Comedy
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The Shopsumer Institute SLU
Paseo Manuel Girona 55, 1º 4ª
08034 Barcelona
Spain

Phone: +34 93 417 1406
E-Mail: contact@comedy-consulting.com

Registry court: Barcelona
Reg. Mercantil de Barcelona, Tomo 39250, Folio 0127, Hoja 343079, Inscripción 1ª, CIF B-64437288

VAT identification number:
ESB64437288

Authorised managing partner and responsible for content:
Martin vom Stein

The Shopsumer Institute assumes no liability for the topicality, correctness and completeness of the information provided on this website. This applies in particular to the content of external websites to which direct or indirect reference is made via hyperlinks and which cannot be influenced by The Shopsumer Institute.

The content of this website is protected by copyright. The reproduction or distribution of the information provided on this site requires the prior written consent of The Shopsumer Institute.

Data Privacy

The following information in this privacy policy explains the basic nature, scope, purpose of use and handling/processing of personal data within the online services of The Shopsumer Institute SLU, Paseo Manuel Girona 55, 1º 4ª, 08034 Barcelona (hereinafter also referred to as "we"). This includes our web presences (e.g. websites, newsletters, etc.), as well as our online presences (e.g. social media profiles on platforms). Unless otherwise explained, definitions and references refer to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR in its current version).

Controller under data protection law for the collection and processing of your personal data when you visit and use our website is

The Shopsumer Institute SLU
Paseo Manuel Girona 55, 1º 4ª
08034 Barcelona
Phone: +34 93 417 1406
e-mail: contact@comedy-consulting.com

The data protection officer is Martin vom Stein, Paseo Manuel Girona 55 1º 4ª, 08034 Barcelona, Mobile +34 609 845 724, martin.vom.stein@theshopsumerinstitute.com

If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding data protection on our website, you can contact us at any time using the contact details above. In particular, you can use the email address above to assert your rights as a data subject. You can find more information on this in the "Data subject rights" section of this privacy policy.

Collection and storage of personal data when accessing the website

When you visit our website, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your part and stored for 7 days until it is automatically deleted:

• IP address of the requesting computer,
• date and time of access,
• name and URL of the file accessed,
• website from which access is made (referrer URL),
• browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

• to ensure a smooth connection to the website,
• to ensure convenient use of our website,
• to evaluate system security and stability and
• for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website if you consent. You can find more detailed explanations on this in sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.

When using our contact form

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. It is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address so that we know who sent the request and can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent by contacting us. The legal basis for this data processing may also be the implementation of pre-contractual measures within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR if you contact us to enter into a contractual relationship with us. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be deleted after your request has been dealt with.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity. On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more convenient for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

We use cookies that are required for certain functions of the website on the basis of our legitimate interest in the provision and optimization of our offer (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR). By law, we only use cookies and tools for marketing or web analysis purposes or media offers from social networks with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR).

Analysis tools / tracking tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are only carried out on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

Google

We use the following applications of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google") or the US parent company Google, LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google LLC is registered under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, for which an adequacy decision of the European Commission exists.

Google Analytics

For the purposes of measuring reach and analyzing your usage behavior as well as evaluating and improving the website, the web analysis service Google Analytics of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google") is used on the website. Google is contractually obliged to strictly comply with this privacy policy, the applicable statutory data protection regulations and our instructions (so-called processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR). Google Analytics is only activated if you have given your consent to the corresponding cookies in the "Statistics" category under "Cookiebot". The data processing within the framework of Google Analytics is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

The service uses cookies that enable an analysis of your usage behavior. The following information may be collected during your visit to our website: start of the session, first visit to the website, page views, interaction with the website ("click and scroll path"), internal search queries, clicks on external links, video views, file downloads, ads viewed and clicked on, language setting. Google Analytics also collects the technical communication data mentioned in the section "Collection and storage of personal data when accessing the website", including your IP address.

