Privacy policy

1. introduction

With the following information, we would like to give you as a "data subject" an overview of the processing of your personal data by us and your rights under the data protection laws. It is generally possible to use our website without entering personal data. However, if you wish to make use of special services of our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will generally obtain your consent.

The processing of personal data, such as your name, address or e-mail address, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to "AIR GmbH". By means of this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process.

As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone or post.

You too can take simple and easy-to-implement measures to protect yourself against unauthorized access to your data by third parties. We would therefore like to give you some tips here on how to handle your data securely:

  • Protect your account (login, user or customer account) and your IT system (computer, laptop, tablet or mobile device) with secure passwords.
  • Only you should have access to the passwords.
  • Make sure that you only ever use your passwords for one account (login, user or customer account).
  • Do not use the same password for different websites, applications or online services.
  • The following applies in particular to the use of publicly accessible IT systems or IT systems shared with other people: You should always log out after logging on to a website, application or online service.

Passwords should consist of at least 12 characters and be chosen in such a way that they cannot be guessed more easily. Therefore, they should not contain common everyday words, your own name or the names of relatives, but should contain upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters.

2. responsible person

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR is the:

AIRGmbH

Julius-Hatry-Straße 1, 68163 Mannheim, Germany

Phone: +49 6214908570

E-mail: kontakt@air-gmbh.com

Representative of the responsible person: Horst Schneider

3. data protection officer

You can reach the data protection officer as follows:

Dipl.-Kfm. GuidoBabinsky

E-mail: datenschutz@air-gmbh.com

You can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. definitions

The data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

We use the following terms, among others, in this privacy policy:

  • Personal data
    Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
  • Data subject
    Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller (our company).
  • Processing
    Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
  • Restriction of processing
    Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting its future processing.
  • Profiling
    Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.
  • Pseudonymization
    Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
  • Processor
    Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
  • Recipient
    Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
  • Third party
    A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.
  • Consent
    Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

5. legal basis of the processing

Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (in conjunction with Section 25(1) TDDDG (formerly TTDSG)) serves as the legal basis for our company. § If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the supply of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services.

If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR.in rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his or her name, age, health insurance data or other vital information would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. The processing would then be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d) GDPR; ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the abovementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, it took the view that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a customer of our company (recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 16 may not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and young people, do not collect it and do not pass it on to third parties.

6. transmission of data to third parties

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR,
  • the disclosure is permitted in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR to protect our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have a predominantly legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

In order to protect your data and, if necessary, to enable us to transfer data to third countries (outside the EU/EEA), we have concluded data processing agreements based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. This may not apply in the case of data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

7. technology

7.1 SSL/TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact requests that you send to us as the operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser contains "https://" instead of "http://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.

7.2 Data collection when visiting the website

If you only use our website for informational purposes, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information or do not give your consent to processing that requires consent, we only collect data that is absolutely necessary for the provision of the service. This is regularly data that your browser transmits to our server ("in so-called server log files"). Our website collects a range of general data and information each time you or an automated system accesses a page. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following can be recorded

  • browser types and versions used,
  • the operating system used by the accessing system,
  • the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer),
  • the subpages that are accessed via an accessing system on our website,
  • the date and time of access to the website,
  • a shortened Internet Protocol address (anonymized IP address) and,
  • the Internet service provider of the accessing system.

When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. Rather, this information is required to

  • to deliver the content of our website correctly,
  • to optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it,
  • ensure the permanent functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
  • to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack.

This collected data and information is therefore evaluated by us both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above.

7.3 Encrypted payment transactions

If there is an obligation to provide us with your payment data (e.g. the account number when issuing the direct debit authorization) after the conclusion of a contract subject to a charge, this data is required for payment processing.

Payment transactions via the usual means of payment (Visa/MasterCard or direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.

7.4 Amazon CloudFront (Content Delivery Network)

We use Amazon CloudFront, a web service from Amazon Web Services Inc, 410 Terry Avenue North, 98109, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN). It routes the transfer of information between your browser and our website via the CloudFront network. This reduces the latency with which we can provide static and dynamic web content. It also improves the security of our website through traffic encryption and access controls.

CloudFront also stores cookies on your computer to optimize the service. You can delete cookies in your browser, allow cookies only in individual cases and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser.

