We, Get Media GmbH, are pleased that you have visited our website and are interested in our company. We take the protection of your personal data seriously and would like to inform you at this point about data protection in our company.
Insofar as we decide either alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of data processing, this includes above all the obligation to inform you transparently about the nature, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing (cf. Art. 13 and 14 DS-GVO). With this declaration (hereinafter: "data protection notice"), we inform you about the manner in which your personal data is processed by us.
This privacy policy only applies to visitors and users of the platform Get. me.
(1) Definitions
Following the example of Art. 4 of the GDPR, this data protection notice is based on the following definitions:
– Personal data" (Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR) means any information relating to an identified or identifiable naturalperson ("data subject"). A person is identifiable if he or she can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, an online identifier, location data or by means of information relating to his or her physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity characteristics. The identifiability can also be given by means of a linkage of such information or other additional knowledge. The origin, form or embodiment of the information is irrelevant (photographs, video or audio recordings may also contain personal data).
– Processing" (Art. 4 No. 2 GDPR) means any operation which involves the handling of personal data, whether or not by automated (i.e. technology-based) means. This includes, in particular, the collection (i.e. acquisition), recording, organisation, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment, combination, restriction, erasure or destruction of personal data, as well as the change of a purpose or intended use on which a data processing was originally based.
– "Controller" (Art. 4 No. 7 DS-GVO) means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
– “Third party" (Art. 4 No. 10 GDPR) means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who are authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor; this also includes other group-affiliated legal entities.
– A "processor" (Art. 4 No. 8 DS-GVO) is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller, in particular in accordance with the controller's instructions (e.g. IT service provider). In the sense of data protection law, a processor is in particular not a third party.
– Consent" (Art. 4 No. 11 GDPR) of the data subject means any freely given specific, informed and unambiguous indication of his or her wishes in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject signifies his or her agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
– Users of this website are those who are not "sellers".
– "Sellers" are those users who use our platform for commercial purposes. This is done in particular by creating content to generate followers and thereby generate revenue.
(2) Name and address of the controller
We are the controller for the processing of your personal data within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 DS-GVO:
Get Media GmbH
Stormsweg 6a
22085 Hamburg
legal@get.me
For further information on our company, please refer to the imprint details on our website https://www.get.me/imprint.
(3) Legal basis for data processing
In principle, any processing of personal data is prohibited by law and only permitted if the data processing falls under one of the following justifications:
– Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO ("consent"): Where the data subject has voluntarily, in an informed manner and unambiguously indicated by a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act that he or she consents to the processing of personal data relating to him or her for one or more specified purposes;
– Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b DS-GVO: If the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject;
– Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DS-GVO: If processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject (e.g. a legal obligation to keep records);
– Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. d DS-GVO: If the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person;
– Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. e DS-GVO: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller, or
– Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO ("Legitimate Interests"): Where processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate (in particular legal or economic) interests of the controller or a third party, unless such interests are overridden by the conflicting interests or rights of the data subject (in particular where the data subject is a minor).
For the processing operations carried out by us, we indicate below the applicable legal basis in each case. A processing operation may also be based on several legal bases.
(4) Data deletion and storage period
For the processing operations carried out by us, we indicate below in each case how long the data will be stored by us and when it will be deleted or blocked. Unless an explicit storage period is specified below, your personal data will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose or legal basis for the storage no longer applies. Your data will only be stored on our servers in Germany, subject to a possible transfer in accordance with the regulations in (4).
However, storage may be necessary beyond the specified time in the event of a (threatened) legal dispute with you or for reasons of tax law or commercial law. If the storage period prescribed by legal regulations expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted unless further storage by us is necessary and there is a legal basis for this.
However, you have the option of deleting your customer account at any time. To do this, either write a message to the above-mentioned contact options or use the options in your customer account.
