Data protection:
Data protection
The person responsible in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Eike F. Mattukat
Your rights as a data subject
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details of our data protection officer:
- Information about your data stored by us and their processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
- Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
- Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
- Data portability, provided you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can contact a supervisory authority with a complaint at any time, e.g. B. to the responsible supervisory authority of the federal state of your place of residence or to the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
A list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with addresses can be found at:https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
Collection of general information when you visit our website
Type and purpose of processing:
When you access our website, ie if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically recorded. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.
In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,
- Ensuring smooth use of our website,
- Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
- to optimize our website.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. Information of this type may be statistically evaluated anonymously by us in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit.f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Receiver:
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Third country transfer:
The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries:
No
The following data protection guarantees exist:
Storage period:
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of the survey. For the data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.
If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Any further storage is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that they can no longer be assigned to the accessing client.
Provision required or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is not required by law or contract. Without the IP address, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or restricted. For this reason, no contradiction is possible.
Third country transfer:
The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries:
No
The following data protection guarantees exist:
Technically unnecessary cookies
We also use cookies to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to improve it in general on the basis of statistical evaluations.
Please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used to find out which providers set cookies.
Legal basis:
The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
Receiver:
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
For further recipients, please refer to the information listed below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Third country transfer:
For information on this, please refer to the lists of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis providers.
Provision required or required:
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your browser (see Revocation of Consent).
Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Revocation of consent:
You can revoke your consent at any time using our cookie consent tool.
Profiling:
To what extent we analyze the behavior of website visitors with pseudonymized user profiles, please refer to the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
Provision of chargeable services
Type and purpose of processing:
For the provision of chargeable services, we ask for additional data, such as payment details, in order to be able to carry out your order.
Legal basis:
The processing of the data required for the conclusion of the contract is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Receiver:
The recipients of the data may be contract processors.
Third country transfer:
The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries:
No
The following data protection guarantees exist:
Storage period:
We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired. These are generally 6 or 10 years for reasons of proper bookkeeping and tax law requirements.
Provision required or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. Without the provision of your personal data, we cannot grant you access to the content and services we offer.
Newsletter
Type and purpose of processing:
For the delivery of our newsletter, we collect personal data that is transmitted to us via an input mask.
We need a valid email address for effective registration. In order to check that the registration is actually made by the owner of an email address, we use the "double opt-in" procedure. For this purpose, we log the registration for the newsletter, the sending of a confirmation email and the receipt of the response requested. Further data is not collected.
Legal basis:
On the basis of your expressly given consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR), we will regularly send you our newsletter or comparable information by e-mail to the e-mail address you provided.
You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter. You can also unsubscribe directly on this website at any time or inform us of your revocation using the contact option given at the end of this data protection notice.
Receiver:
The recipients of the data may be contract processors.
Third country transfer:
The data collected may be transferred to the following third countries:
No
The following data protection guarantees exist:
Storage period:
The data will only be processed in this context as long as the corresponding consent is available. Then they will be deleted.
Provision required or required:
The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.
Revocation of consent:
You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. The cancellation can be requested via the link contained in every e-mail or from the data protection officer listed below or the person responsible for data protection.
Use of Google Analytics
If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", ie text files that are stored on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
For more information on terms of use and data protection, seehttps://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has expired takes place automatically once a month.
Revocation of consent:
You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics on our website by clickingclick this link. An opt-out cookie will be installed on your device. This will prevent Google Analytics from collecting data for this website and for this browser in the future as long as the cookie remains installed in your browser.
You can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install:Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.
Embedded YouTube Videos
We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, a connection to YouTube servers is established. YouTube will be told which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the provider's data protection declaration, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
Revocation of consent:
The provider currently does not offer the option of simply opting out or blocking data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent in the cookie consent tool for the corresponding cookie category or for all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.
Google AdWords
Our website uses Google conversion tracking. The operating company for the services of Google AdWords is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you have reached our website via an advertisement placed by Google, Google Adwords will set a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google.
If the user visits certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.
You can find more information about data processing by Google in the Google data protection information:https://policies.google.com/privacy. There you can also change your personal data protection settings in the data protection center.
Revocation of consent:
The provider currently does not offer the option of simply opting out or blocking data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent in the cookie consent tool for the corresponding cookie category or for all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.
SSL encryption
In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) over HTTPS.
Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR
Individual right of objection
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 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing based on a weighing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
Recipient of an objection
Page owner
Change of our data protection regulations
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.
Questions to the data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
No, the site owner is a contact option
The data protection declaration was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts forexternal data protection officer(Version # 2020-09-30)