Privacy Policy

We would like to inform you below about the processing of personal data in the context of the use of our website and the functions associated with it, as well as external online offers (e.g. social media presences).

Controller

EFFEKTA Regeltechnik GmbH
Rheinwaldstr. 34
78628 Rottweil

Commercial register: HRB 724287
Register court: Stuttgart district court

Represented by: Jörg Ettwein; Rainer Schmeh

Phone: +49 741 17451-0
Email: info@effekta.com
Imprint: https://www.effekta.com/impressum/

Overview of the processing operations

The following summary summarizes the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing and refers to the individuals concerned.

Credit information (decision based on a credit check).

Types of processed data

Inventory data (eg names, addresses).

Applicant data (e.g. personal details, postal and contact addresses, the documents relating to the application and the information contained therein, such as cover letters, CVs, references and other information about the person or qualifications provided voluntarily by applicants with regard to a specific position).

Content data (eg text input, photographs, videos).

Contact details (eg e-mail, telephone numbers).

Meta / communication data (eg device information, IP addresses).

Usage data (eg visited websites, interest in content, access times).

Contract data (eg subject of the contract, term, customer category).

Payment data (eg bank details, invoices, payment history).

Categories of affected persons

Employees (eg employees, applicants, former employees).

Applicants. Business and contractual partners. Interested parties. Communication partners. Customers.

Users (eg website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of Processing

Assessment of creditworthiness and creditworthiness.

Providing our online offer and user-friendliness.

Visit Action evaluation.

Application procedure (justification and possible subsequent implementation as well as possible subsequent termination of the employment relationship).

Office and organizational procedures.

Direct marketing (eg by e-mail or by post).

Feedback (eg collecting feedback via online form).

Interest-based and behavioral marketing.

Contact requests and communication.

Conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures).

Profiling (creating user profiles).

Remarketing.

Reach measurement (eg access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).

Safety measures.

Tracking (eg interest / behavioral profiling, use of cookies).

Contractual services and service.

Management and answering of inquiries.

Automated decisions in individual cases

Contact data protection officer

EFFEKTA Regeltechnik GmbH, Data Protection Officer, Rheinwaldstr. 34, 78628, Rottweil, data protection officer@effekta.com

Relevant legal bases

In the following, we share the legal basis of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), on the basis of which we process the personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, the national data protection regulations may apply in your home or country of residence.

Consent (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR) – The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for a specific purpose or several specific purposes.

Fulfillment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. DSGVO) - The processing is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, which are required at the request of the data subject respectively.

Legal obligation (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c. GDPR) – The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.

Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR) – Processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data prevail.

Art. 9 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR (application process as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship) (If, as part of the application process, special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR (e.g. 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 arising from employment law and social security and social protection law and fulfil his or her obligations in this regard, their processing takes place in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. b. GDPR, in the case of protecting the vital interests of the applicants or other persons in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. c. GDPR or for the purposes of healthcare or occupational medicine, for assessing the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. h. GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a. GDPR.) – .

National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation, national data protection regulations apply in Germany. This includes in particular the law on the protection against misuse of personal data in data processing (Federal Data Protection Act - BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special regulations on the right to information, the right to erasure, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for the purposes of the employment relationship (§ 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, implementation or termination of employment relationships and the consent of employees. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.

Security Precautions

We will take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with the law, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent to which the rights and freedoms of individuals are threatened to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

Measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling the physical and electronic access to the data as well as their access, input, transfer, availability and segregation. We have also set up procedures to ensure the enjoyment of data subject rights, the erasure of data and responses to the threat to data. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data already in the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures according to the principle of data protection, through technology design and privacy-friendly default settings.

Shortening the IP address: If it is possible for us or if saving the IP address is not necessary, we will shorten your IP address or have it shortened. In the case of shortening the IP address, also known as "IP masking", the last octet, i.e. the last two numbers of an IP address, are deleted (in this context, the IP address is an identifier assigned individually to an Internet connection by the online access provider). The shortening of the IP address is intended to prevent or significantly complicate the identification of a person based on their IP address.

SSL encryption (https): In order to protect your data transmitted via our online offer, we use SSL encryption. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address line of your browser.

Transmission and disclosure of personal data

As part of our processing of personal information, data may be transmitted to or disclosed to other entities, companies, legally independent organizational units or individuals. The recipients of this data may include, for example, payment institutions in the context of payment transactions, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a web page. In such case, we comply with the legal requirements and in particular conclude corresponding contracts or agreements that serve to protect your data with the recipients of your data.

Data transfer within the group of companies: We may transfer personal data to other companies within our group of companies or grant them access to this data. If this transfer is for administrative purposes, the data is transferred based on our legitimate business and commercial interests or if it is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations or if there is consent from the data subject or legal permission.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (ie, outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or processing in the context of the use of third party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, entities or companies takes place, this is done only in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transmission, we only process or have the data processed in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, which include the US processors certified under the "Privacy Shield", or on the basis of special guarantees, such as contractual obligations through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, the existence of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 GDPR, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de ).