(5) Data security
We use appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties (e.g. TSL encryption for our website), taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, context and purpose of the processing as well as the existing risks of a data breach (including its probability and impact) for the data subject. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
We will be happy to provide you with more information on request.
(6) Cooperation with processors
As with any larger company, we also use external domestic and foreign service providers (e.g. for IT, logistics, telecommunications, sales and marketing) to process our business transactions. These service providers only act on our instructions and are contractually obliged to comply with the provisions of data protection law in accordance with Art. 28 DS-GVO.
(7) Customer account
(a) Registration
On our website you have the option to create a customer account . This is a prerequisite for subscribing to user content on our platform and for using our services.
(b) Payment processing
When a visitor subscribes to a seller's content or purchases a seller's content, we collect the associated payment data. The same applies when a user makes use of the "Donate" function to a seller. In the case of payment via PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Klarna Sofortüberweisung (Sofort), we transmit your required payment data to the selected payment service provider in order to carry out the payment in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO:
PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg
Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich as part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden).
Furthermore, the respective data protection provisions of the payment service provider used shall apply.
(8) Conditions for the transfer of personal data to third countries
In the course of our business relationships, your personal data may be passed on or disclosed to third party companies. These may also be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), i.e. in third countries. Such processing takes place exclusively for the fulfilment of contractual and business obligations and to maintain your business relationship with us. We will inform you about the respective details of the transfer in the following at the relevant points.
Some third countries are certified by the European Commission as having a level of data protection comparable to the EEA standard through so-called adequacy decisions (a list of these countries and a copy of the adequacy decisions can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/international-transfers/adequacy/index_en.html). However, in other third countries to which personal data may be transferred, there may not be a consistently high level of data protection due to a lack of legal provisions. If this is the case, we ensure that data protection is sufficiently guaranteed. This is possible through binding company regulations, standard contractual clauses of the European Commission for the protection of personal data, certificates or recognised codes of conduct. Please contact our data protection officer (see under (3)) if you would like more information on this.
(9) Your rights
– You can assert your rights as a data subject regarding your processed personal data at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided at the beginning of (2). As a data subject, you have the right to
– In accordance with Art. 15 DS-GVO, you may request information about your data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of 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 of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
– In accordance with Art. 16 DS-GVO, you have the right to demand the correction of incorrect data or the completion of your data stored by us without delay;
– In accordance with Art. 17 DS-GVO, you may request the deletion of your data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;
– In accordance with Art. 18 DS-GVO, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your data, insofar as the correctness of the data is disputed by you or the processing is unlawful;
– Pursuant to Art. 20 DS-GVO, you have the right to receive your data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller ("data portability");
– You have the right to object to processing in accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR, provided that the processing is based on Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. e or lit. f of the GDPR. This is particularly the case if the processing is not necessary for the performance of a contract with you. Unless it is an objection to direct marketing, when exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the merits of the case and either cease or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing;
– In accordance with Art. 7 (3) of the GDPR, you may revoke your consent - i.e. your voluntary, informed and unambiguous intention to consent to the processing of the personal data in question for one or more specific purposes by means of a declaration or other unambiguous affirmative action – given once (also before the GDPR came into force, i.e. before 25.5.2018) at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future, and
– In accordance with Article 77 of the Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data in our company, for example to the data protection supervisory authority responsible for us: Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, e-mail: mailbox@datenschutz.hamburg.de
(10) Changes to the data protection notice
In the context of the further development of data protection law as well as technological or organisational changes, our data protection information is regularly reviewed to determine whether it needs to be adapted or supplemented. We communicate significant changes via our website.
This data protection notice is current as of 07.09.2022.
(11) Personal data processed
When using this website for information purposes as a visitor and when creating a customer account, the following categories of personal data are collected, stored and processed by us:
(a) "Log data": When you visit our websites, a so-called log data record (so-called server log files) is stored on our web server temporarily, anonymously and independently of the existence of a user account. This consists of:
– The page from which the page was requested (so-called referrer URL).
