Data protection
Data protection is important to us. As the operator of this website, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously and adhere to the applicable data protection laws.
We collect, process and use your data only within the scope of the legal provisions and only for the purposes for which you have provided us with your data. We do not disclose your data to third parties.
We take all necessary technical and organizational measures to protect your data from loss, misuse or unauthorized access. We are constantly working to improve and update our security measures regularly.
If you have any questions or concerns about data protection or would like to exercise your right as a data subject, you can reach us via the contact details provided in the imprint. We will answer your request as soon as possible and take your requests seriously.
Introduction
With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about which types of your personal data (hereinafter referred to as “data”) we process for what purpose and to what extent. The privacy policy applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the context of the provision of our services and in particular on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as “online offer”).
The terms used are not gender-specific.
Responsible person
Daniel Kuhnke
Overview of processing
The following overview summarises the types of data processed and the purposes of its processing and refers to the data subjects.
Inventory data.
Payment details.
Contact details.
Content data.
Contract data.
Usage data.
Meta/communication data.
Applicant data.
Clients.
Employees.
Interested parties.
Communication partner.
Users.
Applicants.
Business and contractors.
Provision of contractual services and customer service.
Contact requests and communication.
Security measures.
Direct marketing.
Office and organizational procedures.
Manage and answer requests.
Application procedure.
Feedback.
Marketing.
Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
Information technology infrastructure.
In the following, you will receive an overview of the legal bases of the GDPR, on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the regulations of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or place of residence. Should more specific legal bases be decisive in individual cases, we will inform you of this in the data protection declaration.
Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. a) GDPR) – The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for a specific purpose or several specific purposes.
Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. b) GDPR) – The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject.
Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR) – The processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require the protection of personal data, outcome.
In addition to the data protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation, national regulations on data protection in Germany apply. This includes, in particular, the law on the protection against misuse of personal data during data processing (Federal Data Protection Act – BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special regulations on the right to information, the right to erasure, the right to object, to the processing of special categories of personal data, to the processing for other purposes and for the transmission, as well as automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for purposes of the employment relationship (S. 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, execution or termination of employment relationships and the consent of employees. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states can be applied.
Security measures
In accordance with the legal requirements, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with the state of the art, the state of the art, the cost of implementation and the nature, the scope, the circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.
Measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data, as well as access, input, disclosure, availability and separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and reactions to the risk to the data. We also take into account the protection of personal data already during development or Selection of hardware, software and procedures according to the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.
SSL encryption (https): In order to protect your data transmitted via our online offer, we use SSL encryption. You can recognise such encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address line of your browser.
Transmission of personal data
As part of our processing of personal data, the data is transmitted to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons or by persons. The recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases, we observe the legal requirements and conclude corresponding contracts or in particular. Agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.
Data processing in third countries
If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or disclosure or disclosure Transmission of data to other persons, bodies or companies takes place, this is only done in accordance with the legal requirements.
Subject to express consent or contractual or legally required transfer, we process the data only in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, contractual obligations by so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, where certifications or binding internal data protection regulations are processed (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, EU Commission information website: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection-en-protection-en).
Deletion of data
The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as their permitted consents are revoked or other permissions cease (e.g. if the purpose of the processing of this data has ceased to apply or they are not required for the purpose). If the data is not deleted because it is necessary for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing is restricted to these purposes. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons or whose storage is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person.
As part of our data protection notice, we may provide users with further information about the deletion and retention of data that apply specifically to the respective processing process.
Use of cookies
Cookies are small text files or other storage notes that store information on end devices and read out information from the end devices. For example, the login status in a user account, a shopping cart content in an e-shop, the content accessed or functions used for an online offer. Cookies may also be used for different purposes, e.g. for the purposes of the functionality, security and comfort of online offers, as well as the creation of analyses of visitor flows.
We use cookies in accordance with legal requirements. Therefore, we obtain previous consent from users, unless this is required by law. In particular, consent is not necessary if the storage and reading of the information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary in order to provide the users with a telemedia service expressly requested by them (i.e. our online offer). The revocable consent is clearly communicated to users and contains the information about the respective cookie usage.