Amazon Web Services receives and processes personal data as our processor in accordance with EU standard contractual clauses. CloudFront is used to collect statistical data about visits to our website. This includes, among other things:

  • IP address
  • Called website
  • Referrer URL
  • Browser type
  • Operating system
  • Device type

If you have consented to the use of CloudFront, the legal basis for the processing of personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. In addition, it is in our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to use CloudFront to optimize our website, to make it more secure and not to operate a content delivery network ourselves. The personal data is stored by Amazon Web Services for as long as is necessary to achieve the described purpose.

Amazon WebServices Inc. is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. There is an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, so that a transfer of personal data may also take place without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can find more detailed information on CloudFront at: https://aws.amazon.com/de/cloudfront/(https://aws.amazon.com/de/cloudfront/).

7.5 jsDelivr

Components of jsDelivr, operated by Prospect One, Królewska 65A/1, PL-30-081 Kraków, Poland, are integrated on our website.

We use the open source service jsDelivr on our website in order to be able to deliver the content of our website to various user devices as quickly and technically flawlessly as possible.

jsDelivr is a content delivery network (CDN) that distributes the content on our website across different servers to ensure optimal global accessibility. A CDN generally uses servers that are geographically close to the respective website user. It can therefore be assumed that users within the EU are provided with content via servers within the EU. To provide the content, jsDelivr collects user data such as the IP address.

According to the provider, jsDelivr does not use cookies or similar tracking technologies, but is only necessary for the technical reasons mentioned above.

The data processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You can view jsDelivr's privacy policy at: https://www.jsdelivr.com/terms/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net(https://www.jsdelivr.com/terms/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net).

7.6 Hosting through Microsoft Azure

We host this website and the AIRboard at Microsoft Azure. The provider is Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd, One Microsoft Place, South County BusinessPark, D 18 P521, Dublin 18, Ireland.

When you visit this website and use the AIRboard, your personal data is processed on Microsoft's servers located in Germany.

The use of Microsoft Azure is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of this website and the AIRboard.

We have concluded an order processing contract with Microsoft. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that Microsoft processes the personal data of our website visitors and AIRboard users only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

The US company Microsoft is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. There is an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, which means that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can find more information on Microsoft Azure's privacy policy at: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trust-center(https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trust-center).

8. cookies

8.1 General information on cookies

Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case from the connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that your identity is immediately known to us.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for you for the purpose of optimization. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The respective storage period of the cookies can be found in the settings of the consent tool used.

8.2 Legal basis for the use of cookies

The data processed by the cookies, which are required for the proper functioning of the website, are therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.for all other cookies, you have given your consent to this via our opt-in cookie banner within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

8.3 Notes on avoiding cookies in common browsers

You can delete cookies, allow only selected cookies or completely deactivate cookies at any time via the settings of the browser you are using. Further information can be found on the support pages of the respective providers:

8.4 Cookiebot (Consent Management Tool)

We use the consent management tool "Cookiebot" from CybotA/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark. This service enables us to obtain and manage the consent of website visitors to data processing.

Cookiebot collects data generated by end users who use our website. When an end user gives consent via the cookie consent tool, Cookiebot automatically logs the following data:

The IP number of the end user in anonymized form (the last three digits are set to 0)

  • Date and time of consent.
  • User agent of the end user's browser.
  • The URL from which the consent was sent.
  • An anonymous, random and encrypted key.
  • The consent status of the end user, which serves as proof of consent.

The key and the consent status are also stored in the end user's browser in the cookie "CookieConsent" so that the website can automatically read and follow the end user's consent in all subsequent page requests and future end user sessions for up to 12 months.The key is used for proof of consent and for an option to check whether the consent status stored in the end user's browser is unchanged compared to the original consent submitted to Cybot.

The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the processing and the "CookieConsent" cookie set by Cookiebot is classified as necessary.

Cybot is the recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us.

Detailed information on the use of Cookiebot can be found at: https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/(https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/).

9. contents of our website

9.1 Registering as a user

You have the option of registering on our website by providing personal data.

The personal data that is transmitted to us is determined by the respective input mask used for registration. The personal data you enter is collected and stored exclusively for internal use by us and for our own purposes. We may arrange for the data to be passed on to one or more processors, for example a parcel service provider, who will also use the personal data exclusively for internal use attributable to us.

When you register on our website, the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP), the date and the time of registration are also stored. This data is stored against the background that this is the only way to prevent misuse of our services and, if necessary, to enable criminal offenses to be investigated. In this respect, the storage of this data is necessary for our security. This data is not passed on to third parties. This does not apply if we are legally obliged to pass it on or if it serves the purpose of criminal prosecution.

