Terms and Conditions

Last Updated: 11.9.2023

Version: V.1.1

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These terms of service (the “Terms of Service”) govern the terms and conditions under which anyone subscribing for or otherwise using the Service of Lead IP (the “Service” as defined below). By accepting the Terms of Service, an agreement is entered into by you and Lead IP GmbH, company registration number (Handelsregisternummer) HRB 263320 Amtsgericht München, having its registered address at Thierschstraße 55, 80538 München („Lead IP“, the “Company“, “we” or “us”).

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The Service is provided through our webpage www.leadip.io and any subdomains thereof (the “Platform”) and our web application (the “App”). By using the Service or creating a user account with us you accept these Terms of service. If you do not agree to these Terms of service, please do not use the Service provided by us.

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THESE TERMS OF SERVICE CONTAIN IMPORTANT LIMITATIONS ON REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, REMEDIES AND LIABILITIES THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SERVICES. ACCORDINGLY, YOU SHOULD READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SERVICES. BY EXECUTING AN ORDER FORM THAT REFERENCES THESE TERMS OF SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS HEREOF. IF YOU ARE AN AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF AN ENTITY YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT (I) THE INDIVIDUAL ACCEPTING THIS AGREEMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT ON SUCH ENTITY’S BEHALF AND TO BIND SUCH ENTITY, AND (II) SUCH ENTITY HAS FULL POWER, CORPORATE OR OTHERWISE, TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS, THEN DO NOT USE THE PLATFORM, THE APP OR ANY OF ITS CONTENT OR SERVICES.

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Products that are booked separately and not offered within the scope of a continuing obligation are subject to a separate agreement for which additional terms and conditions will be explicitly displayed prior to booking. The corresponding contractual terms and services can be modified for future bookings irrespective of the service modification requirements stipulated here.

1. The Service

We are providing you with the right to create, access and use a community platform for the benefit of the Users, with a range of different and personalisable functionalities, on a software as a service basis, for internal business purposes in the IP industry (“Service”).

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Everyone using our Service is, in these Terms of Service, referred to as “User(s)” or “you”, a definition which also includes you as a party to this contract that you have entered into by accepting these Terms of Service. 

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The Service is to be used in the User’s professional capacity, working as a professional in the IP industry. The Service that constitutes the Collective Minds Platform can be described as having the following core utilizations:

[DESCRIPTION CORE UTILIZATIONS]

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2. Definitions

“Affiliate” means any entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Party hereto. “Control,” for purposes of this definition, means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting interests of the subject entity.

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“Contributor Data” is the database of personal information owned and operated by Lead IP, from which it licenses Output Data to Users.

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“Credentials” means both email and associated password of Users created either directly through the Services or available through single sign-on functionality where relevant. 

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“Data” means personal identification electronic data or information input or submitted by Users to the Services, except Publications. 

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“Delivery Metadata” means information collected by Lead IP in the course of delivering emails (including without limitation information about deliverability and system operations).

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“End-User(s)” means a single individual whose Data is stored in the Services. 

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“GDPR” (the General Data Protection Regulation): means Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC, and its European and national implementing laws.

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“Internet” means the worldwide system of interconnected computer networks, which is located in any region of the world.

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“Malicious Code” means viruses, worms, time bombs, Trojan horses and any other harmful or malicious code, files, scripts, agents programs or software.  

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“Order Form(s)” means the ordering document(s) for placing an order with the Company for Services.

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“Output Data” is the information that Lead IP delivers to the User, exclusive of the Submitted Data.

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“Party” means the Company or the User when referred to individually and “Parties” when referred to collectively.     

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“Publications” means any content or information published in the Services by the Users, and visible to Users.

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“Services” means the Company providing the User with the right to create, access and use a community platform for the benefit of the Users, with a range of different and personalisable functionalities, on a software as a service basis, for internal business purposes.

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“Software” means the software provided by the Company (either by download or through the Internet) that allows Users to use any functionality in connection with the Services.    

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“Statement of Work”means the description of activities performed by the Company in completing the Services, as specified in the Order Form and as may be amended from time to time.

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“Submitted Data” is the set of personal information (such as name and title, email address, or telephone number) that User provides directly to Lead IP in order to receive the Service. Submitted Data does not include Output Data or Delivery Metadata.

