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Privacy Statement

Introduction

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

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Status: 23 September 2020

Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • Responsible
  • Overview of processing
  • Contact data protection officer
  • Relevant legal bases
  • Security measures
  • Transmission and disclosure of personal data
  • Data processing in third countries
  • Use of cookies
  • Provision of the online offer and web hosting
  • Blogs and publication media
  • Contact
  • Video conferences, online meetings, webinars and screen sharing
  • Application procedure
  • Newsletter and electronic notifications
  • Advertising communication via e-mail, post, fax or telephone
  • online marketing
  • Affiliate programmes and affiliate links
  • Presence in social networks (social media)
  • Plugins and embedded functions and content
  • Deletion of data
  • Amendment and update of the privacy policy
  • Rights of data subjects
  • Definitions of terms

Responsible

BHI nutrineo GmbH
Im Neuen Felde 8729525 Uelzen

Phone +49 581 806-5880
info@nutrineo.com

Authorised representatives: represented by the managing director Uwe Radke

E-mail address: info@nutrineo.com

Legal notice: www.nutrineo.com

Contact data protection officer

SBS Data Protect GmbH
Represented by the Managing Director Thilo Noack
Hans-Henny-Jahnn Weg 49 22085 Hamburg
E-Mail: noack@sbs-data.de

Overview of processing

The following table summarises the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing, and refers to the data subjects.

Types of data processed

  • inventory data (e.g. names, addresses).
  • Applicant data (e.g. personal details, postal and contact addresses, the documents pertaining to the application and the information contained therein, such as cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates and other information about the applicant's person or qualification provided voluntarily by the applicant with regard to a specific position or on a voluntary basis)
  • Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos).
  • Contact details (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).
  • Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category).

Categories of data subjects

  • applicants.
  • interested parties.
  • communication partner.
  • Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of the processing

  • Affiliate tracking.
  • Visit evaluation.
  • Application procedure (justification and possible later implementation and later termination of employment.)
  • Office and organisational procedures.
  • Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).
  • Feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form).
  • Interest-based and behaviour-based marketing.
  • Contact requests and communication.
  • Profiling (creation of user profiles).
  • remarketing.
  • Range measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).
  • security measures.
  • Tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies).
  • Contractual performance and service.
  • Management and response to requests.

Relevant legal bases

In the following, we provide the legal basis for 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, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence and domicile. Should more specific legal provisions apply in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the data protection declaration.

  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a GDPR) - The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data relating to him or her for one or more specific purposes.
  • Fulfilment of a contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for carrying out pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject.
  • Protection of vital interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d. GDPR) - Processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f. GDPR) - The processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data outweigh these.
  • Art. 9 para. 1 sentence 1 letter b GDPR (application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship) (Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severely handicapped status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants during the application procedure in order to enable the responsible person or the data subject to exercise the rights arising to him or her from labour law and social security and social protection law and to fulfil his or her obligations in this respect, they are processed in accordance with Art. 9 Paragraph 2 letter b. GDPR, in the case of protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c. GDPR or for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnosis, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h. GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a. GDPR) - .

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the basic data protection regulation, national regulations on data protection apply in Germany. These include 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 regulations on the right to information, the right to deletion, the right of objection, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated decision making in individual cases including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for the purposes of the employment relationship (Section 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, implementation or termination of employment relationships and the consent of employees. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection commensurate with the risk.

These measures include in particular ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, disclosure, safeguarding of availability and separation of data. Procedures have also been put in place to ensure that data subjects' rights are respected, that data are deleted and that responses to data breaches are made. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection, by designing technology and by using data protection-friendly default settings.

Transmission and disclosure of personal data

In the course of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transferred to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons. The recipients of this data may include, for example, payment institutions in the context of payment transactions, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such cases we observe the legal requirements and in particular conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data which serve to protect 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 using the services of third parties or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies or companies, this is only done in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or transmission required by contract or by law, we only process or allow the data to be processed in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, a contractual obligation through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, in the case of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de ).

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 offer. The stored information can include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping basket or the place where a video was viewed. The term "cookies" also includes other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g. when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as "user IDs").

