Privacy policy

Introduction

With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about what types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as ‘data’) we process, for what purposes and to what extent. The privacy policy applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both in the context of the provision of our services and in particular on our websites, mobile, as well as within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘online offer’).

The terms used are not gender-specific.

Status: 05.12.2023

Table of contents

Person responsible

PAPURA OG
Innstraße 7
6500 Landeck
Austria

Email: hallo@paluxa.at

Imprint https://paluxa.at/en/impressum/

Contact data protection officer

Daniel Petter / PAPURA OG
Innstraße 7
6500 Landeck
Austria

Email: daniel.petter@paluxa.at

Overview of processing operations

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

Types of data processed
  • Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses)
  • Content data (e.g. entries in online forms)
  • 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)
  • Location data (information on the geographical position of a device or person)
  • Contract data (e.g. subject matter of the contract, term, customer category)
  • Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history)
Categories of data subjects
  • Business and contractual partners
  • interested parties
  • communication partners
  • customers
  • Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services)
Purposes of the processing
  • Provision of our online offer and user-friendliness
  • Visitor action evaluation
  • Office and organisational procedures
  • Cross-device tracking (cross-device processing of user data for marketing purposes)
  • Direct marketing (e.g. by email or post)
  • Interest-based and behavioural marketing
  • Contact enquiries and communication
  • Conversion measurement (measuring the effectiveness of marketing measures)
  • Profiling (creation of user profiles)
  • remarketing
  • Reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors)
  • Security measures
  • Tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies)
  • Provision of contractual services and customer service
  • Managing and responding to enquiries
  • Target group formation (determination of target groups relevant for marketing purposes or other output of content)

Relevant legal bases

In the following, we provide the legal bases of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, the national data protection regulations in your or our country of residence and domicile may apply. Should more specific legal bases also apply in individual cases, we will inform you of these in the privacy policy.

  • Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR) - The data subject has given their consent to the processing of their personal data for a specific purpose or several specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c. GDPR) - Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller 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.

Security measures

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

The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, disclosure, safeguarding availability and separation of the data. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and responses to data threats. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.

SSL encryption (https):

We use SSL encryption to protect your data transmitted via our online offering. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address bar of your browser.

Transfer and disclosure of personal data

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

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if the processing takes place in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies or companies, this will only take place in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transfer, we only process or have the data processed in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, contractual obligation through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, in the presence 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).

As part of the so-called “Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework” (TADPF), the EU Commission has also recognized the level of data protection for certain companies from the USA. The list of certified companies as well as further information on the TADPF can be found on the website of the US Department of Commerce at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ Information in German and other languages can be found on the website of the EU Commission: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/eu-us-data-transfers_de. We also inform you about the companies we use that are certified under the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files or other storage notes that store information on end devices and read information from the end devices. For example, to store the login status in a user account, the contents of a shopping cart in an e-shop, the content accessed or the functions used in an online offering. Cookies can also be used for various purposes, e.g. to ensure the functionality, security and convenience of online services and to analyze visitor flows.

Notes on consent:

We use cookies in accordance with the statutory provisions. We therefore obtain prior consent from users, unless this is not required by law. In particular, consent is not required if the storage and reading of information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary in order to provide the user with a telemedia service expressly requested by them (i.e. our online offering). The revocable consent is clearly communicated to the users and contains the information on the respective cookie use.

Information on the legal basis for data protection:

The legal basis under data protection law on which we process users' personal data with the help of cookies depends on whether we ask users for their consent. If users give their consent, the legal basis for processing their data is the consent given. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in the business operation of our online offering and improving its usability) or, if this is done in the context of fulfilling our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations. We explain the purposes for which we process cookies in the course of this privacy policy or as part of our consent and processing procedures.

