Status: 13 October 2023

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Responsible

Dr. Helmut Schwärzler – Schwärzler Rechtsanwälte P.O.Box 624, Austrasse 42, 9490 Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein E-mail address:

liechtenstein@s-law.com Phone:

+423 239 85 40 Imprint: https://s-law.com/imprint/

Contact Data Protection Officer

Dr. Hannah Blecha, Austrasse 42, FL-9490 Vaduz, Tel. +4232398540, datenschutz@s-law.com.

Overview of the processing

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

Types of data processed

  • Inventory data.
  • Payment details.
  • Contact details.
  • Content data.
  • Contract data.
  • Usage data.
  • Meta, communication and procedural data.
  • Applicant data.

Categories of persons concerned

  • Interested parties.
  • Communication partner.
  • Users.
  • Applicants.
  • Business and contractual partners.
  • Clients.

Purposes of the processing

  • Provision of contractual services and fulfilment of contractual obligations.
  • Contact requests and communication.
  • Safety measures.
  • Direct marketing.
  • Reach measurement.
  • Tracking.
  • Office and organisational procedures.
  • Remarketing.
  • Conversion measurement.
  • Click tracking.
  • Target group formation.
  • Managing and responding to enquiries.
  • Application procedure.
  • Content Delivery Network (CDN).
  • Feedback.
  • Marketing.
  • Profiles with user-related information.
  • Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Information technology infrastructure.

Relevant legal bases

Relevant legal basis according to the GDPR: The following is an overview of the legal basis of the GDPR on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations may apply in your or our country of residence or domicile. Should more specific legal bases be relevant in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the data protection declaration.

  • Consent (Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO) – The data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of personal data relating to him/her for a specific purpose or purposes.
  • Contractual performance and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or for the performance of pre-contractual measures taken at the data subject’s request.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c) DSGVO) – Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  • Rightful interests (Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO) – Processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data.
  • Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO) – Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 DSGVO (e.g. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants within the scope of the application procedure, the data controller or the data subject shall provide the data required of him or her under labour law and social security and ethnic origin law. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights accruing to him or her under 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 (2) lit. b. DSGVO. DSGVO, in the case of the protection of vital interests of the applicants or other persons pursuant to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c. DSGVO or for the purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee’s fitness for work, for medical diagnostics, 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. DSGVO. 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. DSGVO.
  • Processing of special categories of personal data in relation to healthcare, occupation and social security (Art. 9(2)(h) GDPR).
  • Consent to the processing of special categories of personal data (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) DSGVO).
  • Processing of special categories of personal data for the protection of vital interests (Art. 9(2)(c) GDPR).

National data protection regulations in Lichtenstein: In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national regulations on data protection apply in Lichtenstein. These include in particular the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the Data Protection Ordinance (DPO).

Applicable legal basis under the Swiss Data Protection Act: If you are in Switzerland, we process your data on the basis of the Federal Data Protection Act (the “Swiss DPA” for short). This also applies if our processing of your data otherwise concerns you in Switzerland and you are affected by the processing. In principle, the Swiss FADP does not stipulate (unlike the GDPR, for example) that a legal basis must be stated for the processing of personal data. We only process personal data if the processing is lawful, is carried out in good faith and is proportionate (Art. 6 para. 1 and 2 of the Swiss DPA). Furthermore, personal data is only obtained by us for a specific purpose that is identifiable to the data subject and is only processed in a way that is compatible with those purposes (Art. 6 para. 3 of the Swiss FADP).

Note on applicability DSGVO and Swiss DSG: This data protection notice serves to provide information in accordance with both the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act (Swiss DSG) and the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). For this reason, we ask you to note that due to the broader spatial application and comprehensibility, the terms of the GDPR are used. In particular, instead of the terms “processing” of “personal data”, “overriding interest” and “personal data requiring special protection” used in the Swiss DPA, the terms “processing” of “personal data” as well as “legitimate interest” and “special categories of data” used in the GDPR are used. However, the legal meaning of the terms will continue to be determined in accordance with the Swiss DPA within the scope of its application.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk 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.

The 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 to, entry into, disclosure of, assurance of availability of and segregation of the data. We also have procedures in place to ensure the exercise of data subjects’ rights, the deletion of data and responses to data compromise. Furthermore, we already take the protection of personal data into account in the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.

Shortening of the IP address: If IP addresses are processed by us or by the service providers and technologies used and the processing of a complete IP address is not necessary, the IP address is shortened (also referred to as “IP masking”). In this process, the last two digits or the last part of the IP address after a full stop are removed or replaced by wildcards. The shortening of the IP address is intended to prevent or make it significantly more difficult to identify a person by their IP address.

TLS/SSL encryption (https): To protect user data transmitted through our online services, we use TLS/SSL encryption. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the standard technology for securing internet connections by encrypting the data transmitted between a website or app and a browser (or between two servers). Transport Layer Security (TLS) is an updated and more secure version of SSL. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is displayed in the URL when a website is secured by an SSL/TLS certificate.

Transmission of personal data

In the course of our processing of personal data, the data may be transferred to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organisational units or persons. The recipients of this data may include, for example, 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 corresponding contracts or agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.