The legal basis for data protection under data protection depends on whether we ask users to give consent. If the users consent, the legal basis for the processing of your data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed using cookies will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. business operation of our online offer and improve its usability) or if this is done in the context of the fulfilment of our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations. In the course of this privacy policy or within the scope of our consent and processing processes, we clarify the purposes of our cookies to be processed.
With regard to the storage period, the following types of cookies are differentiated:
Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user leaves an online offer and his device (e.g. browser or mobile application).
Permanent cookies remain stored even after the terminal device has been closed. For example, the login status can be stored or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user revisits a website. Likewise, the user data collected with the help of cookies can be used for reach measurement. If we do not provide users with explicit information about the type and storage period of cookies (e.g. as part of obtaining your consent), users should assume that cookies are permanent and the storage period can be up to two years.
Users can revoke the consents given by them at any time and also object to the processing in accordance with the legal requirements in Art. 21 GDPR. Users can also explain their objection via the settings of their browser, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (whereby the functionality of our online services may also be limited). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be explained by the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/ .
Processing of cookie data based on consent: We use a procedure for cookie consent management, in the context of which the consent of the users in the use of cookies, or the processing and provider specified in the cookie consent management procedure can be obtained and revoked, as well as managed by the users. The declaration of consent is stored in order not to have to repeat its query and to be able to prove its consent in accordance with the legal obligation.
The storage can be carried out on the server side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie, or using comparable technologies) in order to be able to assign the consent to a user or his device. Subject to individual information on the providers of cookie management services, the following notes apply: The duration of the storage of consent can be up to two years. Here, a pseudonymous user identifier is formed and, with the time of consent, details of the scope of the consent (e.g. which categories of cookies and/or service providers) as well as the browser, system and end device used.
Providers and Services used in the course of the business activities
Within the scope of our business activities, we use additional services, platforms, interfaces or plug-ins from third-party providers (short “Services”), in compliance with legal requirements. Their use is based on our interests in proper, lawful and economic management of our business operations and our internal organisation.
Inventory data (e.g. Names, addresses); Payment data (e.g. Bank details, invoices, payment history); contact details (e.g. E-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. Entries in online forms); Contract data (e.g. Object of the contract, duration, customer category); usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta-/communication data (e.g. Device information, IP addresses).
Customers; Interested parties; Users (e.g. Website visitors, users of online services); business and contractual partners; employees (e.g. Employees, applicants, former employees); communication partner.
Provision of contractual services and customer service; office and organisational procedures; security measures; contact requests and communication; direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).
Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Further information on processing, procedures and services
Software for accounting, communication with tax consultants and authorities and with document storage; service provider: DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstr. 6 – 14, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany; legal basis: Legit dished interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.datev.de/web/mydatev/online-use/; Privacy Policy: https://www.datev.de/web/de/m/ueber-datev/data protection/; Order processing agreement: Provided by the service provider.
Online software for invoicing, accounting, banking and tax filing with document storage; Service provider: sevDesk GmbH, Hauptstraße 115, 77652 Offenburg, Germany; legal basis: Legit damage interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://sevdesk.de/; Privacy Policy: https://sevdesk.de/security data protection/; Order processing contract: https://sevdesk.de/security data protection.
Password Manager; Service Provider: AgileBits, Inc., 4711 Yonge St, 10th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M2N 6K8, Canada; Legal basis: Legit damage interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://1password.com/; Privacy Policy: https://1password.com/legal/privacy; Order processing contract: https://1password.com/legal-center/; Standard contractual clauses (guarantee level of data protection for processing in third countries): inclusion in the contract processing contract; Further information: https://1password.com/legal center (data from the European Union)
Messenger and conference software; Service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland, parent company: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; legal basis: Legit persons interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://products.office.com; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de/privacystatement, security notes: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; standard contractual clauses (data protection level for third countries processing): https://www.microsoft.com/slicensing/docs/com
Microsoft Teams – Messenger; Service Provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland, parent company: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; Legal basis: Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://products.office.com; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de/privacystatement, security notes: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; standard contractual clauses (data protection level for third countries processing): https://www.microsoft.com/slicensing/docs/com
Cloud storage, cloud infrastructure services and cloud-based application software; Service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland, parent company: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; Legal bases: Legitized Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://microsoft.com/en-de; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement, security notes: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; order processing agreement: https://www.microsoft.com.licens/sing/docs/view/microsoft-products-ServicesLevel of processing in third countries): https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Products-and-Services-Data-Protection-Addendum-DPA.