The following cookie types and functions are distinguished:

  • Temporary cookies (also: session or session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer 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. Likewise, the interests of users used for reach measurement or marketing purposes can be stored in such a cookie.
  • First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by ourselves.
  • Third-party cookies (also: third-party cookies): third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to process user information.
  • Necessary (also: essential or absolutely necessary) cookies: Cookies can be absolutely necessary for the operation of a website (e.g. to save logins or other user entries or for security reasons).
  • Statistical, marketing and personalisation cookies: Furthermore, cookies are generally also used in the context of range measurement as well as when the interests of a user or his behaviour (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions etc.) are stored in a user profile on individual websites. Such profiles are used to show users e.g. content that corresponds to their potential interests. This procedure is also known as "tracking", i.e. following the potential interests of users. If we use cookies or tracking technologies, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or when you give your consent.

Information on legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask you for your consent. If this is the case and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the aid of cookies will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the commercial operation of our online offer and its improvement) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations.

Storage duration: Unless we provide you with explicit information on the storage duration of permanent cookies (e.g. within the framework of a so-called cookie opt-in), please assume that the storage duration can be up to two years.

General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Depending on whether the processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have the possibility at any time to revoke any consent given or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies (collectively referred to as "opt-out"). You can initially declare your objection by means of the settings of your browser, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (although this may also restrict the functionality of our online service). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared by means of a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info

and www.youronlinechoices.com. In addition, you can receive further notices of objection in the context of the information on the service providers and cookies used.

Processing of cookie data based on consent: Before we process or have processed data in the context of the use of cookies, we ask users for their consent, which can be revoked at any time. Before consent has not been given, cookies are used if necessary, which are absolutely necessary for the operation of our online service.

  • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Persons concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Usercentrics Consent Management Platform 

This site uses third-party website tracking technologies to provide and continually improve our services, and to display advertisements according to users' interests. I agree and may revoke or change my consent at any time with effect for the future. 

Processing company 

Usercentrics GmbH 
Sendlinger Str. 7, 80331 Munich, Germany 

Data Purposes 

This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose then the purposes listed below. 

  • Compliance with legal obligations 
  • Storage of Consent 
  • Technologies Used 
  • Accept Cookies 
  • Local storage 

Data Collected 

This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service. 

  • Device information 
  • Browser Information 
  • Anonymised IP Address 
  • Opt-in and opt-out data 
  • Date and time of visit 
  • Request URLs of the webpage 
  • Page path of the webpage 
  • Geographic location 

Legal Basis 

In the following the legal basis for the processing of personal data required by Art. 6 I 1 GDPR is listed. 

Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. c GDPR 

Location of Processing 

European Union (Consent database is located in Belgium) 

Retention Period 

The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes. 

The Consent data (given consent and the consent revocation) will be kept for a period of three years. A data export takes place after termination of the contract. 

Data Recipients 

Usercentrics GmbH 

Data Protection Officer of Processing Company 

Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company. 

datenschutz@usercentrics.com 

Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/

Provision of the online offer and web hosting

In order to be able to provide our online offer securely and efficiently, we use the services of one or more web hosting providers from whose servers (or servers managed by them) the online offer 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 offer may include all data relating to the users of our online offer, which are generated within the framework of use and communication. This regularly includes the IP address, which is necessary to be able to deliver the contents of online offers to browsers, and all entries made within our online offer or from websites.

Collection of access data and log files: We ourselves (or our web hosting provider) collect data on every access to the server (so-called server log files). The server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files called up, the date and time of the call-up, the amount of data transferred, notification of successful call-up, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider.

The server log files can be used for security purposes, e.g. to avoid overloading the servers (especially in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and to ensure the capacity utilisation of the servers and their stability.

  • Processed data types: Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Persons concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Blogs and publication media

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

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

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

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

The personal information provided in the comments and contributions, any contact and website information as well as the content data will be permanently stored by us until the user objects.

  • Processed data types: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Persons concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of the processing: Contractual performance and service, feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form), security measures, management and response to requests.
  • Legal bases: Performance of the contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR), consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), protection of vital interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d. GDPR).

