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GDPR - Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

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With the following data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about which types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as "data") we process, for what purposes and to what extent. This data protection declaration 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 offering").

The terms used are not gender specific.

As of: 24 May 2024

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Pure Elements Natural Cosmetics GmbH
Lindacher Weg 21a
85659 Forstern
Germany

Email address: info@pure-elements.de

Phone: +4917634564081

Overview of processing

The following overview summarises the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing and refers to the persons concerned.

Types of data processed

  • Inventory data.
  • Payment details.
  • Location data.
  • Contact details.
  • Content data.
  • Contract data.
  • Usage data.
  • Meta, communication and procedural data.
  • Contact information (Facebook).
  • Event data (Facebook).
  • Log data.
  • Credit data.

Categories of data subjects

  • Service recipient and client.
  • Employees.
  • Interested parties.
  • communication partner.
  • users.
  • Contest and competition participants.
  • Business and contractual partners.
  • Participant.

Purposes of processing

  • Provision of contractual services and fulfilment of contractual obligations.
  • Communication.
  • Security measures.
  • direct marketing.
  • Reach measurement.
  • Tracking.
  • Office and organizational procedures.
  • Remarketing.
  • Conversion measurement.
  • Click tracking.
  • Target group formation.
  • A/B testing.
  • Organisational and administrative procedures.
  • Conducting prize draws and competitions.
  • Feedback.
  • Heat maps.
  • Surveys and questionnaires.
  • Marketing.
  • Profiles with user-related information.
  • Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness.
  • Assessment of creditworthiness and credit rating.
  • Information technology infrastructure.
  • Public relations.
  • Sales promotion.
  • Business processes and business procedures.

Automated decisions in individual cases

  • Credit report.

Relevant legal bases

Relevant legal bases under the GDPR: Below you will find 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 provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or domicile. If more specific legal bases are relevant in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the data protection declaration.

  • Consent (Article 6 (1) sentence 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 performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) sentence 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.
  • Legal obligation (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR) – The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  • Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR) - the processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data do not prevail.

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national regulations on data protection apply in Germany. This includes in particular the law on protection against misuse of personal data in data processing (Federal Data Protection Act - BDSG). The BDSG contains in particular special regulations on the right to information, the right to deletion, the right of objection, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases including profiling. In addition, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

Note on the validity of the GDPR and the Swiss DSG: This data protection notice serves to provide information in accordance with both the Swiss DSG and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For this reason, we ask you to note that the terms of the GDPR are used due to the broader spatial application and comprehensibility. In particular, instead of the terms "processing" of "personal data", "overriding interest" and "personal data requiring particular protection" used in the Swiss DSG, the terms "processing" of "personal data" as well as "legitimate interest" and "special categories of data" used in the GDPR are used. However, the legal meaning of the terms will continue to be determined according to the Swiss DSG within the scope of the validity of the Swiss DSG.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, 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, to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

The 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 to it, input, transfer, securing availability and separation. Furthermore, we have set up procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and reactions to threats to data. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account when developing or selecting hardware, software and processes in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.

Shortening of the IP address: If IP addresses are processed by us or by the service providers and technologies used and the processing of a complete IP address is not necessary, the IP address is shortened (also known as "IP masking"). The last two digits or the last part of the IP address after a period are removed or replaced by placeholders. The shortening of the IP address is intended to prevent or significantly complicate the identification of a person based on their IP address.

Securing online connections through TLS/SSL encryption technology (HTTPS): To protect user data transmitted through our online services from unauthorized access, we use TLS/SSL encryption technology. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) are the cornerstones of secure data transmission on the Internet. These technologies encrypt the information transmitted between the website or app and the user's browser (or between two servers), protecting the data from unauthorized access. TLS, as the advanced and more secure version of SSL, ensures that all data transmissions meet the highest security standards. When a website is secured by an SSL/TLS certificate, this is signaled by the display of HTTPS in the URL. This serves as an indicator for users that their data is being transmitted securely and encrypted.

General information on data storage and deletion

We delete personal data that we process in accordance with the statutory provisions as soon as the underlying consent is revoked or there are no further legal bases for the processing. This applies to cases in which the original processing purpose no longer applies or the data is no longer required. Exceptions to this rule exist if legal obligations or special interests require the data to be stored or archived for a longer period.

In particular, data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons or whose storage is necessary for legal proceedings or to protect the rights of other natural or legal persons must be archived accordingly.

Our privacy policy contains additional information on the retention and deletion of data that applies specifically to certain processing operations.

If there are several specifications regarding the retention period or deletion period for a date, the longest period always applies.

If a period does not expressly begin on a specific date and is at least one year, it automatically begins at the end of the calendar year in which the event triggering the period occurred. In the case of ongoing contractual relationships in the context of which data is stored, the event triggering the period is the time at which the termination or other termination of the legal relationship takes effect.

We process data that is no longer stored for the originally intended purpose but due to legal requirements or other reasons, only for the reasons that justify its storage.

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Storage and deletion of data: The following general periods apply to storage and archiving under German law:
    • 10 years - retention period for books and records, annual financial statements, inventories, management reports, opening balance sheets as well as the work instructions and other organizational documents, accounting documents and invoices required for their understanding (Section 147 Paragraph 3 in conjunction with Paragraph 1 Nos. 1, 4 and 4a AO, Section 14b Paragraph 1 UStG, Section 257 Paragraph 1 Nos. 1 and 4, Paragraph 4 HGB).
    • 6 years - Other business documents: received commercial or business letters, reproductions of sent commercial or business letters, other documents, insofar as they are relevant for taxation, e.g. hourly wage slips, operating accounting sheets, calculation documents, price labels, but also payroll documents, insofar as they are not already accounting documents and cash register slips (Section 147 Paragraph 3 in conjunction with Paragraph 1 Nos. 2, 3, 5 AO, Section 257 Paragraph 1 Nos. 2 and 3, Paragraph 4 HGB).
    • 3 years - Data required to consider potential warranty and compensation claims or similar contractual claims and rights as well as to process related inquiries based on previous business experience and standard industry practices will be stored for the duration of the regular statutory limitation period of three years (§§ 195, 199 BGB).

Rights of the data subjects

Rights of the data subjects under the GDPR: As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:

  • Right of objection: You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR, for reasons related to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you are processed in order to conduct direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising.
  • Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.
  • Right to information: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether or not data concerning you is being processed and to request information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with legal requirements.
  • Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to request that the data concerning you be completed or that inaccurate data concerning you be rectified.
  • Right to erasure and restriction of processing: You have the right, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to demand that data concerning you be erased immediately or, alternatively, to demand that the processing of the data be restricted in accordance with the statutory provisions.
  • Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the data concerning you that you have made available to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements or to request that it be transmitted to another controller.
  • Complaint to a supervisory authority: In accordance with the statutory provisions 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 habitually reside, the supervisory authority of your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

Business Services

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and interested parties (collectively referred to as "contractual partners"), within the framework of contractual and comparable legal relationships and associated measures and with regard to communication with the contractual partners (or pre-contractually), for example to answer inquiries.

We use this data to fulfill our contractual obligations. This includes in particular the obligations to provide the agreed services, any updating obligations and remedy in the event of warranty and other service disruptions. In addition, we use the data to protect our rights and for the purposes of the administrative tasks associated with these obligations and company organization. In addition, we process the data on the basis of our legitimate interests in both proper and economical business management and in security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, endangerment of their data, secrets, information and rights (e.g. the involvement of telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). Within the framework of applicable law, we only pass on the data of contractual partners to third parties to the extent that this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations. The contractual partners are informed about other forms of processing, such as for marketing purposes, in this data protection declaration.

