1) Information about the collection of personal data and contact details of the person responsible
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Check for Trips GmbH, Hintergasse 6, 65428 Rüsselsheim, Germany, Tel.: 06142 3306670, email: info@ViennaTouristInformation.com. The person responsible for the processing of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
1.3 For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (eg orders or inquiries to the person responsible), this website uses an SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data collection when visiting our website
If you only use our website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you visit our website, we collect the following data that is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you came to the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if necessary: in anonymous form)
The processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Content-Delivery-Network
Stackpath
On our website we use a so-called Content Delivery Network ("CDN") from the technology service provider StackPath, LLC, 2021 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, Texas 75201, USA ("StackPath"). A content delivery network is an online service that is used to deliver large media files in particular (such as graphics, page content or scripts) through a network of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. Using StackPath's content delivery network helps us to optimize our website's loading speeds.
Processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing our website securely and efficiently, and improving the stability and functionality of our website. For more information, see Stackpath's privacy statement at: https://www.stackpath.com/legal/privacy-statement/
4) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable your browser to be recognized the next time you visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values to an individual extent. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which can vary depending on the cookie.
In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by saving settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR in the event that consent has been given or in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective design of the site visit.
Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. These can be found for the respective browsers under the following links:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
5) Contact
When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for establishing contact and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your request has been processed. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that
6) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing
In accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us to execute a contract or open a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. A deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. We store and use the data you provide to process the contract. After the contract has been completed or your customer account has been deleted, your data will be blocked with regard to retention periods under tax and commercial law and deleted after these periods have expired,
7) Use of Customer Data for Direct Marketing
Sign up for our email newsletter
If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and is used to be able to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to send the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to click on a link to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to the use of your personal data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. When you register for the newsletter, we save your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later point in time. The data collected by us when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively for advertising purposes by way of the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a message to the person responsible mentioned above. After you have unsubscribed, your e-mail address will be deleted immediately from our newsletter distribution list,
8) Data processing for order processing
8.1 To process your order, we work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the implementation of concluded contracts. Certain personal data is transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institute as part of the payment process, provided this is necessary for the payment process. If payment service providers are used, we will explicitly inform you of this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
8.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)
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PayPal When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment by installments" via PayPal, we will pass your payment data to PayPal (Europe) Sarl et Cie, SCA, as part of the payment process. 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"), continue. The transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent that this is necessary for payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "payment in installments" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be passed on to credit agencies in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your solvency. PayPal uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of payment default for the purpose of deciding whether to provide the respective payment method. The credit report can contain probability values (so-called score values). As far as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical process. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data is included in the calculation of the score values. Further data protection information, including information on the credit agencies used, can be found in PayPal's data protection declaration: https://www.paypal.com/de/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for contractual payment processing.
- stripes
If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Stripe, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to which we will send the information you provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order (name, address, account number, sort code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR. Your data will only be passed on for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd. and only insofar as it is necessary for this. You can find more information about Stripe's data protection at the URL https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation.
9) Use of rating and seal of approval graphics
9.1 Provenexpert-Widget
We use the Provenexpert seal on our website, a widget from Expert Systems AG, Quedlinburger Straße 1, 10589 Berlin ("Provenexpert"). When you visit our website, dynamic content (current rating of the shop, certificate, etc.) is loaded into the widget from Provenexpert servers. Information about the website you previously visited, date and time of retrieval, the amount of data transferred, the type of browser used, the operating system you are using and the requesting provider (referrer data) can be transmitted to the Provenexpert servers. If this also includes personal data, the processing takes place on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest in optimizing our offer in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 f DSGVO.
Further information on data protection at Provenexpert can be found at: https://www.provenexpert.com/de-de/datenschutzbedingungen/
9.2 Trusted Shops Trustbadge
The Trusted Shops Trustbadge is integrated on this website to display our Trusted Shops seal of approval and to offer Trusted Shops membership for buyers after an order.
This serves to safeguard our overriding legitimate interests in optimal marketing of our offer, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The Trustbadge and the services advertised with it are an offer from Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne.
When the Trustbadge is called up, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, your IP address, date and time of the call, amount of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. This access data is not evaluated and automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site.
