Privacy Policy
Status: September 2025
1. Privacy at a glance
General information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in 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 "Information on the responsible party" section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be data that you enter in our contact form (email address for newsletter registration).
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). The collection of this data takes place automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior. We use the email addresses from our registration form exclusively to inform you about the launch of our platform.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information free of charge at any time 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 the restriction of processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
2. Hosting
GitHub Pages
We host our website on GitHub Pages (GitHub, Inc., 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). GitHub Pages is a service from GitHub that allows static websites to be hosted directly from a GitHub repository. Every time you access our website, various data is transmitted to GitHub's servers and stored there (server log files).
Further information can be found in GitHub's privacy policy: https://docs.github.com/de/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
3. 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 the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
Information on the responsible party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
qado GmbH i.G.
Schraudolphstraße 42
80799 München
Commercial Register: i.G.
Registration Court: Amtsgericht München
Represented by: Heiko Trötsch, Nicolas Pardon, Patrick Gundlach
E-Mail: support@qado.ai
Website: qado.ai
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 period
Unless a more specific storage period is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply. 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).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent that has already been given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
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, their place of work or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint exists 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 the data to another responsible party, this will only take place insofar as it is technically feasible.
Information, deletion and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient 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 about this and other questions on the subject of personal data.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Our internet pages use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small data packages and do not cause any damage to your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or an automatic deletion by your web browser occurs.
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
Necessary cookies: These cookies are required for the website to function and cannot be deactivated. This includes the cookie for storing your cookie settings.
Functional cookies: These cookies enable advanced functionality and personalization (currently not used).
Analytics cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website (currently not used).
You can adjust your cookie settings at any time via the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our website. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent) or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest) for technically necessary cookies.
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of server request
IP address
A consolidation of this data with other data sources is not carried out. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of his website – for this purpose the server log files must be recorded.
Newsletter registration (email collection)
If you would like to register for our newsletter, we need an email address from you. Verification of the specified email address is necessary and receipt of the newsletter must be confirmed. Additional data is not collected or only collected on a voluntary basis.
For the processing of the newsletter, we use Google Forms. Your data is transmitted to Google in the process. Google also processes data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. An informal email to support@qado.ai is sufficient for revocation. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you have deposited with us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you are removed from the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
5. External services
Google Fonts
This page uses so-called Google Fonts for uniform display of fonts, which are provided by Google. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google's servers. This gives Google knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the font on his website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
Further information on Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Forms
On this website, we use Google Forms, a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"), to collect email addresses for newsletter registrations.
When you register via our form, the data you enter (email address) is transmitted to Google and stored there. Google may use this data to provide, maintain and improve their services.
Data transmission is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time by sending an email to support@qado.ai.
Google also processes data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards.
Further information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Notion (Career Page)
We use Notion (Notion Labs, Inc., 2300 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA) to provide our career page and job offers.
When you visit our career page, you will be redirected to a page hosted by Notion. Notion processes personal data (e.g. IP address, technical data).
Further information on data protection at Notion can be found at: https://www.notion.so/Privacy-Policy-3468d120cf614d4c9014c09f6adc9091
6. Your rights as a data subject
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided:
Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR)
Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR)
Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restriction of data processing, insofar as we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR)
Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR)
Data portability, insofar as you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR)
If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible party.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html