Storage period:

A distinction is made between the following types of cookies with regard to storage duration:

  • Temporary cookies (also: session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online service and closed their end device (e.g. browser or mobile application).
  • Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the end device is closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. The user data collected with the help of cookies can also be used to measure reach. If we do not provide users with explicit information on the type and storage duration of cookies (e.g. when obtaining consent), users should assume that cookies are permanent and can be stored for up to two years.
General information on revocation and objection (opt-out):

Abhängig davon, ob die Verarbeitung auf Grundlage einer Einwilligung oder gesetzlichen Erlaubnis erfolgt, haben Sie jederzeit die Möglichkeit, eine erteilte Einwilligung zu widerrufen oder der Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten durch Cookie-Technologien zu widersprechen (zusammenfassend als „Opt-Out“ bezeichnet). Sie können Ihren Widerspruch zunächst mittels der Einstellungen Ihres Browsers erklären, z.B., indem Sie die Nutzung von Cookies deaktivieren (wobei hierdurch auch die Funktionsfähigkeit unseres Onlineangebotes eingeschränkt werden kann). Ein Widerspruch gegen den Einsatz von Cookies zu Zwecken des Onlinemarketings kann auch mittels einer Vielzahl von Diensten, vor allem im Fall des Trackings, über die Webseiten https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/ . You can also obtain further information on how to object in the context of the information on the service providers and cookies used.

Processing of cookie data on the basis of consent:

We use a cookie consent management procedure in which the consent of users to the use of cookies or the processing and providers mentioned in the cookie consent management procedure can be obtained, managed and revoked by users. The declaration of consent is stored so that it does not have to be requested again and the consent can be proven in accordance with the legal obligation. Consent can be stored on the server and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie or with the help of comparable technologies) in order to be able to assign the consent to a user or their device. Subject to individual information on the providers of cookie management services, the following information applies: Consent may be stored for up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is created and stored with the time of consent, information on the scope of consent (e.g. which categories of cookies and/or service providers) as well as the browser, system and end device used.

Commercial and business services

Wir verarbeiten Daten unserer Vertrags- und Geschäftspartner, z.B. Kunden und Interessenten (zusammenfassend bezeichnet als „Vertragspartner“) im Rahmen von vertraglichen und vergleichbaren Rechtsverhältnissen sowie damit verbundenen Maßnahmen und im Rahmen der Kommunikation mit den Vertragspartnern (oder vorvertraglich), z.B., um Anfragen zu beantworten.

We process this data to fulfil our contractual obligations, to safeguard our rights and for the purposes of the administrative tasks associated with this information as well as for business organization. We only pass on the data of contractual partners to third parties within the framework of the applicable law insofar as this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations or with the consent of the persons concerned (e.g. to participating telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). The contractual partners will be informed about other forms of processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, as part of this privacy policy.

We inform the contractual partners which data is required for the aforementioned purposes before or during data collection, e.g. in online forms, by means of special marking (e.g. colors) or symbols (e.g. asterisks or similar), or personally.

We delete the data after the expiry of statutory warranty and comparable obligations, i.e. generally after 4 years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, e.g. as long as it must be retained for legal archiving reasons (e.g. for tax purposes, generally 10 years). We delete data disclosed to us by the contractual partner as part of an order in accordance with the specifications of the order, generally after the end of the order.

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

Customer account:

Vertragspartner können innerhalb unseres Onlineangebotes ein Konto anlegen (z.B. Kunden- bzw. Nutzerkonto, kurz „Kundenkonto“). Falls die Registrierung eines Kundenkontos erforderlich ist, werden Vertragspartner hierauf ebenso hingewiesen wie auf die für die Registrierung erforderlichen Angaben. Die Kundenkonten sind nicht öffentlich und können von Suchmaschinen nicht indexiert werden. Im Rahmen der Registrierung sowie anschließender Anmeldungen und Nutzungen des Kundenkontos speichern wir die IP-Adressen der Kunden nebst den Zugriffszeitpunkten, um die Registrierung nachweisen und etwaigem Missbrauch des Kundenkontos vorbeugen zu können.

If customers have terminated their customer account, the data relating to the customer account will be deleted, unless their retention is required for legal reasons. It is the customer's responsibility to back up their data when the customer account is terminated.

Economic analyses and market research:

For business reasons and in order to be able to identify market trends, wishes of contractual partners and users, we analyze the data available to us on business transactions, contracts, inquiries, etc., whereby the group of data subjects may include contractual partners, interested parties, customers, visitors and users of our online offering.