We inform our contractual partners which data is required for the aforementioned purposes before or during data collection, e.g. in online forms, by special marking (e.g. colors) or symbols (e.g. asterisks or similar), or in person.

We delete the data after the expiry of statutory warranty and similar obligations, i.e. generally after four years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, e.g. as long as it must be kept for legal archiving reasons (e.g. for tax purposes, usually ten years). We delete data that was disclosed to us by the contractual partner as part of an order in accordance with the specifications and generally after the end of the order.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); contract data (e.g. subject of the contract, term, customer category); usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, people involved).
  • Affected persons: service recipients and clients; interested parties; business and contractual partners.
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations; security measures; communication; office and organizational procedures; organizational and administrative procedures. Business processes and commercial procedures.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); Legal obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter c) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Online shop, order forms, e-commerce and delivery: We process our customers' data to enable them to select, purchase or order the selected products, goods and associated services, as well as to pay for and deliver or execute them. If necessary to execute an order, we use service providers, in particular postal, forwarding and shipping companies, to carry out the delivery or execution to our customers. We use the services of banks and payment service providers to process payment transactions. The required information is marked as such in the context of the order or comparable purchase process and includes the information required for delivery, provision and billing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR).

Providers and services used in the course of business activities

As part of our business activities, we use additional services, platforms, interfaces or plug-ins from third-party providers ("services") in compliance with legal requirements. Their use is based on our interests in the proper, lawful and economical management of our business operations and our internal organization.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation). Contract data (e.g. subject of the contract, term, customer category).
  • Affected persons: Service recipients and clients; interested parties; business and contractual partners. Employees (e.g. employees, applicants, temporary workers and other staff).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations; office and organizational procedures. Business processes and commercial procedures.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

Payment methods

Within the framework of contractual and other legal relationships, due to legal obligations or otherwise on the basis of our legitimate interests, we offer the data subjects efficient and secure payment options and, in addition to banks and credit institutions, use other service providers for this purpose (collectively "payment service providers").

The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data such as name and address, bank details such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums as well as contract, sum and recipient-related information. The information is required to carry out the transactions. However, the data entered is only processed and stored by the payment service providers. This means that we do not receive any account or credit card-related information, only information confirming or rejecting the payment. The payment service providers may transmit the data to credit agencies. This transmission is for the purpose of checking identity and creditworthiness. For this purpose, we refer to the terms and conditions and the data protection information of the payment service providers.

The terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective payment service providers apply to payment transactions and can be accessed on the respective websites or transaction applications. We also refer to these for further information and to assert revocation, information and other rights of those affected.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contract data (e.g. subject of the contract, term, customer category); usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, people involved). Contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers).
  • Affected persons: service recipients and clients; business and contractual partners; interested parties.
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations. Business processes and commercial procedures.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Apple Pay: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Apple Inc., Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://www.apple.com/de/apple-pay/ . Data protection declaration: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/de-ww/ .
  • Giropay: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: giropay GmbH, An der Welle 4, 60322 Frankfurt, Germany; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://www.giropay.de . Data protection declaration: https://www.giropay.de/rechtliches/datenschutzerklaerung/ .
  • Google Pay: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://pay.google.com/intl/de_de/about/ . Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy .
  • Klarna: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://www.klarna.com/de . Data protection declaration: https://www.klarna.com/de/datenschutz .
  • Mastercard: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Mastercard Europe SA, Chaussée de Tervuren 198A, B-1410 Waterloo, Belgium; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://www.mastercard.de/de-de.html . Data protection declaration: https://www.mastercard.de/de-de/datenschutz.html .
  • PayPal: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods) (e.g. PayPal, PayPal Plus, Braintree); service provider: PayPal (Europe) S.à rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://www.paypal.com/de . Privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full .
  • Stripe: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Stripe, Inc., 510 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://stripe.com ; privacy policy: https://stripe.com/de/privacy . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Visa: payment services (technical connection of online payment methods); service provider: Visa Europe Services Inc., London branch, 1 Sheldon Square, London W2 6TT, GB; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR); website: https://www.visa.de ; data protection declaration: https://www.visa.de/nutzungsbedingungen/visa-privacy-center.html . Basis for third country transfers: adequacy decision (GB).

Credit check

If we make advance payments or take comparable economic risks (e.g. when ordering on account), we reserve the right, in order to protect our legitimate interests, to obtain an identity and credit report for the purpose of assessing the credit risk on the basis of mathematical and statistical procedures from service providers specializing in this area (credit agencies).

We process the information received from the credit agencies on the statistical probability of a payment default as part of an appropriate discretionary decision on the establishment, implementation and termination of the contractual relationship. We reserve the right to refuse payment on account or any other advance payment in the event of a negative result of the credit check.

The decision as to whether we make advance payments is made in accordance with legal requirements solely on the basis of an automated decision in the individual case, which our software makes on the basis of the information provided by the credit agency.

If we obtain express consent from contractual partners, the legal basis for the credit report and the transmission of the customer's data to the credit agencies is the consent. If no consent is obtained, the credit report is based on our legitimate interests in the reliability of our payment claims.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); contract data (e.g. subject of the contract, term, customer category). Creditworthiness data (e.g. credit score received, estimated probability of default, risk classification based on this, historical payment behavior).
  • Affected persons: service recipients and clients; interested parties; business and contractual partners.
  • Purpose of processing: Assessment of creditworthiness and credit rating.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).
  • Automated decisions in individual cases: credit report (decision based on a credit check).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Credit check as a prerequisite for the provision of payment options: The provision of payment options, e.g. payment on account or payment in installments, can be made dependent on the result of the customer's credit check. In this case, we ask customers to agree to the credit check procedure; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR).

Provision of the online offer and web hosting

We process user data in order to be able to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the user's IP address, which is necessary to transmit the content and functions of our online services to the user's browser or end device.

  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, people involved); protocol data (e.g. log files relating to logins or the retrieval of data or access times). Content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as information on authorship or time of creation).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness; Information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.). Security measures.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Collection of access data and log files: Access to our online offering is logged in the form of so-called "server log files". The server log files can include the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, the date and time of access, the amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider. The server log files can be used for security purposes, e.g. to avoid overloading the servers (particularly in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks), and to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR). Deletion of data: Log file information is stored for a maximum of 30 days and then deleted or anonymized. Data that needs to be retained for evidentiary purposes will not be deleted until the incident in question has been finally resolved.
  • E-mail sending and hosting: The web hosting services we use also include the sending, receiving and storing of e-mails. For these purposes, the addresses of the recipients and senders as well as other information regarding the e-mail sending (e.g. the providers involved) and the contents of the respective e-mails are processed. The aforementioned data can also be processed for the purposes of detecting SPAM. Please note that e-mails are generally not sent encrypted on the Internet. As a rule, e-mails are encrypted during transport, but (unless a so-called end-to-end encryption method is used) not on the servers from which they are sent and received. We cannot therefore accept any responsibility for the transmission path of the e-mails between the sender and the reception on our server; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).
  • WordPress.com: Hosting and software for the creation, provision and operation of websites, blogs and other online offerings; Service provider: Aut O'Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd., Grand Canal Dock, 25 Herbert Pl, Dublin, D02 AY86, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://wordpress.com ; Privacy policy: https://automattic.com/de/privacy/ ; Data processing agreement: https://wordpress.com/support/data-processing-agreements/ . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files or other storage notes that store information on end devices and read it from them. For example, to store the log-in status in a user account, the contents of a shopping cart in an e-shop, the content accessed or the functions used in an online service. Cookies can also be used for various purposes, such as the functionality, security and convenience of online services and the creation of analyses of visitor flows.