Transfer of data within the organisation: We may transfer or provide access to personal data to other entities within our organisation. Where this transfer is for administrative purposes, the transfer of data is based on our legitimate corporate and business interests or is made where it is necessary for the performance of our contract-related obligations or where there is consent from the data subjects or legal permission.

International data transfers

Datenverarbeitung in Drittländern: Sofern wir Daten in einem Drittland (d. h., außerhalb der Europäischen Union (EU), des Europäischen Wirtschaftsraums (EWR)) verarbeiten oder die Verarbeitung im Rahmen der Inanspruchnahme von Diensten Dritter oder der Offenlegung bzw. Übermittlung von Daten an andere Personen, Stellen oder Unternehmen stattfindet, erfolgt dies nur im Einklang mit den gesetzlichen Vorgaben. Sofern das Datenschutzniveau in dem Drittland mittels eines Angemessenheitsbeschlusses anerkannt wurde (Art. 45 DSGVO), dient dieser als Grundlage des Datentransfers. Im Übrigen erfolgen Datentransfers nur dann, wenn das Datenschutzniveau anderweitig gesichert ist, insbesondere durch Standardvertragsklauseln (Art. 46 Abs. 2 lit. c) DSGVO), ausdrückliche Einwilligung oder im Fall vertraglicher oder gesetzlich erforderlicher Übermittlung (Art. 49 Abs. 1 DSGVO). Im Übrigen teilen wir Ihnen die Grundlagen der Drittlandübermittlung bei den einzelnen Anbietern aus dem Drittland mit, wobei die Angemessenheitsbeschlüsse als Grundlagen vorrangig gelten. Informationen zu Drittlandtransfers und vorliegenden Angemessenheitsbeschlüssen können dem Informationsangebot der EU-Kommission entnommen werden: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de.

EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework: Im Rahmen des sogenannten „Data Privacy Framework” (DPF) hat die EU-Kommission das Datenschutzniveau ebenfalls für bestimmte Unternehmen aus den USA im Rahmen der Angemessenheitsbeschlusses vom 10.07.2023 als sicher anerkannt. Die Liste der zertifizierten Unternehmen als auch weitere Informationen zu dem DPF können Sie der Webseite des Handelsministeriums der USA unter https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ (in Englisch) entnehmen. Wir informieren Sie im Rahmen der Datenschutzhinweise, welche von uns eingesetzten Diensteanbieter unter dem Data Privacy Framework zertifiziert sind.

Bekanntgabe von Personendaten ins Ausland: Gemäß dem Schweizer Datenschutzgesetz (DSG) geben wir personenbezogene Daten nur dann ins Ausland bekannt, wenn ein angemessener Schutz der betroffenen Personen gewährleistet ist (Art. 16 Schweizer DSG). Sofern der Bundesrat keinen angemessenen Schutz festgestellt hat (Liste: https://www.bj.admin.ch/bj/de/home/staat/datenschutz/internationales/anerkennung-staaten.html), ergreifen wir alternative Sicherheitsmaßnahmen. Diese können internationale Verträge, spezifische Garantien, Datenschutzklauseln in Verträgen, von der Eidgenössischen Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragten (EDÖB) genehmigte Standarddatenschutzklauseln oder von EDÖB oder einer zuständigen Datenschutzbehörde eines anderen Landes vorab anerkannte unternehmensinterne Datenschutzvorschriften umfassen.

According to Art. 16 of the Swiss FADP, exceptions may be allowed for the disclosure of data abroad if certain conditions are met, including consent of the data subject, performance of a contract, public interest, protection of life or physical integrity, data made public or data from a register provided for by law. These disclosures are always made in accordance with legal requirements.

Data deletion

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as their consents permitted for processing are revoked or other permissions cease to apply (e.g. if the purpose of processing this data has ceased to apply or it is not required for the purpose). If the data are not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing is limited to these purposes. This means that the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law or whose storage is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person. Within the framework of our data protection notices, we may provide users with further information on the deletion as well as on the retention of data that applies specifically to the respective processing operations.

Rights of the data subjects

Data subjects’ rights under the GDPR: As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Art. 15 to 21 GDPR:

  • Widerspruchsrecht: Sie haben das Recht, aus Gründen, die sich aus Ihrer besonderen Situation ergeben, jederzeit gegen die Verarbeitung der Sie betreffenden personenbezogenen Daten, die aufgrund von Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. e oder f DSGVO erfolgt, Widerspruch einzulegen; dies gilt auch für ein auf diese Bestimmungen gestütztes Profiling. Werden die Sie betreffenden personenbezogenen Daten verarbeitet, um Direktwerbung zu betreiben, haben Sie das Recht, jederzeit Widerspruch gegen die Verarbeitung der Sie betreffenden personenbezogenen Daten zum Zwecke derartiger Werbung einzulegen; dies gilt auch für das Profiling, soweit es mit solcher Direktwerbung in Verbindung steht.
  • Right of revocation for consents: You have the right to revoke consents granted at any time.
  • Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data in question is being processed and to information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
  • Right to rectification: In accordance with the law, you have the right to request that data concerning you be completed or that inaccurate data concerning you be rectified.
  • 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 without delay, or alternatively, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to demand restriction of the processing of the data.
  • Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data relating to you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements or to request that it be transferred to another person responsible.
  • Beschwerde bei Aufsichtsbehörde: Entsprechend den gesetzlichen Vorgaben und unbeschadet eines anderweitigen verwaltungsrechtlichen oder gerichtlichen Rechtsbehelfs, haben Sie ferner das Recht, bei einer Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörde, insbesondere einer Aufsichtsbehörde im Mitgliedstaat, in dem Sie sich gewöhnlich aufhalten, der Aufsichtsbehörde Ihres Arbeitsplatzes oder des Ortes des mutmaßlichen Verstoßes, eine Beschwerde einzulegen, wenn Sie der Ansicht sei sollten, dass die Verarbeitung der Ihre Person betreffenden personenbezogenen Daten gegen die DSGVO verstößt.