The analyses are carried out for the purpose of business evaluations, marketing and market research (e.g. to determine customer groups with different characteristics). If available, we may take into account the profiles of registered users, including their details, e.g. on services used. The analyses are used solely by us and are not disclosed externally, unless they are anonymous analyses with summarized, i.e. anonymized values. Furthermore, we take the privacy of users into consideration and process the data for analysis purposes as pseudonymously as possible and, where feasible, 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. If necessary for the execution of an order, we use service providers, in particular postal, forwarding and shipping companies, to carry out the delivery or execution for our customers. We use the services of banks and payment service providers to process payment transactions. The required information is marked as such in 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 be able to hold any consultations.

  • Processed data types: 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. contract object, duration, customer category), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Data subjects: Interested parties, business and contractual partners, customers.
  • Purposes of Processing: Provision of contractual services and customer support, contact requests and communication, Office and organizational procedures, Managing and responding to inquiries, Security measures, Conversion tracking, Interest-based and behavioral marketing, Profiling (Creating user profiles).
  • Legal basis: Performance of a contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).

Payment service providers

Im Rahmen von Vertrags- und sonstigen Rechtsbeziehungen, aufgrund gesetzlicher Pflichten oder sonst auf Grundlage unserer berechtigten Interessen bieten wir den betroffenen Personen effiziente und sichere Zahlungsmöglichkeiten an und setzen hierzu neben Banken und Kreditinstituten weitere Zahlungsdienstleister ein (zusammenfassend „Zahlungsdienstleister“).

The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data, such as the name and address, bank data, such as account numbers or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as contract, total and recipient-related information. The information is required to carry out the transactions. However, the data entered is only processed by the payment service providers and stored by them. This means that we do not receive any account or credit card-related information, but only information with confirmation or negative information about the payment. Under certain circumstances, the data may be transmitted by the payment service providers to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness. Please refer to the payment service providers' terms and conditions and data protection information.

Payment transactions are subject to the terms and conditions and the data protection notices of the respective payment service providers, which can be accessed on the respective websites or transaction applications. We also refer to these for further information and the assertion of rights of revocation, information and other rights of data subjects.

  • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history), 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).
  • Data subjects: Customers, interested parties.
  • Purposes of Processing: Provision of contractual services and customer service.
  • Legal basis: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).
Services used and service providers:

Provision of the online offer and web hosting

In order to provide our online offering securely and efficiently, we use the services of one or more web hosting providers from whose servers (or servers managed by them) the online offering can be accessed. For these purposes, we may use infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services as well as security services and technical maintenance services.

The data processed in the context of providing the hosting service may include all information relating to the users of our online service that is generated in the context of use and communication. This regularly includes the IP address, which is necessary in order to be able to deliver the content of online offers to browsers, and all entries made within our online offer or from websites.

E-mail dispatch and hosting:

The web hosting services we use also include sending, receiving and storing e-mails. For these purposes, the addresses of the recipients and senders as well as other information relating to the sending of e-mails (e.g. the providers involved) and the content of the respective e-mails are processed. The aforementioned data may also be processed for the purpose of detecting SPAM. Please note that e-mails on the Internet are generally not sent in encrypted form. As a rule, emails are encrypted in transit, but not on the servers from which they are sent and received (unless an end-to-end encryption method is used). We can therefore accept no responsibility for the transmission path of 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 on every access to the server (so-called server log files). The server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, date and time of access, data volumes transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider.

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

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

Making contact

When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the data of the inquiring persons are processed insofar as this is necessary to answer the contact inquiries and any requested measures.

The response to contact requests in the context of contractual or pre-contractual relationships is carried out to fulfill our contractual obligations or to respond to (pre)contractual inquiries and otherwise on the basis of the legitimate interests in responding to the inquiries.

  • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Content data (e.g. entries in online forms), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Data subjects: Communication partners, interested parties.
  • Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication, managing and responding to requests.
  • Legal basis: Contract fulfillment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).
Services used and service providers:
  • Contact form: If users contact us via our contact form, email or other communication channels, we process the data provided to us in this context to process the communicated request. For this purpose, we process personal data in the context of pre-contractual and contractual business relationships, insofar as this is necessary for their fulfillment and otherwise on the basis of our legitimate interests as well as the interests of the communication partners in responding to the concerns and our statutory retention obligations.