Notes on consent: We use cookies in accordance with legal regulations. We therefore obtain prior consent from users, unless it is not required by law. Permission is not necessary in particular if the storage and reading of information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary in order to provide users with a telemedia service that they have expressly requested (i.e. our online offering). The revocable consent will be clearly communicated to them and will contain information on the respective cookie usage.

Notes on data protection legal bases: The data protection basis on which we process users' personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask them for consent. If users accept, the legal basis for the use of their data is their declared consent. Otherwise, the data used using cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the commercial operation of our online offering and the improvement of its usability) or, if this is done as part of the fulfillment of our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to meet our contractual obligations. We will explain the purposes for which we use cookies in the course of this data protection declaration or as part of our consent and processing processes.

Storage period: With regard to the storage period, the following types of cookies are distinguished:

  • Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offering and closed his or her device (e.g. browser or mobile application).
  • Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the device is closed. For example, the log-in status can be saved and preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. The user data collected using cookies can also be used to measure reach. If we do not provide users with explicit information about the type and storage period of cookies (e.g. when obtaining consent), they should assume that these are permanent and that the storage period can be up to two years.

General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Users can revoke the consent they have given at any time and also object to processing in accordance with the legal requirements, including by means of the privacy settings of their browser.

  • Types of data processed: Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, persons involved). Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purpose of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR). Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Processing of cookie data based on consent: We use a consent management solution that obtains users' consent to the use of cookies or to the procedures and providers named in the consent management solution. This procedure is used to obtain, log, manage and revoke consent, in particular with regard to the use of cookies and comparable technologies that are used to store, read and process information on users' end devices. As part of this procedure, users' consent is obtained for the use of cookies and the associated processing of information, including the specific processing and providers named in the consent management procedure. Users also have the option of managing and revoking their consent. The declarations of consent are stored in order to avoid further queries and to be able to provide proof of consent in accordance with legal requirements. The data is stored 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 specific user or their device. If no specific information is available about the providers of consent management services, the following general information applies: The consent is stored for up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is created, which is stored together with the time of consent, information on the scope of the consent (e.g. relevant categories of cookies and/or service providers) and information about the browser, the system and the end device used; Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR).
  • Cookie opt-out: In the footer of our website you will find a link via which you can change your cookie settings and revoke corresponding consent; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Registration, login and user account

Users can create a user account. During registration, users are provided with the required mandatory information and this information is processed for the purpose of providing the user account on the basis of contractual obligations. The data processed includes in particular the login information (user name, password and an email address).

When you use our registration and login functions and the user account, we save the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The data is saved on the basis of our legitimate interests and those of the users in protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. This data is generally not passed on to third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so.

Users may be informed by email about events relevant to their user account, such as technical changes.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation); usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Protocol data (e.g. log files relating to logins or the retrieval of data or access times).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations; security measures; organizational and administrative procedures. Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion". Deletion after termination.
  • Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Registration with real name: Due to the nature of our community, we ask users to only use our services using their real names. This means that the use of pseudonyms is not permitted; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR).
  • User profiles are not public: User profiles are not publicly visible or accessible.
  • Deletion of data after termination: If users have terminated their user account, their data relating to the user account will be deleted, subject to legal permission, obligation or consent of the users; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR).
  • No obligation to retain data: It is the responsibility of the user to save their data in the event of termination before the end of the contract. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all user data stored during the term of the contract; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR).

Community Features

The community functions we provide allow users to have conversations or otherwise exchange information with one another. Please note that the use of the community functions is only permitted in compliance with the applicable legal situation, our terms and guidelines, and the rights of other users and third parties.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.). Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: provision of contractual services and fulfillment of contractual obligations; security measures. Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Storage of data for security purposes: Users' contributions and other entries are processed for the purposes of the community and conversation functions and, subject to legal obligations or legal permission, are not released to third parties. An obligation to release data may arise in particular in the case of illegal contributions for the purposes of legal prosecution. We would like to point out that in addition to the content of the contributions, their time and the IP address of the users are also stored. This is done in order to be able to take appropriate measures to protect other users and the community; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR).

Blogs and publication media

We use blogs or similar means of online communication and publication (hereinafter "publication medium"). Readers' data is only processed for the purposes of the publication medium to the extent that it is necessary for its presentation and communication between authors and readers or for security reasons. For the rest, we refer to the information on the processing of visitors to our publication medium in the context of this data protection notice.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation); usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, persons involved).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; security measures. Organizational and administrative procedures.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Comments and contributions: When users leave comments or other contributions, their IP addresses may be stored based on our legitimate interests. This is done for our security in case someone leaves illegal content in comments and contributions (insults, prohibited political propaganda, etc.). In this case, we ourselves can be held liable for the comment or contribution and are therefore interested in the identity of the author.

    Furthermore, we reserve the right to process user information for the purpose of spam detection based on our legitimate interests.

    On the same legal basis, we reserve the right, in the case of surveys, to store users’ IP addresses for the duration of the survey and to use cookies to avoid multiple voting.

    The personal information, any contact and website information as well as the content information provided in the comments and contributions will be stored by us permanently until the user objects; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Contact and inquiry management

When you contact us (e.g. by post, contact form, email, telephone or via social media) and within the framework of existing user and business relationships, the information provided by the person making the inquiry will be processed to the extent that this is necessary to answer the contact inquiries and any requested measures.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation); usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, persons involved).
  • Affected persons: communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: communication; organizational and administrative procedures; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form). Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR). Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Contact form: When you contact us via our contact form, by email or other means of communication, we process the personal data sent to us in order to answer and process the respective request. This usually includes details such as name, contact information and, if applicable, other information that is communicated to us and is necessary for appropriate processing. We use this data exclusively for the stated purpose of contact and communication; legal basis: contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Communication via Messenger

We use messengers for communication purposes and therefore ask you to note the following information on the functionality of the messengers, encryption, the use of communication metadata and your options for objection.

You can also contact us in alternative ways, e.g. by telephone or email. Please use the contact options provided to you or the contact options provided within our online offering.

In the case of end-to-end encryption of content (i.e., the content of your message and attachments), we would like to point out that the communication content (i.e., the content of the message and attached images) is encrypted from end to end. This means that the content of the messages cannot be viewed, not even by the messenger providers themselves. You should always use a current version of the messenger with encryption activated to ensure that the message content is encrypted.

However, we would also like to point out to our communication partners that although the providers of the messengers cannot see the content, they can find out that and when communication partners communicate with us, as well as technical information about the device used by the communication partners and, depending on the settings of their device, location information (so-called metadata) are also processed.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask communication partners for permission before communicating with them via messenger, the legal basis for our processing of their data is their consent. Otherwise, if we do not ask for consent and they contact us on their own initiative, for example, we use messenger in relation to our contractual partners and in the context of contract initiation as a contractual measure and in the case of other interested parties and communication partners on the basis of our legitimate interests in fast and efficient communication and meeting the needs of our communication partners in communicating via messenger. We would also like to point out that we will not transmit the contact details provided to us to the messenger for the first time without your consent.

