same web server later on (this is known as a “browser cookie” or “session cookie”). Cookies make it possible to save information between web page requests, and allow a website server to recognise a given visitor’s browser and thus the visitor him- or herself or to remain recognised through the end of a session, in order to make the offer of our homepage technically flawless and user-friendly for visitors. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in the processing of your data pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR.

Most of the cookies used by our website are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. These data, too, are stored separately from other data that you enter while using our website. There is no way for us to associate these data with any specific person.

In addition, our website uses optional cookies of the service providers detailed below, and these cookies are placed only if you consent to them pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR. 

When seeking your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in a data-protection-compliant manner, we use the “Cookiebot” consent management tool. This technology is provided by Usercentrics A/S based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The activities of obtaining your consent and the associated setting of cookies as well as the processing of the corresponding personal data are all necessary to fulfil the legal obligation which we are subject to (Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. c, GDPR). It cannot be guaranteed that the website is fully functional in a legally permissible manner without this kind of data processing. To ensure its proper functionality, the following personal data may be processed: Your IP address, consent status and values (date and time of consent, consent ID), geolocation, language, referrer URL. 

Your selection will be stored for 2 months, after which the consent banner will automatically re-open to prompt you to renew your consent.

 

You can change or decline your consent at any time by clicking the following link.

 

Use of Google Analytics

To the extent that you have granted your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC based in California, USA. Its provider for users in the European Union (EU)/the European Economic Area (EEA) is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Analytics uses cookies that permit analysing your use of our websites. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website will usually be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

In the case of Google Analytics 4, the anonymisation of IP addresses is enabled by default. IP anonymisation will cause your IP address to be truncated by Google within member states of the EU or in other EEA treaty states. Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. 

During your visit to this website, your user behaviour will be recorded in the form of “events.” Events can mean:

•    page views
•    first-time visit of the website
•    start of session
•    your click trail, interaction with the website
•    scrolls (whenever a user scrolls down to the end of the page [90%])
•    clicks on third-party links 
•    internal web search queries
•    interaction with videos
•    file downloads
•    viewed / clicked ads
•    language setting

The following will also be recorded:

•    your approximate location (region)
•    your IP address (in truncated form)
•    technical details about your browser and the endpoint you use (e. g. language setting, screen resolution)
•    your Internet provider
•    the referrer URL (the website / advertising media from which you transferred to this website)

On our behalf, Google will use this information for the purpose of analysing the use of our website, and of compiling reports on the website activities. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyse the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns.

The data will be passed on within the Google group of companies, so that data processing by Google LLC will essentially be carried out in the United States.

Please note that current EU data protection legislation classifies the United States as a so-called third country that is subject to different statutory data protection regulations, implying that the legally required level of data protection may be lower than that in the EU. In addition to Google, government agencies may also gain access to this data under US law if certain legal conditions are met. This is regrettably not subject to our control.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies are automatically deleted after 2 months at the latest. The data whose retention period has expired are automatically deleted once a month.

Legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR, and possibly Art. 49, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR.

You may retract your granted consent with effect for the future at any time by visiting your cookie settings as discussed above in this Policy, and by changing your selection there. Doing so will not affect legitimacy of any processing done with your consent up to the time of your revocation.

Aside from withholding your consent, you may also prevent the storage of cookies in general by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. However, configuring your browser to reject all cookies may limit the functionality of this and other websites for you. 

For more information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and on Google’s data protection policy go to the following third-party links: 
marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/en/ and policies.google.com.

Use of Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps service. It is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The service enables us to display interactive maps directly on our website and lets you use the map function at your convenience. It is integrated into our website via a Java Script API.

Use of Google Maps, and thus the processing of personal data by Google Maps, is not possible unless you have consented to it through the cookie settings on this page (“Marketing” category). The legal basis for this processing of personal data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR, or (in case the data are transmitted to the USA) pursuant to Art. 49, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR. You may retract your consent with effect to the future via the same cookie settings at any time.