Newsletter and electronic notifications

Wir versenden Newsletter, E-Mails und weitere elektronische Benachrichtigungen (nachfolgend „Newsletter“) nur mit der Einwilligung der Empfänger oder einer gesetzlichen Erlaubnis. Sofern im Rahmen einer Anmeldung zum Newsletter dessen Inhalte konkret umschrieben werden, sind sie für die Einwilligung der Nutzer maßgeblich. Im Übrigen enthalten unsere Newsletter Informationen zu unseren Leistungen und uns.

To subscribe to our newsletters, it is generally sufficient to provide your e-mail address. However, we may ask you to provide a name so that we can address you personally in the newsletter, or other information if this is necessary for the purposes of the newsletter.

Double opt-in procedure:

Registration for our newsletter is always carried out in a so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that after registering, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with other people's e-mail addresses. Subscriptions to 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 mailing service provider are also logged.

Deletion and restriction of processing:

Wir können die ausgetragenen E-Mail-Adressen bis zu drei Jahren auf Grundlage unserer berechtigten Interessen speichern, bevor wir sie löschen, um eine ehemals gegebene Einwilligung nachweisen zu können. Die Verarbeitung dieser Daten wird auf den Zweck einer möglichen Abwehr von Ansprüchen beschränkt. Ein individueller Löschungsantrag ist jederzeit möglich, sofern zugleich das ehemalige Bestehen einer Einwilligung bestätigt wird. Im Fall von Pflichten zur dauerhaften Beachtung von Widersprüchen behalten wir uns die Speicherung der E-Mail-Adresse allein zu diesem Zweck in einer Sperrliste (sogenannte „Blacklist“) vor.

The registration process is logged on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of verifying that it is carried out properly. If we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure dispatch system.

Notes on legal bases:

Newsletters are sent on the basis of the recipient's consent or, if consent is not required, on the basis of our legitimate interests in direct marketing, if and insofar as this is permitted by law, e.g. in the case of advertising to existing customers. If we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests. The registration process is recorded on the basis of our legitimate interests in order to prove that it has been carried out in accordance with the law.

Contents:

Information about us, our services, campaigns and offers.

Analysis and performance measurement:

Die Newsletter enthalten einen sogenannte „web-beacon“, d.h., eine pixelgroße Datei, die beim Öffnen des Newsletters von unserem Server, bzw., sofern wir einen Versanddienstleister einsetzen, von dessen Server abgerufen wird. Im Rahmen dieses Abrufs werden zunächst technische Informationen, wie Informationen zum Browser und Ihrem System, als auch Ihre IP-Adresse und der Zeitpunkt des Abrufs, erhoben.

This information is used for the technical improvement of our newsletter based on the technical data or the target groups and their reading behaviour based on their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or the access times. This analysis also includes determining whether the newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our endeavour nor, if used, that of the mailing service provider to observe individual users. Rather, we use the analyses to recognise 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.

Subject to the express consent of users, the newsletter is analysed and its success measured on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purposes of using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves both our business interests and the expectations of users.

A separate cancellation of the performance measurement is unfortunately not possible, in which case the entire newsletter subscription must be cancelled or objected to.

  • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. email, telephone numbers), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times).
  • Data subjects: Communication partners.
  • Purposes of Processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by email or post).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).
  • Possibility of objection (opt-out): You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent or object to further receipt. You will find a link to unsubscribe from the newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you can use one of the contact options listed above, preferably email.
Services used and service providers:
  • MailPoet: We send all our emails and newsletters via our hosting provider with a server location in Germany. We use MailPoet - an email marketing platform - for the layout and statistics collection of our newsletter; the service provider is the American company Automattic Inc, 60 29th Street #343, San Francisco, CA 94110 USA; website: https://www.mailpoet.com/; Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Web analysis, monitoring and optimisation

Die Webanalyse (auch als „Reichweitenmessung“ bezeichnet) dient der Auswertung der Besucherströme unseres Onlineangebotes und kann Verhalten, Interessen oder demographische Informationen zu den Besuchern, wie z.B. das Alter oder das Geschlecht, als pseudonyme Werte umfassen. Mit Hilfe der Reichweitenanalyse können wir z.B. erkennen, zu welcher Zeit unser Onlineangebot oder dessen Funktionen oder Inhalte am häufigsten genutzt werden oder zur Wiederverwendung einladen. Ebenso können wir nachvollziehen, welche Bereiche der Optimierung bedürfen.