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“Subscription” means subscription by the User to the Services for the duration stated in the Order Form; a Subscription shall begin on the Subscription Start Date and end on the Subscription End Date as set forth in the applicable Order Form.  

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“Subscription End Date”means the date when the Subscription is supposed to end or renew as stated in the Order Form.

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“Subscription Fee”means the payment to be made for the Services according to the terms and conditions stated in the Order Form.

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“Subscription Start Date”means the date when the Subscription starts as stated in the Order Form.

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“Subscription Term” means the period of time between the Subscription Start Date and the Subscription End Date. 

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“Taxes” means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, duties, imposts or other similar assessments or liabilities, including without limitation income tax, corporation tax, worker’s social security contributions, income tax withholdings, capital gains, value added taxes, and customs duties and excise duties, and any interest, fines or penalties resulting from, attributable to or incurred in connection with any tax or any contest or dispute thereof.

3. User’s Account - Obligations

Service Eligibility

The Service is not for use by anyone under the age of 18. To use the Service, you agree that: you nust be 18 years or older and you are not already restricted by Lead IP from using the Service. Creating an account with false information is a violation of our terms, including accounts registered on behalf of others or persons under the age of 18.

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User’s Account

User must set up an account in order to access most aspects of the Service, including in most cases to provided Submitted Data or to receive Output Data. Client agrees to provide correct account information (such as name and email address) and make best efforts to ensure that Provider has User’s most up to date contact information, in the event Lead IP needs to contact User or deliver any important notices. User is responsible for maintaining the security of User’s account information, such as User’s username and password, and for restricting access to User’s computer and other devices; User is liable for any activity occurring through User’s account. Lead IP therefore strongly recommends changing User’s password periodically, and that User not share User’s password or account Credentials with anyone else.

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You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account information, such as your username and password, and for restricting access to your computer and other devices; you agree and understand that you will be liable for any activity occurring through your account.

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4. Rights granted under the services 

You may be and hereby are granted a nonexclusive, non-assignable, worldwide limited right to use the Services subject and according to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Order Form, this Terms of Service and any other agreements referenced in the applicable Order Form. You may be and hereby are granted a license to use the Output Data for (and solely for) your personal and/or your internal business purposes only, subject to the prohibitions and restrictions herein, and a license to store, print, or make a copy of Output Data we provide to you solely for your personal or internal business purposes. You may not resell, distribute, or create derivative works from the Service or the Output Data. You may not develop any service, product, toolset, dataset or derivative work from the Output Data or the Service, whether in aggregated or non-aggregated form, and whether in identified or de-identified form.

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You acknowledge that Lead IP has no delivery obligation and will not ship copies of the Software to you as part of the Services. You agree that you do not acquire any license to use the Services specified in the Order Form in excess of the scope or duration set forth in the Order Form. Upon the end or termination of your Subscription, or the Order Form, your right to access or use the Services specified in the Order Form shall terminate.

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Additional Users or add-on features to the Services may be purchased during an unexpired Subscription Term at the price set forth in the relevant Order Form, prorated for the remainder of the Subscription Term in effect at the time the add-ons are purchased. Such add-ons shall terminate on the Subscription End Date. 

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You shall not (a) make the Services available to anyone other nor allow the Services to be used in excess of the limitations set forth in an Order Form or this Terms of Service unless you pay any additional fees required to be paid in relation to such use; (b) give access to the Services to a competitor of the Company, (c) directly or indirectly sell, resell, rent, sublicense or lease the Services; (d) interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Services or third-party services or data contained therein; (e) copy, modify or make derivative works of the Software; (f) reverse engineer, disassemble or reverse compile the Software; or (g) access or use the Services in order to: (i) design, develop, build, market or support a competitive product or service; (ii) design, develop, build, market or support a product using similar ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Services; or (iii) copy any ideas, features, functions or graphics of the Services. You may not access the Services if you are a competitor. In addition, you may not access the Services for purposes of monitoring its availability, performance or functionality, or for any other benchmarking or competitive purposes.

