Privacy policy

Privacy policy
(updated: March 9, 2023)

This policy ("Privacy Policy") may be revised from time to time by updating this page. You can review the Privacy Policy at any time by visiting the Privacy Policy link at the bottom of one or more pages on think-cell web sites ("Web Sites") or by contacting privacy@think-cell.com requesting a current copy.

The term "You" as used herein refers to all individuals and/or entities accessing any think-cell Web Sites and other websites provided by think-cell, which are mentioned explicitly in this Privacy Policy using think-cell's products, contacting think-cell or think-cell Software or being contacted by think-cell or think-cell Software for any reason or else interacting with think-cell.

Legal Basis

There are special provisions regarding the protection of personal data, in particular the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG) and the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR). think-cell will process personal data strictly in accordance with these provisions. According to these provisions, think-cell is legally obligated to provide You with the following information.

Controller

Responsible for the operation of this Web Site is think-cell Operations GmbH, Leipziger Str. 51, 10117 Berlin, Germany, telephone: +49 30 666473-10. If You specifically interact with a member of the think-cell group of companies, then this group company is the controller.

In some cases explicitly set out below the think-cell Software GmbH (address and phone number as before) (“think-cell Software”) is the data controller.

Please contact us at privacy@think-cell.com with any queries regarding data protection at think-cell.

Data Protection Officer

You can reach the data protection officer as follows: privacy@think-cell.com

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please contact our data protection officer at any time.

Personal data collected by think-cell

When You access and use the Web Sites, interact with think-cell, use think-cell's products, contact think-cell or are being contacted by think-cell for any reason or else interact with think-cell, think-cell may collect certain information ("Your Data") in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The collection, storage, use and any other form of processing Your Data by think-cell occurs exclusively in the interest of think-cell's business operations. think-cell will not sell, transmit, disseminate or else disclose Your Data for any other purpose.

Use of think-cell’s Web Sites

The information that may be collected by automated means includes:

• Approximate location information if allowed by Your web browser settings
• Details about the devices that are used to access our Web Sites (such as the IP address and type of operating system and web browser)
• Dates and times of visits to and use of our Web Sites
• Information about how our Web Sites are used (such as the content that is viewed on our Web Sites and how users navigate between our web pages)
• URLs that refer visitors to our Web Sites
• Search terms used to reach our Web Sites

The legal basis for the temporary storage of these data is Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR, as this processing is necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests in order to be able to operate the website, to enable the Web Sites to be delivered to Your device, to optimize the Web Sites and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. Our legitimate interest in data processing lies in these purposes.

The data will be deleted or anonymized 26 months after the collection.

Cookies and other Tracking

We use first party and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons that are strictly necessary for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "Strictly Necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to provide Website functionality, or to enhance visitors' experience on our Websites by providing them with personalized content and advertising. The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in our cookie consent management tool, here:

Cookie Settings

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a web site. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited one of our Websites [or opened an email that we have sent them]. This allows us, for example, [to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether You have come to our Web Sites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party web site, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns]. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will often impair their functioning.

Tracking technologies also allow us to determine if an individual is engaging with us. If they are not, after a period of inactivity we would remove their personal information as a part of our Data Minimization practices.

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise Your cookie preferences through our cookie consent tool, which You can access here:

Cookie Settings

You can also set or amend Your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If You choose to reject cookies, You may still use our Web Sites though Your access to some functionality and areas of our Web Site may be restricted. As the means by which You can refuse cookies through Your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, You should visit Your browser's help menu for more information.

In addition, most advertising networks offer You a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If You would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

The legal basis for the processing of these data is Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR since we have a legitimate interest to optimize our Web Sites. Information about the retention periods can be found in the Cookie Settings:

Cookie Settings

To help think-cell analyze how users in general, including You, use the Web Site, think-cell uses Matomo (formerly known as Piwik), an open-source software for web analytics. The information about Your use of the Web Site (including Your IP address anonymized prior to its storage) so collected will be stored on think-cell's servers in Germany, will and can only be accessed by think-cell and will be used for analytical purposes to improve the experience of Web Site users, the content provided and the Web Site’s design. You can dissent to the collection of this information by adjusting Your browser settings to disallow tracking ("Do Not Track") or - in case you have not done so already - by clicking on the respective button below ("opt-out"). In case of an opt-out, an essential cookie, a small file stored on Your device, will be placed (mtm_consent_removed) only to implement the opt-out and ensure that no tracking and no analysis of Your use of the web site can take place.