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

Zu diesen Zwecken können sogenannte Nutzerprofile angelegt und in einer Datei (sogenannte „Cookie“) gespeichert oder ähnliche Verfahren mit dem gleichen Zweck genutzt werden. Zu diesen Angaben können z.B. betrachtete Inhalte, besuchte Webseiten und dort genutzte Elemente und technische Angaben, wie der verwendete Browser, das verwendete Computersystem sowie Angaben zu Nutzungszeiten gehören. Sofern Nutzer in die Erhebung ihrer Standortdaten eingewilligt haben, können je nach Anbieter auch diese verarbeitet werden.

The IP addresses of users are also collected. However, we use an IP masking procedure (i.e. pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (such as e-mail addresses or names) is stored for web analysis, A/B testing and optimisation purposes, but pseudonyms. This means that neither we nor the providers of the software used know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purposes of the respective processes.

Notes on legal bases:

If we ask users for their consent to the use of third-party providers, the legal basis for the processing of data is consent. Otherwise, user 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 privacy policy.

  • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of Processing: Reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies), visitor action evaluation, profiling (creation of user profiles).
  • Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).
Services used and service providers:
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to measure and analyse the use of our online offering on the basis of a pseudonymous user identification number. This identification number does not contain any unique data, such as names or e-mail addresses. It is used to assign analysis information to an end device in order to recognise which content users have called up within one or more usage processes, which search terms they have used, which they have called up again or which they have interacted with our online offering. The time of use and its duration are also stored, as well as the sources of the users who refer to our online offering and technical aspects of their end devices and browsers. Pseudonymous profiles of users are created with information from the use of various devices, whereby cookies can be used. Analytics provides higher-level geographic location data by collecting the following metadata from IP searches: ‘city’ (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), ‘continent’, ‘country’, ‘region’, ‘subcontinent’ (and the ID-based equivalents). To ensure the protection of user data in the EU, Google receives and processes all user data via domains and servers within the EU. The IP address of users is not logged and is shortened by the last two digits by default. The IP address is shortened on EU servers for EU users. In addition, all sensitive data collected from users in the EU is deleted before it is collected via EU domains and servers; service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Order processing contract: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; Standard contractual clauses (guaranteeing the level of data protection for processing in third countries): https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms; Possibility of objection (opt-out): Opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of adverts: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated; Further information: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices (Types of processing and data processed).
  • Google Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager is a solution with which we can manage so-called website tags via an interface and thus integrate other services into our online offering (please refer to further information in this privacy policy). The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) therefore does not create user profiles or store cookies, for example. Google only learns the IP address of the user, which is necessary to run the Google Tag Manager; 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://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Order processing contract:
    https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms; Standard contractual clauses (guaranteeing the level of data protection for processing in third countries): https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms; Further information: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices (Types of processing and data processed)

Online marketing

Wir verarbeiten personenbezogene Daten zu Zwecken des Onlinemarketings, worunter insbesondere die Vermarktung von Werbeflächen oder Darstellung von werbenden und sonstigen Inhalten (zusammenfassend als „Inhalte“ bezeichnet) anhand potentieller Interessen der Nutzer sowie die Messung ihrer Effektivität fallen kann.

Zu diesen Zwecken werden sogenannte Nutzerprofile angelegt und in einer Datei (sogenannte „Cookie“) gespeichert oder ähnliche Verfahren genutzt, mittels derer die für die Darstellung der vorgenannten Inhalte relevante Angaben zum Nutzer gespeichert werden. Zu diesen Angaben können z.B. betrachtete Inhalte, besuchte Webseiten, genutzte Onlinenetzwerke, aber auch Kommunikationspartner und technische Angaben, wie der verwendete Browser, das verwendete Computersystem sowie Angaben zu Nutzungszeiten gehören. Sofern Nutzer in die Erhebung ihrer Standortdaten eingewilligt haben, können auch diese verarbeitet werden.

The IP addresses of users are also collected. However, we use available IP masking procedures (i.e. pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear user data (such as e-mail addresses or names) is stored as part of the online marketing process, but pseudonyms. This means that neither we nor the providers of the online marketing procedures know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles.

