Privacy Policy
LEGAL
General information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data includes all data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on 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. You can find their contact details in the section “Information on the responsible party” in this Privacy Policy.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.
Other data is collected automatically or after your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. These are primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or the time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the 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 obtain free information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of these data. If you have given consent to data processing, you may revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
You can contact us at any time regarding these and other questions on the subject of data protection.
Analysis tools and tools from third-party providers
When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done mainly with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following Privacy Policy.
2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
All-Inkl
The provider is ALL-INKL.COM – Neue Medien Münnich, owner René Münnich, Hauptstraße 68, 02742 Friedersdorf (hereinafter “All-Inkl”). For details, please refer to All-Inkl’s Privacy Policy: https://all-inkl.com/datenschutzinformationen/.
Using All-Inkl is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent was requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of the TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
Order processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned service provider. This is a contract required under data protection law that ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
Cloudflare
We use the service “Cloudflare.” The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Cloudflare”).
Cloudflare offers a globally distributed Content Delivery Network with DNS. Technically, the data transfer between your browser and our website is routed through Cloudflare’s network. This enables Cloudflare to analyze the data traffic between your browser and our website and serve as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious data traffic from the internet. In this process, Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognize internet users, but these are used solely for the purpose described here.
The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in providing our web offering as error-free and secure as possible (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. You can find details and more information on security and data protection at Cloudflare here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to adhere to these data protection standards. You can get more information from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5666.
Order processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned service provider. This is a contract required under data protection law that ensures the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General notes and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations as well as this Privacy Policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This Privacy Policy explains which 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 by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Information on the responsible party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage duration
Unless a more specific storage period is specified in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.
General information on the legal bases for data processing on this website
If you have consented to the data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special data categories as per Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also carried out on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you consented to the storage of cookies or to access information on your device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TDDDG. This consent may be revoked at any time. If your data is required to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, if your data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also be based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Information about the specific legal basis for each individual case can be found in the following sections of this Privacy Policy.
Recipients of personal data
In the context of our business activities, we collaborate with various external entities. In some cases, transmitting personal data to these external entities may be necessary. We only share personal data if this is required to fulfill a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., sharing data with tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in the disclosure, or if another legal basis permits the sharing of data. When using data processors, we only transfer personal data of our customers based on a valid data processing agreement (DPA). In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agreement is concluded.
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing procedures are possible only with your express consent. You may revoke consent already given at any time. The legality of data processing that took place before the revocation remains unaffected by it.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME, FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE SPECIFIC LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING, OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING PURPOSES; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of a breach of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State where they have their habitual residence, place of work, or where the alleged breach occurred. 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 which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.
Right to information, correction, and deletion
Within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, the right to have this data corrected or deleted. For this purpose, as well as for other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
- If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request the restriction of the 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 its deletion.
- If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
- If you have filed an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing between your interests and ours must be carried out. As long as it is not determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
When processing of your personal data is restricted, such data—apart from their storage—may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, 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
This site uses 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. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of the browser switching from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies
Our web pages use so-called “cookies.” Cookies are small data packets that do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser automatically deletes them.
Cookies can be placed by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain third-party services within websites (e.g., cookies for processing payment services).
Cookies serve different functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or playing videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are required for carrying out the electronic communication process, for providing certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent was requested to store cookies and similar recognition technologies, processing is done solely on the basis of this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG); such consent can be revoked at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow them in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this Privacy Policy.
Consent with Complianz
Our website uses the consent technology from Complianz to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies on your device or for the use of certain technologies and to document this in a data-protection-compliant manner. The provider of this technology is Complianz B.V., Kalmarweg 14-5, 9723 JG Groningen, Netherlands (hereinafter “Complianz”).
Complianz is hosted on our servers, so no connection is made to the servers of Complianz’s provider. Complianz stores a cookie in your browser to be able to assign the granted consents or their revocations to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you request us to delete it, delete the Complianz cookie yourself, or until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.
The use of Complianz takes place to comply with the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact details you enter, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for possible follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request 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 handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this was requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—in particular retention periods—remain unaffected.
Inquiry by email, telephone or fax
If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, request), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of dealing with your request. We do not share this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this was requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send to us via contact inquiries remains with us until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or until the purpose for the data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions—in particular legal retention periods—remain unaffected.
5. Social media
This website uses elements of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Every time you access a page on this website that contains LinkedIn features, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the “Recommend button” of LinkedIn and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to this website with you and your user account. We point out that we, as the operator of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
Use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1343190/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz
Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
The company is certified under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to adhere to these data protection standards. You can get more information from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5448.
6. Analysis tools and advertising
Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to incorporate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not store cookies, and does not carry out its own analyses. It only serves for managing and displaying the tools integrated via it. However, Google Tag Manager captures your IP address, which may also be transferred to Google’s parent company in the United States.
Use of Google Tag Manager is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a quick and uncomplicated integration and management of various tools on their website. If appropriate consent was requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDDG. Such consent can be revoked at any time.
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 aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards. More information is available from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. This gives the website operator various usage data, such as page views, duration of visit, operating systems used, and where the user came from. This data may be assigned to a user’s device. An assignment to a user ID does not take place.
Additionally, Google Analytics can record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Furthermore, Google Analytics uses different modeling approaches to supplement the collected data sets and employs machine-learning technologies in data analysis.
Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of users for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.
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 aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to adhere to these data protection standards. You can get more information from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
IP anonymization
IP anonymization is activated on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transferred to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of this website’s operator, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
Browser plugin
You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en
Order processing
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
7. Plugins and tools
YouTube with enhanced privacy
This website includes videos from YouTube. The operator of the site is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
When you visit a page on this website that contains a YouTube video, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. In doing so, the YouTube server is notified which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, videos played in enhanced privacy mode are not used to personalize the browsing experience on YouTube. Ads displayed in enhanced privacy mode are also not personalized. In enhanced privacy mode, no cookies are set. Instead, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user’s browser that function similarly to cookies, contain personal data, and can be used for recognition. For details on enhanced privacy mode, see here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.
Once you start playing a YouTube video, it is possible that additional data processing operations may be triggered over which we have no influence.
Using YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If corresponding consent was requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Further information about data protection at YouTube can be found in their Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?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 aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to adhere to these data protection standards. You can get more information from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.
Google Fonts
This website uses so-called Google Fonts, provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that this website was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Fonts is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in a uniform presentation of the typeface on its website. If consent was requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) under TDDDG. This consent can be revoked at any time.
If your browser does not support Google Fonts, a default font from your computer will be used.
Further information on Google Fonts can be found here: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?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 aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to adhere to these data protection standards. You can get more information from the provider at the following link:
https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780
Google Maps
This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. With this service, we can include map material on our website.
To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is typically transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have no influence on this data transmission. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of creating an appealing presentation of our online offerings and making it easy to find places mentioned by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If corresponding consent was requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of TDDDG. Consent can be revoked at any time.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details can be found here:
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/
You can find more information on how user data is handled in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?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 aims to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in data processing in the USA. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to adhere to these data protection standards. You can get more information from the provider at the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/participant/5780.