Privacy Policy and information on any consent you may have given

As the responsible company in the sense of the data protection regulations, we inform you in the following about the processing of your personal data by us.
I. The concept of personal data and other important terms In simple terms, personal data is any information that relates to you personally as a data subject. Provisions on what the term "personal data" means and what other terms important for the following data protection information mean can be found in Art. 4 of the DS-GVO (General Data Protection Regulation). II. Name and contact details of the controller; contact details of the data protection officer In simple terms, the controller is the person who alone or together with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. The name and contact details of the responsible person can be found in our provider identification / imprint.

III. Purposes of processing your personal data; legal bases for processing

We process your personal data within the scope of our activities for the purposes listed below in accordance with the respective legal bases stated.

1. In order to carry out pre-contractual measures based on an inquiry from you, the processing of your personal data is based on your consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) DS-GVO.

2.For the protection of our legitimate interest in responding to inquiries and in the implementation of other measures that take place on the basis of an inquiry from you, the processing of your personal data takes place on the basis of the consent given by you pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO.

3. For the performance of a contract to which you are a party, the processing of your personal data is based on the consent given by you pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) DS-GVO.

4.For the implementation of measures for the purpose of advertising, the processing of your personal data is carried out either on the basis of consent given by you pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO.

5. To protect our legitimate interest in maintaining the proper operation of our website, in providing the most user-friendly functions possible and in analyzing the use of our website, the processing of your personal data is based on Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO.

6. To protect our legitimate interest in the enforcement of our rights and in the defense against claims against us, the processing of your personal data is based on Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO.

Our systems are secured in accordance with the state of the art by technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against access, alteration or dissemination by unauthorized persons and against loss and destruction.

Information on the processing of your personal data for the individual processing purposes can be found in the corresponding further notes within the scope of this data protection declaration.

IV. Transfer of your personal data to third parties; categories of recipients of your personal data

As far as this is necessary to achieve the purposes of the processing of your personal data, we transfer your personal data to third parties within the framework of the legal requirements. Detailed information on the transfer of your personal data to third parties for the individual processing purposes can be found in the corresponding further notes within the scope of this privacy policy. In the cases of transfer of your personal data to third parties, the scope of the transferred data is limited to the minimum necessary.

V. Scope of the processing of your personal data for the individual processing purposes

In the following, we inform you in detail about the processing of your personal data for the various processing purposes.

Your personal data will be deleted when it is no longer needed for processing for the respective processing purpose, unless we are allowed to continue processing the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information provided in this privacy policy.

1. Use of our Internet presence for information purposes

If you visit our website without providing us with information, we only process the personal data from you that your browser transmits to our server. This is the following data, which is technically necessary to display our website and to ensure stability and security:

- the page you have requested
- date and time of the request
- amount of data transferred
- source or reference, from where you came to the page
- Browser used by you
- operating system used by you
- your IP address

Your personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO to protect our legitimate interest in maintaining the proper operation of our Internet presence.

Your personal data will be deleted after 6 months, unless they are still needed for the assertion of rights or the enforcement of claims due to measures against the proper operation of our website. In this case, the deletion will take place immediately after the conclusion of the relevant proceedings.

2. Processing of requests

Insofar as you contact us with an inquiry or request, we process the personal data and information/documents transmitted by you. Regardless of the way in which you transmit your request or concern to us, these may be:

- Date and time of contact
- Name data
- Contact data
- Data on request/concern
- Transmitted information/documents

Depending on the content of your inquiry or concern, the processing of your personal data and the transmitted information/documents is based on your consent pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO to respond to your inquiry or on Article 6 (1) (b) DS-GVO to carry out pre-contractual measures or on Article 6 (1) (b) DS-GVO. 1 letter b) DS-GVO for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or on the basis of Article 6 para. 1 letter f) DS-GVO to protect our legitimate interest in responding to inquiries/concerns and in taking other measures in connection with the processing of inquiries/concerns.

As far as we provide a contact form and you contact us via this contact form, you grant consent with the following content by sending your message, about which you will be informed separately in the contact form: "I consent to the processing of my e-mail address and other personal data provided by me for the purpose of responding to my message. I can revoke this consent at any time and without giving reasons with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected in the event of revocation."

You can revoke your consent at any time and without giving reasons with effect for the future. For this purpose, it is sufficient to send a corresponding message to the responsible person, whose contact details you can find in the information on the responsible person. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected in the event of revocation.

Insofar as this is necessary for the processing of your request / your request, we transmit your personal data to third parties within the framework of the legal requirements. In cases of transmission of your personal data to third parties, the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the minimum necessary.

Your personal data will be deleted when your request/concern has been resolved, unless we are allowed to continue processing the data for another processing purpose within the scope of legal requirements and in accordance with the information provided in this Privacy Policy.