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

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

In principle, we only receive access to summarised information about the success of our advertisements. However, as part of so-called conversion measurements, we can check which of our online marketing processes have led to a so-called conversion, i.e., for example, to the conclusion of a contract with us. The conversion measurement is used solely to analyse the success of our marketing measures.

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

Notes on legal bases:

If we ask users for their consent to the use of third-party providers, the legal basis for the processing of data is consent. Otherwise, user 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 privacy policy.

  • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), location data (information on the geographical position of a device or person).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services), interested parties.
  • Purposes of Processing: Tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, visitor action evaluation, interest-based and behavioural marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles), conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures), reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), target group formation (determination of target groups relevant for marketing purposes or other output of content), cross-device tracking (cross-device processing of user data for marketing purposes).
  • Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).
  • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).
  • Possibility of objection (opt-out): Wir verweisen auf die Datenschutzhinweise der jeweiligen Anbieter und die zu den Anbietern angegebenen Widerspruchsmöglichkeiten (sog. „Opt-Out“). Sofern keine explizite Opt-Out-Möglichkeit angegeben wurde, besteht zum einen die Möglichkeit, dass Sie Cookies in den Einstellungen Ihres Browsers abschalten. Hierdurch können jedoch Funktionen unseres Onlineangebotes eingeschränkt werden. Wir empfehlen daher zusätzlich die folgenden Opt-Out-Möglichkeiten, die zusammenfassend auf jeweilige Gebiete gerichtet angeboten werden: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Services used and service providers:
  • Facebook pixel and target group formation (custom audiences): Mit Hilfe des Facebook-Pixels (oder vergleichbarer Funktionen, zur Übermittlung von Event-Daten oder Kontaktinformationen mittels von Schnittstellen in Apps) ist es Facebook zum einen möglich, die Besucher unseres Onlineangebotes als Zielgruppe für die Darstellung von Anzeigen (sogenannte „Facebook-Ads“) zu bestimmen. Dementsprechend setzen wir das Facebook-Pixel ein, um die durch uns geschalteten Facebook-Ads nur solchen Nutzern bei Facebook und innerhalb der Dienste der mit Facebook kooperierenden Partner (so genanntes „Audience Network“ https://www.facebook.com/audiencenetwork/) anzuzeigen, die auch ein Interesse an unserem Onlineangebot gezeigt haben oder die bestimmte Merkmale (z.B. Interesse an bestimmten Themen oder Produkten, die anhand der besuchten Webseiten ersichtlich werden) aufweisen, die wir an Facebook übermitteln (sogenannte „Custom Audiences“). Mit Hilfe des Facebook-Pixels möchten wir auch sicherstellen, dass unsere Facebook-Ads dem potentiellen Interesse der Nutzer entsprechen und nicht belästigend wirken. Mit Hilfe des Facebook-Pixels können wir ferner die Wirksamkeit der Facebook-Werbeanzeigen für statistische und Marktforschungszwecke nachvollziehen, indem wir sehen, ob Nutzer nach dem Klick auf eine Facebook-Werbeanzeige auf unsere Webseite weitergeleitet wurden (sogenannte „Konversionsmessung“).
    Dienstanbieter: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland; Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Standardvertragsklauseln (Gewährleistung Datenschutzniveau bei Verarbeitung in Drittländern): Es gilt der „Facebook-EU-Datenübermittlungszusatz“ (https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum) im Fall der Auftragsverarbeitung durch Facebook als Grundlage der Verarbeitung von Event-Daten von EU-Bürgern in den USA und die Einbeziehung in den „Plattform-Nutzungsbedingungen von Facebook“ (https://developers.facebook.com/terms) im Hinblick auf die eigenverantwortliche Verarbeitung von Eventdaten von Facebook im Rahmen der Anzeigenschaltung; Weitere Informationen: Es gelten die „Datenverarbeitungsbedingungen“ (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing/update) im Hinblick auf Eventdaten, die Facebook im Auftrag verarbeitet, um Unternehmen Berichte und Analysen bereitzustellen; Ferner gilt der „Zusatz für Verantwortliche“ als Vereinbarung über gemeinsame Verantwortlichkeit (Art. 26 Abs. 1 S. 3 DSGVO), die im Fall der eigenverantwortlichen Verarbeitung von Event-Daten durch Facebook zu Zwecken des Targetings sowie Verbesserung und Sicherung der Facebook-Produkte, maßgeblich ist.
  • Google Ad Manager: Wir nutzen die „Google Marketing Platform“ (und Dienste wie z.B. „Google Ad Manager“), um Anzeigen im Google-Werbe-Netzwerk zu platzieren (z.B., in Suchergebnissen, in Videos, auf Webseiten, etc.). Die Google Marketing Platform zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass Anzeigen in Echtzeit anhand mutmaßlicher Interessen der Nutzer angezeigt werden. Dies erlaubt uns Anzeigen für und innerhalb unseres Onlineangebotes gezielter anzuzeigen, um Nutzern nur Anzeigen zu präsentieren, die potentiell deren Interessen entsprechen. Falls einem Nutzer z.B. Anzeigen für Produkte angezeigt werden, für die er sich auf anderen Onlineangeboten interessiert hat, spricht man hierbei vom „Remarketing“. Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices; Data processing conditions for Google advertising products: Information on the services Data processing terms between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms; If Google acts as a processor, data processing conditions for Google advertising products and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms.
  • Google Ads and conversion measurement: Wir nutzen das Onlinemarketingverfahren „Google Ads“, um Anzeigen im Google-Werbe-Netzwerk zu platzieren (z.B., in Suchergebnissen, in Videos, auf Webseiten, etc.), damit sie Nutzern angezeigt werden, die ein mutmaßliches Interesse an den Anzeigen haben (sog. „Konversion“). Ferner messen wir die Konversion der Anzeigen. Wir erfahren jedoch nur die anonyme Gesamtanzahl der Nutzer, die auf unsere Anzeige geklickt haben und zu einer mit einem sog „Conversion-Tracking-Tag“ versehenen Seite weitergeleitet wurden. Wir selbst erhalten jedoch keine Informationen, mit denen sich Nutzer identifizieren lassen. Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Mutterunternehmen: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Further information: Types of processing and data processed: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/adsservices; Data processing conditions for Google advertising products: Information on the services Data processing terms between controllers and standard contractual clauses for third country transfers of data: https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.