Further personal data is only transmitted to Trusted Shops if you decide to use Trusted Shops products after completing an order or have already registered for use. In this case, the contractual agreement made between you and Trusted Shops applies.
10) Use of Social Media: Social Plugins
10.1 Facebook als Standard-Plugin
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition "Social Plugin from Facebook" or "Facebook Social Plugin". An overview of the Facebook plugins and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins
If you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook profile or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook Inc. server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Facebook profile. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Like" button or making a comment, this information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information will also be published on your Facebook profile and shown to your Facebook friends.
The data processing operations described are carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of Facebook’s legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website and to design the Facebook service to meet their needs .
If you do not want Facebook to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook profile, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also object to the loading of the Facebook plugins and thus the data processing operations described above with add-ons for your browser for the future, e.g. with the script blocker "NoScript" (http://noscript.net/).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information:
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
10.2 Facebook plugins with Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins, but only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection to the Facebook servers is established. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Facebook page, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook's data protection information: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
10.3 Instagram plugin as a Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the online service Instagram, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland (“Facebook”).
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins, but only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection to the Instagram servers is established. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Instagram page, on which you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Instagram's data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/
10.4 Pinterest plugin as a Shariff solution
So-called social plugins (“plugins”) from the Pinterest social network operated by Pinterest Europe Ltd., Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Pinterest”) are used on the seller’s website.
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins, but only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection to the Pinterest servers is established. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Pinterest page, where you can interact with the plugins there (possibly after entering your login data).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest's data protection information: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy
10.5 Twitter plugin as a Shariff solution
Our website uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") from the microblogging service Twitter, which is
operated by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dublin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland ("Twitter").
In order to increase the protection of your data when you visit our website, these buttons are not fully integrated as plugins, but only integrated into the page using an HTML link. This type of integration ensures that when you visit a page on our website that contains such buttons, no connection to the Twitter servers is established. If you click on the button, a new browser window opens and calls up the Twitter page, on which you can (possibly after entering your login data) interact with the plugins there. Please note that information collected when interacting with the plugin (including your IP address) is sent directly from your browser to a Twitter Inc. server in the USA and stored there.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Twitter as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Twitter's data protection information: https://twitter.com/privacy
11) Use of Social Media: Videos
Use of Youtube videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider "Youtube", which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, the provider "Youtube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to information from "Youtube", these are used, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive practices. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US. whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US. whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this. When using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Regardless of whether the embedded videos are played back, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
Further information on data protection at "YouTube" can be found in the provider's data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.
12) Online-Marketing
12.1 Facebook pixel for the creation of custom audiences (with cookie consent tool)
The so-called "Facebook pixel" of the social network Facebook is used within our online offer, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ( "Facebook").
If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us, which is played on Facebook, the URL of our linked page is added by Facebook pixels. If our page allows sharing of data with Facebook via pixels, this is done This URL parameter is written into the user's browser via cookie, which our linked page sets itself.This cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data to be forwarded to Facebook.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, Facebook is on the one hand able to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "Facebook Ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel to only display the Facebook ads we have placed to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products, which are based on the visited website). websites are determined), which we transmit to Facebook (so-called “Custom Audiences”). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interests of users and are not annoying.
The data collected is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data can enable Facebook and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook.
The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook pixel will only take place if you have given your express consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, remove the tick next to the setting for the “Facebook Pixel” in the “Cookie Consent Tool” integrated on the website.
12.2 Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information, which can be used to record, collect and evaluate simple actions such as visitor traffic on the website. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. This can also lead to a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behavior with regard to the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense will not be merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
The processing of data described is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR for the purpose of targeting the user with advertising by third-party advertisers, whose ads are displayed on this website on the basis of the evaluated user behavior. This processing also serves our financial interest in exploiting the economic potential of our website by displaying personalized third-party advertising content for a fee.
You can find more information about Google's data protection regulations at the following Internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
You can permanently deactivate cookies for advertising preferences by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly, or you can download and install the browser plug-in available under the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads /plugin?hl=de
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
12.3 Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, as part of Google Ads, conversion tracking by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising material (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. In relation to the data of the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are. We are pursuing the goal of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a fair calculation of the advertising costs incurred.