Use of cookies

Cookies are text files that contain data from websites or domains visited and are stored on the user's computer by a browser. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user during or after their visit to an online offer. The stored information can include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping cart or the location where a video was viewed. The term cookies also includes other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g. when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as "user IDs")

The following cookie types and functions are distinguished:

Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offering and closed his browser.

Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the browser 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, the interests of users, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes, can be stored in such a cookie.

First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by us ourselves.

Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to process user information.

Necessary (also: essential or absolutely necessary) cookies: Cookies can be absolutely necessary for the operation of a website (e.g. to save logins or other user inputs or for security reasons).

Statistics, marketing and personalization cookies: Cookies are also generally used to measure reach and when the interests of a user or their behavior (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) on individual websites are stored in a user profile. Such profiles are used to show users content that corresponds to their potential interests, for example. This process is also known as "tracking," i.e. tracking the potential interests of users. If we use cookies or "tracking" technologies, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or when obtaining consent.

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

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

Processing of cookie data based on consent: Before we process or have data processed as part of the use of cookies, we ask users to give their consent, which can be revoked at any time. Before the consent has not been given, cookies that are required for the operation of our online offer will be used. They are used on the basis of our interest and the interest of the user in the expected functionality of our online offer.

Types of data processed: usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Commercial and business services

We process data from 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 the contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g. to answer inquiries answer.

We process this data in order to fulfill our contractual obligations, to safeguard our rights and for the purposes of the administrative tasks associated with this information as well as the entrepreneurial organization. Within the scope of the applicable law, we only pass on the data of the contracting parties to third parties insofar as this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or for the fulfillment of legal obligations or with the consent of the contractual partners (eg to telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors , Banks, tax and legal advisers, payment service providers or tax authorities). Further processing forms, eg for marketing purposes, will inform the contractual partners in the context of this privacy policy.

Which data for the aforementioned purposes are necessary, we inform the contracting parties before or in the context of the data collection, eg in on-line forms, by special marking (eg colors) and / or symbols (eg asterisk), or in person with.

We delete the data after expiration of legal warranty and comparable obligations, ie, basically after the expiration of 4 years, unless the data are stored in a customer account, eg, as long as they have to be kept for legal reasons of archiving (eg for Tax purposes usually 10 years). Data that has been disclosed to us as part of an order by the contractor, we delete according to the specifications of the contract, in principle after the end of the contract.

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

Economic analyzes and market research: For business reasons and in order to be able to identify market trends and the wishes of contractual partners and users, we analyze the data available to us on business transactions, contracts, inquiries, etc., whereby the group of persons concerned includes contractual partners, interested parties, customers, Visitors and users of our online offer can fall.

The analyses are carried out for the purposes of business evaluations, marketing and market research (e.g. to determine customer groups with different characteristics). In doing so, we can take into account the profiles of registered users, if available, along with their information, e.g. on services used. The analyses serve us alone and are not disclosed externally, unless they are anonymous analyses with summarized, i.e. anonymized values. Furthermore, we take the privacy of the users into account and process the data for the analysis purposes as pseudonymously as possible and, if possible, anonymously (e.g. as summarized data).

Shop and e-commerce: We process the data of our customers in order to enable them to select, purchase or order the selected products, goods and associated services, as well as their payment and delivery or execution.

The required information is marked as such in the context of the order or comparable purchase process and includes the information required for delivery, or provision and billing as well as contact information in order to hold any consultation.

Education and training services: We process the data of participants in our education and training courses (collectively referred to as "trainees") in order to be able to provide them with our training services. The data processed here, the type, scope, purpose and necessity of their processing are determined by the underlying contractual and training relationship. The forms of processing also include the performance assessment and evaluation of our services and those of the teachers.

As part of our work, we may also process special categories of data, in particular information about the health of trainees and data revealing ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or ideological beliefs. To do so, we will obtain the express consent of the trainees and where necessary and otherwise only process the special categories of data if it is necessary to provide the training services, for the purposes of healthcare, social protection or to protect the vital interests of the trainees and.

If it is necessary for our contract performance, to protect vital interests or legally required, or if the trainees have given their consent, we will disclose or transmit the trainees' data to third parties or agents, such as authorities or in the field of IT, office or similar services, in compliance with professional regulations.

Craft services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter referred to as “customers”) in order to enable them to select, purchase or commission the selected services or works and associated activities as well as to pay for and deliver or execute or provide them.

The required information is marked as such within the scope of the order, order or comparable contract conclusion and includes the information required for delivery and billing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations.

Project and development services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter referred to as “customers”) in order to enable them to select, purchase or commission the selected services or works and associated activities as well as to pay for them and to make them available or to carry them out or provide them.