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You agree not to use or permit to use the Software and Services, including uploading, emailing, posting, publishing or otherwise transmitting any material, by anyone, including all Users, for any purpose that may (a) menace or harass any person or cause damage or injury to any person or property; (b) involve the publication of any material that is false, defamatory, harassing or obscene; (c) violate privacy rights or promote bigotry, racism, hatred or harm; (d) constitute unsolicited bulk e-mail, “junk mail”, “spam” or chain letters; (e) constitute an infringement of intellectual property or other proprietary rights; (e) harvest or collect e-mail addresses or other contact information of third parties by any means for the purposes of sending unsolicited e-mails or other unsolicited communications; (f) use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with the Services; (g) send or store infringing, obscene, threatening, libelous, or otherwise unlawful or tortious material, including material harmful to children or that violates of third party privacy rights; (h) use the Services to send or store material containing Malicious Code; or (i) otherwise violate applicable laws, ordinances or regulations. You agree to take commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Users comply with the terms of this Terms of Service, including this Section 3.4. In addition to any other rights afforded to the Company under the Order Form or this Terms of Service, the Company reserves the right to remove or disable access to any Publications that violates the foregoing restrictions. The Company shall have no liability in the event the Company takes such action. 

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Lead IP shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for planned downtime for maintenance of more than 15 minutes (for which the Company shall give reasonable notice via the Services or via email) and which the Company shall schedule, to the extent practicable, during non-peak usage hours; and (ii) provide the Services only in accordance with applicable laws and government regulations. The Services support the latest two (2) major versions of the supported web browsers as set forth in the Company’s online support center.

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In addition to the limitations on the number of Users and specific add-on features, the Services may be subject to additional limitations, such as, limits on disk storage space or on the number of calls you are permitted to make against the Company’s application programming interface (“API”) as should be agreed in the applicable Order Form.

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3Lead IP will provide you implementation services which include training regarding use of the Services and data migration support services (“Implementation Services”) as set forth in an Order Form. The Company warrants that the Implementation Services will be provided in a professional manner in accordance with applicable industry standards.

5. Subscription Services and Order Forms

The Parties shall enter into one or more Order Forms, which are in any event governed by this Agreement. The Order Form(s) will set forth the payment requirements and subscription details, e.g., a month-to-month payment, quarterly or annual subscription. Payment methods are as follows (which may be set forth in greater detail in the Order Form):

User may purchase a subscription (for the term set forth in an applicable Order Form, e.g., monthly, quarterly, annual), in which case payment must be in advance of receipt of Output Data except as otherwise set forth in an Order Form.

6. Changes to Service and Terms

Lead IP reserves the right to modify the Service offered or to offer services different from those offered at the time of the User’s registration at any time unless this is unreasonable for the user. 

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Lead IP reserves the right to amend these Terms of Service at any time, without giving reasons, unless an amendment is unreasonable to the User. Lead IP shall give due notice to the user regarding amendments to these Terms of Service. If the User does not object to the validity of the revised Terms of Service within six (6) weeks of receipt of said notice, the amended Terms of Service shall be deemed accepted by the User. In its notice, Lead IP shall inform the user about the User’s right to object and the importance of the objection deadline.

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Lead IP furthermore reserves the right to modify the services offered on the Platform and/or the App or to offer services different from those offered at the time of the user’s registration at any time and / or to modify the Terms of Service

 (a) if the modification is only beneficial to the User,

(b) if the modification is of a purely technical or process-related nature without any material impact for the User,

(a) to the extent Lead IP is obliged to ensure the Terms of Service comply with legislation incumbent thereon, particularly in the event of a change to said legislation,

(d) to the extent Lead IP is therefore deemed to have complied with a legal judgement or decision by the authorities, or

(e) to the extent Lead IP introduces supplementary, completely new services or service components requiring a service description in the Terms of Service, unless this has a detrimental impact on the use relationship to date.

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The User’s right to cancellation remains unaffected in the event of modifications to services or governed by this provision.

7. Force Majeure. 

Lead IP will not be deemed responsible or liable for its failure to perform or delay in performance under this Agreement (or any Order Form) where such delay or failure is beyond ist control, including where caused by strikes or labor disputes, internet or telecommunications failures, shortages of or inability to obtain labor, energy, or supplies, war, terrorism, riot, acts of God or

governmental action, or natural disasters.