The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an Ads ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. This means that cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers, who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your Internet browser under the keyword "User settings". You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. As part of the use of Google Ads, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
You can find more information about Google's data protection regulations at the following Internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available under the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl =de
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website or alternatively follow the option described above to make an objection.
12.4 Google Marketing Platform
This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("GMP").
GMP uses cookies to serve ads relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. The processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
In addition, GMP can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later, using the same browser, goes to the advertiser's website and buys something through that website. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and are therefore informing you as follows based on our level of knowledge: By integrating GMP, Google receives the information that you have accessed the relevant part of our website or clicked on one of our advertisements. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will find out and save your IP address. As part of the use of GMP, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
If you wish to object to participation in this tracking process, you can deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser so that cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com are blocked (see https://www. google.de/settings/ads), whereby this setting will be deleted if you deactivate your cookies. Alternatively, you can find out more about the setting of cookies and make your desired settings from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the Internet address www.aboutads.info. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
You can find more information about the data protection provisions of GMP by Google at the following Internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
12.5 Hubspot
This website uses the services of HubSpot, a software-based marketing service provided by HubSpot Ireland Ltd., 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland.
With the help of Hubspot, various customer service and customer management services can be digitally synchronized and processed via a central user interface. HubSpot enables the generation of leads, central email and newsletter marketing, contact management via the classification of user groups with the help of CRM, and the management of contact forms.
To fulfill the various functions, HubSpot uses cookies, small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your device and enable us to analyze your use of the website. The cookies collect certain information, such as the IP address, the location, the time the page was accessed, etc. Information collected using HubSpot is stored on HubSpot servers and evaluated on our behalf.
If personal data is processed here, the data is processed for the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Other legal bases for data processing that are used in the context of specific HubSpot services (e.g. the need for express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR when sending newsletters) remain unaffected by this.
We have concluded an order processing agreement with HubSpot, with which we oblige HubSpot to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
You can permanently object to the collection of data by HubSpot using cookies and the setting of cookies by preventing the storage of cookies through your browser settings accordingly.
You can find more information about Hubspot's data protection regulations at the following Internet address: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/datenschutz
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
12.6 Use of Affiliate Programs
- Amazon Affiliate Program (AmazonPartnerNet)
We participate in the "AmazonPartnerNet" partner program of Amazon EU Sarl, 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter "Amazon"). In this context, we have placed advertisements on our website as links that lead to offers on various Amazon websites. Amazon uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your end device in order to be able to trace the origin of orders generated via such links. Among other things, Amazon can recognize that you have clicked on the partner link on our website. This information is required for payment processing between us and Amazon. If the information also contains personal data,
You can find more information on data use by Amazon in the Amazon.de data protection declaration at https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=footer_privacy?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401
If you want to evaluate the If you want to block user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. You can also deactivate interest-based ads on Amazon via the link https://www.amazon.de/gp/dra/info.
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
- AWIN Performance Advertising Network
We participate in the performance advertising network of AWIN AG, Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin (hereinafter "AWIN"). As part of its tracking services, AWIN stores cookies on the end devices of users who visit or use its customers’ websites or other online offers (e.g. registering a subscription to a newsletter or placing an online order) to document transactions (e.g. of “sales leads”). These cookies serve the sole purpose of correctly allocating the success of an advertising medium and the corresponding billing within its network.
Only the information about when a specific advertising medium was clicked on by a device is placed in a cookie. An individual sequence of digits, which cannot be assigned to the individual user, is stored in the AWIN tracking cookies, with which the partner program of an advertiser, the publisher, and the time of the user's action (click or view) are documented. AWIN also collects information about the end device from which a transaction is carried out, e.g. the operating system and the calling browser. If the information also contains personal data, the processing described is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with AWIN in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If you do not want cookies to be stored in your browser, you can do this by making the appropriate browser settings. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser under Extras/Internet options, restrict it to certain websites or set your browser so that it notifies you as soon as a cookie is sent. Please note, however, that in this case you will have to reckon with a limited presentation of the online offers and limited user guidance. You can also delete cookies at any time. In this case, the information stored therein will be removed from your end device.
