Legal
As of: March 2025
This privacy policy applies to the content and use of the online application “Ability Hub” (hereinafter “the application”). This includes, in particular, the website www.ability-hub.com and any apps provided (app.ability-hub.com).
Protecting the personal data and privacy of our users is very important to us. Below, we inform you how we handle your personal data and what rights users have.
We may adjust this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changed functionalities or a changed legal situation. We recommend reviewing it at regular intervals.
1. Controller
The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Ability Hub GmbH (hereinafter “Ability Hub”, “provider”, or “we”), Pappelallee 78/79, 10437 Berlin. Email: info@ability-hub.com. Phone: +49 176 8235 5198.
2. Purposes and legal bases of processing
We process data only to the extent necessary and permissible under data protection law, in order to enable visits to the website or use of the application.
a. When accessing the website
Each time the website is accessed, we collect general data that is temporarily stored in log files and deleted after six months at the latest: browser type and version, operating system, referrer URL, subpages visited, date and time of access, IP address, internet service provider, and similar data for threat prevention. We do not draw any conclusions about the data subject. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR; the processing serves correct delivery, security, and optimization of the website. This collection is strictly necessary for operation; there is no option to object.
b. When accessing the app
When accessing the app, session data is processed to enable a seamless user experience. It is deleted at the end of use; continuous storage occurs only if a user actively creates a profile. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, and for usage improvements Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
c. Cookies
Cookies and similar technologies are small text documents that may be stored on your device when you visit the website or use the app. They store, for example, your consent to or rejection of non-essential cookies, enable basic functions, and help us understand how our services are used and can be improved. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time in the cookie settings.
d. Use of the application
Where necessary to provide the functional and service offerings, we process personal data that users provide, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR—e.g., master data for creating a profile, or contact details and messages for handling inquiries.
e. Legal obligations
Where we are legally obligated to process data (e.g., retention obligations under tax law), the processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
3. Disclosure to third parties / recipients of the data
As a rule, we do not disclose your personal data to third parties. Where data is disclosed in individual cases (e.g., to IT service providers) on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR, it is treated in strict confidence and, in accordance with GDPR requirements, bound by data processing agreements. We will provide a current list of service providers on request.
4. Transfer to third countries
No transfer of your data to a third country or international organization takes place.
5. Your rights
With regard to your data, you have the following rights: access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), data portability (Art. 20 GDPR), objection (Art. 21 GDPR), withdrawal of consent given (Art. 7(3) GDPR), and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).
Competent supervisory authority: The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Alt-Moabit 59-61, 10555 Berlin. Phone: +49 30 13889-0. Email: mailbox@datenschutz.berlin.de.
6. Right to object
You have the right, pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data carried out on the basis of a legitimate interest, where grounds arising from your particular situation exist. If the objection is directed against direct marketing, there is a general right to object. To do so, contact us via the channels listed under section 1.
7. Duration of data storage
The storage period depends on the purposes pursued with the storage. We delete your data as soon as it is no longer needed to achieve the purpose, unless statutory retention periods (e.g., under the German Commercial Code (HGB) or Fiscal Code (AO)) prevent this.
8. Provision of data
You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to provide us with data. However, if you withhold certain data, use of our services may not be possible.
9. Automated decision-making
We refrain from automated decision-making or profiling, unless we inform you separately about it in individual cases. Where we use AI, we inform you in detail in the individual case. In principle, we do not use AI to make decisions with legal effects or that similarly affect you.