As a result of using Google Maps, Google will receive information that the corresponding (sub)page of our website was called up while also receiving the associated IP address. This will happen regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no such user account exists. If you are signed into a Google service, your data will (probably) be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you should log out of your Google account before clicking the button. Google stores the data collected about you in the form of a user profile and uses it for advertising purposes, market research and/or the need-based design of its websites. The purpose of such an analysis is specifically to generate customised advertising (even for users not logged in). You have the right to object to the creation of such a user profile, but you will have to contact Google directly to exercise that right.

The aforesaid personal data will be transferred to the United States during the use of Google Maps. Please note that current EU data protection legislation classifies the United States as a so-called third country that is subject to different statutory data protection regulations, implying that the legally required level of data protection may be lower than that in the EU. In addition to Google, government agencies may also gain access to this data under US law if certain legal conditions are met. This is regrettably not subject to our influence.

For more information on the purpose and scope of the collection of data and their processing by the provider of Google Maps, please see the provider’s data protection statements. If you do, Google will also provide more details about your rights and privacy settings (third-party link): www.google.com/policies/privacy.

Prospects / Applicants 

In addition to the general and basic information provided above, the sections below will brief you on the processing of personal data within the framework of expressing your interest in, or submitting your application for, an apartment. 

Applicant / Viewing Appointment

Whenever you contact us as an interested party (booking a viewing appointment), your data will be saved and used for processing purposes so as to enable us to arrange a viewing appointment for you or to contact you. To this end, we will only collect such data from you that are indispensable for processing your query.

The legal basis for processing the necessary entries is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. b, GDPR (pre-contractual measure relating to the lease agreement) as well as our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR, to contact you and to coordinate viewing appointments in an efficient manner. Any additional disclosures you care to share will be made at your discretion.

In the context of appointment requests, we use the so-called “double-opt-in procedure.” Once you have filled in the input masks, you will receive an e-mail from us, asking you to confirm your e-mail address by clicking a link. Your data will not be transmitted to us unless you click the link. If you fail to click our confirmation link within a 7-day period, all your entries will be deleted and the request will not be processed.

Applicants for a Tenancy

If you wish to submit a concrete application for the lease to a specific apartment (the “Applicant” button), you will necessarily have to provide certain personal data to enable us to process your tenancy request. Such data include general information about your person and your contact details, e. g. name, address or e-mail address. In order to process your concrete tenancy request, we will need additional details, which you may submit via a self-disclosure form, substantiated by supporting evidence. You have the option to upload the documents or to send them to us by postal mail.

We will process your data for the purpose of handling your request and signing a lease with you. We also need your data for the purposes of running a credit check on you and to review the local conditions to ensure they are adequate for the intended use.

The legal basis for processing your data for the above purposes is the execution of the lease agreement or pre-contractual measures in accordance with Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. b, GDPR, as well as our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR, to reduce the risk of payment defaults by tenants through a qualified selection of applicants and to ensure the optimal use of the apartments. Any additional disclosures over and above these data will be made at your discretion.

In the context of your application, we use the so-called “double-opt-in procedure” unless your e-mail address was previously verified already. Once you have filled in the input masks, you will receive an e-mail from us, asking you to confirm your e-mail address by clicking a link. Your data will not be transmitted to us unless you click the link. If you fail to click our confirmation link within a 7-day period, all your entries will be deleted and the request will not be processed. You will subsequently be given the opportunity to create a user account. Having your own account will enable you to process the uploaded data on your own or inversely to delete all records as well as the account itself.

Just before the start of your lease term, at the latest, you will need to verify your data by presenting a government-issued photo ID.

Portal for Prospects & Applicants

Once your appointment request or application has been given an active status, you can request access to the user portal. Signing up for the portal is not required for the processing of your request. Yet if you decide to use the functionalities of our portal to carry out the pre-contractual measures (on the legal basis of Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. b, GDPR), having signed up will enable you to process the uploaded documents or the viewing appointment on your own, and to delete all documents and even to close your account.