For more information on AWIN's use of data, see the company's privacy policy: https://www.awin.com/de/srecht
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
- CJ Affiliate Partner Network
We are a member of the affiliate network of CJ Affiliate (Conversant Europe Limited), 1st Floor, 40 Dukes Place, London, EC3A 7NH. In this context, we have placed advertisements on the pages of affiliate partners as links that lead to offers on our website. CJ Affiliate uses cookies, which are generally set on the partner site and for which we are not responsible under data protection law. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device in order to be able to trace the origin of transactions (e.g. "sales leads") that were generated via such links. Among other things, CJ Affiliate can see that you clicked on the partner link and were forwarded to our website. This information is required to process payments between us and CJ Affiliate. If the information also contains personal data, the processing described is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with CJ Affiliate in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
You can find more information on data usage by CJ Affiliate at https://www.cj.com/legal/privacy-de.
If you want to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies be informed and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general.
- GetYourGuide affiliate program
We participate in the partner program of GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH, Sonnenburger Straße 73, 10437 Berlin ("GetYourGuide"). In this context, we have placed advertisements on our website as links that lead to offers from GetYourGuide. GetYourGuide uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your end device in order to be able to trace the origin of orders generated via such links. Among other things, GetYourGuide can recognize that you have clicked on the partner link on our website. This information is required for payment processing between us and GetYourGuide. If the information also contains personal data,
You can find more information on data usage by GetYourGuide at https://www.getyourguide.com/privacy_policy?referrer_source=site_footer
If you want to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general.
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
- Tradedoubler GmbH affiliate program
We participate in the affiliate program of Tradedoubler GmbH, Herzog-Wilhelm-Straße 26, 80331 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "Tradedoubler").
Tradedoubler is a German affiliate network that offers affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based form of sales that enables commercial operators of Internet sites, the so-called merchants or advertisers, to place advertising, which is usually remunerated via click or sale commissions, on third-party Internet sites, i.e. with sales partners who are also affiliates or publishers are called to show. The merchant provides an advertising medium, i.e. an advertising banner or other suitable means of Internet advertising, via the affiliate network, which is then integrated by an affiliate on their own Internet pages. In this context, we have placed advertisements as links on our website.
We use cookies from Tradedoubler, which are small text files that are stored on your end device in order to be able to trace the origin of orders generated via such links. Among other things, Tradedoubler can recognize that you have clicked on the partner link on our website. This information is required for payment processing between us and Tradedoubler. If the information also contains personal data, the processing described is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with Tradedoubler in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
For more information on Tradedoubler's use of data, see Tradedoubler's privacy policy at https://www.tradedoubler.com/de/privacy-policy/
If you want to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser so that you be informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
- Webgains (ad pepper media GmbH)
We participate in the "Webgains" partner program of ad pepper media GmbH, FrankenStraße 150C, 90461 Nuremberg, Germany (hereinafter "Webgains").
Webgains is a German affiliate network that offers affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is an Internet-based form of sales that enables commercial operators of Internet sites, the so-called merchants or advertisers, to place advertising, which is usually remunerated via click or sale commissions, on third-party Internet sites, such as sales partners who are also affiliates or publishers are called to show. The merchant provides an advertising medium via the affiliate network, i.e. an advertising banner or other suitable means of Internet advertising, which is subsequently integrated by an affiliate on their own Internet pages. In this context, we have placed advertisements as links on our website.
We use cookies from Webgains for this. These are small text files that are stored on your end device in order to be able to trace the origin of orders generated via such links. Among other things, Webgains can recognize that you have clicked on the partner link on our website. This information is required for payment processing between us and Webgains. If the information also contains personal data, the processing described is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with Webgains in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
You can find more information on Webgains' data usage in the Webgains privacy policy at https://www.webgains.com/public/de/datenschutzerklaerung/
If you want to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser so that you be informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
- YITH Woocommerce Affiliates Affiliate Program
We participate in the "YITH Woocommerce Affiliates" affiliate program of Your Inspiration Solutions SLU, Calle Valentin Sanz 37,38002, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (“YITH”). As part of its services, YITH stores cookies on users' end devices to document transactions (e.g. "sales leads") when a visitor clicks on an advertisement with the partner link. These cookies are used solely for the purpose of correctly allocating the success of an advertising medium and the corresponding billing within the framework of the network. YITH may also use so-called tracking pixels. This allows information such as visitor traffic on the pages to be evaluated.