Revocation, objection and deletion: You can revoke your consent at any time and object to communication with us via messenger at any time. In the case of communication via messenger, we delete the messages in accordance with our general deletion guidelines (i.e., as described above, after the end of contractual relationships, in the context of archiving requirements, etc.) and otherwise as soon as we can assume that we have answered any information from the communication partners, if no reference to a previous conversation is to be expected and there are no statutory retention periods that prevent deletion.

Reservation of reference to other communication channels: To ensure your security, we ask for your understanding that for certain reasons we may not be able to respond to inquiries via messenger. This applies to situations in which, for example, contract details must be treated with particular confidentiality or a response via messenger does not meet the formal requirements. In these cases, we recommend that you use more suitable communication channels.

  • Types of data processed: Contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation); Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, persons involved).
  • Affected persons: communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: Communication. Direct marketing (e.g. by email or post).
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR); Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Instagram: Sending messages via the social network Instagram; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com . Privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ .
  • Facebook Messenger: Facebook Messenger with end-to-end encryption (the end-to-end encryption of Facebook Messenger requires activation if it is not activated by default); service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); website: https://www.facebook.com ; data protection declaration: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ ; data processing agreement: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • WhatsApp: WhatsApp Messenger with end-to-end encryption; Service provider: WhatsApp Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.whatsapp.com/ ; Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).

Newsletters and electronic notifications

We send newsletters, emails and other electronic notifications (hereinafter "newsletters") only with the consent of the recipient or on the basis of a legal basis. If the contents of the newsletter are mentioned when registering for the newsletter, these contents are decisive for the consent of the user. To register for our newsletter, it is usually sufficient to provide your email address. However, in order to be able to offer you a personalized service, we may ask you to provide your name so that we can address you personally in the newsletter or for further information if this is necessary for the purpose of the newsletter.

Deletion and restriction of processing: We can store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete them in order to be able to prove that consent was previously given. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a potential defense against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the previous existence of consent is confirmed at the same time. In the case of obligations to permanently observe objections, we reserve the right to store the email address in a block list (so-called "block list") for this purpose alone.

The registration process is logged on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of proving that it was carried out correctly. If we commission a service provider to send emails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure shipping system.

Contents:

Information about us, our services, promotions and offers.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, people involved). Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions).
  • Affected persons: communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).
  • Retention and deletion: 3 years - Contractual claims (AT) (Data necessary to consider potential warranty and compensation claims or similar contractual claims and rights, as well as to process related inquiries, based on previous business experience and usual industry practices, will be stored for the regular statutory limitation period of three years (§§ 1478, 1480 ABGB).). 10 years - Contractual claims (CH) (Data necessary to consider potential warranty and compensation claims or similar contractual claims and rights, as well as to process related inquiries, based on previous business experience and usual industry practices, will be stored for the statutory limitation period of ten years, unless a shorter period of 5 years applies, which is relevant in certain cases (Art. 127, 130 OR)).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR).
  • Opt-out option: You can cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent or object to further receipt. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you can use one of the contact options listed above, preferably email.

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Measurement of opening and click rates: The newsletters contain a so-called "web beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server or its server when the newsletter is opened, if we use a shipping service provider. As part of this retrieval, technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of retrieval, are initially collected. This information is used to technically improve our newsletter based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behavior based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or the access times. This analysis also includes determining whether and when the newsletters are opened and which links are clicked. The information is assigned to the individual newsletter recipients and stored in their profiles until it is deleted. The evaluations are used to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users. The measurement of the opening and click rates as well as the storage of the measurement results in the user profiles and their further processing are based on the consent of the users. Unfortunately, a separate revocation of the success measurement is not possible; in this case, the entire newsletter subscription must be canceled or revoked. In this case, the stored profile information will be deleted; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR).

Advertising communication via email, post, fax or telephone

We process personal data for the purposes of advertising communication, which can take place via various channels, such as e-mail, telephone, post or fax, in accordance with legal requirements.

The recipients have the right to revoke their consent at any time or to object to promotional communications at any time.

After revocation or objection, we store the data required to prove previous authorization for contacting or sending for up to three years after the end of the year of revocation or objection on the basis of our legitimate interests. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. On the basis of the legitimate interest in permanently respecting the user's revocation or objection, we also store the data required to avoid further contact (e.g., depending on the communication channel, the email address, telephone number, name).

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers). Content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation).
  • Affected persons: communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: direct marketing (e.g. by email or post); marketing. Sales promotion.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Prize draws and competitions

We only process personal data of participants in prize draws and competitions in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations, insofar as the processing is contractually necessary for the provision, implementation and processing of the prize draw, the participants have consented to the processing or the processing serves our legitimate interests (e.g. the security of the prize draw or the protection of our interests against misuse through possible collection of IP addresses when submitting prize draw entries).

If entries from participants are published as part of the competition (e.g. as part of a vote or presentation of the competition entries or winners or reporting on the competition), we would like to point out that the names of the participants may also be published in this context. Participants can object to this at any time.

If the competition takes place within an online platform or a social network (e.g. Facebook or Instagram, hereinafter referred to as the "online platform"), the terms of use and data protection provisions of the respective platforms also apply. In these cases, we would like to point out that we are responsible for the information provided by participants as part of the competition and that inquiries regarding the competition should be directed to us.

Participants' data will be deleted as soon as the prize draw or competition has ended and the data is no longer required to inform the winners or because no further queries about the prize draw are expected. Participants' data will generally be deleted no later than 6 months after the end of the prize draw. Winners' data may be retained for longer, for example to answer queries about the prizes or to fulfill the prize-winning services; in this case, the retention period depends on the type of prize and is up to three years for items or services, for example in order to process warranty claims. Participants' data may also be stored for longer, for example in the form of reports on the prize draw in online and offline media.

If data was collected for other purposes as part of the competition, its processing and retention period are governed by the data protection information for this use (e.g. in the case of registration for the newsletter as part of a competition).

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers). Content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation).
  • Persons affected: participants in prize draws and competitions.
  • Purpose of processing: Conducting prize draws and competitions.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Surveys and polls

We conduct surveys and questionnaires to collect information for the respective communicated survey or questionnaire purpose. The surveys and questionnaires we conduct (hereinafter "surveys") are evaluated anonymously. Personal data is only processed to the extent that this is necessary for the provision and technical implementation of the surveys (e.g. processing the IP address in order to display the survey in the user's browser or to enable the survey to be resumed using a cookie).

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation). Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions).
  • Persons concerned: Participants.
  • Purposes of processing: Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form); surveys and questionnaires (e.g. surveys with input options, multiple-choice questions); tracking (e.g. interest/behavior-based profiling, use of cookies); click tracking; A/B testing; heat maps (mouse movements by users that are summarized to form an overall picture); profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles). Provision of our online offering and user-friendliness.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

Web analysis, monitoring and optimization

Web analysis (also known as "reach measurement") is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to our online offering and can include behavior, interests or demographic information about visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. Using reach analysis, we can, for example, identify at what time our online offering or its functions or content are used most frequently, or encourage reuse. It is also possible for us to understand which areas require optimization.

In addition to web analysis, we can also use testing procedures to test and optimize different versions of our online offering or its components.

Unless otherwise stated below, profiles, i.e. data summarized for a usage process, can be created for these purposes and information can be stored in a browser or in a device and then read out. The information collected includes in particular websites visited and elements used there as well as technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times. If users have consented to us or the providers of the services we use collecting their location data, the processing of location data is also possible.