Your registration, with the voluntary provision of personal data, also serves us to offer you content or services which, due to the nature of the matter, can only be offered to registered users. Registered persons are free to change the personal data provided during registration at any time or to have it completely deleted from our database.

We will provide you with information about which personal data about you is stored at any time on request. Furthermore, we will correct or delete personal data at your request, provided that this does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. A data protection officer named in this privacy policy and all other employees are available to the data subject as contact persons in this context.

Your data is processed in the interest of convenient and easy use of our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

9.2 Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing

In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, personal data is collected and processed if you provide it to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by sending a message to the above-mentioned address of the person responsible.we store and use the data provided by you to process the contract.after complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked, taking into account tax and commercial law retention periods, and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved by our side, about which we will inform you accordingly below.

9.3 Data processing for order processing

The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the scope of payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will provide explicit information about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

9.4 Contact / contact form

Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your request; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been finally clarified and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.

9.5 Services / digital goods

We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary in the context of contract processing, for example to the credit institution responsible for processing payments.

Further transmission of the data will not take place or will only take place if you have expressly consented to the transmission. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

10. newsletter dispatch

10.1 Sending newsletters to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services to those already purchased from our product range by e-mail. In accordance with Section 7 (3) UWG, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails. You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs for this in accordance with the basic rates. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be discontinued immediately.

10.2 Advertising newsletter

On our website, you are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company's newsletter. Which personal data is transmitted to us when you subscribe to the newsletter can be seen from the input mask used for this purpose.

We inform our customers and business partners about our offers at regular intervals by means of a newsletter. In principle, you can only receive our company's newsletter if

  • you have a valid e-mail address and
  • you have registered to receive the newsletter.

For legal reasons, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you entered for the first time for the newsletter mailing using the double opt-in procedure; this confirmation email is used to check whether you, as the owner of the email address, have authorized the receipt of the newsletter.

When you register for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP) of the IT system you are using at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of your e-mail address at a later date and therefore serves our legal protection.

The personal data collected when subscribing to the newsletter is used exclusively to send our newsletter. Furthermore, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a registration in this regard, as could be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or changes to the technical circumstances. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties. You can cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that you have given us for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter for the purpose of revoking consent. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on our website or to inform us of this in another way.

The legal basis for data processing for the purpose of sending the newsletter is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

10.3 CleverReach

This website uses CleverReach to send newsletters. The provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, (CRASH Building), Schafjückenweg 2, 26180 Rastede, Germany. CleverReach is a service that can be used to organize and analyze the sending of newsletters. The data you enter for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter (e.g. your e-mail address) is stored on CleverReach's servers in Germany or Ireland.

Our newsletters sent withCleverReach enable us to analyze the behavior of newsletter recipients. Among other things, we can analyze how many recipients have opened the newsletter message and how often which link in the newsletter was clicked on. Conversion tracking can also be used to analyze whether a predefined action (e.g. the purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. Further information on data analysis byCleverReach newsletters can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/funktionen/reporting-und-tracking/.

The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

If you do not wish to be analyzed by CleverReach, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter, for which we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

You can revoke your consent at any time. You can also prevent the processing at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter and you can also prevent the storage of cookies by setting your web browser accordingly. You can also prevent the storage and transmission of personal data by deactivating Java Script in your web browser or installing a Java Script blocker (e.g. https://noscript.netor https://www.ghoster y.com ). We would like to point out that these measures may mean that not all functions of our website are available.

The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from both our servers and the CleverReach servers after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for the member area) remain unaffected by this.

You can view CleverReach's privacy policy at: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/(https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/).

10.4 Newsletter tracking

Our newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in e-mails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows a statistical evaluation of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns to be carried out. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, the company can recognize whether and when an e-mail was opened by you and which links in the e-mail were called up by you.

Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by us in order to optimize the newsletter dispatch and to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to your interests, and these personal data are not passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled at any time to revoke the separate declaration of consent given in this regard via the double opt-in procedure. After revocation, this personal data will be deleted by us. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is automatically interpreted as a revocation.

Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interests in the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of our website.

11 Our activities in social networks

So that we can also communicate with you in social networks and inform you about our services, we are represented there with our own pages. If you visit one of our social media pages, we are jointly responsible with the provider of the respective social media platform for the processing operations triggered by this, within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR.