Password Manager; Service Provider: Janek Bevendorff, Friesstr. 1, 99423 Weimar, Germany; Legal basis: Legit dished interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://keepassxc.org/; Privacy Policy: https://keepassxc.org/privacy/.
Provision of online offer and web hosting
We process the user’s data in order to be able to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the IP address of the user, which is necessary to transmit the content and functions of our online services to the browser or the device of the users.
Usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. Device information, IP addresses).
Users (e.g. Website visitors, users of online services).
Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; information infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.); security measures.
Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
To provide our online offer, we use storage space, computing capacity and software that we rent or otherwise obtain from a corresponding server provider (also known as the “Webhoster”); legal grounds: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Access to our online offer is logged in the form of so-called “server log files”. The server log files may include the address and name of the retrieved websites and files, date and time of access, amounts of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, in the case, IP addresses and the requesting provider.to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability; legal bases: Legislocationd interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR);
Log file information is stored for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted or anonymised. Data whose further retention is required for evidentiary purposes are excluded from deletion until the respective incident has been finally clarified.
Services in the area of the provision of information infrastructure and related services (e.g. Storage and/or computing capacities); Service Provider: Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.hetzner.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.hetzner.com/en/legal/data protection; order processing contract: https://docs.hetzner.com/en/general/general-terms-and-conditions/data-privacy-faq/.
Contact and request management
When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media) as well as within the scope of existing user and business relationships, the information provided by the requesting persons is processed as far as this is necessary to respond to the contact requests and any requested measures.
The answering of the contact requests as well as the administration of contact and inquiry data within the framework of contractual or pre-contractual relationships is carried out in order to fulfil our contractual obligations or to answer (pre-)contractual inquiries and otherwise on the basis of the legitimate interests in answering the inquiries and maintenance of user relationships. Business relations.
Contact details (e.g. E-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. Entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. Device information, IP addresses).
Communication partner.
Provision of contractual services and customer service; contact requests and communication; administration and answers to inquiries; feedback (e.g. Collecting feedback via online form); providing our online offer and ease of use.
Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. b) GDPR); Legit dished interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Further information on processing, procedures and services:
When users contact us via our contact form, e-mail or other communication channels, we process the data provided to us in this context to process the request provided. For this purpose, we process personal data in the framework of pre-contractual and contractual business relationships, insofar as this is necessary for their fulfilment and, more, on the basis of our legitimate interests and the interests of the communication partners in answering the concerns and our statutory retention obligations;
Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. b) GDPR), Legit dish Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Video conferencing, online meetings, webinars and screen sharing
We use platforms and applications from other vendors (hereinafter referred to as “Conference Platforms”) for the purpose of conducting video and audio conferencing, webinars and other types of video and audio meetings (collectively referred to as “Conference”). When selecting the conference platforms and their services, we observe the legal requirements.
As part of participation in a conference, the conference platforms process the personal data of the participants listed below. The scope of the processing depends on the one hand on which data is required in the context of a specific conference (e.g. Indication of access data or real names) and which optional information is made by the participants. In addition to processing to carry out the conference, the participants’ data can also be processed by the conference platforms for security purposes or service optimisation. The processed data includes personal data (first name, last name), contact information (e-mail address, telephone number), access data (access codes or passwords), profile pictures, information on the professional position/function, the IP address of the Internet access, information on the end devices of the participants, their operating system, the browser and its technical and linguistic settings, information on the communication processes, i. Inputs in chats as well as audio and video data, as well as the use of other available functions (e.g. Polls). Contents of the communications are encrypted to the extent technically provided by the conference provider. If the participants are registered as users at the conference platforms, further data may be processed according to the agreement with the respective conference provider.
If texts, participation results (e.g. surveys) and video or audio recordings are logged, this will be transparently communicated to the participants in advance and – if necessary – they will be asked for consent.