In addition, the IP addresses of the users are stored. However, we use an IP masking process (i.e. pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (such as email addresses or names) is stored as part of web analysis, A/B testing and optimization, but pseudonyms. This means that neither we nor the providers of the software used know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purpose of the respective processes.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to use third-party providers, the legal basis for data processing is consent. Otherwise, user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient, economical and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to draw your attention to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, persons involved).
  • Affected persons: Service recipients and clients. Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); tracking (e.g. interest/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies); target group formation; A/B testing; marketing; profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles); remarketing; provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; click tracking; heat maps (mouse movements by users that are summarized to form an overall picture). Conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures).
  • Retention and deletion: Deletion as stated in the "General information on data retention and deletion" section. Storage of cookies for up to 2 years (Unless otherwise stated, cookies and similar storage methods may be stored on users' devices for a period of two years).
  • Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online offering based on a pseudonymous user identification number. This identification number does not contain any unique data such as names or email addresses. It is used to assign analysis information to a device in order to recognize which content users have accessed within one or more usage processes, which search terms they have used, accessed them again or interacted with our online offering. The time of use and its duration are also stored, as well as the sources of users who refer to our online offering and technical aspects of their devices and browsers. Pseudonymous profiles of users are created with information from the use of various devices, and cookies may be used. Google Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses for EU users. However, Analytics provides rough geographic location data by deriving the following metadata from IP addresses: city (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), continent, country, region, subcontinent (and ID-based counterparts). For EU traffic, the IP address data is used exclusively for this derivation of geolocation data before being immediately deleted. It is not logged, is not accessible and is not used for any other purposes. When Google Analytics collects measurement data, all IP queries are performed on EU-based servers before the traffic is forwarded to Analytics servers for processing; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/ ; Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Order processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/ ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Opt-out option: Opt-out plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de , Settings for the display of advertisements: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff . Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and data processed).
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online offering based on a pseudonymous user identification number. This identification number does not contain any unique data such as names or email addresses. It is used to assign analysis information to a device in order to recognize which content users have accessed within one or more usage processes, which search terms they have used, accessed these again or interacted with our online offering. The time of use and its duration are also stored, as are the sources of users who refer to our online offering and technical aspects of their devices and browsers.
    This involves creating pseudonymous profiles of users with information from the use of different devices, and cookies may be used. Google Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses for EU users. However, Analytics provides rough geographic location data by deriving the following metadata from IP addresses: city (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), continent, country, region, subcontinent (and ID-based counterparts). For EU traffic, IP address data is used exclusively for this derivation of geolocation data before being immediately deleted. It is not logged, is not accessible, and is not used for any other purposes. When Google Analytics collects measurement data, all IP queries are performed on EU-based servers before the traffic is forwarded to Analytics servers for processing; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/ ; Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address); Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Order processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/ ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Possibility of objection (opt-out): Opt-out plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de , Settings for the display of advertisements: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff . Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and data processed).
  • Notes on consent recipients and cookieless analysis: Notes on consent recipients: The consent given by users as part of a consent dialog (also known as "cookie opt-in/consent", 'cookie banner', etc.) serves several purposes. Firstly, it helps us to fulfill our obligation to obtain consent to store and read information on and from the user's device (in accordance with ePrivacy guidelines). Secondly, it covers the processing of users' personal data in accordance with data protection regulations. In addition, this consent also applies to Google, as the company is obliged to obtain consent for personalized services under the Digital Markets Act. Therefore, we share the status of consents given by users with Google. Our consent management software informs Google whether consents have been given or not. The aim is to ensure that the consents given or not given by users are taken into account when using Google Analytics and when integrating functions and external services. In this way, user consent and its revocation within the framework of Google Analytics and other Google services in our online offering can be adapted dynamically and depending on the user selection.
    Cookieless analysis: We use the extended implementation of Google Analytics' consent mode. This means that if users do not give their consent to the storage and reading of information on their devices - especially regarding cookies - no cookies or similar information will be stored on the users' devices. Likewise, no user profiles will be created.
    In this case, Google's code generates a random identification number on the user's device and transmits it to Google (so-called "ping"). The identification is not stored in the user's browser, apps or other devices. This identification number is unique for each website visit, so that the behavior or interests of users are not recorded across devices or pages. Only a minimum amount of information on user activity is sent. This includes information on the consent status and information for conversion measurement, i.e. whether a user was directed to our online offering via a Google ad.
    In addition, the following information may be transmitted, if available: a) Functional information such as headers (technical details transmitted by the browser), b) Timestamp (date and time of access), c) User agent (information about the browser and device used, web only), d) Referrer URL (the URL of the page the user came from), e) Aggregated/pseudonymous information: This includes an indication of whether the current or a previous page in the user's navigation history contains information about the ad click in the URL (e.g. GCLID/DCLID, special tracking codes from Google), a random number generated each time the page is loaded, and information about the consent management platform used by the website owner (e.g. developer ID); Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9976101?hl=de . Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy .
  • Google Analytics (server-side use): We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online services by users. User data is processed, but not transmitted directly from the user's device to Google. In particular, the user's IP address is not transmitted to Google. Instead, the data is first transmitted to our server, where the user records are assigned to our internal user identification number. The subsequent transmission only takes place in this pseudonymized form from our server to Google. The identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or email addresses. It is used to assign analysis information to a device in order to recognize which content users have accessed within one or more usage processes, which search terms they have used, accessed them again or interacted with our online offering. The time of use and its duration are also stored, as are the sources of users who refer to our online offering and technical aspects of their devices and browsers. Pseudonymous profiles of users are created with information from the use of various devices, and cookies may be used. Analytics provides higher-level geographic location data by collecting the following metadata from IP lookup: "City" (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), "Continent", "Country", "Region", "Subcontinent" (and the ID-based equivalents); Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/ ; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/ ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). More information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and data processed).
  • Google Signals (Google Analytics feature): Google Signals is session data from websites and apps that Google associates with users who are logged in to their Google accounts and have enabled ad personalization. This association of data with these logged in users is used to enable cross-device reporting, cross-device remarketing, and cross-device conversion measurement. These include: Cross-platform reporting - linking data across devices and activities from different sessions using your user ID or Google Signals data to understand user behavior at every step of the conversion process, from initial contact to conversion and beyond; Remarketing with Google Analytics - creating remarketing audiences from Google Analytics data and sharing these audiences with linked advertising accounts; Demographics and interests - Google Analytics collects additional information about demographics and interests of users who are logged in to their Google accounts and have enabled ad personalization; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR); Website: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7532985?hl=de ; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Contract processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and data processed).
  • Target group formation with Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to present ads placed through Google's advertising services and those of its partners to those users who have already shown interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in specific topics or products determined based on the websites they visit). We transmit this data to Google as part of so-called "remarketing" or "Google Analytics audiences". The aim of using remarketing audiences is to ensure that our ads match the potential interests of users as closely as possible; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com ; Legal basis: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/ ; Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/ ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ . Data processing conditions for Google advertising products and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms .
  • No collection of detailed location and device data (Google Analytics function): No detailed location and device data is collected (more information: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362 ).
  • Google Tag Manager: We use the Google Tag Manager, a software from Google that enables us to manage so-called website tags centrally via a user interface. Tags are small code elements on our website that are used to record and analyze visitor activities. This technology helps us to improve our website and the content offered on it. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, does not save cookies with user profiles, and does not carry out independent analyses. Its function is limited to simplifying and making the integration and management of tools and services that we use on our website more efficient. Nevertheless, when using the Google Tag Manager, the user's IP address is transmitted to Google, which is necessary for technical reasons in order to implement the services we use. Cookies can also be set. However, this data processing only takes place if services are integrated via the Tag Manager. For more detailed information about these services and their data processing, please refer to the further sections of this data protection declaration; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com ; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Data processing agreement:
    https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Google Tag Manager (server-side use): The Google Tag Manager is an application with which we can manage so-called website tags via an interface and thus integrate other services into our online offering (see also the additional information in this privacy policy). The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) therefore does not store user profiles or cookies. The other services are integrated on the server side. This means that the user's data is not transmitted directly from their device to the respective service or Google. In particular, the user's IP address is not transmitted to the other service. Instead, the data is first transmitted to our server, where the user's data records are assigned to our internal user identification number. The subsequent transmission of the data from our server to the servers of the respective service providers only takes place in this pseudonymized form. The user identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or e-mail addresses; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/ ; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/ ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and data processed).
  • Hotjar Observe: Software for analyzing and optimizing online offerings based on pseudonymous measurements and analyses of user behavior, which can include in particular A/B tests (measurement of the popularity and user-friendliness of different content and functions), measurement of click paths and interaction with content and functions of the online offering (so-called heat maps and recordings); Service provider: Hotjar Ltd., 3 Lyons Range, 20 Bisazza Street, Sliema SLM 1640, Malta; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://www.hotjar.com ; Privacy policy: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy ; Deletion of data: The cookies that Hotjar uses have different "lifespans"; some remain valid for up to 365 days, some only during the current visit; Cookie policy: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/cookie-information . Opt-out option: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out .
  • Google Optimize: Software for analyzing and optimizing online offerings based on feedback functions and pseudonymous measurements and analyses of user behavior, which can include in particular A/B tests (measurement of the popularity and user-friendliness of different content and functions), measurement of click paths and interaction with content and functions of the online offering; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://optimize.google.com ; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and data processed).
  • Google Analytics without cookies: We use Google Analytics without cookies. This means that no files used to create profiles are stored on users' devices. The information required for measurement and analysis is only stored and processed on Google's server. Pseudonymous profiles of users are created; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/ ; Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Order processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Opt-out option: Opt-out plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de , Settings for the display of advertisements: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff . Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and data processed).