8. DISCLAIMER OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

CLIENT’S USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT CLIENT’S OWN RISK. THE SERVICE ALONG WITH THE OUTPUT DATA IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES (1) OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, (2) OF INFORMATIONAL COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY, OR FREEDOM FROM TRANSCRIPTION ERRORS, (3) OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, (4) OF PERFORMANCE, (5) OF TITLE, OR (6) THAT THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE IN AN ERROR FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, OR UNINTERRUPTED MANNER. 

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

PROVIDER (AND ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, AFFILIATES, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO CLIENT FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF THE SERVICE, OUTPUT DATA OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE SAME, OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY, OR FOR ANY CONTENT, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICE OBTAINED THROUGH OR VIEWED ON THE SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF SAME, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, REGULATION, COMMON LAW PRECEDENT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES AND EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES RESULT FROM PROVIDER’S NEGLIGENCE OR GROSS NEGLIGENCE. IN NO EVENT SHALL PROVIDER’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE SERVICE EXCEED THE TOTAL OF THE AMOUNT PAID BY CLIENT DURING THE 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH A CLAIM AROSE. SHOULD CLIENT VIOLATE SECTION 6(a) or 6(e), PROVIDER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ENFORCE ALL EQUITABLE REMEDIES PROVIDER MAY HAVE UNDER LAW, AND (IN ADDITION TO ANY RIGHT TO DAMAGES PROVIDER MAY HAVE), SHALL BE ENTITLED TO DISGORGEMENT OF REVENUES OBTAINED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH PROVISION, AS WELL AS REASONABLE ATTORNEYS FEES.

10. Indemnity

You are liable for any damages inflicted on us, or any third party, due to your breach of these Terms of service, including but not limited to the misuse of the Platform, the App and/or the Service. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify us in relation to any claims, costs (including reasonable legal costs) damages, expenses, liabilities and losses incurred by us in relation to your breach of these Terms of service or other applicable law.

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Should any User-generated Material infringe a third party’s intellectual property right, you agree to immediately remove all infringing parts of the User-generated Material and indemnify us from all damages, costs and expenses incurred by us as a result of such infringement.

11. Warranties in Relation to Apollo.io

The parties to this agreement, we and the Users, hereby clarify the following in relation to Apple Inc. ("Apple"):

That we and the Users are the only parties to this Agreement;

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1. That we are responsible for the Service, the App and all content therein. We carry all responsibility for the maintenance, support and service of the Service or any technical equipment used to enable the provision of these. Claims that directly or indirectly depend on such grounds may only be directed against us, and not against any third party.
2. That all demands or claims arising directly or indirectly from the use of the Service and which might be directed against us, only shall be directed against us. Apple is not in any way liable to respond to these demands or claims, if these are directed against Apollo.io.
3. That we, and not Apollo.io, are solely responsible to investigate, defend, settle or secure liability in the event of any third party claims, based on the Service or infringements of any third party's intellectual property rights caused by use of the Service.
4. The User guarantees and ensures that you are not located in a country subject to an embargo issued by the US government, or has been designated by the US as a "terrorist supporting" country and that you are not on any of the US government's list of prohibited or restricted parties.
5. That these Terms of service create rights for Appollo.io to apply these Terms of service directly against you, regardless of our participation. In addition to the third-party rights given to Apple, these Terms of service will not give any third-party rights to any other natural or legal person.

12. Miscellaneous

The term “included” shall in these Terms be read as to mean “including but not limited to”.

You may not assign or transfer any rights, obligations or licenses as provided in these Terms of service. We may assign and transfer our rights under these Terms of service without your consent and without notice to you.

Failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of service shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision.

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In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between these Terms of Service and (i) the terms of any Order Form or Statement of Work, the terms of the Order Form or Statement of Work shall control and (ii) a specific agreement signed by you with Lead IP with the same purpose as herein, the terms of such agreement shall prevail.

These Terms of service operate to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of these Terms of service is deemed to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from these Terms of service and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

13. Applicable Law and Disputes

These Terms of service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with German laws, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms of service, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be finally settled by Swedish courts, with the Stockholm District Court as the first instance although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you in your country of residence, unless otherwise is provided by mandatory law.