We are not the original provider of these pages, but only use them within the scope of the possibilities offered to us by the respective providers.therefore, as a precaution, we would like to point out that your data may also be processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area.use may therefore be associated with data protection risks for you, as it may be more difficult to safeguard your rights, e.g. to information, deletion, objection, etc., and processing in the social networks is often carried out directly for advertising purposes or for the analysis of user behavior by the providers, without us being able to influence this. If usage profiles are created by the provider, cookies are often used or the usage behavior is assigned to your own member profile of the social networks.

The described processing operations of personal data are carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest and the legitimate interest of the respective provider in order to communicate with you in a timely manner or to inform you about our services.if you have to give your consent to the respective providers for data processing as a user, the legal basis refers to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7 GDPR. Art. 7 GDPR.

As we do not have access to the providers' databases, we would like to point out that it is best to assert your rights (e.g. to information, correction, deletion, etc.) directly with the respective provider. Further information on the processing of your data in the social networks is listed below for each of the social network providers we use:

11.1 Facebook

(Joint) controller for data processing in Europe:MetaPlatforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy policy (data policy): https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

11.2 Instagram

(Joint) controller for data processing in Germany: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 GrandCanal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy policy (data policy): https://instagram.com/legal/privacy/

11.3 LinkedIn

(Joint) controller for data processing in Europe: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company WiltonPlace, Dublin 2, Ireland

Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy‍

11.4 X (Twitter)

(Joint) controller for data processing in Europe:Twitter International Company,One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland

Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

Information about your data: https://twitter.com/settings/your_twitter_data

11.5 XING (New Work SE)

(Joint) controller for data processing in Germany:New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg,Germany

Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

Information requests for XING members: https://www.xing.com/settings/privacy/data/disclosure

11.6 YouTube

(Joint) controller for data processing in Europe:Google Ireland Limited,Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

12. web analysis

12.1 Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel)

This website uses the "Facebook pixel" of MetaPlatforms, Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Meta"). If explicit consent is given, this allows the behavior of users to be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This process is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes and can help to optimize future advertising measures.

When you visit the website, the following data may be processed by the meta pixel:

  • IP address,
  • Device information,
  • Browsing history
  • Interactions on our website (e.g. page views, clicks, conversions).

The data is stored and processed by Meta so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Meta (Facebook) Data Usage Policy https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ . This enables Meta and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes.

The data collected is stored by Meta for a period of 180 days and then removed if the user does not visit the website again.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

12.2 Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

On our websites we use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").

In this context, pseudonymized user profiles are created and cookies (see "Cookies") are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website can be, among other things

  • Short-term recording of the IP address without permanent storage
  • Location data
  • Browser type/version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL (previously visited page)
  • Time of the server request

The pseudonymized data may be transmitted by Google to a server in the USA and stored there.

The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of this website. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

The data storage period set by Google is 14 months. Otherwise, the personal data is stored for as long as it is required to fulfill the purpose of processing. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

Further information on data protection when using GA4 can be found at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362?hl=de.

12.3 Google Analytics Remarketing

We have integrated Google Remarketing services on this website. The operating company of Google Remarketing services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Remarketing is a function of Google AdWords that enables a company to display advertisements to Internet users who have previously visited the company's website. The integration of Google Remarketing therefore allows a company to create user-related advertising and consequently to display interest-relevant advertisements to the Internet user.

The purpose of GoogleRemarketing is to display interest-based advertising. Google Remarketing enables us to display advertisements via the Google advertising network or on other websites that are tailored to the individual needs and interests of Internet users.

Google Remarketing places a cookie on the data subject's IT system. By setting the cookie, Google is able to recognize the visitor to our website when he or she subsequently accesses websites that are also members of the Google advertising network. Each time you visit a website on which the Google Remarketing service has been integrated, your Internet browser automatically identifies itself to Google. As part of this technical process, Google obtains knowledge of personal data, such as your IP address or surfing behavior, which Google uses, among other things, to display interest-relevant advertising.

Cookies are used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Each time you visit our website, personal data, including your IP address, is transferred to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view the privacy policy of Google analytics Remarketing at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

12.4 HubSpot

We use HubSpot functions on this website. The provider is HubSpot, Inc, 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA.

HubSpot tracks visitors to our website using browser cookies. Each time you access our website, HubSpot checks whether a HubSpot tracking cookie has been set. If no such cookie is set on your browser, a HubSpot cookie will be set on your browser - provided you give your consent - which will record all our web pages that you access later.