The information required is marked as such in the context of the conclusion of the order, order or comparable contract and includes the information required for the provision of services and billing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultations. Insofar as we have access to information from end customers, employees or other persons, we process this in accordance with the legal and contractual requirements.

Technical services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter referred to as “customers”) in order to enable them to select, purchase or commission the selected services or works and associated activities as well as to pay for them and to make them available or to carry them out or provide them.

Further information on commercial services: We process the data of our customers and clients (hereinafter referred to as "customers") in order to enable them to select, purchase or commission the selected services or works and related activities as well as to pay for and deliver or execute or provide them.

The required information is marked as such in the context of the order, purchase order or similar contract conclusion and includes the information required for the provision of services and invoicing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any further consultations.

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 the contract, term, customer category), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: interested parties, business and contractual partners, customers.

Purposes of processing: Contractual services and service, contact requests and communication, office and organizational procedures, administration and response to inquiries, visit action evaluation, interest-based and behavioral marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles), security measures.

Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. GDPR), legal obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c. GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Use of online marketplaces for e-commerce

We offer our services on online platforms operated by other service providers. In this context, the data protection notices of the respective platforms apply in addition to our data protection notices. This applies in particular with regard to the methods used on the platforms for measuring reach and for interest-based marketing.

Data subjects: Customers.

Purposes of processing: Contractual services and service.

Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Deployed services and service providers:

eBay: Online marketplace for e-commerce; service provider: eBay Marketplaces GmbH, Helvetiastrasse 15/17, 3005 Bern, Switzerland; website: https://www.ebay.de/; privacy policy: https://www.ebay.de/help/policies/member-behavior-policies/datenschutzerklrung?id=4260.

https://www.wlw.de/de/unternehmen/rechtliche-hinweise/datenschutz-20200825

Credit check

If we make advance payments or take comparable economic risks (e.g. when ordering on account), we reserve the right to obtain an identity and credit report for the purpose of assessing the credit risk on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures from specialized service companies in order to safeguard our legitimate interests ) to obtain.

We process the information received from the credit reporting agencies on the statistical probability of a payment default within the framework of an appropriate discretionary decision on the establishment, implementation and termination of the contractual relationship. In the event of a negative credit check result, we reserve the right to refuse payment on account or any other advance payment.

The decision as to whether we will make advance payments is made in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR solely on the basis of an automated decision on a case-by-case basis, which our software makes on the basis of information from the credit agency.

If we obtain express consent from contractual partners, the legal basis for the credit report and the transmission of the customer's data to the credit agencies is the consent. If no consent is obtained, the credit check is based on our legitimate interests in the security of our payment claims against failure.

Affected persons: customers, interested parties.

Purposes of processing: Assessment of creditworthiness and credit rating.

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Automated decisions in individual cases: credit report (decision based on a credit check).

Deployed services and service providers:

Association of Creditreform eV: credit agency; service provider: Association of Creditreform eV, Hellersbergstraße 12, D-41460 Neuss, Germany; website: https://www.creditreform.de/; data protection declaration: https://www.creditreform.de/datenschutz.

AKV EUROPA – Alpine Creditors Association: Credit agency; Service provider: AKV EUROPA – Alpine Creditors Association, Schleifmühlgasse 2, 1041 Vienna, Austria; Website: https://www.akv.at/; Privacy policy: https://www.akv.at/impressum.

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH and Association of Creditreform Associations eV: credit agency; service provider: Creditreform Boniversum GmbH, Hellersbergstraße 11, 41460 Neuss, Germany; website: https://www.boniversum.de/; data protection declaration: https://www.boniversum.de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

CRIF Bürgel GmbH: Credit agency; Service provider: CRIF Bürgel GmbH, Radlkoferstraße 2, 81373 Munich, Germany; Website: https://www.crifbuergel.de/dehttps://www.crifbuergel.de/en; Privacy policy: https://www.crifbuergel.de/de/datenschutz.

SCHUFA: Credit agency; Service provider: SCHUFA Holding AG, Private Customers ServiceCenter, PO Box 10 34 41, 50474 Cologne, Germany; Website: https://www.schufa.de/de/; Privacy policy: https://www.schufa.de/de/datenschutz/.

Contacting us

When contacting us (eg via contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the details of the requesting persons are processed, as far as this is necessary to answer the contact requests and any requested measures.

Responding to the contact requests in the context of contractual or pre-contractual relationships is to fulfill our contractual obligations or to answer (pre) contractual requests and otherwise on the basis of legitimate interests in answering the requests.

Types of data processed: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: communication partners.

Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication.

Legal basis: Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Communication via messenger

We use messenger services for the purpose of communication and therefore ask you to observe the following notes on the functionality of the messenger, the encryption, the use of the metadata of the communication and your contradictions.

You can also contact us in alternative ways, eg via telephone or e-mail. Please use the contact options communicated to you or the contact options specified within our on-line offer.