YouTube

The think-cell Websites may uses the platform YouTube for some embedded videos. think-cell has made sure that no data is transferred to this service unless and until such an embedded video is played; furthermore, the "privacy-enhanced mode" offered by YouTube has been enabled. Once You play an embedded video, Cookies may be placed and Your Data may be tracked and processed by Google LLC, the operating company of YouTube. According to Google LLC, the information in particular serves the purposes to record video statistics, to improve user-friendliness and to avoid improper actions. Solely responsible for these Cookies and for the processing of Your Data in relation to the playback of videos is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; if You want to ensure that Google LLC does not receive Your Data, do not click on the embedded videos on the Web Site. Further information can be found in Google LLC's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

The legal basis for the use of the YouTube is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, § 25 (1) TTDSG. The recipient of the collected data is the Google LLC. Personal data will be transferred to the USA under standard contractual clauses as defined in Art. 46 (2)(c) GDPR that act as appropriate guarantees for the data transfer.

The period for which Google retains this data varies by data type and is dependent on a user’s specific video history settings. Details are set out in the Google LLC’s data retention policy at https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention.

Vimeo

We use Vimeo a service provided by Vimeo.com Inc., 555 West 18^th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA (“Vimeo”) for embedding videos about our products and services.

The legal basis for the use of the Vimeo is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR, § 25 (1) TTDSG. The recipient of the collected data is Vimeo. Personal data will be transferred to the USA under standard contractual clauses as defined in Art. 46 (2)(c) GDPR that act as appropriate guarantees for the data transfer.

See Vimeo’s privacy policy for details of data collected and retention periods: https://vimeo.com/privacy

Social Media Platforms

We have profiles on the following social media platforms. The data that are processed if you visit our profiles are specified as follows:

Information on data processing by the social media platforms, especially details of the processed data, can be found in their privacy policies available on their websites.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn retains most of your personal data for as long as your account is open. See LinkedIn’s privacy policy here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

G2

G2’s Privacy Policy can be found here: https://www.g2.com/legal/privacy

G2 retains data according to its cookie policies. Personal data is retained for a maximum of 13 months.

Capterra

Capterra’s Privacy Policy can be found here: https://www.capterra.com/legal/privacy-policy

Capterra will retain your personal information for as long as required to perform the purposes for which the data was collected, depending on the legal basis for which that data was obtained and/or whether additional legal/regulatory obligations require us to retain it.

Contact and Communication

For the following processing think-cell Software is responsible:

If You contact us by phone or by email or via a contact form (if provided) we store Your personal data that You submit (e.g. the email-address or phone number, name and contact details and other information that You provide).

If You contact us within an existing contractual relationship or contact us in advance for information about our scope of services or other services, the data and information You provide will be processed for the purpose of processing and answering Your contact request in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR, in any other cases to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR for the purpose of properly answering customer/contact inquiries.

The transmitted data will be stored until the purpose for data storage/processing ceases to exist (e.g., after Your inquiry has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

User Account

For the following processing think-cell Software is responsible:

If You choose to purchase the think-cell software we store your personal information provided in your user account. The following data will be stored: salutation, name, phone number, email-address company, country, industry, company number of employees. The purpose of the processing is to enable You to administer the software. The legal basis of the processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

The data is retained for as long as you continue to be a user of the think-cell software and for a period of up to 12-months after this.

Test Version

For the following processing think-cell Software is responsible:

If You request to use a test version of the think-cell software via our Web Sites we store your personal information provided. The following data will be stored: salutation, name, phone number, email-address company, country, industry, company number of employees. The purpose of the processing is the fulfilling of the agreement on the testing of the software (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR).

The data are deleted if you have not become a think-cell customer or engaged with think-cell employees or think-cell communications for a period of 12-months.