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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

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Version: V.1.1

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1. About us and our website

In this data protection information pursuant to Art. 13 and 14 of the EU's GDPR, we inform you about the processing of your personal data by Lead IP GmbH, company registration number (Handelsregisternummer) HRB 263320 Amtsgericht München, having its registered address at Thierschstraße 55, 80538 München („Lead IP“ the “Company“, “we” or “us”) in connection with the website www.leadip.io.

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This Privacy Policy outlines how Lead IP processes your Personal Data (as defined below) within the context of the website www.leadip.io and the Services as defined in our Terms of Service ("Services") offered within it.

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„Personal Data“ is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is anyone who can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular, by means of reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person. Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, reading, retrieval, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or another form of making the data available, reconciliation or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

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We take technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your information managed by us from being tampered with, lost, destroyed or accessed by authorized individuals. We are continuously improving our security measures in line with technological advancements.

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The controller as per the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

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Lead IP GmbH 

Thierschstraße 55

D-80538 München 

Germany

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Email: privacy@leadip.io

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If you have any concerns about data protection, you can also contact our Data Protection Officer:

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Lead IP GmbH 

[Winston Schultze]

Thierschstraße 55

D-80538 München 

Germany

Email: [winston@leadip.io]

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2. Collecting and processing data

Whenever you access our website and use ore Services, we store 

• certain information about the browser and operating system you are using; 
• the date and time of your visit; 
• the status of the interaction (e.g. whether you were able to access the website or received an error message); 
• the usage of features and Services on the website; 
• any search phrases you entered; 
• how often you visit individual websites; 
• the names of the files you access; 
• the amount of data transferred; 
• the Web page from which you accessed our website; 
• HTTP status code (e.g., "Request successful" or "Requested file not found")
• and the Web page you visited after visiting our website, whether by clicking links on our websites or entering a domain directly into the input field of the same tab (or window) of the browser in which you have our websites open. 

In the log files, the above data is stored without your full IP address, which means that no conclusions can be drawn about your IP address.

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In addition, we store your IP address and the name of your Internet service provider for seven days. This is for security reasons; in particular, to prevent and detect attacks on our websites or attempts at fraud.

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We only process other personal data if you provide this data, e.g. as part of a registration, contact form, chat, survey, or for the execution of a contract, and even in these cases only insofar as this is permitted to us on the basis of a consent (including consent to international data transfer, see section 9) given by you or in accordance with the applicable legal provisions (see section 6).

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You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal information. However, certain features of our websites may depend on the sharing or personal information. If you do not provide your personal information in such cases, you may not be able to use those features, or they may be available with limited functionality.

3. Purposes of use

We process your personal data for various purposes in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). We use the personal information collected during your visit to any of our websites to make using them as convenient as possible for you and to protect our IT systems against attacks and other unlawful activities.

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If you share additional information with us – for example, by filling out a registration form, contact form, chat, survey, contest entry or to execute a contract with you – we will use that information for the designated purposes, purposes of customer management and – if required – for purposes of processing and billing and business transactions within the required scope in each instance.

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For other purposes (e.g. display of personalized content or advertising based on your usage behaviour), we and, if applicable, selected third parties, use your personal data if and to the extent you give your consent through our consent management system. You will find further information and decision-making options under "Cookies" in the footer at the bottom of the website.

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In addition, we use personal data to the extent that we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., storage for the fulfilment of commercial or tax-related retention obligations, release in accordance with official or judicial orders, e.g. to a law enforcement authority).

4. Transfer of Personal Information to Third Parties; Plugins; Use of Service Providers

Our websites may also contain an offer of third parties. If you click on such an offer, we transfer data to the respective provider to the required extent (e.g. information that you have found this offer with us and, if applicable, further information that you have already provided on our websites for this purpose). 

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When we use plug-ins on our websites from Third Party Provider such as [Third Party Provider], we integrate them as follows:

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When you visit our websites, the social plug-ins are deactivated, i.e. no data is transmitted to the operators of these Third Party Provider. If you want to use one of the Third Party Provider, click on the respective plug-in to establish a direct connection to the server of the respective Third Party Provider.