3. Fulfillment of contracts

If you provide us with personal data for the purpose of concluding a contract or in connection with the creation of a customer account, we will process the data you provide for the performance of the contract. These are your customer data (e.g. your name and address) and the contract data (e.g. details of the products covered by the contract and payment and delivery information).

The processing of your personal data is based on Article 6 (1) (b) DS-GVO for the performance of a contract to which you are a party.

As far as this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract with you, we transmit your personal data to third parties within the framework of the legal requirements. This transfer takes place to the service providers involved in the processing of the contract. These are the providers of the processing tools used by us. Furthermore, these are the companies commissioned with the transport. In addition, these are the payment service providers entrusted with payment matters.

If you use the payment service provider PayPal for the processing of payment transactions, we expressly point out that the PayPal privacy policy applies to all PayPal transactions: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full?locale.x=de_DE

In cases where your personal data is transferred to third parties, the scope of the transferred data is limited to the minimum necessary.

Your personal data will be deleted after the expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law of 6 or 10 years, unless we may continue to process the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information in this privacy policy.

4. Advertising via newsletter

If you register for our newsletter, we will process the email address you provide - and if you provide additional personal data, we will also process this data - in order to send you information about our offers by email. In this respect, only the provision of your email address is obligatory. If you voluntarily submit additional personal data, we may process this data to address you personally in the newsletter.

If you register for our newsletter, you give consent with the following content: "I agree to be informed by email about interesting offers and therefore consent to the processing of my email address and the other personal data provided by me for the purpose of sending the newsletter. I can revoke this consent at any time and without giving reasons with effect for the future. The legality of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected in the event of revocation."

The registration for our newsletter takes place in the so-called double opt-in process. This means: after registration, you will first receive an eMail with a message about the registration for the newsletter connected with a request for confirmation of the registration. Your confirmation of the registration is necessary to document the required consent to send the newsletter and to be able to recognize registrations to third-party e-mail addresses. In connection with the registrations for the newsletter and the confirmations, the IP address as well as the date and time are logged in order to be able to prove the granting of consent in accordance with the legal requirements, if necessary.

The processing of your personal data is based on the consent you have given in this regard in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO.

You can cancel your consent at any time and without giving reasons with effect for the future. For this purpose, it is sufficient to send a corresponding message to the responsible person, whose contact details you can find in the information on the responsible person. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected in the event of revocation.

If you cancel your consent or unsubscribe from our newsletter, your email address and any other data transmitted will be deleted immediately, unless we may continue to process the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information in this privacy statement.

5. Advertising by mail

We process the personal data you provide on first and last name and address, if necessary, for the sending of information about our offers by mail.

The processing of your personal data is carried out in this respect on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO for the protection of our legitimate interest in the implementation of advertising measures by mail.

You may object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of carrying out advertising measures by letter post at any time. For this purpose, it is sufficient to send a corresponding message to the person responsible, whose contact details you can find in the information on the person responsible.

If you object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of carrying out advertising measures by letter post, the personal data you have provided on first and last name and address will be deleted immediately, unless we may continue to process the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information in this data protection declaration.

6. Use of cookies

We use so-called cookies on our website. These are small files that are stored on your device and through which certain information is transmitted to us. The use of cookies serves to enable you to use certain functions and to make our offer more user-friendly overall.

Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device even after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser, and enable us or our partner companies (third-party cookies) to recognize you the next time you visit our website (so-called persistent cookies).

Some of the cookies we use are technically necessary to enable you to use certain functions. This is the case, for example, with regard to the storage of entries in connection with the use of the shopping cart function. In this respect, your personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) DS-GVO for the implementation of pre-contractual measures that are carried out at your request as a data subject or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) DS-GVO for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO to protect our legitimate interest in providing the most user-friendly functions possible. Insofar as we or our partner companies use cookies that are not technically necessary, e.g. for the purposes of range measurement or for marketing purposes, you can find detailed information on this, if applicable, in the corresponding further notes within the scope of this data protection declaration. The processing of your personal data by means of technically unnecessary cookies is based on the consent you have given in this regard pursuant to Article 6 (1) (a) DS-GVO.

You can revoke your consent at any time and without giving reasons with effect for the future. For this purpose, it is sufficient to send a corresponding message to the responsible person, whose contact details you can find in the information on the responsible person. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected in the event of revocation.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri35610/mac

7. Use of Google Analytics

We use in our website Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). In this respect, your personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO to protect our legitimate interest in analyzing the use of our website. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In this context, we would like to point out that the code "anonymizeIp" has been added to Google Analytics on our website. This ensures an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking), that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area in order to exclude a personal reference. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to us as the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software. If necessary, please refer to the program help for the browser you are using to see how the corresponding setting can be made. However, we point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of our website.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of our website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link. The current link is https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

. Alternatively, you can prevent the future collection of your data by Google Analytics by setting an opt-out cookie. You set this cookie by clicking on this link. Please note that the opt-out cookie only works in this browser and for this website. If you delete the cookies in your browser, you must click the link again. For more information on the terms of use between us and Google on privacy, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and for more information on Google's privacy policy, please visit https://policies.google.com/?hl=de .