Please note the following with regard to HubSpot's handling of tracking cookies:

Your visit to our website will only be tracked using the HubSpot cookie if you have given your consent to the setting of the HubSpot cookie or all tracking cookies.

If you fill out and submit one of the forms on our websites (e.g. a contact form) and have given your consent to the setting of the HubSpot cookie, HubSpot will assign your previous page views resulting from the tracking cookie to the form you have submitted.

If you have already been in contact with us, your e-mail address sent via the form will be assigned to the information already stored by us.

If you delete all your cookies or specifically the HubSpot cookies, you will be considered a new visitor to our website and a new cookie will be set, but HubSpot will automatically duplicate all form submissions from the same email address, even if different browser cookies have been assigned to these submissions.

Since cookies are only set once on a browser, submissions from two people who share a single computer are assigned to one and the same contact entry. This cookie deduplication ensures that if a contact sends forms to your website from different email addresses, all submissions are assigned to a single contact entry in HubSpot.

HubSpot assigns page views to a contact person when the contact person clicks on a link in a tracked marketing email that redirects to a page on which the HubSpot tracking code is installed.

These processing operations will only be carried out with your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Your data will be stored until you withdraw your consent.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

The transfer of your personal data to the USA takes place on the basis of the standard contractual clauses.

You can find more information about HubSpot at: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy(https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy).

12.5 Matomo

We have integrated the Matomo component of the provider InnoCraft Ltd, 150 WillisSt, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, on this website. Matomo is a software tool for web analysis, i.e. for the collection, compilation and evaluation of data on the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, data is collected about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. This is used to optimize the website and for the cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The software is operated on the server of the controller; the log files, which are sensitive under data protection law, are stored exclusively on this server.

Matomo places a cookie on your IT system. By setting the cookie, we are able to analyze the use of our website. Each time one of the individual pages of this website is accessed, the Internet browser on your IT system is automatically prompted by the Matomo component to transmit data to our server for the purpose of online analysis. As part of this technical process, we obtain knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the person concerned, which serves us, among other things, to trace the origin of visitors and clicks.

Cookies are used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was made and the frequency of visits to our website. Each time you visit our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection you are using, is transmitted to our server. This personal data is stored by us. We do not pass this personal data on to third parties.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

You can view Matomo's privacy policy at: https://matomo.org/privacy/.

13. advertising

13.1 Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing/retargeting

We have integrated Google Ads on this website. The operating company of the Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin4, Ireland ("Google").

We use this to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. For this purpose, Google places a cookie in the browser of your end device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit.

Any further data processing will only take place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize ads that you view on the web.In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, your personal data is temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data in order to create target groups

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view Google Ads' privacy policy and further information at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/‍

13.2 Google Ads with conversion tracking

We have integrated Google Ads on this website. The operating company of the Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ads is an internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads both in Google's search engine results and in the Google advertising network. Google Ads enables an advertiser to specify certain keywords in advance, by means of which an ad is only displayed in Google's search engine results if the user retrieves a keyword-relevant search result using the search engine. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed to relevant websites using an automatic algorithm and taking into account the previously defined keywords.

The purpose of GoogleAds is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and by displaying third-party advertising on our website.

If you reach our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on your IT system by Google. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify you. If the cookie has not yet expired, the conversion cookie is used to track whether certain subpages, such as the shopping cart from an online store system, have been accessed on our website.the conversion cookie allows both us and Google to track whether a user who has reached our website via an AdWords ad has generated a sale, i.e. completed or abandoned a purchase.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie is used by Google to compile visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via Ads ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective Ads ad and to optimize our Ads ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google Ads advertisers receive information from Google that could be used to identify you.

Conversion cookies are used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Each time you visit our website, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection you are using, is therefore transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical process to third parties.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent is given in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view Google AdSense's privacy policy and further information at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

14. partner and affiliate programs

14.1 DoubleClick

This website contains components of DoubleClick by Google. DoubleClick is a trademark of Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland), under which special online marketing solutions are marketed to advertising agencies and publishers.

DoubleClick by Google transmits data to the DoubleClick server with every impression as well as with clicks or other activities. Each of these data transfers triggers a cookie request to your browser. If the browser accepts this request, DoubleClick places a cookie on your IT system. The purpose of the cookie is to optimize and display advertising. Among other things, the cookie is used to place and display user-relevant advertising and to create or improve reports on advertising campaigns. The cookie is also used to avoid multiple displays of the same advertisement.