Data protection measures of the participants: Please note on the details of the processing of your data by the conference platforms their privacy policy and select the security and data protection settings as settings of the conference platforms. Please also ensure the duration of a video conference for data and personality protection in the background of your recording (e.g. by providing information to roommates, closing doors and use, as far as technically possible, the function to visualize the background). Links to the conference rooms and access data may not be passed on to unauthorised third parties.
If, in addition to the conference platforms, we also process the user’s data and ask users to give their consent to the use of the conference platforms or certain functions (e.g. B. Consent to a recording of conferences), the legal basis for the processing is this consent. Furthermore, our processing may be necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations (e.g. in lists of participants, in the case of processing of interview results, etc.). In addition, the user’s data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure communication with our communication partners.
Inventory data (e.g. Names, addresses); contact details (e.g. E-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. Entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. Device information, IP addresses).
Communication partners; users (e.g. Website visitors, users of online services).
Provision of contractual services and customer service; contact requests and communication; office and organisational procedures.
Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. a) GDPR); contract fulfilment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. b) GDPR); Legit dished interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Further information on processing, procedures and services
Messenger and conference software; Service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland, parent company: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; legal basis: Legit persons interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://products.office.com; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de/privacystatement, security notes: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; standard contractual clauses (data protection level for third countries processing): https://www.microsoft.com/slicensing/docs/com
Application procedure
The application process requires applicants to provide us with the data required for their assessment and selection. The information required is determined by the job description or in the case of online forms from the information there.
In principle, the required information includes the personal information, such as the name, address, contact option and proof of the qualifications necessary for a job. On requests, we will also be happy to inform what information is required.
If provided, applicants can submit their applications to us by means of an online form. The data is transmitted to us in encrypted form according to the state of the art. Applicants can also submit their applications to us via e-mail. However, please note that e-mails are not sent in encrypted form on the Internet. As a rule, e-mails are encrypted on the way of transport, but not on the servers from which they are sent and received. We can therefore not assume any responsibility for the transmission of the application between the sender and the receipt on our server.
For the purposes of applicant search, submission of applications and selection of applicants, we can Recruitment software and third-party platforms and services.
Applicants are welcome to contact us for the way the application is submitted or to send us the application by post.
Insofar as special categories of personal data within the scope of the application process are provided in accordance with Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g. Health data, such as If severely disabled or ethnic origin is requested from applicants, so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights incurred by labour law and social security and social protection law and fulfil his or her obligations in this respect to him or her related activities. 9 para. 2 lit. b. GDPR, in the case of the protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons acc. Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c. GDPR or for the purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee’s ability to work, for medical diagnostics, for care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector acc. Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h. GDPR. In the case of a voluntary notification of the special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a. GDPR.
Deletion of data: The data provided by the applicants may be further processed by us in the event of a successful application for the purposes of the employment relationship. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is not successful, the applicant’s data will be deleted. Applicants’ data will also be deleted if an application is withdrawn, which the applicants are entitled to do at any time. The deletion takes place, subject to a justified revocation of the applicants, at the latest after the expiry of a period of six months, so that we can answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and meet our obligations to provide proof from the regulations for equal treatment of applicants. Invoices for any travel expenses are archived in accordance with the tax requirements.
Admission to an applicant pool, if offered, is based on consent. Applicants are taught that their consent to be admitted to the talent pool is voluntary, has no influence on the ongoing application process and that they can revoke their consent at any time for the future.
Inventory data (e.g. Names, addresses); contact details (e.g. E-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. Submissions in online forms); Applicant data (e.g. Information about the person, postal and contact addresses, the documents belonging to the application and the information contained therein, e.g. letter, CV, certificates and other information about their person or qualification provided with regard to a specific body or voluntarily provided by applicants).
Applicants.
Application procedure (reasons and possible subsequent execution as well as possible subsequent termination of the employment relationship).
Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Cloud services
We use software services accessible via the Internet and running on the servers of their providers (so-called “cloud services”, also known as “Software as a Service”) for the following purposes: document storage and administration, calendar management, e-mail delidates, spreadsheets and presentations, exchange of documents, content and information with certain recipients or publishing of websites, forms or other content and information, and chats and video confer.
In this context, personal data may be processed and stored on the servers of the providers, insofar as this is part of communication operations with us or otherwise processed by us, as set out in the context of this privacy policy. This data may include, in particular, master data and contact details of users, data on processes, contracts, other processes and their contents. The providers of the cloud services also process usage data and metadata used by them for security purposes and for service optimization.