Contact

When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the data of the inquiring persons will be processed to the extent necessary to answer the contact enquiries and any requested measures.

The answering of contact enquiries within the framework of contractual or pre-contractual relations is carried out in order to fulfil our contractual obligations or to answer (pre)contractual enquiries and otherwise on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering the enquiries.

  • Processed data types: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos).
  • Persons concerned: communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication.
  • Legal bases: Fulfilment of contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Video conferences, online meetings, webinars and screen sharing

We use platforms and applications of other providers (hereinafter referred to as "Third Party Providers") for the purpose of holding video and audio conferences, webinars and other types of video and audio meetings. When selecting the third-party providers and their services, we observe the legal requirements.

In this context, data of the communication participants are processed and stored on the servers of third party providers, as far as they are part of communication processes with us. This data may include, in particular, registration and contact data, visual and vocal contributions, as well as entries in chats and shared screen content.

If users are referred to the third-party providers, or their software or platforms, in the course of communication, business or other relations with us, the third-party providers may process usage data and metadata for security, service optimisation or marketing purposes. We therefore ask you to observe the data protection notices of the respective third party providers.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to use the third-party providers or certain functions (e.g. consent to a recording of conversations), the legal basis for processing is consent. Furthermore, their use can be a component of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use of the third-party providers has been agreed in this context. Otherwise, user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in efficient and secure communication with our communication partners. In this context we would like to refer you additionally to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

  • Processed data types: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Persons concerned: Communication partners, users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: contractual services and service, contact requests and communication, office and organisational procedures.
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), Performance of contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Application procedure

The application procedure requires applicants to provide us with the data required for their assessment and selection. Which information is required can be found in the job description or, in the case of online forms, in the information provided there.

In principle, the required information includes personal details such as name, address, a contact option and proof of the qualifications required for a job. On request, we will also be happy to provide you with the necessary information.

If provided, applicants can send us their applications using an online form. The data will be encrypted and transmitted to us according to the state of the art. Applicants can also send us their applications by e-mail. Please note, however, that e-mails on the Internet are generally not sent in encrypted form. As a rule, e-mails are encrypted in transit, but not on the servers from which they are sent and received. We can therefore not accept any responsibility for the transmission path of the application between the sender and receipt on our server.

For the purposes of searching for applicants, submitting applications and selecting applicants, we may, subject to legal requirements, use applicant management or recruitment software and platforms and services of third parties.

Applicants are welcome to contact us regarding the method of submitting their application or send us their application by post.

Processing of special categories of data: If special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 Par. 1 GDPR (e.g. health data such as severely disabled persons or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants in the context of the application procedure so that the person responsible or the data subject can exercise the rights arising to him or her from labour law and social security and social protection law and fulfil his or her obligations in this respect, their processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 Par. 2 letter b. GDPR, in the case of protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c. GDPR or for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnosis, for care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h. GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is based on Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a. GDPR.

Deletion of data: In the event of a successful application, the data provided by the applicants may be processed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is not successful, the applicants' data will be deleted. The applicants' data will also be deleted if an application is withdrawn, which the applicants are entitled to do at any time. Subject to a justified revocation by the applicants, the deletion will take place at the latest after a period of six months, so that we can answer any follow-up questions regarding the application and fulfil our obligations to provide evidence in accordance with the regulations on the equal treatment of applicants. Invoices for any reimbursement of travel expenses will be archived in accordance with tax law requirements.

Admission to an applicant pool: Admission to an applicant pool, if offered, is based on consent. Applicants are informed that their consent to be included in the talent pool is voluntary, has no influence on the current application procedure and that they can withdraw their consent at any time in the future.

  • Types of data processed: Applicant data (e.g. personal details, postal and contact addresses, the documents belonging to the application and the information contained therein, such as cover letter, CV, certificates and other information on the applicant's person or qualification provided by applicants with regard to a specific position or voluntarily).
  • Persons concerned: applicants.
  • Purposes of processing: application procedure (establishment and possible subsequent implementation and possible subsequent termination of employment.)
  • Legal basis: Art. 9 (1) sentence 1 letter b GDPR (application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship) (Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severely handicapped status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants during the application procedure in order to enable the responsible person or the data subject to exercise the rights arising to him or her from labour law and social security and social protection law and to fulfil his or her obligations in this respect, they are processed in accordance with Art. 9 Paragraph 2 letter b. GDPR, in the case of protection of vital interests of applicants or other persons pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c. GDPR or for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnosis, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the management of systems and services in the health or social sector pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h. GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a. GDPR).