The information generated about your use of the website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA, where it is stored and processed. However, by activating IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of 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 truncated there. Google will process this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on your website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Pseudonymous user profiles can be created from the processed data. This data processing and, in particular, the associated data transfers to Google in the USA are also carried out on the legal basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

You can revoke your consent at any time by deactivating the "Statistics" category in the cookie declaration. You can also prevent data processing by Google Analytics using one of the following options: you can prevent the storage of cookies by Google by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookies and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Further information on the Google Analytics user conditions can be found here: marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms. Information on data protection here: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and in Google's privacy policy here: policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage website tags via an interface.

The Tag Manager tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookie-free domain and does not collect any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data under certain circumstances. In this case, we obtain your prior consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. The Google Tag Manager itself does not access this data. If deactivation has been carried out at domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

Google Adwords Conversion Tracking

We also use Google Conversion Tracking to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website for you: this is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). The service is activated if you have given your consent to the corresponding cookies. The data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

Google Adwords places a cookie (see section "Cookies" above) on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google ad. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google within the meaning of Art. 28 GDPR. Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Adwords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the setting of a cookie required for this — for example, by changing your browser settings to generally deactivate the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com". You can find Google's privacy policy on conversion tracking here: services.google.com/sitestats/de.html.

Google Captcha

We use the Google service reCaptcha to determine whether a human or a computer is making a certain entry in our contact or newsletter form. Google uses the following data to check whether you are a human or a computer: IP address of the end device used, the website that you visit on our site and on which the captcha is integrated, the date and duration of the visit, the identification data of the browser and operating system type used, Google account if you are logged in to Google, mouse movements on the reCaptcha areas and tasks in which you have to identify images. The legal basis for the data processing described is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. There is a legitimate interest on our part in this data processing to ensure the security of our website and to protect us from automated entries (attacks), which is not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the users of our website that require the protection of personal data.

Forwarding of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if: you have given your express consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is in our legitimate interest (e.g. because it is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims) and there is no reason to assume that your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, which require the protection of personal data, prevail, in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, or if the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

The personal data collected by us when you visit and use our website and the personal data collected by us when you use certain functions and offers on our website will not be passed on to third parties or transmitted in any other way, unless this is expressly stated in this privacy policy. Exceptions to this are mandatory transfers of personal data to state institutions and authorities as well as private rights holders on the basis of legal regulations or judicial or official decisions as well as the necessary transfer to state institutions and authorities in the event of attacks on our legal interests for the purposes of legal or criminal prosecution.

When operating our website and providing and processing individual functions and offers, we sometimes use external technical and other service providers who support us in the provision of our services and have been carefully selected by us. Where necessary, these service providers engaged by us process your personal data within the scope of their respective assignment in accordance with our instructions for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. They are contractually obliged to comply with this privacy policy, the applicable statutory data protection provisions and our instructions (so-called data processors pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR).

Processing of personal data in "third countries"

We generally process the personal data collected on the website within the member states of the European Union. A transfer of personal data to so-called "third countries", i.e. countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area, only takes place as stated in this privacy policy.

Some of the processing described above involves the transfer of data to the servers of third-party providers in the USA. Insofar as you have consented to this processing by activating the categories "Statistics" and/or "Marketing" and/or "External media cookies" in the consent management tool "Cookiebot", the data processing thus enabled is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. For the USA, there is currently an adequacy decision with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which serves as the basis for data transfers to certified organizations in the USA.

Rights of data subjects

You have the right:

• in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller;
• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. The consequence of this is that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future; and
• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters.

You can assert the above rights and claims by sending an email to contact@comedy-consulting.com or by sending a message to the contact address listed above.

Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an email to contact@comedy-consulting.com.

Data security

When you visit our website, we use the common TLS (Transport Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

Up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and is dated October 2026. It may become necessary to amend this privacy policy as a result of the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can request a copy of our privacy policy via email to contact@comedy-consulting.com.