If we use the cloud services to other users or publicly accessible websites forms o.a. Provide documents and content, the providers can store cookies on the devices of users for the purposes of web analysis or to remember the settings of the users (e.g. in the case of media control).
Inventory data (e.g. Names, addresses); contact details (e.g. E-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. Entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. Device information, IP addresses).
Customers; employees (e.g. Employees, applicants, former employees); prospective customers; communication partners.
Office and organisational procedures; information infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.).).
Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. b) GDPR); Legit dished interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Further information on processing, procedures and services:
Cloud storage, cloud infrastructure services and cloud-based application software; Service provider: Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland, parent company: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; Legal bases: Legitized Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://microsoft.com/en-de; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement, security notes: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; order processing agreement: https://www.microsoft.com.licens/sing/docs/view/microsoft-products-ServicesLevel of processing in third countries): https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Microsoft-Products-and-Services-Data-Protection-Addendum-DPA.
Presences in Social Networks (Social Media)
We maintain online presences within social networks and process users’ data in this context in order to communicate with the active users there or to offer information about us.
We would like to point out that users’ data can be processed outside the space of the European Union. This can cause risks for users, because, for example, the enforcement of the rights of users could be made more difficult.
Furthermore, the data of users within social networks is usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created on the basis of usage behavior and the resulting interests of the users. The usage profiles can be used, e.g. to place advertisements inside and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the computers of the users, in which the usage behaviour and the interests of the users are stored. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users (in particular if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).
For a detailed description of the respective forms of processing and the options for objection (opt-out), we refer to the privacy statements and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.
In the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we also point out that these can be asserted most effectively by the providers. Only the providers have access to the user’s data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can contact us.
Contact details (e.g. E-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. Entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. Device information, IP addresses).
Users (e.g. Website visitors, users of online services).
Contact requests and communication; feedback (e.g. Collect feedback via online form); marketing.
Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Further information on processing, procedures and services:
Profiles within the social network Facebook – Together with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, we are responsible for the collection (but not the further processing) of the data of visitors to our Facebook page (so-called. “Fanpage”). This data includes information about the types of content that users view or interact with, or the actions they have taken (see “Arts made and other items made and provided” in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy), and information about the devices used by users (e.g. B. IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data; see “Device Information” in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy). As explained, as in the Facebook Data Policy under “How do we use this information?”, Facebook also collects and uses information to provide analytics services, so-called “page insights” for site operators, so that they gain insights into how people interact with their pages and content associated with them. We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook (“Information on page insights”, https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page-controller-addendum), in which it is regulated in particular which security measures Facebook must comply and in which Facebook has agreed to comply with the rights of the data subject (i.e. Users can e.g. B. Send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook. Further information can be found in the “Page Insights Information” (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information-about-page-insights-data); service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Standard contractual clauses (guarantee level of data protection for processing in third countries): https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU-data-transfer-addendum; Further information: Agreement of common responsibility: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms The shared responsibility is limited to the collection by data and transmission to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. Further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, in particular as a result of the transfer of data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA (on the basis of the standard contractual clauses concluded between Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and Meta Platforms, Inc.).
Social network; service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.linkedin.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; order processing contract: https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa; standard contractual clauses (guarantee level of data protection for processing in third countries): https://slegal.linkedin.com/dpa; objection option (op-out): http..
Social network; Service provider: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland, parent company: Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; legal bases: Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy, (Settings: https://twitter.com/personalization).
Social network; service provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany; legal basis: Legit dish (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.xing.de; Privacy Policy: https://privacy.xing.com/en/data protection declaration.
Plugins and embedded functions as well as content
We integrate functional and content elements in our online offer, which are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”). These may be graphics, videos or city maps (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “content”).
The integration always requires that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the users, since they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the presentation of these contents or functions. We make every effort to use only those contents whose respective providers use the IP address solely for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also referred to as “web beacons”) for statistical or marketing purposes. The “pixel tags” can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user’s device and may be included, among other things, technical information about the browser and the operating system, websites to be referred to, visiting time and other information about the use of our online offer, as well as be connected with such information from other sources.
Usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times); meta/communication data (e.g. Device information, IP addresses); content data (e.g. Entries in online forms).
Users (e.g. Website visitors, users of online services).
Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; provision of contractual services and customer service; information infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.).).
Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Further information on processing, procedures and services
We integrate software in our online offer, which we access from servers of third-party providers (e.g. Functional libraries that we use for the purpose of presenting or ease of use of our online offer). The respective providers collect the IP address of the users and can process them for the purpose of transmitting the software to the user’s browser as well as for the purpose of security, as well as for the evaluation and optimisation of their offer. – We integrate software into our online offer, which we access from servers of other providers (e.g. Functional libraries that we use for the purpose of presenting or ease of use of our online offer). The respective providers collect the IP address of the users and can process them for the purpose of transmitting the software to the user’s browser as well as for the purposes of security, as well as for the evaluation and optimisation of their offer; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Display of fonts and symbols; service provider: The Font Awesome icons are hosted on our server, no data is transmitted to the provider of Font Awesome; legal bases: Legissive interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Obquesting (and symbols) for the purpose of technically safe, maintenance-free and efficient use of fonts and symbols with regard to up-to-dateness and loading times, their uniform presentation and consideration of possible licensing rights restrictions. The provider of the fonts is informed about the user’s IP address so that the fonts can be made available in the user’s browser. In addition, technical data (speech settings, screen resolution, operating system, used hardware) is transmitted, which is necessary for the provision of the fonts depending on the devices used and the technical environment; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; legal basis: Legliants: Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://fonts.google.com/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
We integrate the maps of the OpenStreetMap service, which are offered by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) based on the Open Data Commons Open Database license (ODbL). The data of the users is used by OpenStreetMap exclusively for the purpose of displaying the map functions and for caching the selected settings. This data may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users, but which are not collected without their consent (as a rule (in the context of the settings of their mobile devices); service provider: OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF); legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.openstreetmap.de; Privacy Policy: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy-Policy.
We integrate the fonts (“Typekit fonts”) of the provider Adobe, whereby the data of the users is used solely for the purpose of displaying the fonts in the user’s browser. The integration is based on our legitimate interests in a technically secure, maintenance-free and efficient use of fonts, their uniform presentation and taking into account possible licensing restrictions for their integration; service provider: Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Ireland; legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://www.adobe.com/en; Privacy Policy: https://www.adobe.com/en/privacy.html.
Hosting and software for the creation, provision and operation of websites, blogs and other online offerings; service providers: Automattic Inc., 60 29th Street, 343, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA; legal basis: Legit interests (Art. 6 para. 1 pc. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://wordpress.com; Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/en/privacy; Order Processing Agreement: https://wordpress.com/support/data-processing agreement.
Change and update of the privacy policy
We ask you to inform yourself regularly about the content of our privacy policy. We adjust the privacy policy as soon as the changes to the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as possible as soon as possible, an action to cooperation on your part (e.g. consent) or any other individual notification is required.
If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this privacy policy, please note that the addresses may change over time and ask you to check the information before contacting you.
Rights of the persons concerned
They have various rights under the GDPR, which are particularly entitled to suffer from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of your personal data, which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR is to object; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
You have the right to revoke granted consent at any time.
You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question is being processed and to request information about this data as well as for further information and a copy of the data in accordance with legal requirements.
According to the legal requirements, you have the right to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of the incorrect data concerning you.
In accordance with the legal requirements, you have the right to demand that you have data concerned deleted immediately, or alternatively to demand a restriction of the processing of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
You have the right to receive data concerning you that you have provided to us in accordance with legal requirements in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another person responsible.
In accordance with the legal requirements and without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular a supervisory authority in the Member State in which you are usually resident, the supervisory authority of your workplace or the place of the alleged infringement, if you believe that the processing of your personal data is contrary to the GDPR.
Definitions
In this section you will get an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Many of the terms are taken from the law and especially in Art. 4 GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are primarily intended to serve the understanding. The terms are sorted alphabetically.
“Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as the “data subject”); a natural person is considered identifiable who is directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g. cookie) or can be identified into one or more characteristics that are an expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
“Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
“Prification” means any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data. The term goes far and includes practically every handling of data, be it the colonization, evaluation, storage, transmitting or deleting.