Newsletter and electronic notifications

We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications (hereinafter "newsletters") only with the consent of the recipients or a legal permission. Insofar as the contents of a newsletter are specifically described in the context of a registration for the newsletter, they are decisive for the consent of the users. Furthermore, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.

To subscribe to our newsletters, it is generally sufficient to provide your e-mail address. However, we may ask you to provide a name for the purpose of personal contact in the newsletter, or other details if these are required for the purposes of the newsletter.

Double-Opt-In procedure: The registration to our newsletter is always done in a so-called Double-Opt-In-Procedure. This means that you will receive an e-mail after registration in which you are asked to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with other e-mail addresses. The newsletter registrations are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored by the dispatch service provider are also logged.

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

The registration procedure is recorded on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of proving that it has been carried out properly. If we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure sending system.

Information on legal bases: The dispatch of the newsletters is based on the consent of the recipients or, if consent is not required, on our legitimate interests in direct marketing, if and to the extent that this is permitted by law, e.g. in the case of advertising to existing customers. If we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests. The registration process will be recorded on the basis of our legitimate interests in order to prove that it has been carried out in accordance with the law.

contents: Information about us, our services, actions and offers.

Analysis and success measurement: The newsletters contain a so-called "web beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened or, if we use a mailing service provider, from their server. Within the framework of this retrieval, technical information such as information on the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of the retrieval, is initially 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 locations (which can be determined by means of the IP address) or access times. This analysis also includes determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be allocated to individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our endeavour nor, if used, that of the dispatch service provider to observe individual users. The evaluations rather serve to identify 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 evaluation of the newsletter and the measurement of success are carried out, subject to the express consent of the users, on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves our business interests and meets the expectations of the users.

A separate revocation of the performance measurement is unfortunately not possible. In this case, the entire newsletter subscription must be cancelled or objected to.

  • 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).
  • Persons concerned: communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or by post).
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. 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 use one of the contact options listed above, preferably e-mail.

Advertising communication via e-mail, post, fax or telephone

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

Recipients have the right to revoke any consent given or to object to the promotional communication at any time.

After revocation 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 it. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defence against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of a consent is confirmed at the same time.

  • Data types processed: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).
  • Persons concerned: communication partners.
  • Purposes of processing: direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or by post).
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Online marketing

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

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

The IP addresses of users are also stored. However, we use available IP masking procedures (i.e. pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect the user. In general, no clear user data (such as e-mail addresses or names) are stored within the framework of the online marketing process, but pseudonyms. This means that we and the providers of the online marketing procedures do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles.

The information in the profiles is usually stored in the cookies or by means of similar procedures. These cookies can later generally also be read out on other websites that use the same online marketing procedure, analysed for the purpose of presenting content and supplemented with further data and stored on the server of the online marketing procedure provider.

As an exception, clear data can be assigned to the profiles. This is the case, for example, if the users are members of a social network whose online marketing methods we use and the network links the users' profiles with the aforementioned data. Please note that users can make additional agreements with the providers, e.g. by giving their consent during registration.

As a matter of principle, we only have access to summarised information about the success of our advertisements. However, in the course of so-called conversion measurements, we can check which of our online marketing procedures have led to a so-called conversion, i.e. e.g. to the conclusion of a contract with us. The conversion measurement is used solely to analyse the success of our marketing measures.

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

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

  • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Persons concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services), interested parties.
  • Purposes of processing: Tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, visitor action evaluation, interest-based and behavioural marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles), range measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).
  • security measures: IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).
  • Possibility of objection (Opt-Out): We refer to the data protection information of the respective providers and the possibilities of objection (so-called "Opt-Out") indicated for the providers. If no explicit opt-out option has been specified, it is possible to switch off cookies in the settings of your browser. However, this may restrict the functions of our online offer. We therefore recommend the following additional opt-out options, which are offered in summary form for the respective areas:a) Europe: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu. b) Canada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choices. c) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choices. d) Cross-regional: https://optout.aboutads.info.