DoubleClick uses a cookie ID, which is required to handle the technical process; the cookie ID is required, for example, to display an advertisement in a browser. DoubleClick can also use the cookie ID to record which advertisements have already been displayed in a browser in order to avoid duplication. The cookie ID also enables DoubleClick to record conversions.

A DoubleClick cookie does not contain any personal data. However, a DoubleClick cookie may contain additional campaign identifiers. A campaign identifier is used to identify the campaigns with which you have already been in contact.

Each time you access one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and on which a DoubleClick component has been integrated, the Internet browser on your IT system is prompted by the respective DoubleClick component to transmit data to Google for the purpose of online advertising and billing of commissions. As part of this technical process, Google obtains knowledge of data that Google also uses to create commission statements. Among other things, Google can see that you have clicked on certain links on our website.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent has been given in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view the data protection provisions of DoubleClick by Google at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/.

15. plugins and other services

15.1 Font Awesome

Our website uses web fonts provided by Fonticons Inc, 307 S Main St Ste 202 Bentonville, AR, USA, for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the servers of Fonticons, Inc. As a result, Fonticons, Inc. becomes aware that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Font Awesome will only be used if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

If your browser does not support FontAwesome, a standard font will be used by your device.

For more information about Fonticons Inc.'s privacy policy, please visit: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.

15.2 GoogleMeet - Video conferencing

We use the "Google Meet" tool to carry out our communication in the form of telephone conferences, online meetings, video conferences and webinars (hereinafter: "online meetings"). provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, USA.

Various types of data are processed when you use "Google Meet". The scope of the data also depends on the data you provide before or during participation in an "online meeting". The following personal data may be processed:

  • A personal "Google Account" is mandatory for the use of "Google Meet". User details such as first name, surname, telephone number (optional), e-mail address, password, profile picture (optional) provided in the "Google Account" are also transferred to the "GoogleMeet" profile.
  • Meeting metadata such as topic, description (optional), participant IP addresses, device/hardware information.
  • For recordings (optional), all video, audio and presentation recordings and text files from the online meeting chat can be processed.
  • When dialling in with the telephone, details of the incoming and outgoing call number, country name, start and end time are processed. Additional connection data such as the IP address of the device may also be saved.
  • You may have the opportunity (optional) to use the chat, question or survey functions in an "online meeting". The text entries you make are processed in order to display them in the "online meeting" and, if necessary, to log them. In order to enable the display of video and the playback of audio, the data from the microphone of your end device and from any video camera of the end device will be processed accordingly for the duration of the meeting. You can switch off or mute the camera or microphone yourself at any time via "Google Meet".

If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. In the context of an employment relationship, corresponding data processing takes place on the basis of Section 26 BDSG. The legal basis for the use of "GoogleMeet" in the context of existing or prospective contractual relationships is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. In all other cases, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our interest here is in the effective conduct of "online meetings".

If we record "online meetings", we will inform you of this before the start and, if necessary, ask for your consent to the recording. If you do not wish this, you can leave the online meeting.

The personal data relating to you will be stored until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies. You will be informed of the storage period of recorded online meetings before recording begins. You have the option of withdrawing your consent to the recording at any time, with the result that we will delete the recording.

The provider of "Google Meet" necessarily receives knowledge of the above-mentioned data insofar as this is provided for in the context of our order processing contract (Art. 28 GDPR) with "Google Meet". In particular, this includes the purpose of providing, optimizing and securing the service. The participation information you provide is used for the purpose of identification in the "online meeting". Data processing by "GoogleMeet" takes place in the USA and thus in a third country (outside the EU and the EEA). Furthermore, we cannot rule out the possibility that data is routed via internet servers located outside the EU/EEA, which may be the case in particular if participants in "online meetings" are in a third country. However, the data is encrypted during transport via the Internet and thus protected against unauthorized access by third parties.

To the extent that "Google Meet" processes personal data in connection with the legitimate business operations of "Google Meet", "Google Meet" is an independent data controller for such use and as such is responsible for compliance with applicable laws and obligations of a data controller. If you visit the provider's other websites or install the provider's tool on your device, the processing of personal data is governed exclusively by the provider's privacy policy.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can find more information about "Google Meet" at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

15.3 Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager service on this website. The operating company of Google Tag Manager is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

With this tool, "website tags" (i.e. keywords that are integrated into HTML elements) can be implemented and managed via an interface. By using the Google Tag Manager, we can automatically track which button, link or personalized image you have actively clicked on and can then record which content on our website is of particular interest to you.

