Privacy Policy for Events and Applications

Last updated: May 2026

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The protection of personal data is very important to us. The following is an overview of our handling of data in the context of the HIGHEST & FUTURY Company Builder and related events and application procedures.

1. General

1.1 The program "HIGHEST & FUTURY Company Builder" is jointly operated by HIGHEST GmbH, Karolinenplatz 5, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany, and Futury GmbH, Am Steinernen Stock 1, 60320 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (hereinafter together "the organizers"). Both companies act as joint controllers within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR.

1.2 The protection and security of your personal data is important to the organizers. Data is stored and processed exclusively in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As an applicant, participant, visitor, etc. (hereinafter "user"), you agree to the data processing as set out in this declaration.

2. Consent to data processing

Visitors to events of the Company Builder as well as applicants to the program agree that their personal data — namely name, title, address, company, position, telephone number, e-mail address, preferred language, food intolerances, and other data required for participation in an event or an application (e.g., information on team, technology, business model, IP status, financing, uploaded documents such as pitch decks) — will be stored by the organizers. The purpose is the planning and execution of events, the conduct of the application and selection process, sending information about the event or program, informing about possible changes, and sending information about further events of HIGHEST GmbH and Futury GmbH.

Event attendees and applicants further agree that their data may be shared with the partners of the Futury Startup Factory — for the purposes of organizing events, selecting applicants, matching with mentors and investors, and follow-up support. These partners are:

Event photos may be used for the public relations of the organizers and the Futury Startup Factory (press releases, social media, newsletter, website, etc.).

Consent to this may be revoked at any time by letter to HIGHEST GmbH, Karolinenplatz 5, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany, or by email to harald.holzer@highest.gmbh or datenschutz@futury.eu. Revocation before the end of the event or application period will result in the user not being able to participate in the event or application process for organizational reasons.

If the user transmits data on behalf of third parties and/or makes declarations on behalf of third parties and/or conducts business on behalf of third parties, the user expressly declares to agree to this data protection agreement also on behalf of third parties and to be authorized and/or commissioned by third parties to do so. The user shall indemnify and hold the organizers harmless in the event of a breach of these obligations.

3. Rights of the users

3.1 Every user has the right to refuse the storage of their personal data, in which case the user and their data will be deleted unless there is a legal obligation to store the data.

In addition, every user is entitled to the rights of information, correction, deletion, restriction, data portability, revocation, and objection vis-à-vis the organizers. The competent supervisory authority in Germany is the state data protection authority of the respective federal state; for HIGHEST GmbH (based in Darmstadt) this is the Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Postfach 3163, 65021 Wiesbaden.

4. Use of data

4.1 The organizers undertake to secure data against unauthorized access in accordance with the GDPR. Only the data entered and transmitted by the user is stored and used to the extent stated here. Upon deletion of the user, all personal data of the user will be deleted. Deletion before the end of the event will result in the user not being able to participate in the event for organizational reasons.

5. Contact options

Privacy contacts:

HIGHEST GmbH
Karolinenplatz 5
64289 Darmstadt, Germany
E-mail: harald.holzer@highest.gmbh

Futury GmbH
Am Steinernen Stock 1
60320 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 69 348 750 53
E-mail: datenschutz@futury.eu

Within the legal framework, we store and process the following personal data when you visit our websites:

Server logs

The IP address of the requesting computer, together with the date, time, request, which file is requested (name and URL), what amount of data is transferred, a message whether the request was successful, identification data of the browser and operating system used, as well as the website from which access was made (if access is made via a link). The server logs are stored in order to check system security, to technically administer the websites, and to optimize the offer. This data will — in the event of a hacking attack — be passed on to law enforcement authorities. Any further disclosure to third parties does not take place.

Analysis of emails

Via our ESP (email service provider), we automatically record and analyze the opening of emails and the clicking of links contained therein.

Application platform Typeform

For applications to the Company Builder, we link to the online form tool Typeform (TYPEFORM S.L., Carrer Bac de Roda 163, 08018 Barcelona, Spain). As soon as you click on one of our "Apply now" buttons, you leave this website and are redirected to typeform.com. There, the application data you enter is collected and made available to us by Typeform. Typeform may transfer data to third countries (including the USA); the transfer takes place on the basis of the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses.

Cookies

The website highestbuilder.com itself does not set any cookies. If you use our application platform (Typeform), technically necessary cookies may be set there to assign your session to the application process (e.g., a session ID). These cookies are usually deleted when the browser is closed. You can generally avoid the acceptance of cookies by changing your browser settings.