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Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can personally identify you. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is Responsible for Data Collection on This Website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the “Notice Concerning the Responsible Party” section of this privacy policy.

How Do We Collect Your Data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This could, for example, be data that you send us via email.

Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What Do We Use Your Data For?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about data protection.

2. Hosting

GitHub Pages

This website is hosted on servers of GitHub Inc., 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

When you visit this website, GitHub automatically collects technical information in server log files that your browser automatically transmits. This includes:

This data is collected by GitHub for security and stability purposes and serves the technical provision of the website. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in the technical provision and security of the website).

Since GitHub is based in the USA, personal data is transferred to a third country. GitHub has committed to EU standard contractual clauses. For more information, see the GitHub Privacy Policy and the GitHub Data Protection Addendum.

The collected data is stored and processed by GitHub in accordance with their privacy policy. We do not have direct access to these server log files.

Community Telemetry Display

The homepage displays a live widget showing aggregated statistics from the evcc community (e.g., total charging power, number of active users, solar share). This data is provided by our own service api.evcc.io.

When loading this display, no personal data is collected or transmitted from you as a website visitor. The widget exclusively shows anonymized, aggregated data from participating evcc users who have voluntarily opted into the telemetry program. For more information about telemetry participation for evcc users, see our documentation.

Optimizer Service (optimizer.evcc.io)

evcc offers an optional optimizer feature that makes cost-optimal decisions for your energy system. When you enable the optimizer in the user interface, the following data is transmitted to our service optimizer.evcc.io:

The service is hosted on Microsoft Azure in a German data centre. No data is transferred to third countries. The service is stateless – no data is permanently stored on the server. The transmitted data is used solely to calculate the optimisation result and discarded afterwards.

The optimizer is only active when you explicitly enable it in the user interface. Usage requires an active sponsorship. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent through actively enabling the feature).

Alternatively, you can run the optimizer locally to avoid data transmission entirely. For more information, see our documentation.

3. Algolia DocSearch (Search Function on docs.evcc.io)

Our documentation site (docs.evcc.io) uses Algolia DocSearch for the search function. Algolia is a service provided by Algolia Inc., 589 Howard Street, Suite 5, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA.

When you use the search function, the following data is transmitted to Algolia:

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in providing a functional search capability for our documentation). Data transmission only occurs when you actively use the search function.

Since Algolia is based in the USA, personal data is transferred to a third country. Algolia is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. For more information about Algolia’s privacy practices, see the Algolia Privacy Policy.

Search queries are processed by Algolia for analysis and improvement of the search function. No further use or disclosure to third parties occurs.

4. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Notice Concerning the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Michael Geers
Neuenkirchener Str. 23a
49593 Bersenbrück
Germany

Email: info@evcc.io

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, Deletion, and Correction

Within the scope of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request restriction of data processing instead of deletion.

If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.

If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – apart from being stored – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

Source: https://www.e-recht24.de/muster-datenschutzerklaerung.html