The information generated by cookies and tracking pixels about the use of this website (including the IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a YITH server and stored there. Among other things, YITH can recognize that the partner link on this website has been clicked on. Under certain circumstances, YITH can pass on this (anonymized) information to contractual partners, but data such as the IP address is not merged with other stored data.
If the information also contains personal data, the processing described is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with YITH in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If you want to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
13) Web Analytics Services
Hotjar (hotjar Ltd.)
This website uses the Hotjar web analytics service from Hotjar Ltd. Hotjar Ltd. is a European company based in Malta (Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe Tel.: +1 (855) 464-6788).
With this tool, movements on the websites on which Hotjar is used can be traced (so-called heat maps). For example, you can see how far users scroll and which buttons they click how often. It is also possible to use the tool to obtain feedback directly from the users of the website. In this way, we obtain valuable information in order to make our websites even faster and more customer-friendly. The above analysis is based on our legitimate interests in optimization and marketing purposes and the interest-based design of our website in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. When using this tool, we pay particular attention to the protection of your personal data. So we can only understand which buttons you click and how far you scroll. Areas of the website in which personal data from you or third parties is displayed are automatically hidden by Hotjar and are therefore not traceable at any time.
Hotjar offers every user the option of using a “Do Not Track header” to prevent the use of the Hotjar tool, so that no data about the visit to the respective website is recorded. This is a setting that supports all common browsers in the current version. To do this, your browser sends a request to Hotjar to deactivate the tracking of the respective user. If you use our website with different browsers/computers, you must set up the "Do Not Track header" for each of these browsers/computers separately.
Detailed instructions with information about your browser can be found at: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out
Learn more about Hotjar Ltd. and via the Hotjar tool can be found at: https://www.hotjar.com
The data protection declaration of Hotjar Ltd. can be found at: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
14) Retargeting/ remarketing/ referral advertising
Google Ads Remarketing
Our website uses the functions of Google Ads Remarketing, with which we advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your end device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. The processing takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Any further data processing will only take place if you have given your consent to Google linking your Internet and app browser history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads that you see on the web regard. In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To do this, Google will temporarily link your personal data to Google Analytics data in order to form target groups. As part of the use of Google Ads Remarketing, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Remarketing by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available under the following link:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/
Further information and You can view the data protection provisions regarding advertising and Google here:
https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the "Cookie-Consent-Tool" provided on the website or alternatively follow the option described above to make an objection.
15) Tools and Miscellaneous
15.1 Borlabs
This website uses the cookie consent tool Borlabs from the provider Mr. Benjamin A. Bornschein, Georg-Wilhelm-Str. 17, 21107 Hamburg ("Borlabs"), which sets two technically necessary cookies ("borlabsCookie" and "borlabsCookieUnblockConten"t) to save your cookie preference. The aforementioned processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing cookie preference management for website visitors.
The "Borlabs Cookie" does not process any personal data. The "borlabsCookie" cookie stores your chosen preference, which you selected when you entered the website. The "borlabsCookieUnblockContent" cookie stores which (external) media/content you always want to have automatically unblocked. If you want to revoke these settings, simply delete the cookies in your browser. When you re-enter/reload the website, you will be asked again for your cookie preference.
15.2 - Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google") for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the Google servers. This can also result in the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US. In this way, Google becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offering. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
15.3 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an entry is made by a natural person or whether it is misused by machine and automated processing. The service includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining individual personal responsibility on the Internet and avoiding abuse and spam. When using Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google's data protection declaration can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
15.4 Applications for job postings by email
On our website we advertise currently vacant positions in a separate section, for which interested parties can apply by e-mail to the contact address provided.
Inclusion in the application process requires that applicants provide us with all the personal data required for a well-founded and informed assessment and selection together with the application by e-mail.
The required information includes general personal information (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact option) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. It may also be necessary to provide health-related information, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the person of the applicant in terms of labor and social law.
Which components an application must contain in individual cases in order to be considered and the form in which these components are to be sent by e-mail can be found in the respective job advertisement.
After receipt of the application sent using the email contact address provided, the applicant data will be stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application. For questions that arise in the course of processing, we use either the e-mail address provided by the applicant with his application or a telephone number provided at our discretion.