In the case of end-to-end content encryption (ie, the content of your message and attachments), we point out that the communication content (ie, the content of the message and attached images) is encrypted end-to-end. This means that the content of the messages is not visible, even by the messenger providers themselves. You should always use a recent version of Encrypted Messenger to ensure encryption of message content.

However, we also point out to our communication partners that messenger providers are not able to see the content, but can find out that and when communication partners communicate with us, as well as technical information about the device used by the communication partners and, depending on the settings of their device, also location information ( so-called metadata) are processed.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask communication partners for permission before communicating with them via messenger, the legal basis for our processing of their data is their consent. Otherwise, if we do not ask for consent and they contact us on their own initiative, for example, we use messengers in relation to our contractual partners and in the context of contract initiation as a contractual measure and in the case of other interested parties and communication partners on the basis of our legitimate interests in fast and efficient communication and meeting the needs of our communication partners in communicating via messengers. We would also like to point out that we will not transmit the contact details provided to us to the messengers for the first time without your consent.

Revocation, objection and deletion: You can revoke your consent at any time and object to communication with us via messenger at any time. In the case of communication via messenger, we delete the messages in accordance with our general deletion guidelines (ie, for example, as described above, after the end of contractual relationships, in the context of archiving requirements, etc.) and otherwise as soon as we can assume that we have answered any information from the communication partners, if no reference to a previous conversation is to be expected and there are no statutory retention periods that prevent deletion.

Reservation of reference to other communication channels: Finally, we would like to point out that for reasons of your security, we reserve the right not to answer inquiries via messenger. This is the case, for example, if internal contractual details require special confidentiality or if a response via messenger does not meet the formal requirements. In such cases, we will refer you to more appropriate communication channels.

Skype: Skype's end-to-end encryption requires it to be enabled (if it is not enabled by default).

Types of data processed: Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos).

Affected persons: communication partners.

Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication, direct marketing (e.g. by email or post).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Deployed services and service providers:

Facebook Messenger: Facebook Messenger with end-to-end encryption (the end-to-end encryption of Facebook Messenger requires activation if it is not activated by default); service provider: https://www.facebook.com, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; website: https://www.facebook.com; privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active; option to object (opt-out): https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Signal: Signal Messenger with end-to-end encryption; Service provider: Privacy Signal Messenger, LLC 650 Castro Street, Suite 120-223 Mountain View, CA 94041, USA; Website: https://signal.org/de; Privacy Policy: https://signal.org/legal/.

Skype: Skype Messenger with end-to-end encryption; Service provider: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; Website: https://www.skype.com/de/; Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement, Security information: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000KzNaAAK&status=Active.

Threema: Threema Messenger with end-to-end encryption; Service provider: Threema GmbH, Churerstrasse 82, 8808 Pfäffikon SZ, Switzerland; Website: https://threema.ch/en; Privacy policy: https://threema.ch/de/privacy.

WhatsApp: WhatsApp Messenger with end-to-end encryption; Service provider: WhatsApp Inc. WhatsApp Legal 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, California 94025, USA; Website: https://www.whatsapp.com/; Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TSnwAAG&status=Active.

Online conferences, meetings and webinars

We use platforms and applications from other providers (hereinafter referred to as “third-party providers”) for the purposes of conducting video and audio conferences, webinars and other types of video and audio meetings. When selecting third-party providers and their services, we observe the legal requirements.

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

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

Notes on legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to the use of third-party providers, the legal basis for processing is consent. Furthermore, their use can be a component of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use of third-party providers was agreed within this framework. Otherwise, the user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient In this context, we would also like to refer you to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

Affected persons: communication partners, users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of processing: Contractual services and service, contact requests and communication, office and organizational procedures.

Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), performance of the contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Deployed services and service providers:

Skype: Messenger and conference software; Service provider: Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA; Website: https://www.skype.com/de/; Privacy policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement, Security information: https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/trustcenter; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000KzNaAAK&status=Active.

TeamViewer: conference software; service provider: TeamViewer GmbH, Jahnstr. 30, 73037 Göppingen, Germany; website: https://www.teamviewer.com/de; privacy policy: https://www.teamviewer.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/.

Polls and surveys

The polls and surveys we carry out (hereinafter "surveys") are evaluated anonymously. Personal data is only processed to the extent that this is necessary for the provision and technical implementation of the surveys (e.g. processing the IP address to display the survey in the user's browser or using a temporary cookie (session cookie) to resume the survey enable) or users have consented.

Notes on the legal bases: If we ask the participants for their consent to the processing of their data, this is the legal basis for the processing, otherwise the processing of the participants' data is based on our legitimate interests in conducting an objective survey.

Types of data processed: contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: communication partners, users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication, direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post), tracking (e.g. interest-/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies), feedback (e.g. collecting feedback via online form).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Provision of the online offer and web hosting

To provide our online offer safely and efficiently, we use the services of one or more web hosting providers whose servers (or servers managed by them) can access the online offer. For these purposes, we may use infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage and database services, as well as security and technical maintenance services.