Online marketing

We process personal data for the purpose of online marketing, which may include in particular the marketing of advertising space or the presentation of advertising and other content (collectively referred to as "content") based on the potential interests of users and the measurement of their effectiveness.

For these purposes, so-called user profiles are created and stored in a file (the so-called "cookie") or similar procedures are used by means of which the information about the user relevant for the presentation of the aforementioned content is stored. This may include, for example, content viewed, websites visited, online networks used, but also communication partners and technical information, such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times and functions used. If users have consented to the collection of their location data, this can also be processed.

In addition, the IP addresses of the users are stored. However, we use available IP masking procedures (i.e. pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (such as email addresses or names) is stored as part of the online marketing process, but rather pseudonyms. This means that neither we nor the providers of the online marketing processes know the actual user identity, only the information stored in their profiles.

The statements in the profiles are usually stored in cookies or using similar processes. These cookies can generally also be read later on other websites that use the same online marketing process and analyzed for the purpose of displaying content, supplemented with further data and stored on the server of the online marketing process provider.

In exceptional cases, it is possible to assign clear data to profiles, primarily if the users are, for example, members of a social network whose online marketing processes we use and the network links the user profiles with the aforementioned information. Please note that users can make additional agreements with the providers, for example by giving their consent during registration.

In principle, we only receive access to summarized information about the success of our advertisements. However, as part of so-called conversion measurements, we can check which of our online marketing processes have led to a so-called conversion, ie for example to the conclusion of a contract with us. The conversion measurement is used solely to analyze the success of our marketing measures.

Unless otherwise stated, we ask you to assume that cookies used will be stored for a period of two years.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to use third-party providers, the legal basis for data processing is permission. Otherwise, user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient, economical and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to draw your attention to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

Information on revocation and objection:

We refer to the data protection information of the respective providers and the objection options specified for the providers (so-called "opt-out"). If no explicit opt-out option has been specified, you have the option of deactivating cookies in your browser settings. However, this may restrict the functions of our online offering. We therefore also recommend the following opt-out options, which are offered in summary for the respective areas:

a) Europe: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu.

b) Canada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choices.

c) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choices.

d) Cross-territory: https://optout.aboutads.info.

  • Types of data processed: Content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation); Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions); Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, persons involved); Event data (Facebook) ("Event data" is information that is sent to the provider Meta, for example via meta pixels (be it via apps or other channels) and relates to people or their actions. This data includes details of website visits, interactions with content and functions, app installations and product purchases. The event data is processed with the aim of creating target groups for content and advertising messages (custom audiences). It is important to note that event data does not include actual content such as comments written, login information and contact information such as names, email addresses or telephone numbers. "Event data" is deleted by Meta after a maximum of two years, and the target groups created from it disappear when our Meta user accounts are deleted.); Contact information (Facebook) ("Contact information" is data that (clearly) identifies data subjects, such as names, email addresses and telephone numbers, which can be transmitted to Facebook, e.g. via Facebook pixel or upload, for matching purposes in order to create custom audiences. After matching in order to create target groups, the contact information is deleted).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); tracking (e.g. interest/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies); conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures); target group formation; marketing; profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles); provision of our online offer and user-friendliness. Remarketing.
  • Retention and deletion: Deletion as stated in the "General information on data retention and deletion" section. Storage of cookies for up to 2 years (Unless otherwise stated, cookies and similar storage methods may be stored on users' devices for a period of two years).
  • Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Meta pixel and target group formation (custom audiences): With the help of the meta pixel (or comparable functions for transmitting event data or contact information via interfaces in apps), the company Meta is able to determine the visitors to our online offering as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "meta ads"). Accordingly, we use the meta pixel to only display the meta ads placed by us to those users on Meta platforms and within the services of partners cooperating with Meta (so-called "audience network" https://www.facebook.com/audiencenetwork/ ) who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interest in certain topics or products that can be seen from the websites visited) that we transmit to Meta (so-called "custom audiences"). With the help of the meta pixel, we also want to ensure that our meta ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and do not appear annoying. With the help of the meta pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of meta ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a meta ad (so-called "conversion measurement"); Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com ; Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ ; Order processing agreement: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Event data of users, i.e. Behavioral and interest information is processed for the purposes of targeted advertising and target group formation on the basis of the joint controller agreement ("Controller Addendum", https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum ). The joint controller is limited to the collection and transmission of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, in particular the transmission of the 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.).
  • Extended comparison for the meta pixel: In addition to the processing of event data when using the meta pixel (or comparable functions, e.g. in apps), contact information (data that identifies individual people, such as names, email addresses and telephone numbers) is also collected by Meta within our online offering or transmitted to Meta. The processing of the contact information serves to create target groups (so-called "custom audiences") for a display of content and advertising information oriented towards the presumed interests of the users. The collection, transmission and comparison with data available at Meta does not take place in plain text, but as so-called "hash values", i.e. mathematical representations of the data (this method is used, for example, when storing passwords). After the comparison for the purpose of creating target groups, the contact information is deleted; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Data protection declaration: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Data processing agreement: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms .
  • Meta - Target group formation via data upload: Formation of target groups for marketing purposes - We transmit contact information (names, email addresses and telephone numbers) in list form to Meta for the purpose of forming target groups (so-called "custom audiences") for displaying content and advertising information based on the presumed interests of the users. The transmission and comparison with data available at Meta does not take place in plain text, but as so-called "hash values", i.e. mathematical representations of the data (this method is used, for example, when storing passwords). After the comparison for the purpose of forming target groups, the contact information is deleted; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com ; Data protection declaration: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ ; Data processing agreement: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Facebook advertisements: placement of advertisements within the Facebook platform and evaluation of the ad results; service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR); website: https://www.facebook.com ; privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ ; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); possibility of objection (opt-out): we refer to the data protection and advertising settings in the user profile on the Facebook platforms as well as to Facebook's consent procedures and contact options for exercising information and other rights of those affected, as described in Facebook's privacy policy; further information: event data of users, i.e. Behavioral and interest information is processed for the purposes of targeted advertising and target group formation on the basis of the joint controller agreement ("Controller Addendum", https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum ). The joint controller is limited to the collection and transmission of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, in particular the transmission of the 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.).
  • Google Ads and conversion measurement: Online marketing procedures for the purpose of placing content and advertisements within the service provider's advertising network (e.g. in search results, in videos, on websites, etc.) so that they are displayed to users who are likely to be interested in the advertisements. In addition, we measure the conversion of the advertisements, i.e. whether users have taken them as an opportunity to interact with the advertisements and use the advertised offers (so-called conversions). However, we only receive anonymous information and no personal information about individual users; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com ; Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ . Data processing conditions between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms .
  • Google Ads Remarketing: Google Remarketing, also called retargeting, is a technology that adds users who use an online service to a pseudonymous remarketing list so that users can be shown ads on other online offerings based on their visit to the online service; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com ; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ . Data processing conditions between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms .
  • Advanced conversions for Google Ads: When users click on our Google ads and then use the advertised service (so-called "conversion"), the data entered by the user, such as the email address, name, home address or telephone number, can be transmitted to Google. The hash values ​​are then compared with the users' existing Google accounts in order to better evaluate and improve the users' interaction with the ads (e.g. clicks or views) and thus their performance; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR). Website: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9888656 .
  • Instagram advertisements: Placing advertisements within the Instagram platform and evaluating the ad results; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com ; Privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Opt-out option: We refer to the data protection and advertising settings in the user profile on the Instagram platform as well as within the framework of Instagram's consent process and Instagram's contact options for exercising information and other data subject rights in Instagram's privacy policy; Further information: Event user data, i.e. behavioral and interest information, is processed for the purposes of targeted advertising and target group formation on the basis of the agreement on joint responsibility ("Addendum for Responsible Parties", https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum ). The joint controllership is limited to the collection and transmission of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, in particular the transmission of the data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA (based on the standard contractual clauses concluded between Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and Meta Platforms, Inc.).
  • Facebook Conversions API: We use the "Conversions API" from Facebook. The Conversions API is an interface that sends event data from our servers directly to Facebook. The functionality and processing of data within the Conversions API corresponds to the functionality and processing within the scope of using the Facebook pixel, which is why we refer to the data protection information on the Facebook pixel and target group formation; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR).