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If you have a user account on a Third Party Provider and are logged in when you activate a plug-in, the Third Party Provider can associate your visit to our websites with your user account. If you want to avoid this, please log out of the Third Party Provider before activating the social plug-in. A Third Party Provider cannot associate a visit to our websites until you have activated an existing social plug-in.

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When you activate a plug-in, the Third Party Provider transfers the content that becomes available directly to your browser, which integrates it into our websites. In this situation, data transmissions can also take place that are initiated and controlled by the respective Third Party Provider. Your connection to a Third Party Provider, the data transfers taking place between the Third Party Provider and your system, and your interactions on that platform are governed solely by the privacy policies of that Third Party Provider. 

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The plug-in remains active until you deactivate it or delete your cookies (see section 5).

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If you click on the link to an offer or activate a plug-in, personal data may reach providers in countries outside the European Economic Area that, from the point of view of the European Union ("EU"), may not guarantee an "adequate level of protection" for the processing of personal data in accordance with EU standards. Please remember this fact before clicking on a link or activating a plug-in and thereby triggering a transfer of your data.

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We also use qualified service providers (e.g., IT service providers, marketing agencies) to operate, optimize and secure our websites. Within Lead IP, those entities that need your data in order to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations as well as to pursue legitimate interests (e.g.: IT, sales) receive your data. We only pass on personal data to the latter insofar as this is necessary for the provision and use of the website and its functionalities, for the pursuit of legitimate interests, to comply with legal obligations, or insofar as you have consented there to (see section 6). You will find more information regarding recipients of personal data in our consent management system under "Cookies" in the footer at the bottom of the website.

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Service providers deployed by us and acting on our behalf (so-called processors) who assist with data processing on our behalf also receive data for these purposes. Service providers can also be commissioned to provide server capacity. Specifically, this includes companies in the following categories:

• Tracking service providers
• Web agencies
• Hosting providers and IT service providers
• Content delivery network providers
• Customer support

In principle, we will only transfer your personal data to third parties if this is necessary to fulfil a contract, if we or the third party have a legitimate interest in it being passed on, or if you have given your consent to this. In addition, we may pass on your personal data to the following recipients or categories of recipients who act as controllers under data protection law, insofar as this is necessary to achieve the purposes described above:

• External consultants of Lead IP (e.g., law firms, tax consulting firms, auditing firms)
• Insurance providers
• Government authorities within the scope of their jurisdiction (e.g., the tax authorities, police, public prosecutor's office, courts)
• Other third parties, insofar as you instruct us to pass on data or give your consent.

5. Cookies

Cookies may be used when you are visiting our website. Technically, these are so-called HTML cookies and similar software tools such as Web/DOM Storage or Local Shared Objects (so-called "Flash cookies"), which we collectively refer to as cookies.

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Cookies are small files that are stored, and later read out, on your desktop, notebook or mobile device while you visit a website. Cookies make it possible, for example, to determine whether there has already been a connection between the device and the websites; take into account your preferred language or other settings, offer you certain certain functions or recognize your usage-based interests. Cookies may also contain personal data.

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Whether and which cookies are used when you visit our website depends on which areas, Services and functions of our websites you use and whether you agree to the use of cookies that are not strictly, typically for technical reasons, required in our Cookie consent management. You will find further information and decision-making options under "Cookies" in the footer at the bottom of the website.

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The use of cookies also depends on the settings of the web browser you are using (e.g., Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox). Most web browsers are preset to automatically accept certain types of cookies; however, you can usually change this setting. You can delete stored cookies at any time. Web/DOM storage and local shared objects can be deleted separately. You can find out how this works in the browser or device you are using in the manual of the learner.

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The consent to, and rejection or deletion of, cookies are tied to the device and also to the respective web browser you use. If you use multiple devices or web browsers, you can make decisions or settings differently.

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If you decide against the use of cookies or delete them, you may not have access to all functions of our websites or individual functions may be limited.

6. Legal Foundations for Data Processing

If you have given us your consent to process your personal information, then that is the legal foundation for processing it (Art. 6, para. 1, letter a, of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR). Regarding consent to transfer of data to recipients outside of the European Economic Area (Art. 49 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), please refer to section 9.