Rights of data subjects under the Swiss DPA:

As a data subject, you are entitled to the following rights in accordance with the provisions of the Swiss Data Protection Act:

  • Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed and to receive the information necessary to enable you to exercise your rights under this law and to ensure transparent data processing.
  • Right to data surrender or transfer: You have the right to request the surrender of your personal data that you have disclosed to us in a common electronic format.
  • Right to rectification: You have the right to request that inaccurate personal data relating to you be rectified.
  • Right to object, erasure and destruction: You have the right to object to the processing of your data and to request that the personal data concerning you be erased or destroyed.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files or other memory notes that store information on end devices and read information from the end devices. For example, to save the login status in a user account, the contents of a shopping basket in an e-shop, the contents called up or the functions used in an online offer. Cookies can also be used for various purposes, e.g. for the purpose of functionality, security and comfort of online offers as well as the creation of analyses of visitor flows.

Notes on consent: We use cookies in accordance with the law. We therefore obtain prior consent from users, except where this is not required by law. In particular, consent is not required if the storage and reading of information, i.e. including cookies, are absolutely necessary in order to provide the user with a telemedia service (i.e. our online offer) expressly requested by the user. Cookies that are strictly necessary usually include cookies with functions that serve the display and operability of the online offer , load balancing, security, storage of users’ preferences and choices or similar purposes related to the provision of the main and secondary functions of the online offer requested by users. The revocable consent will be clearly communicated to the users and will contain the information on the respective cookie use.

Notes on legal bases under data protection law: The legal basis under data protection law on which we process users’ personal data with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask users for consent. If users consent, the legal basis for processing their data is their declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed using cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the business operation of our online offer and improvement of its usability) or, if this is done in the context of the performance of our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations. We explain the purposes for which we process cookies in the course of this data protection declaration or as part of our consent and processing procedures.

Storage duration: With regard to the storage duration, the following types of cookies are distinguished:

  • Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer and closed his end device (e.g. browser or mobile application).
  • Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the end device is closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Likewise, user data collected with the help of cookies can be used to measure reach. Unless we provide users with explicit information on the type and storage duration of cookies (e.g. when obtaining consent), users should assume that cookies are permanent and that they can be stored for up to two years.

Allgemeine Hinweise zum Widerruf und Widerspruch (sog. “Opt-Out”): Nutzer können die von ihnen abgegebenen Einwilligungen jederzeit widerrufen und der Verarbeitung entsprechend den gesetzlichen Vorgaben widersprechen. Hierzu können Nutzer unter anderem die Verwendung von Cookies in den Einstellungen ihres Browsers einschränken (wobei dadurch auch die Funktionalität unseres Onlineangebotes eingeschränkt sein kann). Ein Widerspruch gegen die Verwendung von Cookies zu Online-Marketing-Zwecken kann auch über die Websites https://optout.aboutads.info und https://www.youronlinechoices.com/ erklärt werden.Cookie-Einstellungen/ -Widerspruchsmöglichkeit:

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  • Types of data processed: Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. .IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. .website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO). Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Verarbeitung von Cookie-Daten auf Grundlage einer Einwilligung: Wir setzen ein Verfahren zum Cookie-Einwilligungs-Management ein, in dessen Rahmen die Einwilligungen der Nutzer in den Einsatz von Cookies, bzw. der im Rahmen des Cookie-Einwilligungs-Management-Verfahrens genannten Verarbeitungen und Anbieter eingeholt sowie von den Nutzern verwaltet und widerrufen werden können. Hierbei wird die Einwilligungserklärung gespeichert, um deren Abfrage nicht erneut wiederholen zu müssen und die Einwilligung entsprechend der gesetzlichen Verpflichtung nachweisen zu können. Die Speicherung kann serverseitig und/oder in einem Cookie (sogenanntes Opt-In-Cookie, bzw. mithilfe vergleichbarer Technologien) erfolgen, um die Einwilligung einem Nutzer, bzw. dessen Gerät zuordnen zu können. Vorbehaltlich individueller Angaben zu den Anbietern von Cookie-Management-Diensten, gelten die folgenden Hinweise: Die Dauer der Speicherung der Einwilligung kann bis zu zwei Jahren betragen. Hierbei wird ein pseudonymer Nutzer-Identifikator gebildet und mit dem Zeitpunkt der Einwilligung, Angaben zur Reichweite der Einwilligung (z. B. welche Kategorien von Cookies und/oder Diensteanbieter) sowie dem Browser, System und verwendeten Endgerät gespeichert; Rechtsgrundlagen: Einwilligung (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a) DSGVO).
  • Real Cookie Banner: Cookie-Einwilligungs-Management; Dienstanbieter: devowl.io GmbH, Tannet 12, 94539 Grafling, Deutschland; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://devowl.io/de/wordpress-real-cookie-banner/. Datenschutzerklärung: https://devowl.io/de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

Business services

We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and interested parties (collectively referred to as “contractual partners”) in the context of contractual and comparable legal relationships as well as related measures and in the context of communication with contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g. to answer enquiries.