The data processed in the provision of the hosting offer may include all information relating to the use and communication of the users of our online offer. This includes, on a regular basis, the IP address necessary to deliver the content of online content to browsers, and all submissions made within our online offer or web pages.

E-mail dispatch and hosting: The web hosting services we use also include the dispatch, receipt and storage of e-mails. For these purposes, the addresses of the recipients and senders as well as other information regarding the e-mail dispatch (e.g. the providers involved) and the content of the respective e-mails are processed. The aforementioned data can also be processed for SPAM detection purposes. We ask you to note that e-mails are generally not sent in encrypted form on the Internet. As a rule, e-mails are encrypted during transport, but (unless a so-called end-to-end encryption method is used) not on the servers from which they are sent and received. Therefore, we cannot accept any responsibility for the transmission path of the e-mails between the sender and receipt on our server.

Collection of access data and log files: We ourselves (or our web hosting provider) collect data for every access to the server (so-called server log files). The address and name of the retrieved websites and files, date and time of retrieval, amounts of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP Addresses and the requesting provider belong.

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

Types of data processed: Content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of processing: Contractual services and service.

Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Deployed services and service providers:

1&1 IONOS: Hosting platform for e-commerce / websites; Service provider: 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany; Website: https://www.ionos.de; Privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

Application process

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

In principle, the information required includes personal information such as name, address, a contact option and evidence of the qualifications required for a position. In response to inquiries, we will also be happy to provide you with information that is required.

If made available, applicants can send us their applications using an online form. The data is encrypted and transmitted to us in accordance with the state of the art. Applicants can also send us their applications via email. Please note, however, that emails on the Internet are generally not sent in encrypted form. As a rule, emails are encrypted while they are being transported, 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 receipt on our server.

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

Applicants are welcome to contact us about how to submit their application or to send us the application by post.

Processing of special categories of data: If, as part of the application process, special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severe disability status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from employment law and social security and social protection law and fulfil his or her obligations in this regard, their processing takes place in accordance with Art. 9 (2) lit. b. GDPR, in the case of protecting the vital interests of the applicants or other persons in accordance with Art. 9 (2) lit. c. GDPR or for the purposes of healthcare or occupational medicine, for assessing the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnostics, for care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector in accordance with Art. 9 (2) lit. h. GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR.

Deletion of data: In the event of a successful application, the data provided by applicants may be further processed by us for the purposes of the employment relationship. Otherwise, if the application for a job offer is not successful, the applicants' data will be deleted. Applicants' data will also be deleted if an application is withdrawn, which applicants are entitled to do at any time. Subject to a justified revocation by the applicant, deletion will take place no later than after a period of six months, so that we can answer any follow-up questions about the application and meet our obligations to provide evidence under the regulations on equal treatment of applicants. Invoices for any reimbursement of travel expenses will be archived in accordance with tax law requirements.

Inclusion in an applicant pool: Inclusion in an applicant pool, if offered, is based on consent. Applicants are informed that their consent to be included in the talent pool is voluntary, has no influence on the ongoing application process and that they can revoke their consent at any time for the future.

Types of data processed: Applicant data (e.g. personal details, postal and contact addresses, the documents relating to the application and the information contained therein, such as cover letters, CVs, certificates and other information about the person or qualifications provided voluntarily by applicants with regard to a specific position).

Persons concerned: applicants.

Purposes of processing: Application procedure (justification and possible subsequent implementation as well as possible subsequent termination of the employment relationship).

Legal basis: Art. 9 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR (application process as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship) (If, as part of the application process, special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 Para. 1 GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severe disability status or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from employment law and social security and social protection law and fulfil his or her obligations in this regard, their processing takes place in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. b. GDPR, in the case of the protection of the vital interests of the applicants or other persons in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. c. GDPR or for the purposes of healthcare or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee's ability to work, for medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. h. GDPR. In the case of a communication of special categories of data based on voluntary consent, their processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a. GDPR.).

Services used and service providers

Facebook Jobs: Service provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; website: https://www.facebook.com; privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active.

Monster: recruiting platform and services; service provider: Monster Worldwide Deutschland GmbH, Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 14, 65760 Eschborn, Germany; website: https://www.monster.de; privacy policy: https://www.monster.de/datenschutz/datenschutz/home.aspx.

Stepstone: recruiting platform and services; service provider: StepStone Deutschland GmbH, Völklinger Straße 1, 40219 Düsseldorf, Germany; website: https://www.stepstone.de; privacy policy: https://www.stepstone.de/Ueber-StepStone/Rechtliche-Hinweise/datenschutzerklaerung/.

Xing: Service provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany; Website: https://www.xing.com; Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

Cloud services

We use software services accessible via the Internet and running on the servers of their providers (so-called "cloud services", also referred to as "software as a service") for the following purposes: document storage and management, calendar management, e-mail sending, spreadsheets and presentations, exchange of documents, content and information with specific recipients or publication of web pages, forms or other content and information as well as chats and participation in audio and video conferences.

In this context, personal data can be processed and stored on the provider's servers, insofar as they are part of communication processes with us or otherwise processed by us, as set out in this data protection declaration. This data can include, in particular, master data and contact details of the users, data on transactions, contracts, other processes and their content. The cloud service providers also process usage data and metadata, which they use for security purposes and for service optimization.

If we use the cloud services to provide forms or other documents and content for other users or publicly accessible websites, the providers can place cookies on the users' devices for the purposes of web analysis or to change user settings (e.g. in the case of media control) remember, save.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask for consent to use cloud services, the legal basis for processing is consent. Furthermore, their use can be part of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use of cloud services was agreed within this framework. Otherwise, the user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (ie, interest in efficient and secure administration and collaboration processes).

Affected persons: customers, employees (e.g. employees, applicants, former employees), interested parties, communication partners.

Purposes of processing: office and organizational procedures.

Deployed services and service providers:

Dropbox: Cloud storage services; Service provider: Dropbox, Inc., 333 Brannan Street, San Francisco, California 94107, USA; Website: https://www.dropbox.com/de; Privacy Policy: https://www.dropbox.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnCLAA0&status=Active; Standard contractual clauses (guaranteeing data protection level when processing in third countries): https://www.dropbox.com/terms/business-agreement-2016.

Telekom Magentacloud: Cloud storage services; Service provider: Telekom Deutschland GmbH, Landgrabenweg 151, 53227 Bonn, Germany; Website: https://cloud.telekom-dienste.de/; Privacy policy: https://www.telekom.de/datenschutz-ganz-einfach.

Newsletter and Breitenkommunikation

We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications (hereinafter referred to as “newsletters”) only with the consent of the recipient or with legal permission. If the contents of the newsletter are specifically described when registering for the newsletter, they are decisive for the consent of the user. Incidentally, our newsletters contain information about our services and us.

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

Double opt-in procedure: Registration for our newsletter is always carried out using a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registration you will receive an email asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that no one can register using someone else's email address. Registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process in accordance with legal requirements. This includes storing the time of registration and confirmation as well as the IP address. Changes to your data stored by the shipping service provider are also logged.

Deletion and restriction of processing: We can store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete them in order to be able to prove that consent was previously given. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the previous existence of consent is confirmed at the same time. In the case of obligations to permanently observe objections, we reserve the right to store the email address in a blocking list (so-called "blacklist") for this purpose alone.

The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests for the purpose of proving its proper course. Insofar as we commission a service provider with the dispatch of e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure shipping system.

Notes on the legal basis: The newsletter is sent on the basis of the consent of the recipient or, if consent is not required, on the basis of our legitimate interests in direct marketing, if and to the extent that this is permitted by law, e.g. in the case of advertising for existing customers. If we commission a service provider to send emails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests. The registration process is recorded on the basis of our legitimate interests to demonstrate that it has been carried out in accordance with the law.

Content: Information about us, our services, promotions and offers.

Success measurement: The newsletters contain a so-called "web beacon", ie a pixel-sized file that is retrieved from our server when the newsletter is opened or, if we use a shipping service provider, from their server. As part of this retrieval, technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of retrieval, is initially collected.

This information is used to improve the technicality of our newsletter based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading habits, based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined using the IP address) or access times. This analysis also includes determining if the newsletters are opened, when they are opened, and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our goal nor, if used, that of the shipping service provider to observe individual users. The evaluations serve to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

The evaluation of the newsletter and the performance measurement are made, subject to the express consent of the users, on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system which serves both our business interests and the expectations of the users.

A separate revocation of the performance measurement is unfortunately not possible, in this case, the entire newsletter subscription must be terminated, or it must be contradicted.

Types of data processed: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).

Affected persons: communication partners.

Purposes of processing: direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Opt-out option: You can cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent or object to further receipt. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you can use one of the contact options listed above, preferably email.

Deployed services and service providers:

CleverReach: email marketing platform; service provider: CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede, Germany; website: https://www.cleverreach.com/de; privacy policy: https://www.cleverreach.com/de/datenschutz/.

Advertising communication via post or telephone

We process personal data for the purposes of advertising communication, which can take place via various channels, such as email, telephone or post. In this context, we observe the legal requirements and obtain the necessary consents if the communication is not permitted by law.

The recipients have the right to revoke their consent at any time or to object to advertising communication at any time.

After revocation or objection, we can store the data required to prove consent for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete them. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defense against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the previous consent is confirmed at the same time.

Types of data processed: inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).

Affected persons: communication partners.

Purposes of processing: direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Web analysis and optimization

The web analysis (also referred to as "reach measurement") is used to evaluate the visitor flows to our online offer and can include behavior, interests or demographic information about the visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of the range analysis, we can, for example, recognize at what time our online offer or its functions or content are used most often or invite you to reuse. We can also understand which areas need optimization.

In addition to the web analysis, we can also use test methods, for example, to test and optimize different versions of our online offer or its components.

For these purposes, so-called user profiles can be created and stored in a file (so-called "cookie") or similar processes can be used for the same purpose. This information can include, for example, the content viewed, websites visited and the elements and technical information used there, such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on usage times. If users have consented to their location data being collected, this can also be processed, depending on the provider.

It also stores the IP addresses of the users. However, we use an IP masking method (ie, pseudonymization by truncating the IP address) to protect users. In general, in the context of web analysis, A / B-testing and optimization, no clear data of users (such as e-mail addresses or names) are stored, 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 purposes of the respective procedures.

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

Types of data processed: usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

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/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies), visit action evaluation, profiling (creation of user profiles).

Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Deployed services and service providers:
Matomo: The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is only stored on our server and not passed on to third parties; Service provider: Web analysis/reach measurement in self-hosting; Deletion of data: The cookies are stored for a maximum of 13 months; Possibility of objection (opt-out): Users can object to the processing of their data by Matomo at any time with effect for the future by clicking on the link below. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie is stored in their browser, which means that Matomo no longer collects any session data. If users delete their cookies, however, this means that the opt-out cookie is also deleted and must therefore be reactivated by the users [MATOMO OPT-OUT-IFRAME].

Online marketing

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

For these purposes, so-called user profiles are created and stored in a file (so-called “cookie”) or similar processes are used, by means of which the user information relevant to the presentation of the aforementioned content is saved. This information may include 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. If users have consented to the collection of their location data, these can also be processed.

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

The information in the profiles is usually stored in the cookies or similar procedures. These cookies can later generally also on other websites that use the same online marketing method, read and analyzed for purposes of displaying content as well as be supplemented with other data and stored on the server of the online marketing process provider.

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

In principle, we only have access to summarized information about the success of our advertisements. However, in the context of so-called conversion measurements, we can examine which of our online marketing methods led to a so-called conversion, ie, for example, to a contract with us. The conversion measurement is used solely to analyze the success of our marketing efforts.

Unless otherwise stated, please assume that cookies used will be stored for a period of two years.

Types of data processed: usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

Affected persons: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services), interested parties.

Purposes of processing: Tracking (e.g. interest/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, visit action evaluation, interest-based and behavior-related marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles), conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures), reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).

Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).

Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Opt-out option: We refer to the data protection information of the respective providers and the opt-out options specified for the providers (so-called "opt-out"). If no explicit opt-out option has been specified, you can deactivate cookies in your browser settings. However, this may restrict functions of our online offering. We therefore also recommend the following opt-out options, which are offered in summary for the respective areas:

d) Cross-territory: http://optout.aboutads.info.
a) Europe: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu.
b) Canada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choices.
c) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choices.

Presence in social networks

We maintain online presence within social networks to communicate with or provide information about our users.

We point out that data of the users outside the area of the European Union can be processed. This can result in risks for the users, because for example the enforcement of the rights of the users could be made more difficult. With respect to US providers that are certified under the Privacy Shield or offer comparable guarantees of a secure level of data protection, we point out that they are committed to respecting EU privacy standards.

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

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

Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we point out that these can be claimed most effectively from the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can directly take appropriate measures and provide information. If you still need help, then you can contact us.

Affected persons: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Purposes of processing: contact requests and communication, tracking (e.g. interest-/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).

Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Deployed services and service providers:

Instagram: social network; service provider: Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA; website: https://www.instagram.com; privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.

Facebook: social network; service provider: Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, parent company: Facebook, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; website: https://www.facebook.com; data protection declaration: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active; possibility of objection (opt-out): settings for advertisements: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads; Additional information on data protection: Agreement on joint processing of personal data on Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum, Data protection information for Facebook pages: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.

LinkedIn: Social network; service provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; website: https://www.linkedin.com; privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0&status=Active; possibility of objection (opt-out): https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Twitter: Social network; service provider: Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy, (settings) https://twitter.com/personalization; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO&status=Active.

YouTube: Social network; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; possibility of objection (opt-out): https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Xing: Social network; Service provider: XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany; Website: https://www.xing.de; Privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

Plugins and embedded functions as well as content surveys

We include functional and content elements in our online offering that are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers"). This can be, for example, graphics, videos or social media buttons as well as contributions (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").

The integration always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the user, since without the IP address they would not be able to send the content to their browser. The IP address is therefore required for the display of this content or functions. We strive to only use content whose respective providers only use the IP address to deliver the content. Third-party providers can also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information can also be stored in cookies on the user's device and contain, among other things, technical information on the browser and operating system, the websites to be referred to, the time of visit and other information on the use of our online offer, as well as being linked to information from other sources.

Integration of third-party software, scripts or frameworks (e.g. jQuery): We integrate software into our online offer that we call up from the servers of other providers (e.g. function libraries that we use for the purpose of displaying or user-friendliness of our online offer). The respective providers collect the IP address of the user and can process this for the purpose of transmitting the software to the user's browser and for security purposes, as well as for the evaluation and optimization of their offer.

Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos).

Affected persons: users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services), communication partners.

Purposes of processing: Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness, contractual services and service, security measures, administration and response to inquiries, contact requests and communication, direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post), tracking (e.g. interest/behavior-related profiling, use of cookies), interest-based and behavior-related marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles).

Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. GDPR), consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR), contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. GDPR).

Deployed services and service providers:

Google Maps: We integrate the maps of the “Google Maps” service provided by Google. The data processed may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users, which are not collected without their consent (usually as part of the settings on their mobile devices). Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://maps.google.de; Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TRkEAAW&status=Active; Opt-out option: Opt-out plug-in: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

OpenStreetMap: We integrate the maps of the “OpenStreetMap” service, which are offered by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) on the basis of the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL). User data is used by OpenStreetMap exclusively for the purposes of displaying the map functions and for temporarily storing the selected settings. This data may include, in particular, users’ IP addresses and location data, which, however, are not collected without their consent (usually carried out as part of the settings on their mobile devices). Service provider: OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF); Website: https://www.openstreetmap.de; Privacy policy: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

ReCaptcha: We integrate the "ReCaptcha" function to detect bots, e.g. when entering data in online forms. User behavioral information (e.g. mouse movements or queries) is evaluated in order to be able to distinguish humans from bots. Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/; Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TRkEAAW&status=Active; Opt-out option: Opt-out plug-in: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

YouTube: Videos; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://www.youtube.com; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Privacy Shield (guaranteeing data protection level when processing data in the USA): https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active; Possibility of objection (opt-out): Opt-out plug-in: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of advertisements: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Vimeo: Video platform; Service provider: Vimeo Inc., Attention: Legal Department, 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA; Website: https://vimeo.com; Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy; Opt-out option: We would like to point out that Vimeo may use Google Analytics and refer to the privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and the opt-out options for Google Analytics (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) or Google's settings for data usage for marketing purposes (https://adssettings.google.com/).

Planning, organization and support tools

We use services, platforms and software from other providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers") for the purposes of organisation, administration, planning and the provision of our services. When selecting third-party providers and their services, we observe the legal requirements.

In this context, personal data can be processed and stored on the servers of third-party providers. This can affect various data that we process in accordance with this data protection declaration. This data can include, in particular, master data and contact details of the users, data on transactions, contracts, other processes and their content.

If users are referred to the third-party providers or their software or platforms in the context of communication, business or other relationships with us, the third-party providers can process usage data and metadata for security purposes, for service optimization or for marketing purposes. We therefore ask you to observe the data protection information of the respective third party provider.

Notes on legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to use third-party providers, the legal basis for processing data is consent. Furthermore, their use can be a component of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use of third-party providers was agreed within this framework. Otherwise, users' data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient, economical and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to draw your attention to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

Affected persons: communication partners, users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

Deletion of data

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements, as soon as their consent for processing is revoked or other authorizations cease to exist (eg, if the purpose of the processing of this data has ceased or they are not necessary for the purpose).

Unless the data is deleted because it is necessary for other and legitimate purposes, its processing is limited to these purposes. That is, the data is locked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be kept for commercial or tax reasons or whose storage is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person.

Further information on the deletion of personal data may also be provided in the context of the individual data protection notices of this privacy policy.

Modification and update of the privacy policy

We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy. We will adjust the Privacy Policy as soon as the changes to the data processing we make require it. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your participation (eg consent) or other individual notification.

Sofern wir in dieser Datenschutzerklärung Adressen und Kontaktinformationen von Unternehmen und Organization in angeben, bitten wir zu beachten, dass die Adressen sich über die Zeit ändern können und bitten die Angaben vor Kontaktaufnahme zu prüfen.

Rights of data subjects

As the data subject, you have various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Articles 15 to 18 and 21 GDPR:

Right to object: You have the right at any time, for reasons that arise from your particular situation, against the processing of personal data relating to you, which pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f DSGVO takes an objection; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data relating to you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct mail.

Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.

Right to information: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question is being processed and to request information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with legal requirements.

Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to request that the data concerning you be completed or that inaccurate data concerning you be rectified.

Right to erasure and restriction of processing: You have the right, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to demand that data concerning you be erased immediately or, alternatively, to demand that the processing of the data be restricted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the data that you have provided to us in accordance with the legal requirements in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another person responsible.

Complaint to the supervisory authority: You also have the right, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR.

Regulatory authority responsible for us:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg, Königstraße 10a, 70173 Stuttgart

Status: November 28, 2019

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