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Art. 6, para. 1, letter b, of the GDPR is the legal basis for processing personal information for the purpose of entering into a contract or performing a contract with you.

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If processing your personal information is required to fulfill our legal obligations (e.g. data retention), we are authorized to do so by Art. 6, para. 1, letter c, of the GDPR.

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Furthermore, we process personal information for purposes of protecting our legitimate interests as well as the interests of third parties in accordance with Art. 6, para. 1, letter f of the GDPR. Examples of such legitimate interests include maintaining the functionality of our IT systems as well as the (direct) marketing of our products and services (to the extent not covered by your consent) and those of third parties and the legally required documentation of business contacts. As part of the consideration of interests required in each case, we take into account various aspects, in particular the type of personal information, the purpose of processing, the circumstances of processing and your interest in the confidentiality of your personal information.

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Storage and reading of cookies in accordance with Section 5 is based on § 25 TTDSG (in Germany).

7. Storing your personal data

Your IP address and the name of your internet service provider, which we store for security reasons, are deleted after seven days. Moreover, we delete your personal information as soon as the purpose for which it was collected and processed has been fulfilled. We store your data for as long as this is necessary to provide our services to you or for as long as we have a legitimate interest in its further storage.

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In addition, we are subject to various retention and documentation obligations resulting from the German Commercial Code (HGB) or the Tax Code (AO), among other things. The period for retention and documentation specified in these regulations can range from two to ten years. Finally, the retention period is also determined based on the statutory limitation periods, which, according to §§ 195 et seq. of the German Civil Code (BGB), for example, may be up to thirty years, though the standard limitation period is three years.

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Under certain circumstances, your data must also be kept for longer, e.g., if a so-called legal hold or litigation hold is ordered in connection with official or legal proceedings (i.e., a ban on deleting data for the duration of the proceedings).

8. Your rights

If you have any questions about your personal data, you will find a description of your rights below:

1. Exercise of your data protection rights

Please use the following contact for your requests: [privacy@leadip.io]

2. Your right to information about your data

We will provide you with information about the data we hold about you on request.

3. Your right to correct and complete your data

We will correct inaccurate information about you if you notify us accordingly. We will complete incomplete data if you notify us accordingly, provided this data is necessary for the intended purpose of processing your data.

4. Your right to delete your data

We will delete the information we hold about you on request. However, some data will only be deleted subject to a defined period of retention, for example because we are required to retain the data by law in some cases, or because we require the data to fulfil our contractual obligations to you.

5. Your right to have your data blocked

In certain legally determined cases, we will block your data if you would like us to do so. Blocked data is only further processed to a very limited extent.

6. Your right to withdraw consent

You can withdraw consent given for your data to be processed with effect for the future at any time. The legality of processing your data remains unaffected by this up to the point at which your consent is withdrawn.

7. Your right to object to the processing of your data

You can object to the processing of your data with effect for the future at any time, if we are processing your data on the basis of one of the legal justifications set out in section 6 clauses (1e) or (1f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. In the event that you object we will cease processing your data, provided that there are no compelling and legitimate grounds for further processing. The processing of your data for the purposes of direct marketing never constitutes compelling and legitimate grounds for us.

8. Your right to data portability

At your request, we can make certain information available to you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

9. Your right to appeal to a regulatory authority

You can lodge an appeal pertaining to data protection with a data protection authority. To do so, contact the data protection authority responsible for your place of residence or the data protection authority under whose jurisdiction we fall (named below).

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Bavarian Data Protection Authority (BayLDA), www.baylda.de

(Bavarian State Office for Data Protection)

Promenade 18

91522 Ansbach

Germany

9. Transmission to recipients outside the EEA

We also transmit personal data to recipients based outside of the EEA, in so called third countries. In this case, we ensure that either an appropriate level of data protection is maintained by the recipient (e.g. on the basis of an adequacy decision made by the EU Commission for the respective country or the agreement of standard EU contractual clauses between the European Union and the recipient) or that you have given your consent to said sharing. We are happy to provide you with an overview of the recipients in third countries and a copy of the specific provisions agreed to ensure an appropriate level of data protection. To request this, please use the contact information provided in the section “Exercise of your data protection rights” this Cookie Policy above.

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