The legal basis for this processing, including contacting us for queries, is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG), in the sense of which going through the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 Paragraph 1 GDPR (e.g. health data such as information on severely disabled status) are requested from applicants as part of the application process, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. GDPR so that we can exercise our rights under labor law and social security and social protection law and comply with our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories can also be based on Art. 9 Para. 1 lit health or social care treatment or for the administration of health or social care systems and services.
If the applicant is not selected in the course of the evaluation described above or if an applicant withdraws his application prematurely, his data transmitted by e-mail and all electronic correspondence including the original application e-mail will be deleted after 6 months at the latest after notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, in being able to meet our obligations to provide evidence from the regulations on the equal treatment of applicants.
In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be processed on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG) for the purposes of carrying out the employment relationship.
15.5 Online Applications via a Form
On our website, we offer job applicants the opportunity to apply online using a corresponding form. Inclusion in the application process requires that applicants provide us with all the personal data required for a well-founded and informed assessment and selection via the form.
The required information includes general personal information (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact option) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. It may also be necessary to provide health-related information, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the person of the applicant in terms of labor and social law.
In the course of sending the form, the applicant data is transmitted to us in encrypted form in accordance with the state of the art, stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application.
The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG), in the sense of which going through the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 Paragraph 1 GDPR (e.g. health data such as information about the severely disabled status) are requested from applicants as part of the application process, the processing takes place in accordance with Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. GDPR so that we can exercise our rights under labor law and social security and social protection law and comply with our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories can also be based on Art. 9 Para. 1 lit health or social care treatment or for the administration of health or social care systems and services.
If the applicant is not selected in the course of the evaluation described above, or if an applicant withdraws his or her application prematurely, the data submitted in the form of the applicant will be deleted after 6 months at the latest after notification. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, in being able to meet our obligations to provide evidence from the regulations on the equal treatment of applicants.
In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be processed on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (for processing in Germany in conjunction with Section 26 Paragraph 1 BDSG) for the purposes of carrying out the employment relationship.
15.6 - Google Maps
On our website we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographic information. Using this service will show you our location and make it easier to get there.
As soon as you call up those sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google's servers and stored there. This can also result in transmission to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. The collection, storage and evaluation are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of Google's legitimate interest in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, although you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used. Market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, although you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used. Market research and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, although you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used.
You can view Google's terms of use at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html, the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl /de_US/help/terms_maps.html
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website ("Google Privacy Policy"): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies /privacy/
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
- OpenStreetMap
This site uses the open source mapping service "OpenStreetMap" from the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom via an API to show you the location of our company and give you directions to facilitate.
In order for the map services of OpenStreetMap to be made available to you, the service collects your IP address when the page is accessed and transmits it to an OpenStreetMap server, where it is stored.
This data processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in an attractive presentation of our online offers and in making our location easy to find.
If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to OpenStreetMap, you have the option of completely deactivating the OpenStreetMap web service by switching off the JavaScript application in your browser. OpenStreetMap and thus also the map display on this website cannot then be used.
You can find more information about OpenStreetMap's data protection regulations at the following Internet address: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
Insofar as this is legally required, we have your consent to the processing of your data described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO obtained. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
15.7 - Scalable central measurement method of VG Wort
Our website and our mobile website use the "Scalable central measurement method" (SZM) of the collecting society WORT (VG WORT), Untere Weidenstraße 5, 81543 Munich, to determine statistical parameters to determine the copy probability of texts . Anonymous measurements are collected. The access number measurement alternatively uses a session cookie or a signature, which is created from various automatically transmitted information from your browser, to recognize computer systems. IP addresses as part of the information for creating the signature are only processed in an anonymous form for this purpose.
Session cookies are small pieces of information that a provider stores in the memory of the visitor's computer. A randomly generated unique identification number, a so-called session ID, is stored in a session cookie. A cookie also contains information about its origin and the storage period. Session cookies cannot store any other data.
If personal data is processed in the processing activity described, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining the probability of copying individual texts in order to specify the remuneration claims of authors and publishers.
At no time individual users are identified. Your identity is always protected. You will not receive any advertising through the system.
In order to prevent cookies from being stored in your browser, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
You can find more information on data protection at VG Wort here: https://www.vgwort.de/datenschutz.html
Insofar as this is legally required, we have obtained your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR to process your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the above-described option to make an objection.
15.8 - Google Meet
We use the "Google Meet" service from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (hereinafter "Google Meet") to conduct online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars.
When using Google Meet, different data is processed. The scope of the processed data depends on which data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference or webinar. When using Google Meet, the data of the communication participants is processed and stored on Google servers. This data can include, in particular, your registration data (name, email address, telephone (optional) and password) and meeting data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)). In addition, visual and auditory contributions from the participants as well as voice inputs can be processed in chats. This can also lead to a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. come in the US.
When processing personal data that is required to fulfill a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. If you have given us your consent to the processing of your data, the processing will take place on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Otherwise, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in conducting the online meeting, webinar or video conference effectively in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. For more information on how Google Meet uses data, see Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
- Microsoft Teams
We use the "Microsoft Teams" service from Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA (hereinafter "Microsoft Teams") to conduct online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars.
When using Microsoft Teams, different data is processed. The scope of the processed data depends on which data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference or webinar. When using Microsoft Teams, the data of the communication participants is processed and stored on Microsoft Teams servers. This data can include, in particular, your registration data (name, email address, telephone (optional) and password) and meeting data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)). In addition, visual and auditory contributions from the participants as well as voice inputs can be processed in chats.
When processing personal data that is required to fulfill a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. If you have given us your consent to the processing of your data, the processing will take place on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Otherwise, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in conducting the online meeting, webinar or video conference effectively in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. You can find more information on the use of data by Microsoft Teams in the Microsoft Teams data protection declaration at https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement
- Zoom
We use the "Zoom" service of Zoom Video Communications Inc., 55 Almaden Blvd , Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95113, USA (hereinafter "Zoom") to conduct online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars.
When using Zoom, different data is processed. The scope of the processed data depends on which data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference or webinar. When using Zoom, the data of the communication participants is processed and stored on Zoom servers. This data can include, in particular, your registration data (name, email address, telephone (optional) and password) and meeting data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)). In addition, visual and auditory contributions from the participants as well as voice inputs can be processed in chats.
When processing personal data that is required to fulfill a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. If you have given us your consent to the processing of your data, the processing will take place on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Otherwise, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings, video conferences or webinars is our legitimate interest in conducting the online meeting, webinar or video conference effectively in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR. For more information on how Zoom uses data, see Zoom's privacy policy at https://zoom.us/docs/de-de/privacy-and-legal.html
16) Rights of the data subject
16.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights to information and intervention) vis-à-vis the person responsible with regard to the processing of your personal data, about which we will inform you below:
- Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR: In particular, you have a right to information about your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data was or will be disclosed, the planned Storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if they were not collected from you by us, Existence of automated decision-making including profiling andMeaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing on you, as well as your right to information about the guarantees according to Art. 46 GDPR when your data is forwarded to third countries;
- Right to rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate rectification of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
- Right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply in particular if the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
- Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data, which you contest, is checked, if you refuse to delete your data due to inadmissible data processing and instead Request restriction of the processing of your data if you need your data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims after we no longer need this data after the purpose has been achieved or if you have lodged an objection for reasons of your particular situation, as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
- Right to information according to Art. 19 DSGVO: If you have asserted the right to correction, deletion or restriction of processing against the person responsible, he is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or Restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
- Right to data transferability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another person responsible, insofar as this is technically feasible;
- Right to revoke granted consent in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will delete the data concerned immediately, unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of revocation;
- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR: If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR, you have - without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy - the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.
16.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS IN OUR PREVIOUS LEGITIMATE INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA INVOLVED. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN PROVE COMPREHENSIVE REASONS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE CERTIFICATION, EXERCISE OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING. YOU MAY OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA INVOLVED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
17) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is based on the respective legal basis, the processing purpose and - if relevant - also based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g. commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data on the basis of an express consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a GDPR, this data is stored until the person concerned revokes his consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that are processed as part of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention period has expired, provided that it is no longer required to fulfill or initiate a contract and/or we have no legitimate interest in further storage.
When personal data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object under Article 21 (1) GDPR, unless we can provide compelling reasons worthy of protection for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct advertising on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his right of objection under Article 21 Paragraph 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data will be deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.