Services used and service providers:

Conversion Linker

This service stores click data to measure conversions effectively.
Processing Company
Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Measurement of click data
•    Linking with other tools
•    Conversion Tracking
Technologies Used
•    Cookies
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    IP address
•    Usage data
•    Clickstream
•    Date and time of visit
•    Pages viewed
•    Referrer URL
•    Cookie information
•    Clicked advertisements
•    Click path
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR
Location of Processing
European Union
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the processing purposes.
Data Recipients
•    Google Ireland Limited
•    Google LLC
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/7575787


Transfer to Third Countries
This service may forward the collected data to a different country. Please note that this service might transfer the data outside of the EU/EEA and to a country without the required data protection standards. If the data is transferred to the US, there is a risk that your data can be processed by US authorities, for control and surveillance measures, possibly without legal remedies. Below you can find a list of countries to which the data is being transferred. This can be for different reasons like storing or processing.
United States of America
Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to opt out from this processor across all domains https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/

Click here to read the cookie policy of the data processor policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

Google Ads Conversion Tracking

This is a conversion tracking service.
Processing Company
Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Advertisement
•    Analytics
•    Conversion Tracking
Technologies Used
•    Cookies
•    Pixel
•    Web beacons
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    Browser language
•    Browser type
•    Clicked advertisements
•    Cookie ID
•    Cookie information
•    Date and time of visit
•    IP address
•    Referrer URL
•    Usage data
•    Web request
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR
Location of Processing
European Union
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the processing purposes.
Data Recipients
•    Google Ireland Limited
•    Google LLC
•    Alphabet Inc
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/7575787


Transfer to Third Countries
This service may forward the collected data to a different country. Please note that this service might transfer the data outside of the EU/EEA and to a country without the required data protection standards. If the data is transferred to the US, there is a risk that your data can be processed by US authorities, for control and surveillance measures, possibly without legal remedies. Below you can find a list of countries to which the data is being transferred. This can be for different reasons like storing or processing.
Worldwide
Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to opt out from this processor across all domains https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/

Click here to read the cookie policy of the data processor policies.google.com/technologies/cookies


Storage Information
Below you can see the longest potential duration for storage on a device, as set when using the cookie method of storage and if there are any other methods used.
•    Maximum age of cookie storage: 1 year

Google Ads Remarketing

This is a remarketing service.
Processing Company
Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Remarketing
Technologies Used
•    Cookies
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    Duration of visit
•    IP address
•    Pages visited
•    Content user is interested in
•    Website use
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR
Location of Processing
European Union
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the processing purposes.
Data Recipients
•    Google Ireland Limited
•    Google LLC
•    Alphabet Inc.
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/7575787


Transfer to Third Countries
This service may forward the collected data to a different country. Please note that this service might transfer the data outside of the EU/EEA and to a country without the required data protection standards. If the data is transferred to the US, there is a risk that your data can be processed by US authorities, for control and surveillance measures, possibly without legal remedies. Below you can find a list of countries to which the data is being transferred. This can be for different reasons like storing or processing.
Worldwide
Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to opt out from this processor across all domains https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/

Click here to read the cookie policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en

Storage Information
Below you can see the longest potential duration for storage on a device, as set when using the cookie method of storage and if there are any other methods used.
•    Maximum age of cookie storage: 1 year

Google Ads

This is an advertising service.
Processing Company
Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Advertisement
Technologies Used
•    Cookies
•    Pixel
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    Browser information
•    Cookie ID
•    Date and time of visit
•    Location information
•    IP address
•    Usage data
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR
Location of Processing
European Union
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the processing purposes. Log data is anonymized after 9 months and cookie information is anonymized after 18 months.
Data Recipients
•    Alphabet Inc.
•    Google LLC
•    Google Ireland Limited
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/7575787