Your consent pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a, GDPR, serves as legal basis for the creation of your account in the user portal. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by closing your account in the portal.

Disclosure to Any Third Party

Your data may be processed by associates well as by third-party service providers in the context of your visit of these Internet pages and in the context of showing an interest in or applying for a tenancy. Relevant entities in this context include, for example, IT service providers (in particular Apleona Real Estate GmbH in Düsseldorf) or other service companies. In data protection terms, third parties may count either as commissioned data processor pursuant to Art. 4, No. 8, GDPR, or as responsible entity pursuant to Art. 4, No. 7, GDPR. The selection and use of third-party service providers is carried out in consideration of internal minimum data protection standards and the relevant legal requirements (e. g. the conclusion of applicable contracts pursuant to Art. 28, GDPR, for commissioned data processors).

Deletion of Your Personal Data

As a matter of principle, we process personal data only for the period of time required for the processing purpose, and will delete such data after the purpose has been fulfilled, unless the deletion is prevented by legal obligations to provide supporting evidence or to retain data, or unless legal claims relevant in this respect are asserted.

Data Protection Information for (Sub-)Tenants

The data protection information currently applicable to tenancies (including tenant online portal and sub-tenants) can be retrieved here.

Data Protection when Using the myRENZbox Parcel Box System

The following information constitutes supplementary data protection information in case you have decided to use the myRENZbox parcel box system (PBS) in Port-o-Prenz.

General rules, e.g. on the person responsible, the right to complain to the supervisory authority, your rights as a data subject and the data protection officer continue to apply.

You have the option of receiving parcels via the PBS when you are not at home. To start this, you enter into a user agreement with us as the operator. Your first name, last name, and e-mail address are required to create an account in the PBS online portal. In further steps, you will need to pass on personal data (additionally: your mobile phone number) to parcel service providers and issue drop-off permits.

The processing of your personal data will partly be carried out on our behalf by processing partners in the sense of Art. 4 No. 8 GDPR. We essentially use the following data processing partners:

Erwin Renz Metallwarenfabrik GmbH & Co KG (hereinafter "RENZ"), Kirchberg / Murr.
Renz Service GmbH (hereinafter "RENZ Service"), Kirchberg / Murr
Apleona Real Estate GmbH (hereinafter "Apleona"), Berlin.
The online management portal of the PBS is provided by RENZ. Within the scope of these activities, RENZ processes personal data for the use of PBS on behalf of and for the purposes of Trei Real Estate Berlin-Pappelallee GmbH, unless otherwise described below.

1) What data is processed?

a) User account in the myRENZ portal

A user account for the myRENZ portal is required to use the PBS.

Your first name, last name and e-mail address are required for registering in the user administration. After your data has been transmitted, you will receive your access data to the myRENZ portal. After the first login with your login name and password, you will need to accept the user agreement with TREI Real Estate Berlin-Pappelallee GmbH as an operator.

In the myRENZ portal you can change your password under the tab "Access data". In this tab, a phone number must be entered under landline phone; this also works with a mobile phone number, which e.g. is used for SMS notifications. Here you can also view the user agreement and the privacy policy of RENZ and Renz Service.

Mandatory fields in the "User data" tab under "User data" are the fields first name, last name, address, e-mail address and landline telephone number (or mobile phone number). You can voluntarily fill out the fields Salutation and Comfort zone (parcel boxes on a barrier-free level); this data can be deleted at any time.

In order to receive parcels via DHL and Parcellock (dpd, gls and Hermes), a user account and delivery permission are a necessity with these firms. The integration takes place via the tab "Logistics". Here, your apartment data, if you have specified it, is transmitted to the delivery firm when the process is activated and deleted should you deactivate the data.