We process this data in order to fulfil our contractual obligations. These include, in particular, the obligations to provide the agreed services, any update obligations and remedies in the event of warranty and other service disruptions. Furthermore, we process the data to safeguard our rights and for the purpose of the administrative tasks associated with these obligations as well as the company organisation. Furthermore, we process the data on the basis of our legitimate interests in proper and business management as well as security measures to protect our contractual partners and our business operations from misuse, endangerment of their data, secrets, information and rights (e.g. for the involvement of telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). Within the framework of applicable law, we only disclose the data of contractual partners to third parties to the extent that this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfil legal obligations. Contractual partners will be informed about further forms of processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, within the scope of this data protection declaration.

We inform the contractual partners of the data required for the above-mentioned purposes before or during data collection, e.g. in online forms, by means of special labelling (e.g. colours) or symbols (e.g. asterisks or similar), or in person.

We delete the data after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations, i.e., in principle after 4 years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, e.g., as long as it must be retained for legal archiving reasons. The statutory retention period for documents relevant under tax law as well as for commercial books, inventories, opening balances, annual financial statements, the work instructions required to understand these documents and other organisational documents and accounting vouchers is ten years and for received commercial and business letters and reproductions of sent commercial and business letters six years. The period shall begin at the end of the calendar year in which the last entry was made in the book, the inventory, the opening balance sheet, the annual accounts or the management report was drawn up, the commercial or business letter was received or sent or the accounting document was created, furthermore the recording was made or the other documents were created.

Insofar as we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective third-party providers or platforms apply in the relationship between the users and the providers.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, term, customer category).
  • Persons concerned: Interested parties; business and contractual partners. Clients.
  • Purposes of processing: Providing contractual services and fulfilling contractual obligations; contact requests and communication; office and organisational procedures. Administration and response to requests.
  • Legal basis: Contractual fulfilment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO); Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c) DSGVO). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Rechtsberatung: Wir verarbeiten die Daten unserer Mandanten sowie Interessenten und anderer Auftraggeber oder Vertragspartner (einheitlich bezeichnet als “Mandanten”), um ihnen gegenüber unsere vertraglichen oder vorvertraglichen Leistungen, insbesondere Beratungsleistungen erbringen zu können. Die verarbeiteten Daten, die Art, der Umfang, der Zweck und die Erforderlichkeit ihrer Verarbeitung bestimmen sich nach dem zugrundeliegenden Vertrags- und Mandatsverhältnis. Sofern eine Einwilligung der Mandanten vorliegt, es für unsere Vertragserfüllung, gesetzlich (z. B. nach den Informationspflichten der Geldwäscheregelungen) oder zum Schutz lebenswichtiger Interessen erforderlich ist oder unter Beachtung der Schutzinteressen der Mandanten auf Grundlage unserer berechtigten Interessen an der effizienten und sicheren Ausübung unser Tätigkeit erfolgt, offenbaren oder übermitteln wir die Daten der Mandanten unter Beachtung der berufsrechtlichen Vorgaben an Dritte oder Beauftragte, wie z. B. Behörden, Gerichte oder im Bereich der IT, der Büro- oder vergleichbaren Dienstleistungen; Rechtsgrundlagen: Vertragserfüllung und vorvertragliche Anfragen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).

Provision of the online offer and web hosting

We process users’ data in order to provide them with our online services. For this purpose, we process the user’s IP address, which is necessary to transmit the content and functions of our online services to the user’s browser or terminal device.