Transfer to Third Countries
This service may forward the collected data to a different country. Please note that this service might transfer the data outside of the EU/EEA and to a country without the required data protection standards. If the data is transferred to the US, there is a risk that your data can be processed by US authorities, for control and surveillance measures, possibly without legal remedies. Below you can find a list of countries to which the data is being transferred. This can be for different reasons like storing or processing.
Worldwide
Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to opt out from this processor across all domains https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/

Click here to read the cookie policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en

Storage Information
Below you can see the longest potential duration for storage on a device, as set when using the cookie method of storage and if there are any other methods used.
•    Maximum age of cookie storage: 1 year

Google Analytics

This is a web analytics service.
Processing Company
Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Analytics
Technologies Used
•    Cookies
•    Pixel Tags
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    IP address
•    Date and time of visit
•    Usage data
•    Click path
•    App updates
•    Browser information
•    Device information
•    JavaScript support
•    Pages visited
•    Referrer url
•    Downloads
•    Flash version
•    Location information
•    Purchase activity
•    Widget interactions
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR
Location of Processing
European Union
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The Retention Period depends on the type of the saved data. Each client can choose how long Google Analytics retains data before automatically deleting it.
Data Recipients
•    Alphabet Inc.
•    Google LLC
•    Google Ireland Limited
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form


Transfer to Third Countries
This service may forward the collected data to a different country. Please note that this service might transfer the data outside of the EU/EEA and to a country without the required data protection standards. If the data is transferred to the US, there is a risk that your data can be processed by US authorities, for control and surveillance measures, possibly without legal remedies. Below you can find a list of countries to which the data is being transferred. This can be for different reasons like storing or processing.
Worldwide
Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to opt out from this processor across all domains https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Click here to read the cookie policy of the data processor policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

YouTube Video

This is a video player service.
Processing Company
Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Displaying Videos
Technologies Used
•    Cookies (if Privacy-Enhanced Mode is not activated)
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    Device information
•    IP address
•    Referrer URL
•    Videos viewed
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR
Location of Processing
European Union
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the processing purposes.
Data Recipients
•    Alphabet Inc.
•    Google LLC
•    Google Ireland Limited
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form


Transfer to Third Countries
This service may forward the collected data to a different country. Please note that this service might transfer the data outside of the EU/EEA and to a country without the required data protection standards. If the data is transferred to the US, there is a risk that your data can be processed by US authorities, for control and surveillance measures, possibly without legal remedies. Below you can find a list of countries to which the data is being transferred. This can be for different reasons like storing or processing.
Worldwide
Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to opt out from this processor across all domains https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/

Click here to read the cookie policy of the data processor policies.google.com/technologies/cookies


Storage Information
Below you can see the longest potential duration for storage on a device, as set when using the cookie method of storage and if there are any other methods used.
•    Maximum age of cookie storage: 10 years, 2 days


Usercentrics Consent Management Platform

This is a consent management service.
Processing Company
Usercentrics GmbH
Sendlinger Str. 7, 80331 Munich, Germany
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Compliance with legal obligations
•    Storage of Consent
Technologies Used
•    Local storage
•    Cookies
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    Browser Information
•    Opt-in and opt-out data
•    Request URLs of the webpage
•    Page path of the webpage
•    Geographic location
•    Date and time of visit
•    Device information
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 Abs. 1 s. 1 lit. c DSGVO
Location of Processing
European Union (Consent database is located in Belgium)
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The consent data (given consent and revocation of consent) are stored for three years. The data will then be deleted immediately or given to the person responsible on request in the form of a data export.
Data Recipients
•    Usercentrics GmbH
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.
datenschutz@usercentrics.com

Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/

Google Tag Manager

This is a tag management system for managing JavaScript and HTML code snippets used to enable the implementation of tracking, analytics, personalization and marketing performance tags and tools.
Processing Company
Google Ireland Limited
Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
Data Purposes
This list represents the purposes of the data collection and processing. A consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The collected data can't be used or stored for any other purpose than the purposes listed below.
•    Functionality
Technologies Used
•    Pixel
Data Collected
This list represents all (personal) data that is collected by or through the use of this service.
•    Aggregated data about tag firing
Legal Basis
In the following the required legal basis for the processing of data is listed.
•    Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR
Location of Processing
United States of America
Retention Period
The retention period is the time span the collected data is saved for the processing purposes. The data needs to be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the stated processing purposes.
The data will be deleted after 14 days of retrieval.
Data Recipients
•    Alphabet Inc.
•    Google LLC
•    Google Ireland Limited
Data Protection Officer of Processing Company
Below you can find the email address of the data protection officer of the processing company.