Use of think-cell’s Products

For the following processing think-cell Software is responsible:

When You use the Software, think-cell does not intentionally collect or process Your personal data. think-cell has no means to remotely access Your computer or any of Your Data through the Software, including when providing customer support.

However, some data that are processed may be considered personal data:

Error Reports

The Software does, provide a feature to send automated error reports to think-cell when an error condition arises to help improving the Software's stability and robustness. While these error reports do generally not contain any of Your personal data, in certain circumstances it is conceivable that certain information sent could be considered as personal data. think-cell will only process these error reports for their intended purpose, i.e. identifying and addressing possible errors of the Software.

The legal basis for the processing is, therefore, the fulfillment of the software license agreement (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR). For further information on the content of error reports and on how to disable this feature, please refer to the Software's documentation at Error reporting.

The data are deleted after 2 years.

think-cell Send with Gmail

The Software provides a feature to allow users to send slides with Gmail ("think-cell Send with Gmail"). This feature involves use of the Google Sign-In service that may collect information used to identify You. Solely responsible for the processing of Your Data in relation to the Google Sign-In service and to Gmail is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; if You want to ensure that Google LLC does not receive Your Data, do not enable think-cell Send with Gmail as the default setting to create and edit e-mails or do not use the feature think-cell Send with Gmail.

If You use the feature think-cell Send with Gmail, the Software will locally access and use Your Google user data (i.e. Your Gmail address) to create a draft email; no Google user data will be shared or stored (with the exception of, for purely technical reasons, a so-called OAuth2 refresh token) by the Software, and none of Your Google user data will be collected, stored or else processed by think-cell at any time. think-cell's use of the aforementioned information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Information received from Google APIs will not be transferred to any other app.

The legal basis for the processing is, therefore, the fulfillment of the software license agreement (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR).

We point out that a data transfer to so-called unsafe third countries may take place. An adequate level of data protection is ensured by standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO and further contractual measures.

Authentication uses OAuth2. think-cell stores the access token encrypted with the user token in the computer user’s profile. think-cell does not have access to the token, and refresh the token as needed.

Further information on Google's use of Your Data and the retention periods can be found in Google LLC's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Images from Getty Images

The Software provides a feature to allow users to directly embed images from Getty Images into Microsoft PowerPoint. When using this feature, an internet connection to Getty Images (US), Inc. or one of its affiliates is established. Getty Images (US), Inc. or one of its affiliates will collect information to identify You and process Your access to images offered by Getty Images. Solely responsible for collecting and processing Your Data in relation to connecting to and using Getty Images is Getty Images (US), Inc., 195 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10007, USA, or one of its affiliates. If You want to ensure that Getty Images does not receive Your Data, do not use the respective feature. The Software does not transfer Your Data to Getty Images (with the exception of a token that stores authentication data), and no Getty Images user data will be collected, stored or else processed by think-cell at any time.

The legal basis for the processing is, therefore, the fulfillment of the software license agreement (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR).

We point out that a data transfer to so-called unsafe third countries may take place. An adequate level of data protection is ensured by standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO and further contractual measures.

Authentication uses OAuth2. think-cell stores the access token encrypted with the user token in the computer user’s profile. think-cell does not have access to the token, and refresh the token as needed.

Further information on Getty Images’ use of Your Data and the retention periods can be found in Getty Images’ privacy policy at https://www.gettyimages.com/company/privacy-policy.

Tableau Chart Data

The Software provides a feature to allow users to directly embed chart data from Tableau into Microsoft PowerPoint. When using this feature, an internet connection to Tableau Software, LLC or one of its affiliates is established. Tableau Software, LLC or one of its affiliates will collect information to identify You and process Your access to chart data offered by Tableau. Solely responsible for collecting and processing Your Data in relation to connecting to and using Tableau is Tableau Software, LLC, 1621 N 34^th St., Seattle, WA 98103, USA or one of its affiliates. If You want to ensure that Tableau Software, LLC or one of its affiliates does not receive Your Data, do not use the respective feature. The Software does not transfer Your Data to Tableau Software, LLC or one of its affiliates (with the exception of a token that stores authentication data), and no Tableau user data will be collected, stored or else processed by think-cell at any time.