  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status); content data (e.g. entries in online forms).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. .website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness; Information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.).); Security measures. Content Delivery Network (CDN).
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Bereitstellung Onlineangebot auf gemietetem Speicherplatz: Für die Bereitstellung unseres Onlineangebotes nutzen wir Speicherplatz, Rechenkapazität und Software, die wir von einem entsprechenden Serveranbieter (auch “Webhoster” genannt) mieten oder anderweitig beziehen; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Erhebung von Zugriffsdaten und Logfiles: Der Zugriff auf unser Onlineangebot wird in Form von so genannten “Server-Logfiles” protokolliert. Zu den Serverlogfiles können die Adresse und Name der abgerufenen Webseiten und Dateien, Datum und Uhrzeit des Abrufs, übertragene Datenmengen, Meldung über erfolgreichen Abruf, Browsertyp nebst Version, das Betriebssystem des Nutzers, Referrer URL (die zuvor besuchte Seite) und im Regelfall IP-Adressen und der anfragende Provider gehören. Die Serverlogfiles können zum einen zu Zwecken der Sicherheit eingesetzt werden, z. B., um eine Überlastung der Server zu vermeiden (insbesondere im Fall von missbräuchlichen Angriffen, sogenannten DDoS-Attacken) und zum anderen, um die Auslastung der Server und ihre Stabilität sicherzustellen; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO). Löschung von Daten: Logfile-Informationen werden für die Dauer von maximal 30 Tagen gespeichert und danach gelöscht oder anonymisiert. Daten, deren weitere Aufbewahrung zu Beweiszwecken erforderlich ist, sind bis zur endgültigen Klärung des jeweiligen Vorfalls von der Löschung ausgenommen.
  • E-Mail-Versand und -Hosting: Die von uns in Anspruch genommenen Webhosting-Leistungen umfassen ebenfalls den Versand, den Empfang sowie die Speicherung von E-Mails. Zu diesen Zwecken werden die Adressen der Empfänger sowie Absender als auch weitere Informationen betreffend den E-Mailversand (z. B. die beteiligten Provider) sowie die Inhalte der jeweiligen E-Mails verarbeitet. Die vorgenannten Daten können ferner zu Zwecken der Erkennung von SPAM verarbeitet werden. Wir bitten darum, zu beachten, dass E-Mails im Internet grundsätzlich nicht verschlüsselt versendet werden. Im Regelfall werden E-Mails zwar auf dem Transportweg verschlüsselt, aber (sofern kein sogenanntes Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselungsverfahren eingesetzt wird) nicht auf den Servern, von denen sie abgesendet und empfangen werden. Wir können daher für den Übertragungsweg der E-Mails zwischen dem Absender und dem Empfang auf unserem Server keine Verantwortung übernehmen; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Content-Delivery-Network: Wir setzen ein “Content-Delivery-Network” (CDN) ein. Ein CDN ist ein Dienst, mit dessen Hilfe Inhalte eines Onlineangebotes, insbesondere große Mediendateien, wie Grafiken oder Programm-Skripte, mit Hilfe regional verteilter und über das Internet verbundener Server schneller und sicherer ausgeliefert werden können; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Cloudflare: Content-Delivery-Network (CDN) – Dienst, mit dessen Hilfe Inhalte eines Onlineangebotes, insbesondere große Mediendateien, wie Grafiken oder Programm-Skripte mit Hilfe regional verteilter und über das Internet verbundener Server, schneller und sicherer ausgeliefert werden können; Dienstanbieter: Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://www.cloudflare.com; Datenschutzerklärung: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/; Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-dpa. Grundlage Drittlandübermittlung: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standardvertragsklauseln (https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-scc).
  • Hostpoint: Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Bereitstellung von informationstechnischer Infrastruktur und verbundenen Dienstleistungen (z. B. Speicherplatz und/oder Rechenkapazitäten); Dienstanbieter: Hostpoint AG, Neue Jonastrasse 60, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona, Deutschland; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://support.hostpoint.ch/de/. Datenschutzerklärung: https://www.hostpoint.ch/hostpoint/kontakt-agb.html#datenschutz.

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. For the rest, we refer to the information on the processing of visitors to our publication medium within the scope of this data protection notice.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms); usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and process data (e.g. IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. .website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Providing contractual services and fulfilling contractual obligations; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form). Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Contact and enquiry management

When contacting us (e.g. by post, contact form, email, telephone or via social media) as well as in the context of existing user and business relationships, the details of the enquiring persons are processed insofar as this is necessary to answer the contact enquiries and any requested measures.

  • Types of data processed: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. .IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • People concerned: Communication partner.
  • Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; managing and responding to requests; feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form). Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO). Contract performance and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Kontaktformular: Wenn Nutzer über unser Kontaktformular, E-Mail oder andere Kommunikationswege mit uns in Kontakt treten, verarbeiten wir die uns in diesem Zusammenhang mitgeteilten Daten zur Bearbeitung des mitgeteilten Anliegens; Rechtsgrundlagen: Vertragserfüllung und vorvertragliche Anfragen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. b) DSGVO), Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Application procedure

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

In principle, the required information includes personal information such as the name, address, a means of contact and proof of the qualifications required for a position. Upon request, we will be happy to provide additional information on which details are required.

If provided, applicants can submit their applications to us using an online form. The data is transmitted to us in encrypted form in accordance with the state of the art. Applicants can also send us their applications by e-mail. Please note, however, that e-mails sent via the Internet are generally not encrypted. 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 assume any responsibility for the transmission path of the application between the sender and the reception on our server.

For the purposes of applicant search, submission of applications and selection of applicants, we may use applicant management or recruitment software and platforms and services from third party providers in compliance with legal requirements.

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

Processing of special categories of data: Insofar as special categories of personal data (Article 9(1) of the GDPR, e.g. health data, such as severely disabled status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants in the context of the application procedure, they are processed so that the controller or the data subject can exercise his or her rights under labour law and social security and social protection law and fulfil his or her obligations in this respect. The processing is carried out in order to enable the data subject to exercise his or her rights and comply with his or her obligations under labour law and social security and social protection law, in the case of the protection of the vital interests of applicants or other persons, or for preventive health or occupational health purposes, for the assessment of the employee’s fitness for work, for medical diagnosis, for health or social care or treatment, or for the management of health or social care systems and services.

Deletion of data: The data provided by applicants may be further processed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship in the event of a successful application. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is unsuccessful, the applicants’ data will be deleted. Applicants’ data will also be deleted if an application is withdrawn, which applicants are entitled to do at any time. The deletion will take place, subject to a justified withdrawal by the applicants, at the latest after the expiry of a period of six months to enable us to answer any follow-up questions about the application and to comply with our obligations to provide evidence under the Equal Treatment of Applicants Regulations. 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 inclusion in the talent pool is voluntary, has no influence on the current application process and that they can revoke their consent at any time for the future.

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); content data (e.g. entries in online forms); 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, curriculum vitae, certificates as well as further information on their person or qualifications provided voluntarily by applicants or with regard to a specific position).
  • People concerned: Applicants.
  • Purposes of processing: Application procedure (establishment and possible subsequent implementation as well as possible subsequent termination of the employment relationship).
  • Legal basis: Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b) GDPR); processing of special categories of personal data in relation to healthcare, occupation and social security (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h) GDPR); consent to the processing of special categories of personal data (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR). Processing of special categories of personal data for the protection of vital interests (Art. 9(2)(c) GDPR).

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

We process personal data for the purposes of promotional communication, which may be via various channels, such as email, telephone, post or fax, in accordance with legal requirements.

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

After revocation or objection, we store the data required to prove the previous entitlement to contact or send up to three years after the end of the year of revocation or objection on the basis of our legitimate interests. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defence against claims. Based on the legitimate interest of permanently observing the revocation or objection of the users, we further store the data required to avoid a renewed contact (e.g. depending on the communication channel, the e-mail address, telephone number, name).

  • Types of data processed: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses); contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers).
  • People concerned: Communication partner.
  • Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by email or post).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Web analysis, monitoring and optimisation

Web analytics (also referred to as “reach measurement”) is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to our online offering and may include behaviour, interests or demographic information about visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of the reach analysis, we can, for example, recognise at what time our online offer or its functions or content are most frequently used or invite re-use. Likewise, we can understand which areas need optimisation.

In addition to web analysis, we may also use testing procedures, e.g. to test and optimise different versions of our online offer or its components.

Unless otherwise stated below, profiles, i.e. data summarised for a usage process, can be created for these purposes and information can be stored in a browser or in a terminal device and read from it. The information collected includes, in particular, websites visited and elements used there as well as technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times. If users have agreed to the collection of their location data from us or from the providers of the services we use, location data may also be processed.

The IP addresses of the users are also stored. However, we use an IP masking procedure (i.e. pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (e.g. e-mail addresses or names) is stored in the context of web analysis, A/B testing and optimisation, but pseudonyms. This means that we as well as the providers of the software used do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purpose of the respective procedures.

  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. .IP addresses, time details, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. .website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Remarketing; targeting; reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); profiling with user-related information (creation of user profiles). Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness.
  • Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Google Analytics 4: We use Google Analytics to measure and analyse the use of our online offer on the basis of a pseudonymous user identification number. This identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or email addresses. It is used to assign analysis information to an end device in order to recognise which content users have accessed within one or various usage processes, which search terms they have used, have accessed again or have interacted with our online offer. Likewise, the time of use and its duration are stored, as well as the sources of users who refer to our online offer and technical aspects of their end devices and browsers. In the process, pseudonymous profiles of users are created with information from the use of various devices, whereby cookies may be used. Google Analytics does not log and store individual IP addresses for EU users. However, Analytics provides coarse geographic location data by deriving the following metadata from IP addresses: City (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), Continent, Country, Region, Subcontinent (and ID-based counterparts). For EU traffic, IP address data is used exclusively for this derivation of geolocation data before it is immediately deleted. They are not logged, are not accessible and are not used for any other purpose. When Google Analytics collects measurement data, all IP queries are performed on EU-based servers before the traffic is forwarded to Analytics servers for processing; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland; Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Order processing contract: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; Basis third country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard contractual clauses (https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms); Possibility of objection (Opt-Out): Opt-Out-Plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (Types of processing and data processed).
  • Target grouping with Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to display the ads placed within Google’s advertising services and those of its partners only to users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited), which we transmit to Google (so-called “Remarketing Audiences” or “Google Analytics Audiences”). With the help of Remarketing Audiences, we also want to ensure that our advertisements correspond to the potential interest of the users; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Legal basis: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Order processing contract: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; Basis third country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing terms and conditions for Google advertising products and standard contractual clauses for third country data transfers: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms.
  • Google Analytics im Einwilligungsmodus: Im Zustimmungsmodus werden personenbezogene Daten der Nutzer von Google zu Mess- und Werbezwecken verarbeitet, je nach Einwilligung der Nutzer. Die Einwilligung wird von den Nutzern im Rahmen unserer Online-Dienste eingeholt. Fehlt die Einwilligung der Nutzer gänzlich, so werden die Daten nur auf aggregierter (d. h. nicht einzelnen Nutzern zugeordneter und zusammengefasster) Ebene verarbeitet. Umfasst die Einwilligung nur die statistische Messung, werden keine personenbezogenen Daten der Nutzer für die Anzeigenschaltung oder die Messung des Werbeerfolgs (sog. “Konversion”) verarbeitet; Rechtsgrundlagen: Einwilligung (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a) DSGVO). Website: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9976101?hl=de.
  • Google Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager ist eine Lösung, mit der wir sog. Website-Tags über eine Oberfläche verwalten und so andere Dienste in unser Onlineangebot einbinden können (hierzu wird auf weitere Angaben in dieser Datenschutzerklärung verwiesen). Mit dem Tag Manager selbst (welches die Tags implementiert) werden daher z. B. noch keine Profile der Nutzer erstellt oder Cookies gespeichert. Google erfährt lediglich die IP-Adresse des Nutzers, was notwendig ist, um den Google Tag Manager auszuführen; Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Order processing contract: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms. Basis third country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), Standard contractual clauses (https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms).