support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form


Transfer to Third Countries
This service may forward the collected data to a different country. Please note that this service might transfer the data outside of the EU/EEA and to a country without the required data protection standards. If the data is transferred to the US, there is a risk that your data can be processed by US authorities, for control and surveillance measures, possibly without legal remedies. Below you can find a list of countries to which the data is being transferred. This can be for different reasons like storing or processing.
Worldwide
Click here to read the privacy policy of the data processor https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to opt out from this processor across all domains https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/

Click here to read the cookie policy of the data processor www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

Affiliate programmes and affiliate links

We include so-called affiliate links or other references (which may include search masks, widgets or discount codes) to the offers and services of third parties in our online offer (collectively referred to as "affiliate links"). If users follow the affiliate links or subsequently take advantage of the offers, we may receive commission or other benefits from these third party providers (collectively referred to as "commission").

In order to be able to track whether users have taken advantage of the offers of an affiliate link used by us, it is necessary for the respective third party providers to learn that users have followed an affiliate link used within our online offer. The assignment of the affiliate links to the respective business transactions or other actions (e.g. purchases) serves the sole purpose of the commission settlement and is cancelled as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purpose.

For the purposes of the above-mentioned allocation of affiliate links, the affiliate links may be supplemented by certain values which are a component of the link or may be stored elsewhere, e.g. in a cookie. These values may include in particular the initial website (referrer), the time, an online identification of the operator of the website on which the affiliate link was located, an online identification of the respective offer, the type of link used, the type of offer and an online identification of the user.

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

  • Processed data types: contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, duration, customer category), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Persons concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purpose of the processing: affiliate tracking.
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), Performance of contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Presence 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.

Please note that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may entail risks for the users, as it could, for example, make it more difficult to enforce the rights of the users.

Furthermore, user data within social networks is usually processed for market research and advertising purposes. Thus, for example, user profiles can be created on the basis of user behaviour and the resulting interests of the users. The user profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the users' computers, in which the usage behaviour and interests of the users are stored. Furthermore, data may also be stored in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to these).

For a detailed presentation of the respective forms of processing and the possibilities of objection (opt-out), we refer to the data protection declarations and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we would like to point out that these can most effectively be asserted with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. Should you nevertheless require assistance, you can contact us.

  • Processed data types: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Persons concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication, tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies), remarketing.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Services used and service providers:

Plugins and embedded functions and content

We integrate into our online offer 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 social media buttons and contributions (hereinafter referred to uniformly as "content").

The integration always presupposes that the third party providers of this content process the IP address of the users, as without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browsers. The IP address is therefore necessary for the display of these contents or functions. We make every effort to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the content. Third party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. 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 contain technical information on the browser and operating system, websites to be referred to, the time of visit and other details on the use of our online offer, as well as being linked to such information from other sources.

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

  • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos).
  • Persons concerned: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness, contractual services and service, security measures, administration and answering of enquiries.
  • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR), Performance of contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Services used and service providers:

Deletion of data

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as the consent granted for processing is revoked or other authorisations cease to apply (e.g. if the purpose for processing the data ceases to apply or if the data are not necessary for the purpose).

Unless the data are deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing is limited to these purposes. In other words, the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons or whose retention is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person.

Further information on the deletion of personal data can also be found in the individual data protection notes of this privacy policy.

Amendment and update of the privacy policy

We ask you to inform yourself regularly about the content of our data protection declaration. We will adapt the data protection declaration as soon as changes in the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes make it necessary for you to take action to cooperate (e.g. to give your consent) or to provide other individual notification.

If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organisations in this privacy policy, please note that the addresses may change over time and please check the information before contacting us.

Rights of data subjects

As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which result in particular from Articles 15 to 21 GDPR:

  • Right of objection: You have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out pursuant to Art. 6, paragraph 1, letter e or f of the DPA; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If personal data concerning you are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing, including profiling, insofar as it is linked to such direct marketing.
  • Right of withdrawal in case of consent: You have the right to revoke consents at any time.
  • Right of access: You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not data in question is being processed and to obtain information about this data and other information and a copy of the data in accordance with the law.
  • Right of rectification: You have the right to ask for the completion of the data concerning you or the rectification of incorrect data concerning you, in accordance with the law.
  • Right to deletion and restriction of processing: You have the right, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to demand that data relating to you be deleted immediately, or alternatively, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to demand restriction of the processing of the data.
  • Right to data transferability: You have the right to receive data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the law or to request that it be transferred to another responsible party.
  • Complaints to the supervisory authority: You also have the right, in accordance with the 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 suspected infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you is in breach of the DPA.

Definitions of terms

This section provides an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Many of the terms are taken from the law and defined above all in Art. 4 GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are primarily intended to help you understand them. The terms are sorted alphabetically.

  • Affiliate tracking: As part of affiliate tracking, links are logged with the help of which the linking websites refer users to websites with product or other offers. The operators of the respective linking websites can receive a commission if users follow these so-called affiliate links and then take advantage of the offers (e.g. purchase goods or services). To this end, it is necessary for the providers to be able to track whether users who are interested in certain offers subsequently take notice of them at the instigation of the affiliate links. It is therefore necessary for the functionality of affiliate links that they are supplemented by certain values which become part of the link or are stored in some other way, e.g. in a cookie. These values include in particular the initial website (referrer), the time, an online identification of the operator of the website on which the affiliate link was located, an online identification of the respective offer, an online identification of the user as well as tracking specific values such as, for example, advertising material ID, partner ID and categorisations.
  • Conversion tracking: Conversion tracking is a method of determining the effectiveness of marketing activities. For this purpose, a cookie is usually stored on the user's devices within the websites on which the marketing measures are carried out and then retrieved again on the target website. For example, we can then track whether the ads we have placed on other websites have been successful).
  • IP masking: IP masking is a method of deleting the last octet, i.e. the last two digits of an IP address, so that the IP address can no longer be used to uniquely identify a person. IP masking is therefore a means of pseudonymising processing methods, particularly in online marketing
  • Interest-based and behavioural marketing: We speak of interest-based and/or behavioural marketing when the potential interests of users in advertisements and other content are predetermined as precisely as possible. This is done on the basis of information about their previous behaviour (e.g. visiting and staying on certain websites, buying behaviour or interaction with other users), which is stored in a so-called profile. As a rule, cookies are used for these purposes.
  • Personal data: "Personal data" shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "data subject"); an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, a location data, an online identifier (e.g. a cookie) or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
  • Profiling: "Profiling" is any automated processing of personal data which consists of using personal data to analyse, evaluate or predict certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (depending on the type of profiling, this may include information on age, gender, location and movement data, interaction with websites and their content, shopping behaviour, social interactions with other people) (e.g. interests in certain content or products, click behaviour on a website or location). Cookies and web beacons are often used for profiling purposes.
  • Reach measurement: Reach measurement (also known as web analytics) is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to an online offering and can include the behaviour or interests of visitors in certain information, such as the content of websites. With the help of reach analysis, website owners can, for example, identify at what time visitors visit their website and what content they are interested in. This enables them to better adapt the contents of the website to the needs of their visitors. Pseudonymous cookies and web beacons are often used for the purpose of range analysis in order to recognise returning visitors and thus obtain more precise analyses of the use of an online offer.
  • Remarketing: We speak of "remarketing" or "retargeting", for example, when it is noted for advertising purposes which products a user has been interested in on a website in order to remind the user of these products on other websites, e.g. in advertisements.
  • Tracking: We speak of "tracking" when the behaviour of users can be traced across several online offers. As a rule, behavioural and interest information regarding the online offers used is stored in cookies or on servers of the providers of the tracking technologies (so-called profiling). This information can then be used, for example, to display advertisements to users that are likely to correspond to their interests.
  • Controller: "Controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or any other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
  • Processing: "processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and covers virtually all processing of data, whether it be collection, analysis, storage, communication or deletion.