The legal basis for the processing is, therefore, the fulfillment of the software license agreement (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR). We point out that a data transfer to so-called unsafe third countries may take place. An adequate level of data protection is ensured by standard contractual clauses according to Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO and further contractual measures.

Authentication uses OAuth2. think-cell stores the access token encrypted with the user token in the computer user’s profile. think-cell does not have access to the token, and refresh the token as needed.

Further information on Tableau Software, LLC's or one of its affiliates' use of Your Data and the retention periods can be found in Tableau Software, LLC's privacy statement at https://www.tableau.com/privacy.

GUID and License Key

When You use the Software, usage data (launching Microsoft PowerPoint, selection and use of PowerPoint functions and/or think-cell add-in functions) ("Usage Data") will be transmitted to think-cell together with an anonymous Globally Unique Identifier ("GUID") and the license key used and evaluated by think-cell. The Usage Data does not contain any content data (such as names, addresses and entered numeric variables) and is only stored on think-cell servers. The GUID is created when using think-cell for the first time and stored together with the user’s settings. It is a random string with no connection to the machine, user or document current at the time of creation. Using the GUID, it is only possible to determine whether two requests came from the same or from different users. Together with other information, this could make it possible to draw conclusions about the user. Usage Data is not collected and analyzed if You have deactivated the error report and automatic update functions.

The legal basis for the processing is, therefore, the fulfillment of the software license agreement (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b) GDPR).

The bug report created from the GUID is stored indefinitely. However, the personal information the bug report is created from, such as IP address, is not retained or associated with the bug report.

Your rights

• You are entitled to obtain from think-cell free-of-charge confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning You are being processed. Where this is the case, You are further entitled to obtain access to the personal data and additional information in accordance with art. 15 GDPR.
• In case personal data concerning You is inaccurate or incomplete, You have the right to obtain rectification or completion. In the instances covered by art. 17 and art. 18 GDPR, You are entitled to request the erasure or the blocking / restriction of processing of data.
• You have the right, for reasons that arise from Your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to You, which is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 e) or f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We will no longer process Your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh Your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
• Furthermore, You are entitled to request in accordance with art. 20 GDPR the transmission of personal data concerning You and provided by You to You or directly to another data controller.
• Where processing Your Data is based on Your consent, You have the right to withdraw Your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on Your consent before its withdrawal.
• If You consider that the processing of personal data relating to You infringes applicable law, You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Such complaint will not prejudice any other administrative or judicial remedy. The competent supervisory authority for think-cell is: Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Friedrichstraße 219, 10969 Berlin, Germany, https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de.

California Privacy Rights

If You are a California resident, You may have the following consumer privacy rights:

• Right to Know: You have a right to request that we disclose to You the personal information we have collected about You. You also have a right to request additional information about our collection, use, disclosure, or sale of such personal information in the past 12 months. Note that we have provided much of this information in this privacy statement. You may make such a “request to know” by contacting through the Contact Us page.
• Right to Request Deletion: You also have a right to request that we delete personal information under certain circumstances, subject to a number of exceptions. To make a request, please reach out through the Contact Us page.
• Right to Opt-Out: You have a right to opt-out from future “sales” of personal information. Note that the CCPA defines “sell” and “personal information” very broadly, and some of our data sharing described in this privacy statement may be considered a “sale” under those definitions as explained above. For more information, including how to opt-out, please see the Cookies section of this statement. If You would like to request Do Not Sell/Share of Your information, please let us know.
• Right to be Notified of Financial Incentives: You have the right to be notified of any financial incentive offers and their material terms, the right to opt-out of such incentives at any time, and may not be included in such incentives without Your prior informed opt-in consent. We do not offer any such incentives at this time.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against You for exercising any of these rights.

You may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney, an authorized agent to make requests on Your behalf to exercise Your rights under the CCPA. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide proof You have authorized it to act on Your behalf, and we may need You to verify Your identity directly with us.

Further, to provide or delete specific pieces of personal information we will need to verify Your identity to the degree of certainty required by law.

For more information regarding data rights requests, refer to the Contacting Us section below.