Privacy Policy

We, TULA Companies GmbH, build and operate companies that provide solutions for specific financing and insurance needs. We operate this website to inform you about the business of TULA Capital, one of our start-up financing projects.

We take the protection of your privacy very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. Please read this privacy policy very carefully.

§ 1 Preliminary notes

  1. The use of our website is generally possible without any indication of personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.
  2. We use technical and organisational security measures to ensure that your personal data is protected against loss, incorrect information or unauthorised access by third parties. In particular, we strive to prevent automatic reading of our website and databases by third parties. In any case, only authorised persons have access to your personal data, and only to the extent necessary for the above-mentioned purpose. However, we would like to point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail or when using our forms) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
  3. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact our data protection team by e-mail (privacy@tulacap.com) or by post (TULA Companies GmbH, Rheinsberger Straße 42, 10435 Berlin, Germany).
  4. We will inform you about
  • what data we collect through your visit to our website,
  • how this data is used by us, and
  • whether and to whom we pass on this data.

§ 2 Competent body

The responsible party for data collection, processing and use is TULA Companies GmbH, Rheinsberger Straße 42, 10435 Berlin, Germany, phone: +49 30 49922481, e-mail: privacy@tulacap.com. Our imprint contains further information about our company.

§ 3 Principles of data collection

  1. We treat all personal data provided to us in accordance with the applicable data protection laws. This means that, as a matter of principle, we do not pass this data on to third parties without your prior consent. However, it may be passed on to third parties who process payments or provide other contractual or technical services on our behalf.
  2. We undertake not to collect, store, modify, block or delete personal data protected by the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) or to pass this data on to third parties in any way, unless this is done for the legitimate fulfilment of tasks. This obligation to maintain data protection exists until the respective personal data is deleted. Furthermore, our employees are obliged to maintain data secrecy and to comply with all relevant privacy and data protection regulations.
  3. Our technical infrastructure ensures reliable protection against access and modification of data by unauthorised third parties (data security and integrity). In doing so, we ensure that the basic requirements of the data protection provisions of German and EU law are complied with by us and all our cooperation partners and service providers, even if the data is processed and/or stored outside Germany. As far as possible and appropriate, we will oblige third parties to provide adequate data protection.
  4. Definitions:
  • “Personal data” means data by which a person can be personally identified, e.g. the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number or other non-public information.
  • “Anonymous data” is data that cannot be linked to personal data; individuals cannot be identified by anonymous data.

§ 4 Type and scope of the collected, stored and processed data

  1. We use various types of data for the operation of this website and the provision of our services. This data is partly explicitly provided by the respective user, partly required for the use of this website and partly collected through the mere use of this website and its services.
  2. If you send us email messages or other communications, we will store these communications in order to process your request, answer questions and improve the quality of our website and our products and services.
  3. Communication via this website takes place via an encrypted internet connection (SSL). Any data storage takes place on servers connected to the internet in Germany. In addition, e-mails may be sent as part of the client relationship, which may contain client and case-related information. This communication takes place directly and indirectly with the respective lawyer as well as with us.

§ 5 Data collected directly in connection with the use of the website

1. TULA Companies GmbH

We use the services of third parties to evaluate the effectiveness of our website and services and to determine how our website and services are used. For this purpose, we use web beacons and cookies provided by third parties. The information collected includes pages visited, navigation patterns and similar data. This data allows us to find out which product information is of most interest to our customers. We determine how this data may or may not be used. A cookie itself does not contain any personal data, but if you enter personal data when visiting the website and do not delete the cookie from your browser after entering this data, the provider collects the non-personal data stored in the cookie (e.g. the number of visits) and stores it anonymously.

When you visit this website, the provider’s server automatically stores the data that your browser transmits. The server logs contain information about your web request, IP address, browser type, browser language, date and time of your request and one or more cookies that can uniquely identify your browser. The IP address is stored in abbreviated form for data protection reasons.

2. Server log files

When you access this website, certain data is automatically stored and possibly processed in server log files. Your browser automatically transmits this data to the server on which our content is hosted. This data includes:

  • Date and time of the request (server request),
  • the access method/function requested by the requesting computer,
  • host name of the accessing computer,
  • certain inputs transmitted by the requesting computer (e.g. file names),
  • your operating system,
  • your browser type including version number and
  • the URL from which the file was requested/requested (referrer URL).

This data is collected anonymously. The data can therefore not be assigned to specific persons and do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about specific persons. In particular, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are not stored. This data is not linked with data from other sources that lead to the generation of personal data. We reserve the right to check data if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.

3. Cookies

When you visit our website, “cookies” may be placed on your computer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. They serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure.

We use cookies to improve the quality of this website and our services, including storing usage preferences and tracking user trends and personalising the web experience. We may place one or more cookies in your browser when you visit our website. You can set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent. You then have the choice of either accepting or rejecting the cookie individually, rejecting the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, or activating the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies”, i.e. they are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.

4. Google Analytics

This website uses the web analytics services of Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of this website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to us. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. However, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

We also use Google Analytics to analyse data from Google Ads and the Double Click cookie for statistical purposes. If you do not want this, you can deactivate it via the Ads Preferences Manager (http://www.google.com/settings/ads).

5. Pipedrive CRM

We use Pipedrive for the management and storage of contact data. When filling out a contact form, your provided data is transmitted to Pipedrive and stored there. Pipedrive provides us with a secure platform for data processing and analysis. Pipedrive commits to protecting all data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. By submitting a contact form on this website, you agree that your entered data will be sent to and stored by Pipedrive. Pipedrive uses a data center in Germany (Frankfurt am Main) for storing the data.

You can request information about your personal data and ask for its deletion at any time. Pipedrive supports the irrevocable and complete deletion of this data.

6. Mailchimp

In our efforts to keep you informed about our services and offerings, we employ Mailchimp, a leading email marketing service owned by Intuit, a reputable US-based company. Intuit, as the parent company of Mailchimp, participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, also known as the Privacy Shield. This framework establishes privacy standards for the transfer of personal data between the European Union and the United States.

By participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, Maichimp ensures that your personal information is treated with the same level of privacy and protection as if it were within the European Union. This means that your data is handled securely, and your privacy rights are respected, even when it is transferred to a company based in the United States.

§ 6 Your rights to information, revocation, deletion and blocking

Your rights include:

  • You have the right to receive information about the personal data stored about you free of charge at any time.
  • You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to correct, block or delete this data.
  • You have the right to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data at any time free of charge for the future.

The exercise of the aforementioned rights does not require any justification.

You can exercise your rights by contacting us by e-mail (privacy@tulacap.com) or by post (TULA Companies GmbH, Rheinsberger Straße 42, 10435 Berlin, Germany).

In order to comply with statutory retention obligations, we are entitled to continue to store data that would otherwise be obliged to be deleted for as long as and to the extent that this is necessary to comply with statutory obligations.

§ 7 Changes to this privacy policy

This privacy policy and the corresponding notices can be changed at any time in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.