– The name and URL of the requested page
– The date and time of the call
– The description of the type, language and version of the web browser used.
– The IP address of the requesting computer, which is shortened in such a way that a personal reference can no longer be established.
– The amount of data transferred
– The operating system
– The message whether the call was successful (access status/http status code).
– The GMT time zone difference
(b) "Contact form data": When contact forms are used, the data transmitted through them are processed (e.g. gender, surname and first name, address, company, e-mail address and the time of transmission).
(c) data relating to the registration process for a customer account: When you create a customer account on our website, we collect and process the following personal data:
– Full name
– Address
– Address
– Payment details
(d) Usage data: We collect various information from users with existing user accounts:
– Activities
– Interests
(e) Newsletter: In addition to the purely informative use of our website, we offer the subscription to our newsletter, with which we inform you about current events as well as news. If you register for our newsletter, the following "newsletter data" will be collected, stored and processed by us:
– The page which the page was requested (so-called referrer URL)
– The date and time of the call
– The description of the type of web browser used
– The IP address of the requesting computer, which is shortened in such a way that a personal reference can no longer be established.
– The email address
– The date and time of registration and confirmation
We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behaviour when sending the newsletter. For this evaluation, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files that are stored on our website. For the evaluations, we link the aforementioned data and the web beacons with your e-mail address and an individual ID. Links contained in the newsletter also contain this ID. The data is only collected pseudonymously, i.e. the IDs are not linked to your other personal data, a direct personal reference is excluded.
If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can unsubscribe by using the unsubscribe link provided in each newsletter or by sending an e-mail to legal@get.me or by sending a message to the contact details provided in the imprint.
(12) Purpose and legal basis of data processing
We process the personal data described in more detail above in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, the other relevant data protection regulations and only to the extent necessary. Insofar as the processing of personal data is based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DS-GVO, the aforementioned purposes also represent our legitimate interests.
The processing of the log data serves statistical purposes and the improvement of the quality of our website, in particular the stability and security of the connection (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO).
The processing of the account creation data takes place in order to link the customer accounts with the respective persons as well as to be able to offer our services (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. B DS-GVO).
The processing of user data is carried out to improve our services as well as for the statistical evaluation of user activities (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO).
Contact form data is processed for the purpose of handling enquiries (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b or lit. f DS-GVO).
The newsletter data is processed for the purpose of sending the newsletter. When registering for our newsletter, you consent to the processing of your personal data (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO). We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to register for our newsletter. This means that after your registration, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you provided in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. The purpose of this procedure is to verify your registration and, if necessary, to be able to clarify a possible misuse of your personal data.
You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter and unsubscribe at any time. You can declare the revocation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter e-mail, by e-mail to legal@get.me or by sending a message to the contact details given in the imprint.
(13) Duration of the data processing
Your data will only be processed for as long as is necessary to achieve the above-mentioned processing purposes; the legal bases stated in the context of the processing purposes apply accordingly. With regard to the use and storage duration of cookies, please note point (4).
Third parties engaged by us will store your data on their system for as long as is necessary in connection with the provision of the services for us in accordance with the respective order.
You can also find more details on the storage period under (4).
(14) Transfer of personal data to third parties; justification basis
The following categories of recipients, which are usually processors (see (7)), may have access to your personal data:
– The legal basis for the transfer of data is then Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b or lit. f of the German Data Protection Act (DS-GVO). The legal basis for the transfer is then Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b or lit. f DS-GVO, insofar as it does not involve order processors;
– Government agencies/authorities, insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation. The legal basis for the disclosure is then Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DS-GVO;
– Persons appointed to carry out our business operations (e.g. auditors, banks, insurance companies, legal advisors, supervisory authorities, parties involved in company acquisitions or the establishment of joint ventures). The legal basis for the disclosure is then Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b or lit. f DS-GVO.
For the guarantees of an adequate level of data protection in the event of a transfer of the data to third countries, see (8).
In addition, we will only pass on your personal data to third parties if you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.
(15) Use of cookies, plugins and other services on our website
a) Cookie
We use cookies on our websites. Cookies are small text files that are assigned to the browser you are using and stored on your hard drive by means of a characteristic character string, and through which certain information flows to the body that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute programmes or transfer viruses to your computer and therefore cannot cause any damage. They serve to make the internet offer as a whole more user-friendly and effective, i.e. more pleasant for you.
Cookies can contain data that make it possible to recognise the device used. In some cases, however, cookies only contain information on certain settings that are not personally identifiable. However, cookies cannot directly identify a user.
A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. With regard to their function, a distinction is made between cookies:
– Technical cookies: these are mandatory to move around the website, use basic functions and ensure the security of the website; they do not collect information about you for marketing purposes nor do they store which web pages you have visited;
– Performance cookies: these collect information about how you use our website, which pages you visit and, for example, whether errors occur during website use; they do not collect information that could identify you - all information collected is anonymous and is only used to improve our website and find out what interests our users;
– Advertising cookies, targeting cookies: These are used to offer the website user tailored advertising on the website or offers from third parties and to measure the effectiveness of these offers; advertising and targeting cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months;
– Sharing cookies: These are used to improve the interactivity of our website with other services (e.g. social networks); sharing cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months.
Any use of cookies that is not absolutely technically necessary constitutes data processing that is only permitted with your explicit and active consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DS-GVO. This applies in particular to the use of advertising, targeting or sharing cookies. Furthermore, we will only pass on your personal data processed by cookies to third parties if you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DS-GVO.
Most web browsers (see the help function in the menu bar of your browser) can be set by you not to accept new cookies, to send you a message that a new cookie has been placed or to switch off all cookies received. For smartphones, tablets and other mobile and stationary end devices, you can read the necessary settings in the respective operating instructions. However, we recommend that you leave the cookie functions completely switched on, as it is only possible to further improve our websites for your needs with cookies. Our cookies do not store any sensitive data such as passwords, credit card details or similar. They do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions you have requested (e.g. shopping cart function, language settings) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are treated separately in this data protection declaration.
Should you wish to withdraw your consent for the use of cookies, you can do so by adjusting your cookie settings via the button at the bottom of the page.
The following cookies are used on this website:
b) Matomo
Certain user information is collected and stored on this website using the web analysis service software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, ("Matomo"). Pseudonymised usage profiles can be created and evaluated from this information.
The information collected using Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on our servers.
This website only uses Matomo without the use of cookies, which means that Matomo never sets cookies on your end device.
Should you wish to withdraw your consent for the use of matomo, you can do so by adjusting your matomo settings via the button at the bottom of the page.
Further information on the subject of data protection with Google Analytics can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de&ref_topic=2919631 and here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
c) Facebook Pixel
On this website we use Facebook Pixel, a service operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Dublin, D02x525, Ireland, a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc, 1601 Willow Rd - 94025 Menlo Park, USA. This service enables us to evaluate the usage behaviour of those visitors who have reached our website through Facebook advertising. If you have given your consent to the use of marketing and analysis cookies, this service stores your IP address, among other things. Facebook matches this data with the Facebook account and deletes the data again. We only receive anonymised insight. However, we have no influence on whether data is also stored on servers in the USA, at least in the meantime.
The USA is not a safe third country in the sense of the GDPR and there is no adequacy decision according to Art. 45 GDPR for the data transfer. In the USA, authorities have the right to access data at companies under certain conditions and this is not compatible with the GDPR. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Meta in accordance with Art. 28 (3) DSGVO and in this agreement Meta has subjected itself to the EU standard contractual clauses.
If you do not agree to the use of Facebook Pixel, please adjust your cookie settings on this website accordingly. You can view Meta
's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update?ref=old_policy.