8. Enforcement of our rights and defense of claims against us

Where appropriate, we process your personal data to protect our legitimate interest in enforcing our rights and defending claims against us.

In this case, the processing of your personal data is based on Article 6 (1) (f) DS-GVO.

Insofar as this is necessary to protect our legitimate interests, we will transfer your personal data to third parties within the framework of the legal requirements. This transmission takes place to the involved providers of debt collection services or our lawyers.

In cases of transmission of your personal data to third parties, the scope of the transmitted data is limited to the minimum necessary.

Your personal data will be deleted after completion of the procedure, but at the earliest after expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law of 6 or 10 years, unless we may continue to process the data for another processing purpose within the scope of the legal requirements and in accordance with the information in this data protection declaration.

VI. Duration for which your personal data will be stored or criteria for determining this duration

Your personal data will be deleted when it is no longer needed for processing for the relevant processing purpose, unless we are allowed to continue processing the data for another processing purpose within the scope of legal requirements and in accordance with the information in this Privacy Policy. Information on the duration for which your personal data is stored or the criteria for determining this duration can be found in the information on the processing of your personal data for the individual processing purposes in this Privacy Policy.

VII. Your rights

9. Overview

In order to ensure fair and transparent processing of personal data, you as a data subject are entitled to the following rights in accordance with the provisions of data protection law:

the right to obtain information pursuant to Article 15 DS-GVO,

the right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 DS-GVO,

the right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 DS-GVO,

the right to restriction of processing under Article 18 DS-GVO,

the right to data portability under Article 20 DS-GVO

. the right to withdraw consent given at any time in accordance with Article 7 (3) DS-GVO,

the right to object to processing pursuant to Article 21 DS-GVO, which we will inform you about separately below

and the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 DS-GVO, about which we will inform you separately below.

10. Your right to object to processing

THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA IS PERMITTED IF THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF THE CONTROLLER OR A THIRD PARTY, UNLESS SUCH INTERESTS ARE OVERRIDDEN BY THE INTERESTS OR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE DATA SUBJECT WHICH REQUIRE THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA, IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE DATA SUBJECT IS A CHILD, ART. 6 ABS. 1 LETTER F) GDPR.

YOU, AS THE DATA SUBJECT, HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 ABS. 1(f) of the data protection regulation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AS A DATA SUBJECT, OR FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU AS THE DATA SUBJECT HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU, AS THE PERSON CONCERNED, OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSED FOR SUCH PURPOSES.

11. Your right to complain to the supervisory authority

As a data subject, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your place of residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the requirements of the GDPR.

VIII. Information on the basis for the provision of your personal data

To operate this website, we integrate external services to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. This is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 f) DSGVO. If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

12. DoubleClick

We use "DoubleClick" on our website, an online marketing tool of Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google"). DoubleClick uses, among other things, cookies, which are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your terminal device. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which web browser. This can prevent ads from being displayed more than once. DoubleClick can also use the cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when you see a DoubleClick ad and later call up the advertiser's website with the same web browser and make a purchase there. According to information from Google, the aforementioned cookies do not contain any personal data. By using DoubleClick, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of DoubleClick. According to our knowledge, Google receives the information that you have called up the relevant part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you have a user account with Google and are registered, Google can assign the visit to your user account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the Google learns your IP address and stores it. We use DoubleClick for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to serve ads that are relevant and interesting to you, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent you from seeing the same ads more than once. This is also our legitimate interest in the processing of the above data by the third-party provider. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

You can prevent the installation of cookies by deleting existing cookies and deactivating a storage of cookies in the settings of your web browser. We point out that in this case you may not be able to use all features of our website in full. It is also possible to prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser to block cookies from the domain "www.googleadservices.com" (https://adssettings.google.de). We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. In addition, you can deactivate interest-based ads via the link https://optout.aboutads.info. We would like to point out that this setting will also be deleted when you delete your cookies. For more information on data usage by Google, on setting and objection options and on data protection, please refer to the following Google website: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

13. Analysis Tool

14. Hotjar

We use on our website the analysis tool of Hotjar Ltd (Level 2, St Julian's Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ1000, Malta; "Hotjar"). The data processing serves the purpose of demand-oriented design, optimization and analysis of our website. The tool is used to randomly record movements of page visitors on the website. This creates a log of mouse movements, scrolling behavior, dwell time and clicks on the website (so-called heat map). For this purpose, Hotjar uses cookies, among other things. In the process, the following information may be collected, among other things: IP address (in anonymized form), information about the device you are using (screen size, devices, unique device identifier), information about the browser you are using, location data (only about the country), preferred language for displaying the website, operating system used. Detailed information about the cookies used, their function and storage period can be found here:
https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011789248-Hotjar-Cookies

