Privacy Policy

Preamble

With the following privacy policy we would like to inform you which types of your

personal data (hereinafter also abbreviated as "data") we process for which

purposes and in which scope. The privacy statement applies to all processing of

personal data carried out by us, both in the context of providing our services and in

particular on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online

presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as

"online services").

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Last Update: 15. February 2021

Table of contents

- Preamble

- Controller

- Overview of processing operations

- Legal Bases for the Processing

- Security Precautions

- Transmission of Personal Data

- Data Processing in Third Countries

- Use of Cookies

- Provision of online services and web hosting

- Contacting us

- Communication via Messenger

- Video Conferences, Online Meetings, Webinars and Screen-Sharing

- Cloud Services

- Newsletter and Electronic Communications

- Commercial communication by E-Mail, Postal Mail, Fax or Telephone

- Profiles in Social Networks (Social Media)

- Plugins and embedded functions and content

- Erasure of data

- Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy

- Rights of Data Subjects

- Terminology and Definitions

Controller

Henning Schumacher

Schlüskamp 14

24576 Bad Bramstedt

Authorised Representatives: Henning Schumacher.

E-mail address: henning.schumacher@scopemind.de.

Phone: +491724496640

Overview of processing operations

The following table summarises the types of data processed, the purposes for which

they are processed and the concerned data subjects.

Categories of Processed Data

- Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses).

- Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos).

- Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).

- Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

- Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).

Categories of Data Subjects

- Employees (e.g. Employees, job applicants).

- Prospective customers.

- Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).

- Customers.

- Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of Processing

- Provision of our online services and usability.

- Office and organisational procedures.

- Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal).

- Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form).

- Marketing.

- Contact requests and communication.

- Provision of contractual services and customer support.

In the following we inform you about the legal basis of the General Data Protection

Regulation (GDPR), on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note

that, in addition to the regulations of the GDPR, the national data protection

regulations may apply in your country or in our country of residence or domicile. If,

in addition, more specific legal bases are applicable in individual cases, we will

inform you of these in the data protection declaration.

- Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR) - The data subject has given consent to

the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.

- Performance of a contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR) -

Performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to

take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.

-Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) - Processing is necessary for

the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a

third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or

fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection

of personal data.

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data

protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation, national

regulations apply to data protection in Germany. This includes in particular the Law

on Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data

Protection Act - BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special provisions on the

right to access, the right to erase, the right to object, the processing of special

categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well

as automated individual decision-making, including profiling. Furthermore, it

regulates data processing for the purposes of the employment relationship (§ 26

BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, execution or termination of

employment relationships as well as the consent of employees. Furthermore, data

protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

Security Precautions

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with the

legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of

implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well

as the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural

persons, in order to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.

The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and

availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well

as access to, input, transmission, securing and separation of the data. In addition,

we have established procedures to ensure that data subjects' rights are respected,

that data is erased, and that we are prepared to respond to data threats rapidly.

Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the

development or selection of hardware, software and service providers, in

accordance with the principle of privacy by design and privacy by default.

Transmission of Personal Data

In the context of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is

transferred to other places, companies or persons or that it is disclosed to them.

Recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned

with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are embedded in a website.

In such a case, the legal requirements will be respected and in particular

corresponding contracts or agreements, which serve the protection of your data,

will be concluded with the recipients of your data.

Data Processing in Third Countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU), the

European Economic Area (EEA)) or the processing takes place in the context of the

use of third party services or disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies

or companies, this will only take place in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or transfer required by contract or law, we process or

have processed the data only in third countries with a recognised level of data

protection, on the basis of special guarantees, such as a contractual obligation

through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission or if

certifications or binding internal data protection regulations justify the processing

(Article 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data

-protection_en).

Use of Cookies

Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are

stored by a browser on the user's computer. A cookie is primarily used to store

information about a user during or after his visit within an online service. The

information stored can include, for example, the language settings on a website, the

"cookies" also includes other technologies that fulfil the same functions as cookies

(e.g. if user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also

referred to as "user IDs").

The following types and functions of cookies are distinguished:

Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are

deleted at the latest after a user has left an online service and closed his

browser.

Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after closing the

browser. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can

be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. The interests of

users who are used for range measurement or marketing purposes can also

be stored in such a cookie.

First-Party-Cookies: First-Party-Cookies are set by ourselves.

Third party cookies: Third party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (socalled

third parties) to process user information.

Necessary (also: essential) cookies: Cookies can be necessary for the

operation of a website (e.g. to save logins or other user inputs or for security

reasons).

Statistics, marketing and personalisation cookies: Cookies are also

generally used to measure a website's reach and when a user's interests or

behaviour (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) are stored on

individual websites in a user profile. Such profiles are used, for example, to

display content to users that corresponds to their potential interests. This

procedure is also referred to as "tracking", i.e. tracking the potential interests

of users. If we use cookies or "tracking" technologies, we will inform you

separately in our privacy policy or in the context of obtaining consent.

Information on legal basis: The legal basis on which we process your personal

data with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask you for your consent. If

this applies and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing

your data is your declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of

cookies will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in a business

operation of our online service and its improvement) or, if the use of cookies is

necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations.

Retention period: Unless we provide you with explicit information on the

retention period of permanent cookies (e.g. within the scope of a so-called cookie

opt-in), please assume that the retention period can be as long as two years.

General information on Withdrawal of consent and objection (Opt-Out):

Respective of whether processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have

the option at any time to object to the processing of your data using cookie

technologies or to revoke consent (collectively referred to as "opt-out"). You can

initially explain your objection using the settings of your browser, e.g. by

deactivating the use of cookies (which may also restrict the functionality of our

online services). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes

can be raised for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via

the websites https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and

https://www.youronlinechoices.com. In addition, you can receive further

information on objections in the context of the information on the used service

providers and cookies.

Processing Cookie Data on the Basis of Consent: We use a cookie management

solution in which users' consent to the use of cookies, or the procedures and

providers mentioned in the cookie management solution, can be obtained, managed

and revoked by the users. The declaration of consent is stored so that it does not

have to be retrieved again and the consent can be proven in accordance with the

legal obligation. Storage can take place server-sided and/or in a cookie (so-called

opt-out cookie or with the aid of comparable technologies) in order to be able to

assign the consent to a user or and/or his/her device.Subject to individual details of

the providers of cookie management services, the following information applies:

The duration of the storage of the consent can be up to two years. In this case, a

pseudonymous user identifier is formed and stored with the date/time of consent,

information on the scope of the consent (e.g. which categories of cookies and/or

service providers) as well as the browser, system and used end device.

- Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content,

access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP

addresses).

- Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

- Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6

(1) (f) GDPR).

Provision of online services and web hosting

In order to provide our online services securely and efficiently, we use the services

of one or more web hosting providers from whose servers (or servers they manage)

the online services can be accessed. For these purposes, we may use infrastructure

and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, as

well as security and technical maintenance services.

The data processed within the framework of the provision of the hosting services

may include all information relating to the users of our online services that is

collected in the course of use and communication. This regularly includes the IP

address, which is necessary to be able to deliver the contents of online services to

browsers, and all entries made within our online services or from websites.

Collection of Access Data and Log Files: We, ourselves or our web hosting

provider, collect data on the basis of each access to the server (so-called server log

files). Server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files

accessed, the date and time of access, data volumes transferred, notification of

successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer

URL (the previously visited page) and, as a general rule, IP addresses and the

requesting provider.

The server log files can be used for security purposes, e.g. to avoid overloading the

servers (especially in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and to

ensure the stability and optimal load balancing of the servers .

Processed data types: Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos),

Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times),

Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Legal Basis: Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Contacting us

When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the

data of the inquiring persons are processed insofar as this is necessary to answer

the contact enquiries and any requested activities.

The response to contact enquiries within the framework of contractual or precontractual

relationships is made in order to fulfil our contractual obligations or to

respond to (pre)contractual enquiries and otherwise on the basis of the legitimate

interests in responding to the enquiries.

Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data

(e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Content data (e.g. text input, photographs,

videos).

Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).

Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication.

Legal Basis: Performance of a contract and prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b)

GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Communication via Messenger

We use messenger services for communication purposes and therefore ask you to

observe the following information regarding the functionality of the messenger

services, encryption, use of the metadata of the communication and your objection

options.

You can also contact us by alternative means, e.g. telephone or e-mail. Please use

the contact options provided to you or use the contact options provided within our

online services.

In the case of encryption of content (i.e. the content of your message and

attachments), we point out that the communication content (i.e. the content of the

message and attachments) is encrypted end-to-end. This means that the content of

the messages is not visible, not even by the messenger service providers

themselves. You should always use a current version of the messenger service with

activated encryption, so that the encryption of the message contents is guaranteed.

However, we would like to point out to our communication partners that although

messenger service providers do not see the content, they can find out that and

when communication partners communicate with us and process technical

information on the communication partner's device used and, depending on the

settings of their device, also location information (so-called metadata).

Information on Legal basis: If we ask communication partners for permission

before communicating with them via messenger services, the legal basis of our

processing of their data is their consent. Otherwise, if we do not request consent

and you contact us, for example, voluntarily, we use messenger services in our

dealings with our contractual partners and as part of the contract initiation process

as a contractual measure and in the case of other interested parties and

communication partners on the basis of our legitimate interests in fast and efficient

communication and meeting the needs of our communication partners for

communication via messenger services. We would also like to point out that we do

not transmit the contact data provided to us to the messenger service providers for

the first time without your consent.

Withdrawal, objection and deletion: You can withdraw your consent or object to

communication with us via messenger services at any time.In the case of

communication via messenger services, we delete the messages in accordance with

our general data retention policy (i.e. as described above after the end of

contractual relationships, archiving requirements, etc.) and otherwise as soon as

we can assume that we have answered any information provided by the

communication partners, if no reference to a previous conversation is to be

expected and there are no legal obligations to store the messages to prevent their

deletion.

Reservation of reference to other means of communication: Finally, we would

like to point out that we reserve the right, for reasons of your safety, not to answer

inquiries about messenger services. This is the case if, for example, internal

contractual matters require special secrecy or if an answer via the messenger

services does not meet the formal requirements. In such cases we refer you to more

appropriate communication channels.

Processed data types: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Usage

data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times),

Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).

Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication, Direct

marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal).

Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6

(1) (f) GDPR).

Video Conferences, Online Meetings, Webinars

and Screen-Sharing

We use third-party platforms and applications (hereinafter referred to as "third

party providers") for the purposes of conducting video and audio conferences,

webinars and other types of video and audio meetings. When selecting third-party

providers and their services, we observe the legal requirements.

In this context, data of the communication participants will be processed and stored

on the servers of third parties, as far as these are part of communication processes

with us. This data may include, but is not limited to, registration and contact

details, visual and voice contributions, chat entries and shared screen content.

If users are referred to the third-party providers or their software or platforms in

the context of communication, business or other relationships with us, the thirdparty

provider processing may process usage data and metadata that can be

processed by them for security purposes, service optimisation or marketing

purposes. We therefore ask you to observe the data protection information of the

respective third party providers.

Information on legal basis: If we ask the users for their consent to the use of

third party providers or certain functions (e.g. permission to record conversations),

the legal basis of the processing is consent. Furthermore, the processing can be a

component of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use of the third party

was agreed within this context. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis

of our legitimate interest in efficient and secure communication with our

communication partners. In this context, we would also like to refer you to the

information on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.

Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data

(e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Content data (e.g. text input, photographs,

videos), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times),

Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.),

Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of Processing: Provision of contractual services and customer

support, Contact requests and communication, Office and organisational

procedures.

Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Performance of a contract and

prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f)

GDPR).

Cloud Services

We use Internet-accessible software services (so-called "cloud services", also

referred to as "Software as a Service") provided on the servers of its providers for

the following purposes: document storage and administration, calendar

management, e-mail delivery, spreadsheets and presentations, exchange of

documents, content and information with specific recipients or publication of

websites, forms or other content and information, as well as chats and participation

in audio and video conferences.

Within this framework, personal data may be processed and stored on the

provider's servers insofar as this data is part of communication processes with us or

is otherwise processed by us in accordance with this privacy policy. This data may

include in particular master data and contact data of data subjects, data on

processes, contracts, other proceedings and their contents. Cloud service providers

also process usage data and metadata that they use for security and service

optimization purposes.

If we use cloud services to provide documents and content to other users or

publicly accessible websites, forms, etc., providers may store cookies on users'

devices for web analysis or to remember user settings (e.g. in the case of media

control).

Information on legal basis - If we ask for permission to use cloud services, the

legal basis for processing data is consent. Furthermore, their use can be a

component of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use of cloud services

has been agreed in this context. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis

of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient and secure administrative and

collaboration processes).

Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data

(e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Content data (e.g. text input, photographs,

videos), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times),

Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Data subjects: Customers, Employees (e.g. Employees, job applicants),

Prospective customers, Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters,

etc.).

Purposes of Processing: Office and organisational procedures.

Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Performance of a contract and

prior requests (Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f)

GDPR).

Newsletter and Electronic Communications

We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic communications (hereinafter

referred to as "newsletters") only with the consent of the recipient or a legal

permission. Insofar as the contents of the newsletter are specifically described

within the framework of registration, they are decisive for the consent of the user.

Otherwise, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.

In order to subscribe to our newsletters, it is generally sufficient to enter your email

address. We may, however, ask you to provide a name for the purpose of

contacting you personally in the newsletter or to provide further information if this

is required for the purposes of the newsletter.

Double opt-in procedure: The registration to our newsletter takes place in

general in a so-called Double-Opt-In procedure. This means that you will receive an

e-mail after registration asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation

is necessary so that no one can register with external e-mail addresses.

The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the

registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes storing the

your data stored with the dispatch service provider are logged.

Deletion and restriction of processing: We may store the unsubscribed email

addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting

them to provide evidence of prior consent. The processing of these data is limited to

the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual deletion request is

possible at any time, provided that the former existence of a consent is confirmed at

the same time. In the case of an obligation to permanently observe an objection, we

reserve the right to store the e-mail address solely for this purpose in a blocklist.

Information on legal bases: The sending of the newsletter is based on the

consent of the recipients or, if consent is not required, on the basis of our legitimate

interests in direct marketing. Insofar as we engage a service provider for sending emails,

this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests. The registration

procedure is recorded on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of

demonstrating that it has been conducted in accordance with the law.

Contents: Information about us, our services, promotions and offers.

Measurement of opening rates and click rates: The newsletters contain a socalled

"web-beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file, which is retrieved from our server when

the newsletter is opened or, if we use a mailing service provider, from its server.

Within the scope of this retrieval, technical information such as information about

the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and time of retrieval are

first collected.

This information is used for the technical improvement of our newsletter on the

basis of technical data or target groups and their reading behaviour on the basis of

their retrieval points (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or

access times. This analysis also includes determining whether newsletters are

opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. This information is

assigned to the individual newsletter recipients and stored in their profiles until the

profiles are deleted. The evaluations serve us much more to recognize the reading

habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content

according to the interests of our users.

The measurement of opening rates and click rates as well as the storage of the

measurement results in the profiles of the users and their further processing are

based on the consent of the users.

A separate objection to the performance measurement is unfortunately not possible,

in this case the entire newsletter subscription must be cancelled or objected to. In

this case, the stored profile information will be deleted.

Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data

(e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Meta/communication data (e.g. device

information, IP addresses), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in

content, access times).

Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).

Purposes of Processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal).

Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6

(1) (f) GDPR).

Opt-Out: You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke

your consent or object to further receipt. You will find a link to cancel the

newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you can otherwise use one

of the contact options listed above, preferably e-mail.

Commercial communication by E-Mail, Postal, Mail, Fax or Telephone

We process personal data for the purposes of promotional communication, which

may be carried out via various channels, such as e-mail, telephone, post or fax, in

accordance with the legal requirements.

The recipients have the right to withdraw their consent at any time or to object to

the advertising communication at any time.

After withdrawal or objection, we may store the data required to prove consent for

up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete them. The

processing of these data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against

claims. An individual deletion request is possible at any time, provided that the

former existence of a consent is affirmed.

Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data

(e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).

Data subjects: Communication partner (Recipients of e-mails, letters, etc.).

Purposes of Processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or postal).

Legal Basis: Consent (Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR), Legitimate Interests (Article 6

(1) (f) GDPR).

Profiles in Social Networks (Social Media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this

context in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information

about us.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European

Union. This may entail risks for users, e.g. by making it more difficult to enforce

users' rights.

In addition, user data is usually processed within social networks for market

research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created on

the basis of user behaviour and the associated interests of users. The user profiles

can then be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the

networks which are presumed to correspond to the interests of the users. For these

purposes, cookies are usually stored on the user's computer, in which the user's

usage behaviour and interests are stored. Furthermore, data can be stored in the

user profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users

are members of the respective networs or will become members later on).

For a detailed description of the respective processing operations and the opt-out

options, please refer to the respective data protection declarations and information

provided by the providers of the respective networks.

Also in the case of requests for information and the exercise of rights of data

subjects, we point out that these can be most effectively pursued with the

providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can directly

take appropriate measures and provide information. If you still need help, please do

not hesitate to contact us.

Facebook: We are jointly responsible (so called "joint controller") with Facebook

Ireland Ltd. for the collection (but not the further processing) of data of visitors to

our Facebook page. This data includes information about the types of content users

view or interact with, or the actions they take (see "Things that you and others do

and provide" in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy), and

information about the devices used by users (e.g., IP addresses, operating system,

browser type, language settings, cookie information; see "Device Information" in

the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy). As explained in the

Facebook Data Policy under "How we use this information?" Facebook also collects

and uses information to provide analytics services, known as "page insights," to site

operators to help them understand how people interact with their pages and with

content associated with them. We have concluded a special agreement with

Facebook ("Information about Page-Insights",

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum), which regulates

in particular the security measures that Facebook must observe and in which

Facebook has agreed to fulfill the rights of the persons concerned (i.e. users can

send information access or deletion requests directly to Facebook). The rights of

users (in particular to access to information, erasure, objection and complaint to the

competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with

Facebook. Further information can be found in the "Information about Page

Insights"

(https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data).

Processed data types: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers),

Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), Usage data (e.g. websites

visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g.

device information, IP addresses).

Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication, Feedback

(e.g. collecting feedback via online form), Marketing.

Legal Basis: Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Services and service providers being used:

Facebook: Social network; Service provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand

Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland, parent company:

Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; Website:

https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy:

https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Opt-Out: Settings for

advertisements: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

LinkedIn: Social network; Service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited

Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Website: https://www.linkedin.com;

https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Xing: Social network; Service provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32,

20354 Hamburg, Germany; Website: https://www.xing.com; Privacy Policy:

https://privacy.xing.com/en.

Plugins and embedded functions and content

Within our online services, we integrate functional and content elements that are

obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as

"third-party providers"). These may, for example, be graphics, videos or city maps

(hereinafter uniformly referred to as "Content").

The integration always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content

process the IP address of the user, since they could not send the content to their

browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the

presentation of these contents or functions. We strive to use only those contents,

whose respective offerers use the IP address only for the distribution of the

contents. Third parties may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also

known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can

be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website.

The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device

and may include technical information about the browser and operating system,

referring websites, visit times and other information about the use of our website,

as well as may be linked to such information from other sources.

Information on legal basis: If we ask users for their consent (e.g. in the context

of a so-called "cookie banner consent"), the legal basis for processing is this

consent. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate

interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our

online services. We refer you to the note on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.

Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content,

access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP

addresses).

Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of Processing: Provision of our online services and usability,

Provision of contractual services and customer support.

Legal Basis: Legitimate Interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Services and service providers being used:

Google Maps: We integrate the maps of the service "Google Maps" from the

provider Google. The data processed may include, in particular, IP addresses

and location data of users, which are not collected without their consent

(usually within the framework of the settings of their mobile devices); Service

provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4,

Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain

View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform;

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en, Settings for the Display of

Advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Erasure of data

The data processed by us will be erased in accordance with the statutory provisions

as soon as their processing is revoked or other permissions no longer apply (e.g. if

the purpose of processing this data no longer applies or they are not required for

the purpose).

If the data is not deleted because they are required for other and legally

permissible purposes, their processing is limited to these purposes. This means that

the data will be restricted and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for

example, to data that must be stored for commercial or tax reasons or for which

storage is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the

rights of another natural or legal person.

Further information on the erasure of personal data can also be found in the

individual data protection notices of this privacy policy.

Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy

We kindly ask you to inform yourself regularly about the contents of our data

protection declaration. We will adjust the privacy policy as changes in our data

processing practices make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the

changes require your cooperation (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in

this privacy policy, we ask you to note that addresses may change over time and to

verify the information before contacting us.

Rights of Data Subjects

As data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in

particular from Articles 15 to 21 of the GDPR:

Right to Object: You have the right, on grounds arising from your

particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your

personal data which is based on letter (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR ,

including profiling based on those provisions.

Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you

have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal

data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing, which

includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct

marketing.

Right of withdrawal for consents: You have the right to revoke consents at

any time.

Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether

the data in question will be processed and to be informed of this data and to

receive further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the

provisions of the law.

Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the law, to

request the completion of the data concerning you or the rectification of the

incorrect data concerning you.

Right to Erasure and Right to Restriction of Processing: In accordance

with the statutory provisions, you have the right to demand that the relevant

data be erased immediately or, alternatively, to demand that the processing

of the data be restricted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you

which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable

format in accordance with the legal requirements, or to request its

transmission to another controller.

Complaint to the supervisory authority: You also have the right, under the

conditions laid down by law, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory

authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place

of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the

processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

Terminology and Definitions

This section provides an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Many of

the terms are drawn from the law and defined mainly in Article 4 GDPR. The legal

definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are intended

above all for the purpose of comprehension. The terms are sorted alphabetically.

Controller: "Controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority,

agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the

purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Personal Data: "personal data" means any information relating to an

identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"); an identifiable

natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in

particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification

number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific

to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social

identity of that natural person.

Processing: The term "processing" covers a wide range and practically every

handling of data, be it collection, evaluation, storage, transmission or erasure.

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