If you wish to revoke your consent for the use of cookies, you can do so at the bottom of the page via the button by adjusting your cookie settings.
d) Google Ads
On this website, we use Google Ads, of the company Google Ireland Ltd. Gordon House, Borrow street, Dublin 4, Ireland for visitors from the EU, a subsidiary of Google LLC with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, to draw attention to our respective offers with the help of advertising on external websites. This enables us to see how successful the advertising campaigns are. In this way, we pursue the interest of only showing you advertising that is of interest to you. We also want to make our website more interesting for you.
The advertising is delivered by Google via so-called "ad servers". For this purpose, we use ad server cookies, which can be used to measure certain parameters for measuring success, such as the display of ads or clicks by visitors. If you access our website via a Google ad, Google Ads will store a cookie on your end device. The information generated by this is usually transferred to Google servers in the USA and also stored there. The USA is not a safe third country in the sense of the GDPR and there is no adequacy decision according to Art. 45 GDPR for the data transfer. In the USA, authorities have access rights to the data at companies under certain conditions and this is not compatible with the GDPR. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google in accordance with Art. 28 (3) DSGVO and in this agreement Google has subjected itself to the EU standard contractual clauses. According to Google, your IP address will not be merged with other Google data.
Should you wish to revoke your consent for the use of cookies, you can do so at the bottom of the page via the button by adjusting your cookie settings.
Further information on the subject of data protection at Google can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
e) Mailchimp
We use the newsletter delivery service Mailchimp from Intuit Inc, 2632 Marine Way Mountain View CA 94043, USA. It helps us to organise and structure our newsletter campaigns. Inuit receives the newsletter-related information, such as the email address and name. This information is usually transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there. The USA is not a safe third country in the sense of the GDPR and there is no adequacy decision according to Art. 45 GDPR for the data transfer. In the USA, authorities have access rights to data at companies under certain conditions and this is not compatible with the GDPR. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Intuit in accordance with Art. 28 (3) DSGVO and in this agreement Google has submitted to the EU standard contractual clauses.
If you do not agree to the use of Mailchimp, you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. To do so, simply send us an email to the following address: legal@get.me
f) TikTok Pixel
TikTok Pixel
This website uses the "TikTok Pixel", a tracking technology of the social network "TikTok" of TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland ("TikTok").
With the help of cookies (small text files that are stored on the end device used), information about the surfing behaviour on our website is collected in pseudonymised form, transmitted to TikTok, stored there and evaluated in order to then enable the playout of interest-based and personalised product recommendations on TikTok. The object of the information collected and processed pseudonymously in this way is basically the device ID, the device type, time stamp, the operating system used and the IP address. The information can be assigned to the person of the user with the help of further information that TikTok has stored about the user, e.g. due to the ownership of an account on the social network "TikTok". TikTok may also combine the information collected via the pixel with other information that TikTok has collected via other websites and/or in connection with the use of the social network "TikTok", and thus create pseudonymised usage profiles. In no case can the information collected be used to personally identify visitors to this website.
The TikTok Pixel further enables us to track the effectiveness of advertisements on TikTok. If the user is redirected from an ad on TikTok to pages on this website and the cookies have not yet expired, the pixel captures and can track certain user actions predefined by us (e.g. completed transactions, leads, searches on the website, views of product pages). When such an action is performed, your browser sends an HTTP request from the cookie to the TikTok server via the TikTok pixel, with which certain information about the action is transmitted. This transmission enables TikTok to compile statistics about the usage behaviour on our website after forwarding from a TikTok ad, which we use to optimise our offer.
All processing described above, in particular the setting of cookies for reading out information on the end device used, is only carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in
accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with future effect by deactivating this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website. We have concluded an order processing agreement with TikTok for the use of the TikTok Pixel, which obliges TikTok to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties. TikTok generally transmits collected information outside the European Economic Area and relies on so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection.