Privacy notice

When you fill in our form on apply.caresteps.de, we process the data you provide (e.g. name, email address, phone number, details about your professional background and exam preparation) to advise you on our courses for the Fachsprachprüfung (medical language exam) and Kenntnisprüfung (knowledge exam). The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) and, where given, your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.

We contact you by email and, if you wish, via WhatsApp. WhatsApp is operated by WhatsApp Ireland Ltd. / Meta Platforms Inc., and data may be transferred to the USA. Such transfers are based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or Standard Contractual Clauses. You can object to being contacted via WhatsApp at any time.

Your enquiry is stored in our CRM system Pipedrive (Pipedrive OÜ, Estonia) so we can handle and follow up on it. We have a data processing agreement with Pipedrive under Art. 28 GDPR. Your data is deleted once it is no longer needed for advising you and no statutory retention obligations apply.

On this page we use the Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.), Google Ads conversion tracking and Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Ltd.) to measure the effectiveness of our ads and build audiences. Data may be transferred to the USA (EU-US Data Privacy Framework). You can find more about your options in our cookie banner.

You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, and to withdraw any consent at any time. Please contact our data protection officer at datenschutzbeauftragter@startsteps.org. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.