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
login status, a shopping basket or the location where a video was viewed. The term
"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
login and confirmation times as well as the IP address. Likewise the changes of
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;
Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; Opt-Out:
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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:
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;
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Opt-Out: Opt-Out-Plugin:
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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