User profiles are created from this data under a pseudonym. The data is not used to personally identify the visitor to the website and is not merged with personal data of the bearer of the pseudonym. Hotjar is contractually prohibited from selling the collected data to other third parties. Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the USA. The transfer of data is based, among other things, on appropriate protective measures. Hotjar will provide you with further information on the measures taken upon request. The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 15 para. 3 p. 1 TMG in conjunction with. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

Further information on data protection when using Hotjar can be found here: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy#enduserenglish

15. Google Maps

To help you find our location, we use Google Maps, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Please read here how Google also complies with data protection requirements with regard to transmission to the USA: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. We use Google Maps on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1. p. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is to improve the offer on our website and to provide you with better customer service.

If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

As soon as this service is called up on our site, a connection to Google is established, via which your IP address is transmitted to Google. If you are already logged in to Google, information about the search can be assigned to your user account. Please log out of Google beforehand in order to prevent this.

16. Google Fonts

Google Fonts are used on our website to provide a better display of fonts. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Please read here how Google also complies with data protection requirements with regard to transmission to the USA: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. We use Google Fonts on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1. p. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in optimising the presentation of our website and thus making it more appealing to customers.

If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

As soon as this service is called up on our site, a connection is established to Google, which transmits your IP address to Google.

17. Google Tag Manager

The Google Tag Manager service is used on our website to control the display of services. This service is offered by the company Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Please read here how Google complies with data protection requirements, also with regard to transmission to the USA: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. We use the Google Tag Manager on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1. p. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest lies in being able to effectively play out services on our site.

If a corresponding consent was requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

As soon as this service is called up on our site, Google receives your IP address. The service itself does not store any other data or cookies, but only controls the playout of services listed in this privacy policy.

18. Google Adwords Conversion Tracking

On our website, we use the online advertising programme "Google AdWords" and, as part of Google AdWords, conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google") in order to assess the effectiveness of advertisements. When you click on an ad placed via Google, a conversion tracking cookie is placed on your computer. These cookies do not contain any personal data. If you visit certain web pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognise that you have clicked on the ad and have been redirected to this page. We use this marketing function on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1. p. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is to market our products in the best possible way.

If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Please read here how Google complies with the data protection requirements also with regard to the transmission to the USA: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

19. LinkedIn On our website, we use the retargeting tool, as well as the conversion tracking of LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland ("LinkedIn"). For this purpose, the LinkedIn Insight Tag is integrated on the website, which enables LinkedIn to collect statistical, pseudonymous data about the visit and use of the website and to provide us with corresponding statistics on this basisIn doing so, the following information, among others, is collected:

  • LinkedIn User ID (Cookie ID)
  • Anonymized IP address
  • Metadata of the website visit, such as browser type, website visited

In addition, this information is used to show you interest-specific and relevant offers and recommendations. The information about this is stored in a cookie.

We use these tools on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1. p. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is to market our products optimally. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

If you wish to prevent this, you can use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out. You can find more information about LinkedIn's data processing here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie_policy

20. Social Media This website uses links to our presences on social media sites. For these presences, the data protection and liability regulations of the respective providers apply, which you can access as described below.

Xing Provider: XING SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Website: https://xing.com
Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de

LinkedIn Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Website: linkedin.com
Privacy Policy: www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Youtube Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4
Website: www.youtube.com
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Instagram

Provider: Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
Website: https://instagram.com
Privacy Policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy

21. Comment function We offer a comment function for articles to improve interaction with our visitors. To use the function, it is necessary to enter the name and email address and comment. A pseudonym can be used for the name. In this case, the name entered will be published together with the comment. Legal basis for the processing of this data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time and without giving reasons with effect for the future. For this purpose, it is sufficient to send a corresponding message to the person responsible, whose contact details you can find in the information on the person responsible. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected in the event of revocation.

22. LinkedIn Analytics and LinkedIn Ads On our website, the conversion tracking technology, as well as the retargeting function of the LinkedIn Corporation is used. This service is offered by the company LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Visitors to our website can thus be served personalized advertisements on LinkedIn. In addition, it is possible for us to create anonymous reports on the performance of the advertisements as well as information on website interaction. For this purpose, the LinkedIn Insight tag is embedded on this website, which establishes a connection to the LinkedIn server if you visit this website and are logged into your LinkedIn account at the same time. We use these tools on the basis of Art. 6 para 1. p. 1 f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest is to optimally market our products. Insofar as a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information on data protection can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy If you are logged in to LinkedIn, you can deactivate the data collection at any time using the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising.