Data protection

Important note about the privacy policy

DATA PROTECTION

RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE SENSE OF DATA PROTECTION LAWS, IN PARTICULAR THE EU BASIC DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR), IS:

INH. JASMINA MEYER

1. YOUR RIGHTS OF AFFECTED SUBJECTS

YOU CAN EXERCISE THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS AT ANY TIME USING THE CONTACT DETAILS OF OUR DATA PROTECTION OFFICER:

– INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DATA STORED BY US AND THEIR PROCESSING,

– CORRECTION OF INCORRECT PERSONAL DATA,

– DELETION OF YOUR DATA STORED BY US,

– RESTRICTION OF DATA PROCESSING IF WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO DELETE YOUR DATA DUE TO LEGAL OBLIGATIONS,

– OBJECTION TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA BY US AND

– DATA PORTABILITY, PROVIDED YOU HAVE CONSENT TO THE DATA PROCESSING OR HAVE CONCLUDED A CONTRACT WITH US.

IF YOU HAVE GIVEN US CONSENT, YOU CAN REVOKE IT AT ANY TIME WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

YOU CAN CONTACT THE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU WITH A COMPLAINT AT ANY TIME. YOUR COMPETENT REGULATORY AUTHORITY DEPENDS ON THE STATE OF YOUR RESIDENCE, YOUR WORK OR THE ALLEGED INJURY. A LIST OF THE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES (FOR THE NON-PUBLIC AREAS) WITH ADDRESSES CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS://WWW.BFDI.BUND.DE/DE/INFOTHEK/ANSCHRIFTEN_LINKS/ANSCHRIFTEN_LINKS-NODE.HTML.

2. PURPOSES OF DATA PROCESSING BY THE RESPONSIBLE BODY AND THIRD PARTIES

WE ONLY PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES STATED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO THIRD PARTIES FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THE STATED PURPOSES. IN ADDITION, OUR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE MARY-ANN SCHETTLER IS ALSO ALLOWED TO TRANSMIT YOUR DATA. WE WILL OTHERWISE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES ONLY IF:

YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT TO THIS

– THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY TO PERFORM A CONTRACT WITH YOU,

– PROCESSING IS NECESSARY TO FULFILL A LEGAL OBLIGATION,

– THE PROCESSING IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT LEGITIMATE INTERESTS AND THERE IS NO REASON TO ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE AN OVERWHELMING INTEREST THAT WOULD BE PROTECTED IN NOT HAVING YOUR DATA DISTRIBUTED.

3. DELETION OR BLOCKING OF DATA

WE FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF DATA AVOIDANCE AND DATA SAVING. WE THEREFORE SAVE YOUR PERSONAL DATA ONLY AS LONG AS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN OR AS REQUIRED BY THE VARIOUS STORAGE PERIOD SET FORTH BY LAW. AFTER THE APPLICABLE PURPOSE OR Once these deadlines have expired, the relevant data will be blocked or deleted on a routine basis and in accordance with legal requirements.

4. COLLECTION OF GENERAL INFORMATION WHEN VISITING OUR WEBSITE

WHEN YOU ACCESS OUR WEBSITE, INFORMATION OF A GENERAL NATURE IS AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED USING A COOKIE. THIS INFORMATION (SERVER LOGFILES) INCLUDES SUCH AS THE TYPE OF WEB BROWSER, THE OPERATING SYSTEM USED, THE DOMAIN NAME OF YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER AND SIMILAR. THIS IS ONLY INFORMATION THAT DOES NOT ALLOW ANY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY.

THIS INFORMATION IS TECHNICALLY NECESSARY TO CORRECTLY DELIVERY THE CONTENT YOU REQUESTED FROM WEBSITES AND IS MANDATORY WHEN USING THE INTERNET. IN PARTICULAR, THEY WILL BE PROCESSED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

– ENSURE A PROBLEM-FREE CONNECTION TO THE WEBSITE,

– ENSURE A SMOOTH USE OF OUR WEBSITE,

– EVALUATION OF SYSTEM SECURITY AND STABILITY AND

– FOR OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES.

THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTEREST FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED DATA COLLECTION PURPOSES. WE DO NOT USE YOUR DATA TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT YOU PERSONALLY. RECIPIENTS OF THE DATA ARE ONLY THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY AND, IF APPLICABLE. PROCESSOR.

WE MAY PROVIDE ANONYMOUS INFORMATION OF THIS KIND. STATISTICALLY EVALUATED TO OPTIMIZE OUR INTERNET PRESENCE AND THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND IT.

5. SSL ENCRYPTION

TO PROTECT THE SECURITY OF YOUR DATA DURING TRANSMISSION, WE USE STATE-OF-THE-ART ENCRYPTION PROCESSES (E.G. SSL) OVER HTTPS.

6. NEWSLETTER

BASED ON YOUR EXPRESS CONSENT, WE WILL REGULARLY SEND YOU OUR NEWSLETTER OR COMPARABLE INFORMATION BY EMAIL TO YOUR SPECIFIED EMAIL ADDRESS.

TO RECEIVE THE NEWSLETTER, IT IS SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS. WHEN REGISTERING FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, THE DATA YOU PROVIDE WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS PURPOSE. SUBSCRIBERS MAY ALSO BE INFORMED BY EMAIL OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE SERVICE OR REGISTRATION (SUCH AS CHANGES TO THE NEWSLETTER OFFERINGS OR TECHNICAL CONDITIONS).

FOR EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION WE REQUIRE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS. IN ORDER TO CHECK THAT A REGISTRATION IS ACTUALLY CARRIED OUT BY THE HOLDER OF AN E-MAIL ADDRESS, WE USE THE “DOUBLE OPT-IN” PROCESS. FOR THIS, WE RECORD THE ORDER OF THE NEWSLETTER, THE SENDING OF A CONFIRMATION E-MAIL AND THE RECEIPT OF THE REPLY REQUESTED HEREBY. FURTHER DATA IS NOT COLLECTED. THE DATA WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DISPATCHING THE NEWSLETTER AND WILL NOT BE DISTRIBUTED TO THIRD PARTIES.

YOU CAN REVOKE YOUR CONSENT TO THE STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND THEIR USE FOR NEWSLETTER DELIVERY AT ANY TIME. THERE IS A CORRESPONDING LINK IN EVERY NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN ALSO UNLOG DIRECTLY ON THIS WEBSITE AT ANY TIME OR LET US KNOW YOUR REQUEST USING THE CONTACT OPTION STATED AT THE END OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

7. CONTACT FORM

CONTACT CONCERN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF ANY KIND, CONTACT US BY EMAIL OR CONTACT FORM, GIVE US YOUR VOLUNTARY CONSENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTACTING US. FOR THIS, A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS IS REQUIRED. THIS IS USED TO ALLOCATE THE REQUEST AND THEN ANSWER THE SAME. PROVIDING OTHER DATA IS OPTIONAL. THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL BE SAVED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCESSING THE REQUEST AND FOR POSSIBLE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. AFTER COMPLETION OF YOUR REQUEST, PERSONAL DATA WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DELETED.

8. USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

THIS WEBSITE USES GOOGLE ANALYTICS, A WEB ANALYSIS SERVICE OF GOOGLE INC. (FOLLOWING: GOOGLE). GOOGLE ANALYTICS USES SO-CALLED “COOKIES”, TEXT FILES STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER THAT ALLOW YOU TO ANALYZE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION GENERATED BY THE COOKIE ABOUT YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IS USUALLY TRANSMITTED TO A GOOGLE SERVER IN THE USA AND STORED THERE. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE ACTIVATION OF IP ANONYMIZATION ON THESE SITES, YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE PREVIOUSLY truncated by GOOGLE WITHIN MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR OTHER STATES CONTRACTING TO THE AGREEMENT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA. ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES WILL THE FULL IP ADDRESS BE TRANSMITTED TO A GOOGLE SERVER IN THE USA AND SHORTENED THERE. ON BEHALF OF THE OPERATOR OF THIS WEBSITE, GOOGLE WILL USE THIS INFORMATION TO EVALUATE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, TO COMPILATE REPORTS ON WEBSITE ACTIVITY AND TO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO WEBSITE USE AND INTERNET USE TO THE WEBSITE OPERATOR. THE IP ADDRESS TRANSMITTED BY YOUR BROWSER AS PART OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS WILL NOT BE COMBINED WITH OTHER GOOGLE DATA.

THE PURPOSES OF DATA PROCESSING ARE TO EVALUATE THE USE OF THE WEBSITE AND TO COMPILE REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES ON THE WEBSITE. BASED ON THE USE OF THE WEBSITE AND THE INTERNET, OTHER RELATED SERVICES SHOULD BE PROVIDED. PROCESSING IS BASED ON THE LEGITIMATE INTEREST OF THE WEBSITE OPERATOR.

YOU CAN PREVENT THE STORAGE OF COOKIES BY ADJUSTING YOUR BROWSER SOFTWARE; HOWEVER, WE PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THIS CASE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE TO THE FULL EXTENT. YOU CAN ALSO PREVENT THE COLLECTION OF THE DATA GENERATED BY THE COOKIE AND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE (INCLUDING YOUR IP ADDRESS) TO GOOGLE AND THE PROCESSING OF THIS DATA BY GOOGLE BY DOWNLOADING THE BROWSER PLUGIN AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK AND INSTALL: DEACTIVATE GOOGLE ANALYTICS

IN ADDITION TO OR AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BROWSER ADD-ON, YOU CAN STOP TRACKING BY GOOGLE ANALYTICS ON OUR SITES BY CLICKING THIS LINK. AN OPT-OUT COOKIE WILL BE INSTALLED ON YOUR DEVICE. THIS WILL PREVENT COLLECTION BY GOOGLE ANALYTICS FOR THIS WEBSITE AND FOR THIS BROWSER IN THE FUTURE AS LONG AS THE COOKIE REMAINS INSTALLED IN YOUR BROWSER.

9. EMBEDDED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

WE EMBEDD YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON SOME OF OUR SITES. THE OPERATOR OF THE CORRESPONDING PLUGINS IS YOUTUBE, LLC, 901 CHERRY AVE., SAN BRUNO, CA 94066, USA. WHEN YOU VISIT A PAGE WITH THE YOUTUBE PLUGIN, A CONNECTION TO YOUTUBE SERVERS WILL BE ESTABLISHED. THIS TELLS YOUTUBE WHICH PAGES YOU VISIT. IF YOU ARE LOG IN TO YOUR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT, YOUTUBE CAN ASSOCIATE YOUR SURFING BEHAVIOR TO YOU PERSONALLY. YOU CAN PREVENT THIS BY LOGGING OUT OF YOUR YOUTUBE ACCOUNT BEFORE.

WHEN A YOUTUBE VIDEO IS STARTED, THE PROVIDER USES COOKIES THAT COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT USER BEHAVIOR.

IF YOU HAVE DEACTIVATED THE STORAGE OF COOKIES FOR THE GOOGLE AD PROGRAM, YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO EXPECT SUCH COOKIES WHEN WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS. HOWEVER, YOUTUBE ALSO STORES NON-PERSONAL USAGE INFORMATION IN OTHER COOKIES. IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT THIS, YOU MUST BLOCK COOKIES FROM BEING STORED IN THE BROWSER.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON DATA PROTECTION AT “YOUTUBE” CAN BE FOUND IN THE PROVIDER’S PRIVACY POLICY AT: HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.DE/INTL/DE/POLICIES/PRIVACY/

10. SOCIAL PLUGINS

SOCIAL PLUGINS FROM THE PROVIDERS LISTED BELOW ARE USED ON OUR WEBSITES. YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE PLUGINS BECAUSE THEY ARE MARKED WITH THE CORRESPONDING LOGO.

THROUGH THESE PLUGINS, INFORMATION, WHICH MAY ALSO INCLUDE PERSONAL DATA, MAY BE SENT TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER AND, IF APPLICABLE. USED ​​BY THIS. WE PREVENT THE UNCONSCIOUS AND UNINTENDED COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER THROUGH A 2-CLICK SOLUTION. TO ACTIVATE A DESIRED SOCIAL PLUGIN, IT MUST FIRST BE ACTIVATED BY CLICKING ON THE CORRESPONDING SWITCH. ONLY THROUGH THIS ACTIVATION OF THE PLUGIN WILL THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND ITS TRANSMISSION TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER BE TRIGGERED. WE DO NOT COLLECT ANY PERSONAL DATA THROUGH THE SOCIAL PLUGINS OR THEIR USE.

WE HAVE NO INFLUENCE OVER WHAT DATA AN ACTIVATED PLUGIN COLLECTS AND HOW IT IS USED BY THE PROVIDER. CURRENTLY IT MUST BE ASSUMED THAT A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE PROVIDER'S SERVICES WILL BE EXPANDED AND AT LEAST THE IP ADDRESS AND DEVICE RELATED INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED AND USED. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ATTEMPT TO SAVE COOKIES ON THE COMPUTER USED. PLEASE FIND OUT WHICH SPECIFIC DATA IS COLLECTED AND HOW IT IS USED IN THE PRIVACY POLICY OF THE RESPECTIVE SERVICE PROVIDER. NOTE: IF YOU ARE LOGIN TO FACEBOOK AT THE SAME TIME, FACEBOOK MAY IDENTIFY YOU AS A VISITOR TO A PARTICULAR PAGE.

WE HAVE INCLUDE THE SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTONS OF THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES ON OUR WEBSITE:

INSTAGRAM

11. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ADJUST THIS PRIVACY POLICY SO THAT IT ALWAYS COMPLIES WITH CURRENT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OR TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES TO OUR SERVICES IN THE PRIVACY POLICY, E.G. WHEN INTRODUCING NEW SERVICES. THE NEW PRIVACY POLICY WILL THEN APPLY TO YOUR REWARD VISIT.

12. QUESTIONS FOR THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIVACY, PLEASE EMAIL US OR CONTACT THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIVACY IN OUR ORGANIZATION DIRECTLY:

THE DATA PROTECTION POLICY WAS CREATED USING THE DATA PROTECTION POLICY GENERATOR FROM ACTIVEMIND AG.