The tool also triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data under certain circumstances.Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you have deactivated it at domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent has been granted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

Further information on Google Tag Manager and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

15.4 Google WebFonts

Our website uses so-called WebFonts for the uniform display of fonts. Google WebFonts are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you are using establishes a connection to Google's servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our website.

These processing operations are only carried out if express consent has been granted in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

Further information on Google WebFonts and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

15.5 HubSpot CRM system

We use the CRM software of the provider HubSpot, Inc., 25 First Street, Cambridge, MA02141, USA ("HubSpot").

Hubspot is a software CRM solution for managing customer relationships and includes the following functions, among others:

  • Deal management, lead management and task management,
  • Email tracking and notifications,
  • E-mail templates and scheduling,
  • Shared use of documents,
  • Online booking system for appointments,
  • Telephony solutions such as automatic call recording & logging.

All departments (including e.g. marketing, sales, customer service as well as online and stationary retail) work together with the described software.

The provider of HubSpot necessarily receives knowledge of the above-mentioned data, insofar as this is provided for in our order processing contract (Art. 28 GDPR) with HubSpot. This may include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. Personal data is also processed in a third country (outside the EU and the EEA).

If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. The legal basis for the use of HubSpot in the context of contractual relationships is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. In all other cases, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our interest here is in the effective coordination of internal and external communication and the management of customer relationships.

To the extent that HubSpot processes personal data in connection with its own legitimate business operations, HubSpot is an independent data controller for such use and as such is responsible for compliance with applicable laws and data controller obligations.

This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

You can view HubSpot's privacy policy at: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy.

15.6 Microsoft Teams

We use the tool "Microsoft Teams" ("MS Teams") to carry out our communication both in written form (chat) and in the form of telephone conferences, online meetings and video conferences. The operating company of the service is Microsoft Ireland Operations ("Microsoft"), Ltd, 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft Ireland Operations, Ltd. is part of the Microsoft group of companies based at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, USA.

When using MS Teams, the following personal data is processed:

  • Meetings, chats, voicemails, shared files, recordings and transcriptions.
  • Data that is shared about you. Examples of this are your e-mail address, your profile picture and your telephone number.
  • A detailed history of the telephone calls you make.
  • Call quality data.
  • Support/feedback data Information related to troubleshooting tickets or feedback sent to Microsoft.
  • Diagnostic and service data Diagnostic data in connection with the use of the service.

To enable the display of video and playback of audio, the data from the microphone on your end device and from a video camera on the end device is processed for the duration of the meeting. You can switch off or mute the camera or microphone yourself at any time via the "Microsoft Teams" applications.

If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. In the context of an employment relationship, corresponding data processing takes place on the basis of Section 26 BDSG. The legal basis for the use of "MSTeams" in the context of contractual relationships is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR; in all other cases, the legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our interest here is in the effective conduct of online meetings.

If we record online meetings, we will inform you of this before the start and, if necessary, ask for your consent to the recording; if you do not wish this, you can leave the online meeting.

As a cloud-based service, "MS Teams" processes the aforementioned data as part of the provision of the service. To the extent that "MS-Teams" processes personal data in connection with Microsoft's legitimate business operations, Microsoft is an independent data controller for such use and as such is responsible for compliance with applicable laws and data controller obligations. To the extent you access the MS Teams website, Microsoft is responsible for the data processing, and accessing the website is required to download the MS Teams software.

If you do not want to or cannot download the software, the service can be provided via your browser and in this respect also via the Microsoft website.

This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.

Detailed information on data protection at Microsoft, in connection with "MS Teams", can be found at: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoftteams/teams-privacy.

15.7 WhatsApp

If you use WhatsApp to contact us, we will process your telephone number, your name and other data provided by you in order to answer your inquiry or, if you have expressly consented, to send you advertising messages.

to send messages. To send and receive messages via our various communication channels, including WhatsApp, we use the Superchat service provided by SuperX GmbH, Oranienburger Str. 91, 10178 Berlin ("Superchat"). The data is stored in

stored on our behalf on Superchat servers in Germany.

The WhatsApp service is operated by WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("WhatsApp"), a group company of Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook). WhatsApp processes the data in accordance with its

Data protection information, which you can access here(https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea?lang=de).

The communication content is encrypted end-to-end. WhatsApp may also collect other so-called "metadata", which may contain information about the identity of the sender and recipient, as well as the telephone number, device information and information about the use of WhatsApp (e.g. duration and frequency). WhatsApp also uses this data for its own purposes, such as improving the WhatsApp service; further information can be found in the WhatsApp privacy policy.(https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea?lang=de) We have no knowledge of the details of this data processing and have no influence on it. We cannot rule out the possibility of data being passed on to other recipients within the Meta group of companies in countries outside the EU that do not offer an adequate level of data protection (especially in the USA). The legal basis for data processing by us is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR if the communication serves to initiate or process a contractual relationship; your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR if you have opted for the

newsletter dispatch via WhatsApp; and in all other cases our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f)

DS-GVO in the processing of your request.

 

If the processing is based on your consent, the data will be deleted as soon as you withdraw your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to the controller or the data protection officer. The relevant email addresses can be found in this privacy policy under points 2 and 3. Otherwise, we will delete your data as soon as the purpose of the processing no longer applies (e.g. the inquiry has been conclusively answered). If statutory retention periods prevent deletion, the data will be blocked for further processing until the retention period expires.

16.payment provider

16.1 Stripe

We offer the option of processing the payment transaction via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Limited, 1 Grand Canal Street-Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, D02 H210, Ireland (hereinafter "Stripe"). This corresponds to our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to offer an efficient and secure payment method. In this context, we pass on the following data to Stripe insofar as it is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR:

  • Name of the cardholder
  • E-mail address
  • Customer number
  • Order number
  • Bank details
  • Credit card details
  • Period of validity of the credit card
  • Credit card verification number (CVC)
  • Date and time of the transaction
  • Transaction amount
  • Name of the provider
  • Location

The processing of the data specified in this section is not required by law or contract. We cannot process a payment via Stripe without the submission of your personal data. [You have the option to choose a different payment method.]

Stripe assumes a dual role as controller and processor for data processing activities. As the controller, Stripe uses your transmitted data to fulfill regulatory obligations. This corresponds to Stripe's legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves the execution of the contract by us in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. We have no influence on this process.

Stripe acts as a processor in order to complete transactions within the payment networks. Within the scope of the order processing relationship, Stripe acts exclusively on our instructions and has been contractually obliged to comply with data protection regulations in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.

Stripe has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These apply to all global activities where Stripe processes personal data of natural persons in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

You can find further information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis Stripe at: https: //stripe.com/privacy-center/legal.

Your data will be stored by us until payment processing has been completed. This also includes the period required for the processing of refunds, receivables management and fraud prevention. In accordance with § 147 AO / § 257 HGB, a statutory retention period of 10 years applies to us.

17 Your rights as an affected person

17.1 Right to confirmation

You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.

17.2 Right to information Art. 15 GDPR

You have the right to receive free information from us at any time about the personal data stored about you and a copy of this data in accordance with the statutory provisions.

17.3 Right to rectification

Art. 16 GDPR You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

17.4 Erasure Art. 17 GDPR

You have the right to demand that we delete the personal data concerning you immediately if one of the reasons provided for by law applies and insofar as the processing or storage is not necessary.

17.5 Restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR

You have the right to demand that we restrict processing if one of the legal requirements is met.

17.6 Data portability Art. 20 GDPR

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us to whom the personal data has been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

Furthermore, in exercising your right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 (1) GDPR, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

17.7 Objection Art. 21 GDPR

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6(1)(e) (data processing in the public interest) or (f) (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) of the GDPR.

This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

In individual cases, we process personal data for the purpose of direct advertising. You can object to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

You also have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

You are free to exercise your right to object in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.17.8 Withdrawal of consent under data protection lawYou have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with effect for the future.

17.9 Complaint to a supervisory authority

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority responsible for data protection about our processing of personal data.

18 Routine storage, deletion and blocking of personal data

We process and store your personal data only for the period of time required to achieve the purpose of storage or if this is provided for by the legal regulations to which our company is subject.

If the purpose of storage ceases to apply or if a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.19. duration of storage of personal dataThe criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After expiry of the period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted if it is no longer required for contract fulfillment or contract initiation.20. Up-to-dateness and amendment of the data protection declarationThis data protection declaration is currently valid and has the status: March 2025.

It may become necessary to amend this privacy policy as a result of the further development of our website and offers or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at"https://digitaler-finanzcoach.de/datenschutz/". This privacy policy was created with the support of the data protection software: basucon MANAGER(https://www.basucon.de/).