Onlinemarketing

We process personal data for online marketing purposes, which may include, in particular, marketing advertising space or displaying promotional and other content (collectively, “content”) based on users’ potential interests and measuring 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 information about the user relevant to the presentation of the aforementioned content is stored. This information may include, for example, content viewed, websites visited, online networks used, but also communication partners and technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times and functions used. If users have consented to the collection of their location data, this may also be processed.

The IP addresses of the users are also stored. However, we use available IP masking procedures (i.e. pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (such as e-mail addresses or names) is stored in the online marketing process, but pseudonyms. This means that we as well as 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 on other websites that use the same online marketing procedure and analysed for the purpose of displaying content as well as supplemented with further data and stored on the server of the online marketing procedure provider.

Exceptionally, clear data may be associated with the profiles. This is the case if, for example, the users are members of a social network whose online marketing procedures we use and the network links the users’ profiles with the aforementioned data. We ask you to note that users can make additional agreements with the providers, e.g. by giving their consent as part of the registration process.

In principle, we only receive access to summarised information about the success of our advertisements. However, in the context of so-called conversion measurements, we can check which of our online marketing methods have led to a so-called conversion, i.e., for example, to a contract being concluded 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 will be stored for a period of two years.

  • Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. web pages visited, interest in content, access times); meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. .IP addresses, time details, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Affected persons: Users (e.g. .website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of processing: Reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies); marketing; profiling with user-related information (creating user profiles); conversion measurement (measuring the effectiveness of marketing measures); remarketing; provision of our online offer and user experience. Click tracking.
  • Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO). Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).
  • Widerspruchsmöglichkeit (Opt-Out): Wir verweisen auf die Datenschutzhinweise der jeweiligen Anbieter und die zu den Anbietern angegebenen Widerspruchsmöglichkeiten (sog. “Opt-Out”). Sofern keine explizite Opt-Out-Möglichkeit angegeben wurde, besteht zum einen die Möglichkeit, dass Sie Cookies in den Einstellungen Ihres Browsers abschalten. Hierdurch können jedoch Funktionen unseres Onlineangebotes eingeschränkt werden. Wir empfehlen daher zusätzlich die folgenden Opt-Out-Möglichkeiten, die zusammenfassend auf jeweilige Gebiete gerichtet angeboten werden: a) Europa: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu. b) Kanada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choices. c) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choices. d) Gebietsübergreifend: https://optout.aboutads.info.

Further notes on processing procedures, methods and services:

  • Google Ads und Konversionsmessung: Online-Marketing-Verfahren zum Zwecke der Platzierung von Inhalten und Anzeigen innerhalb des Werbenetzwerks des Diensteanbieters (z. B. in Suchergebnissen, in Videos, auf Webseiten usw.), so dass sie Nutzern angezeigt werden, die ein mutmaßliches Interesse an den Anzeigen haben. Darüber hinaus messen wir die Konversion der Anzeigen, d. h. ob die Nutzer sie zum Anlass genommen haben, mit den Anzeigen zu interagieren und die beworbenen Angebote zu nutzen (sog. Conversion). Wir erhalten jedoch nur anonyme Informationen und keine persönlichen Informationen über einzelne Nutzer; Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland; Rechtsgrundlagen:Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO), Legitimate Interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Basis third country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing as well as the processed data: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing conditions between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.
  • Google Ads Remarketing: Google Remarketing, auch Retargeting genannt, ist eine Technologie, mit der Nutzer, die einen Online-Dienst nutzen, in eine pseudonyme Remarketing-Liste aufgenommen werden, so dass den Nutzern auf der Grundlage ihres Besuchs bei dem Online-Dienst Anzeigen auf anderen Onlineanageboten angezeigt werden können; Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a) DSGVO); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Basis third country transfer: EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: Types of processing as well as the data processed: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/. Data processing conditions between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.
  • Erweiterte Conversions für Google Ads: Wenn Kunden auf unsere Google-Anzeigen klicken und anschließend die beworbene Dienstleistung in Anspruch nehmen (sog. “Konversion”), können die vom Nutzer eingegebenen Daten, wie z. B. die E-Mail-Adresse, der Name, die Wohnanschrift oder die Telefonnummer, an Google übermittelt werden. Die Hash-Werte werden dann mit bestehenden Google-Konten der Nutzer abgeglichen, um die Interaktion der Nutzer mit den Anzeigen (z. B. Klicks oder Views) und damit deren Leistung besser auswerten und verbessern zu können; Rechtsgrundlagen: Einwilligung (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a) DSGVO). Website: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/9888656.
  • UTM Parameter: Analyse von Quellen und Benutzeraktionen auf der Grundlage einer Erweiterung von auf uns verweisenden Webadressen mit einem zusätzlichen Parameter, dem “UTM”-Parameter. Zum Beispiel kann ein UTM-Parameter “utm_source=plattformX &utm_medium=video” uns sagen, dass eine Person den Link auf der Plattform X innerhalb eines Videos angeklickt hat. Die UTM-Parameter geben Auskunft über die Quelle des Links, das verwendete Medium (z. B. Social Media, Website, Newsletter), die Art der Kampagne oder den Inhalt der Kampagne (z. B. Posting, Link, Bild und Video). Mit Hilfe dieser Informationen können wir z. B. unsere Sichtbarkeit im Internet oder die Wirksamkeit unserer Kampagnen überprüfen; Rechtsgrundlagen: Berechtigte Interessen (Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