Under the "History" tab, you can view the entire history of your deliveries or collections. Information about the parcel service provider and the opening processes of the parcel box is processed here. This includes  information about the date and time of access, the duration of the opening of the box, and the access authorization used.

b) Processing operations for administration

The aforementioned data is processed for the (remote) administration of the PBS, the granting and revocation of access authorizations for users, the status and function overview of the system, the assignment of mailboxes, myRENZbox digital nameplates and digital messaging to the resident, and the activation and deactivation of logistics processes.

c) Anonymous usage statistics

In order to be able to further adjust the services to the needs of the users  and to enable the trouble-free use of the PBS, anonymous usage statistics may be collected.

These include statistics on incoming / outgoing deliveries by date / time, total parcel box size occupancy by service provider and total parcel box size occupancy.

d) Communication with RENZ and/or RENZ Service

Furthermore, RENZ or RENZ Service processes personal data provided in the event of individual communication (e.g. by e-mail, fax, or via the online form provided) with RENZ or RENZ Service via the contact options provided, in order to process the concern described. RENZ or RENZ Service is responsible for this data.

2) Purpose and legal basis of data collection

Your data is processed exclusively for the use and economic operation of PBS.

The legal basis for the data processing the fulfillment of the contract or implementation of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 par. 1 lit. b GDPR), as well as the consent given in part for the data optional in the administration portal in the tab "User Data" under "User Data" (Art. 6 par. 1 lit. a GDPR), the consent can be revoked at any time by deleting the future data.

Together with the processing under point c) under number 1), which is carried out by us, or on our behalf, it is our legitimate interest to enable the users of the PBS to operate or use it without problems and to be able to check the economic efficiency of making the PBS available (legal basis Art. 6 par. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR). Furthermore, the efficient and economic management or operation of the PBS also constitutes a legitimate interest for all processing activities of personal data (including by companies affiliated with the operator) in connection with the PBS.

3) Who receives your data?

Your personal data may be transferred to the following recipients:

Employees of the Operator as well as companies affiliated with the Operator and its employees.
Employees of Apleona
Employees of RENZ and/or RENZ Service
Logistics service providers and their employees
Service providers, software developers, helpdesk (data processing)
Collection service providers, lawyers in the event of the assertion of outstanding claims or in the event of legal disputes in connection with the provision of PBS.
It is not intended to transfer your data to recipients in countries outside of the European Union or the European Economic Area, where it cannot be readily assumed that the level of data protection is comparable to that in the European Union.

4) Storage periods

Your data will be deleted 14 days after termination of the user agreement or your termination of the agreement, provided that this does not conflict with any statutory retention periods and / or longer storage is necessary in the context of statutes of limitations.

The usage agreement begins with consent and is not limited in time. After termination of the lease, this usage agreement ends automatically. The usage agreement can also be terminated by either party during the lease, in which case a notice period of 2 weeks by the end of the month applies.

5) Necessity of providing your personal data

You are neither legally nor contractually obliged to provide your personal data. However, if you do not provide your respective personal data, the available services of PBS as well as the Portal may not be provided or provided in a timely manner or we are entitled to refuse to provide the service. This may result in you not being able to send or receive parcels via the Parcel Box Facility.

6) Your rights regarding stored data

If you wish to exercise your data subject rights, which are outlined above in the General Part of this Privacy Policy under "Data Subject Rights", in relation to PBS, please contact us by email at wohnen@treirealestate.com.
Our data protection declaration and our responsibility and liability in this regard basically do not extend to third-party websites to which we link or to which you are redirected. Subsequently, we are also not responsible for data processing carried out in these cases by the operators of these websites.

Reservation of Right of Modification

Trei, as operator of the website, reserves the right to change security and data protection measures whenever doing so becomes necessary, for instance in response to technological advances. In such cases, we will also adapt our notes on data protection accordingly. Please be sure therefore to take note of the latest version of our Data Protection Policy as amended.

 

Baseline date: April 2023