Privacy Policy of the neco Website

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 all data with which you can be personally identified. 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. Their contact details can be found in the section "Information about the Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected on the one hand by you providing it to us. This can be data that you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website by our IT systems. These are exclusively technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access).

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request 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. Furthermore, you have the right to request, under certain circumstances, the restriction of processing of your personal data. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time regarding this and other questions about data protection.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is hosted externally. The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host(s). This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.

External hosting is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfillment with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, 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 TDDDG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill their service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host(s):

Vercel Inc.
440 N Barranca Avenue #4133
Covina, CA 91723
United States

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that they process the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Information

Privacy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

Information about the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

CYTE Technologies AG
Spinnereistraße 7 Halle 14,
04179 Leipzig

Phone: +49-2213-3965611
Email: contact@necoapp.de

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 Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified 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 deletion request or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.

General Information on the Legal Basis for Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR, if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If your data is necessary for contract fulfillment or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Data processing may furthermore be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Information about the relevant legal bases in each individual case is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of Personal Data

In the course of our business activities, we work with various external parties. This sometimes also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only pass on personal data to external parties when this is necessary for contract fulfillment, when we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., passing on data to tax authorities), when we have a legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the disclosure, or when another legal basis permits the data disclosure. When using data processors, we pass on personal data of our customers only on the basis of a valid contract for data processing. In the case of joint processing, a contract for joint processing is concluded.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent that you have already given at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have a 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 infringement. 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 based on 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 data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the framework of applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, 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 regarding this and other questions about personal data.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing must be made between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on this Website

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of processing your inquiry). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Inquiry by Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all resulting personal data (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this was requested; consent can be revoked at any time.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completion of processing your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools

Simple Analytics

To analyze the behavior of our visitors, we use the web analytics tool Simple Analytics, which is provided by the Dutch company Simple Analytics based at Hooftlaan 4, 1401 ED, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. This tool provides us with statistical information about the general use of our website without tracking the behavior of individual persons or storing individually identifiable data. Further details about the data collected (and especially not collected) by Simple Analytics can be found in the Simple Analytics documentation and in the privacy policy at https://simpleanalytics.com/privacy-policy.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use "Google reCAPTCHA" (hereinafter "reCAPTCHA") on the contact page of this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

reCAPTCHA is used to check whether data entry on this website (e.g., in a contact form) is done by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, duration of the website visitor's stay on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

Storage and analysis of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting their web offerings from abusive automated spying and SPAM. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes storage of cookies or access to information in the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA can be found in the Google Privacy Policy and Google Terms of Use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en.

The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA that is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to comply with these data protection standards. Further information is available from the provider via the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov /s/participant-search/participant-detail? contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI& status=Active

Source: https://www.e-recht24.de

Privacy Policy of the neco App

As of: October 20, 2025

We, CYTE Technologies AG (hereinafter "we" or "us"), appreciate your interest in our mobile app "neco" (hereinafter "App"). The protection of your personal data is a central concern for us. We process your data exclusively on the basis of the legal regulations, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Under no circumstances do we sell your data to third parties.

1. Name and Contact Details of the Controller

CYTE Technologies AG
Spinnereistraße 7 Halle 14
04179 Leipzig
Email: contact@necoapp.de```

2. Overview of Data Processing

This statement gives you an overview of which data we process for which purposes and on what legal basis this occurs.

3. Detailed explanations of processing operations

3.1. Registration, Login and Authentication

To use the functions of the app, you must create a user account. We offer you the following options:

• Direct Registration: You can register directly with us using your email address and a password. For security, your password is not stored in plain text, but exclusively as a secure hash value with our service provider Google Firebase. We therefore never have access to your readable password.
• Login via Third-Party Providers (Social Logins): Alternatively, we offer you the option to log in via your existing account with one of the following services: Google, Apple or Microsoft. When you select this method, you will be redirected to the respective provider where you log in with your credentials. After your confirmation, the respective provider shares certain basic profile data with us (typically your name, your email address and a unique account ID). We never receive your password from the respective third-party provider. We use this transmitted data exclusively to create your user account with us and to identify you during future logins. The data processing by these providers is their own responsibility. For more information, please refer to the privacy policies of:
  • Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Apple: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
  • Microsoft: https://privacy.microsoft.com/

3.2. Core functions of the app (business card & scanner)

Creating your own digital business card as well as scanning and managing third-party business cards are core functions of the app. All data you enter or scan is processed to fulfill our contract with you and stored in your account.

4. Our role as data processor

For two core functions of the app, we act as your technical service provider and pure data processor according to Art. 28 GDPR. This means we process data exclusively on your behalf and according to your instructions. For this, the conclusion of a data processing agreement (DPA) is necessary, which we provide to you.

• Business Card Scanner: When you scan third-party business cards, we store and manage the extracted data for you in your account. We do not use this data for our own purposes.
• Contact form on your web business card: When someone contacts you via your shared online business card, we merely forward their data (name, email, note, etc.) to you.

5. Internal analysis to improve the app

To continuously improve the functionality and user-friendliness of our app, we collect pseudonymized usage data. We do not use external tracking services such as Google Analytics.

• What we collect: We log certain actions (e.g. opening the app, scanning a card, clicking on subscription buttons) and link them to an internal, pseudonymous user ID. Direct identification of your person is not intended.
• Legal basis: We base this processing on our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in providing a stable and user-friendly service.
• Right to object: You can object to this processing at any time by sending us an email to contact@cyte.dev.

6. Recipients of data and third-party providers

We use specialized technical service providers to operate the app, who are obligated to comply with data protection.

• Google Firebase & Google Cloud Services (Google Ireland Limited): Hosting of our databases and execution of server functions.
• Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Corporation) & Google Gemini (Google Ireland Limited): For text recognition (OCR) as part of the business card scanner.
• Stripe (Stripe Technology Europe Ltd): Processing of all payments. We ourselves do not store complete credit card data.
• Make.com (Make.com Inc.): For automating internal processes and synchronizing data between our systems (e.g. from Stripe to our database).

7. Data transfer to third countries (e.g. USA)

Using services from providers such as Google and Microsoft may result in the transfer of data to the USA. We have ensured that an adequate level of data protection is guaranteed for these transfers. The legal basis for this data transfer is the European Commission's adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, under which the relevant US providers are certified.

8. Storage period and deletion of your data

We only store your data for as long as necessary for the respective purpose.

• Your account and contact data: Since the purpose of our app is the long-term storage and management of your business contacts, this data remains stored until you actively delete individual contacts or your entire account. We do not delete accounts due to inactivity so that you don't lose your data.
• Account deletion: When you delete your account, all your personal data that is not subject to any legal retention obligation will be permanently removed from our systems within 30 days.
• Invoice data: Data relevant for invoicing must be retained for a period of 10 years due to tax and commercial law requirements.

9. Your rights as a data subject

You have the right to access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing and the right to data portability at any time. If you revoke a given consent, this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation. To exercise your rights, please contact us at contact@cyte.dev. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

10. Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to always comply with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services. We will actively inform you via the app about significant changes, especially if they require a new consent from you.