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 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 result in risks for the users because, for example, it could make it more difficult to enforce the rights of the users.

Furthermore, user data is usually processed within social networks for market research and advertising purposes. For example, usage profiles can be created based on the usage behavior and resulting interests of the users. The usage 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 behavior and interests of the users are stored. Furthermore, data independent of the devices used by the users may also be stored in the usage profiles (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them).

For a detailed presentation of the respective forms of processing and the options to object (opt-out), we refer to the privacy statements and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

In the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we would also like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the users’ data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly. If you still need help, you can contact us.

  • Types of data processed: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers); Content data (e.g. entries in online forms); Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times); Meta, communication and procedural data (e.g. .IP addresses, time data, identification numbers, consent status).
  • Affected persons: 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 (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f) DSGVO).

Further notes on processing procedures, methods and services:

Modification and update of the privacy policy

We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy. We adapt the data protection declaration as soon as the changes in the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an act of cooperation on your part (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

If we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this privacy statement, please note that the addresses may change over time and please check the information before contacting us. Supervisory authority responsible for us:

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Definitions

This section provides you with an overview of the terms used in this privacy statement. Insofar as the terms are defined by law, their legal definitions apply. The following explanations, on the other hand, are primarily intended to aid understanding.

  • Content Delivery Network (CDN): A “Content Delivery Network” (CDN) is a service that can be used to deliver the content of an online offering, in particular large media files such as graphics or program scripts, more quickly and securely with the help of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet.
  • Click tracking: Click tracking allows us to keep track of users’ movements within an entire online experience. Since the results of these tests are more accurate if the interaction of users can be tracked over a certain period of time (e.g., so that we can find out whether a user likes to return), cookies are usually stored on users’ computers for these testing purposes.
  • Conversion measurement: Conversion measurement (also referred to as “visit action evaluation”) is a procedure that can be used to determine the effectiveness of marketing measures. For this purpose, a cookie is usually stored on the user’s devices within the websites on which the marketing measures take place and then retrieved again on the target website. For example, this allows us to track whether the ads we have placed on other websites have been successful.
  • Personal data: “Personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “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 (e.g. cookie) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
  • Profiles with user-related information: The processing of “profiles with user-related information”, or “profiles” for short, includes any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using these personal data to analyse, evaluate or predict certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (depending on the type of profiling, this may include different information concerning demographics, behaviour and interests, such as interaction with websites and their content, etc.) (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 referred to as web analytics) is used to evaluate the visitor flows of an online offer and can include the behaviour or interests of visitors in certain information, such as the content of web pages. With the help of reach analysis, operators of online offers can recognise, for example, at what time users visit their websites and what content they are interested in. This enables them, for example, to better adapt the content of the websites to the needs of their visitors. For the purposes of reach analysis, pseudonymous cookies and web beacons are often used to recognise returning visitors and thus obtain more precise analyses of the use of an online offer.
  • Remarketing: “Remarketing” or “retargeting” is when, for example, for advertising purposes, it is noted which products a user was interested in on a website in order to remind the user of these products on other websites, e.g. in advertisements.
  • Tracking: Tracking is when the behaviour of users can be traced across several online services. As a rule, behavioural and interest information is stored in cookies or on servers of the providers of the tracking technologies with regard to the online offers used (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: A “controller” is 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.
  • Processing: “Processing” is any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and includes virtually any handling of data, be it collection, analysis, storage, transmission or erasure.
  • Custom Audiences: Custom Audiences are defined as target groups for advertising purposes, e.g. the display of advertisements. For example, based on a user’s interest in certain products or topics on the internet, it can be concluded that this user is interested in advertisements for similar products or the online shop in which he or she viewed the products. In turn, we speak of “lookalike audiences” (or similar target groups) when the content deemed suitable is displayed to users whose profiles or interests presumably correspond to the users for whom the profiles were created. Cookies and web beacons are generally used for the purpose of creating custom audiences and lookalike audiences.
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