Customer reviews and rating processes

We participate in review and rating processes to evaluate, optimize and promote our services. If users rate us via the participating rating platforms or processes or otherwise provide feedback, the general terms and conditions or terms of use and the data protection notices of the providers also apply. As a rule, the rating also requires registration with the respective providers.

In order to ensure that the people giving the reviews have actually used our services, we transmit the necessary data regarding the customer and the service used to the respective review platform (including name, email address and order number or item number) with the customer's consent. This data is used solely to verify the authenticity of the user.

  • Types of data processed: Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, term, customer category); usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, persons involved).
  • Affected persons: Service recipients and clients. Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form). Marketing.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Rating widget: We integrate so-called "rating widgets" into our online offering. A widget is a functional and content element integrated into our online offering that displays variable information. It can be displayed in the form of a seal or similar element, sometimes also called a "badge". The corresponding content of the widget is displayed within our online offering, but it is retrieved at that moment from the servers of the respective widget provider. This is the only way to always display the current content, especially the current rating. For this to happen, a data connection must be established from the website accessed within our online offering to the server of the widget provider, and the widget provider receives certain technical data (access data, including IP address) that are necessary so that the content of the widget can be delivered to the user's browser. The widget provider also receives information that users have visited our online offering. This information can be stored in a cookie and used by the widget provider to identify which online offers that participate in the evaluation process have been visited by the user. The information can be stored in a user profile and used for advertising or market research purposes; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Presences in social networks (social media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may result in risks for users because it could, for example, make it more difficult to enforce user rights.

Furthermore, the data of users within social networks is usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created based on the user's usage behavior and the resulting interests. The latter can then be used to place advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the user's interests. Cookies are therefore usually stored on users' computers in which the user's usage behavior and interests are stored. In addition, data can also be stored in the user profiles regardless of the devices used by the users (especially if they are members of the respective platforms and are logged in there).

For a detailed description of the respective processing methods and the options for objection (opt-out), please refer to the data protection declarations 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 would like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the latter have access to the user data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can contact us.

  • Types of data processed: Contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as the information relating to them, such as details of authorship or time of creation). Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: communication; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form). Public relations.
  • Storage and deletion: Deletion in accordance with the information in the section "General information on data storage and deletion".
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Instagram: Social network, enables sharing of photos and videos, commenting and favorite posts, sending messages, subscribing to profiles and pages; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com ; Privacy policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Facebook pages: Profiles within the social network Facebook - We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for collecting (but not further processing) data from visitors to our Facebook page (so-called "fan page"). This data includes information about the types of content users view or interact with, or the actions they take (see "Things you and others do and provide" in the Facebook data policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ ), as well as information about the devices used by users (e.g. IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data; see "Device information" in the Facebook data policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ ). As explained 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", to page operators so that they can gain insights into how people interact with their pages and the content associated with them. We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook ("Information about Page Insights", https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum ), which in particular regulates which security measures Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the rights of those affected (i.e. users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the responsible supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook. Further information can be found in the "Information about Page Insights" (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data ). Joint responsibility is limited to the collection and transmission of data 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 the transmission of data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com ; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • LinkedIn: Social Network - We are jointly responsible with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company for the collection (but not further processing) of visitor data for the purposes of creating "Page Insights" (statistics) of our LinkedIn profiles.
    This data includes information about the types of content users view or interact with, or the actions they take, as well as information about the devices users use (e.g. IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data) and information from the user's profile, such as job function, country, industry, hierarchy level, company size and employment status. Data protection information on the processing of user data by LinkedIn can be found in LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
    We have concluded a special agreement with LinkedIn Ireland ("Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum (the 'Addendum')", https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum ), which regulates in particular which security measures LinkedIn must observe and in which LinkedIn has agreed to fulfill the rights of those affected (i.e. users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to LinkedIn). The rights of users (in particular the right to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with LinkedIn. The joint controllership is limited to the collection of data by and transmission to Ireland Unlimited Company, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Ireland Unlimited Company, in particular the transmission of data to the parent company LinkedIn Corporation in the USA; Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.linkedin.com ; Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Opt-out option: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out .
  • TikTok: Social network, enables sharing of photos and videos, commenting and favorite posts, sending messages, subscribing to accounts; Service provider: TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited, Kaleidoscope, 4 Lindsey Street, London, United Kingdom, EC1A 9HP; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.tiktok.com . Privacy policy: https://www.tiktok.com/de/privacy-policy .
  • YouTube: social network and video platform; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Opt-out option: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff .
  • Xing: social network; service provider: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany; legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); website: https://www.xing.com/ . Data protection declaration: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung .

Plug-ins and embedded functions and content

We integrate functional and content elements into our online offering that are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers"). These may include, for example, graphics, videos or city maps (hereinafter referred to uniformly as "content").

The integration always requires that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the users, since without an IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore required to display this content or functions. We endeavor to only use content whose respective providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. Third-party providers can also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known 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 can also be stored in cookies on the user's device and contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, the time of visit and other information about the use of our online offering, but can also be linked to such information from other sources.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to use third-party providers, the legal basis for data processing is permission. Otherwise, user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient, economical and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to draw your attention to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. page views and length of stay, click paths, intensity and frequency of use, device types and operating systems used, interactions with content and functions); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time information, identification numbers, people involved); inventory data (e.g. full name, home address, contact information, customer number, etc.); contact data (e.g. postal and email addresses or telephone numbers); content data (e.g. textual or visual messages and contributions as well as information relating to them, such as information on authorship or time of creation); location data (information on the geographical position of a device or person). Event data (Facebook) ("Event data" is information that is sent to the provider Meta, for example via meta pixels (be it via apps or other channels) and relates to people or their actions. This data includes details of website visits, interactions with content and functions, app installations and product purchases. The event data is processed with the aim of creating target groups for content and advertising messages (custom audiences). It is important to note that event data does not include actual content such as written comments, login information and contact information such as names, email addresses or telephone numbers. "Event data" is deleted by Meta after a maximum of two years, and the target groups created from it disappear when our Meta user accounts are deleted.).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; marketing. Profiles with user-related information (creation of user profiles).
  • Retention and deletion: Deletion as stated in the "General information on data retention and deletion" section. Storage of cookies for up to 2 years (Unless otherwise stated, cookies and similar storage methods may be stored on users' devices for a period of two years).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR).

Further information on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Facebook plugins and content: Facebook social plugins and content - This can include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons that allow users to share content from this website within Facebook. The list and appearance of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/ - We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection or receipt during a transmission (but not the further processing) of "event data" that Facebook collects using the Facebook social plugins (and content embedding functions) that run on our website or receives during a transmission for the following purposes: a) display of content and advertising information that corresponds to the presumed interests of users; b) delivery of commercial and transaction-related messages (e.g. addressing users via Facebook Messenger); c) Improving ad delivery and personalizing functions and content (e.g. improving the recognition of which content or advertising information presumably corresponds to the interests of users). We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook ("Addendum for Controllers", https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum ), which in particular regulates which security measures Facebook must observe ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms ) and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the rights of those affected (i.e. users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). Note: If Facebook provides us with measurements, analyses and reports (which are aggregated, i.e. do not contain any information about individual users and are anonymous to us), this processing does not take place within the framework of joint responsibility, but on the basis of a data processing agreement ("Data Processing Terms", https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing ), the "Data Security Terms" ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms ) and, with regard to processing in the USA, on the basis of standard contractual clauses ("Facebook EU Data Transfer Addendum", https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum ). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the responsible supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook; service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter a) GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com ; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/ . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Google Fonts (obtained from Google server): Obtaining fonts (and symbols) for the purpose of technically secure, maintenance-free and efficient use of fonts and symbols with regard to timeliness and loading times, their uniform presentation and consideration of possible licensing restrictions. The provider of the fonts is informed of the user's IP address so that the fonts can be made available in the user's browser. In addition, technical data (language settings, screen resolution, operating system, hardware used) is transmitted that is necessary for the provision of the fonts depending on the devices used and the technical environment. This data can be processed on a server of the font provider in the USA - When visiting our online offer, users' browsers send their browser HTTP requests to the Google Fonts Web API (i.e. a software interface for retrieving the fonts). The Google Fonts Web API provides users with the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) from Google Fonts and then the fonts specified in the CCS. These HTTP requests include (1) the IP address used by the user to access the Internet, (2) the requested URL on the Google server, and (3) the HTTP headers, including the user agent describing the browser and operating system versions of website visitors, and the referring URL (i.e., the web page where the Google font should be displayed). IP addresses are neither logged nor stored on Google servers, and they are not analyzed. The Google Fonts Web API logs details of HTTP requests (requested URL, user agent, and referring URL). Access to this data is restricted and strictly controlled. The requested URL identifies the font families for which the user wants to load fonts. This data is logged so that Google can determine how often a particular font family is requested. The Google Fonts Web API requires the user agent to customize the font that is generated for the respective browser type. The user agent is logged primarily for debugging purposes and to generate aggregated usage statistics that measure the popularity of font families. These aggregated usage statistics are published on the Google Fonts Analytics page. Finally, the referring URL is logged so that the data can be used to maintain production and generate an aggregated report on the top integrations based on the number of font requests. According to Google, it does not use any of the information collected by Google Fonts to create profiles of end users or to display targeted ads; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. f) GDPR); Website: https://fonts.google.com/ ; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). More information: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq/privacy?hl=de .
  • Google Maps: We integrate the maps of the "Google Maps" service provided by Google. The data processed may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users; Service provider: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://mapsplatform.google.com/ ; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Instagram plugins and content: Instagram plugins and content - This can include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons that users can use to share content from this online offering within Instagram. - We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection or receipt as part of a transmission (but not the further processing) of "event data" that Facebook collects using Instagram functions (e.g. embedding functions for content) that are carried out on our online offering or receives as part of a transmission for the following purposes: a) Display of content and advertising information that corresponds to the presumed interests of users; b) Delivery of commercial and transaction-related messages (e.g. addressing users via Facebook Messenger); c) Improvement of ad delivery and personalization of functions and content (e.g. improving the recognition of which content or advertising information presumably corresponds to the interests of users). We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook ("Addendum for Controllers", https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum ), which regulates in particular which security measures Facebook must observe ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms ) and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the rights of those affected (i.e. users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). Note: If Facebook provides us with measurements, analyses and reports (which are aggregated, i.e. do not contain any information about individual users and are anonymous to us), this processing does not take place within the framework of joint responsibility, but on the basis of a data processing agreement ("Data Processing Terms", https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing ), the "Data Security Terms" ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms ) and, with regard to processing in the USA, on the basis of standard contractual clauses ("Facebook EU Data Transfer Addendum", https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum ). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the responsible supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com . Privacy Policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/ .
  • LinkedIn plugins and content: LinkedIn plugins and content - This can include, for example, content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can share content from this online offer within LinkedIn; Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.linkedin.com ; Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy ; Contract processing agreement: https://legal.linkedin.com/dpa ; Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Possibility of objection (opt-out): https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out .
  • YouTube videos: video content; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); website: https://www.youtube.com ; privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ; basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Possibility of objection (opt-out): opt-out plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de , settings for the display of advertisements: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff .
  • YouTube videos: video content; YouTube videos are embedded via a special domain (recognizable by the "youtube-nocookie" component) in the so-called "extended data protection mode", which means that no cookies are collected on user activities in order to personalize video playback. Nevertheless, information on the user's interaction with the video (e.g. remembering the last playback point) can be stored; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 lit. a) GDPR); website: https://www.youtube.com ; data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy . Basis for third country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF).
  • Xing plugins and buttons: Xing plugins and buttons - This can include content such as images, videos or texts and buttons with which users can share content from this online offer within Xing; Service provider: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f) GDPR); Website: https://www.xing.com . Data protection declaration: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung .

Change and update

We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our data protection declaration. We will adapt the data protection declaration as soon as changes to the data processing we carry out make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your cooperation (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

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 please check the information before contacting us.