Presence in social networks (social media)

We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us.

We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This may result in risks for users because, for example, it could make it more difficult to enforce users' rights.

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

For a detailed description of the respective forms of processing and the opt-out options, please refer to the privacy policies and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

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

  • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), Contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), Content data (e.g. entries in online forms), Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
  • Purposes of Processing: Contact requests and communication, tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, reach measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR).
Services used and service providers:

Plugins and embedded functions and content

Wir binden in unser Onlineangebot Funktions- und Inhaltselemente ein, die von den Servern ihrer jeweiligen Anbieter (nachfolgend bezeichnet als „Drittanbieter”) bezogen werden. Dabei kann es sich zum Beispiel um Grafiken, Videos oder Social-Media-Schaltflächen sowie Beiträge handeln (nachfolgend einheitlich bezeichnet als „Inhalte”).

Die Einbindung setzt immer voraus, dass die Drittanbieter dieser Inhalte die IP-Adresse der Nutzer verarbeiten, da sie ohne die IP-Adresse die Inhalte nicht an deren Browser senden könnten. Die IP-Adresse ist damit für die Darstellung dieser Inhalte oder Funktionen erforderlich. Wir bemühen uns, nur solche Inhalte zu verwenden, deren jeweilige Anbieter die IP-Adresse lediglich zur Auslieferung der Inhalte verwenden. Drittanbieter können ferner sogenannte Pixel-Tags (unsichtbare Grafiken, auch als „Web Beacons“ bezeichnet) für statistische oder Marketingzwecke verwenden. Durch die „Pixel-Tags“ können Informationen, wie der Besucherverkehr auf den Seiten dieser Webseite, ausgewertet werden. Die pseudonymen Informationen können ferner in Cookies auf dem Gerät der Nutzer gespeichert werden und unter anderem technische Informationen zum Browser und zum Betriebssystem, zu verweisenden Webseiten, zur Besuchszeit sowie weitere Angaben zur Nutzung unseres Onlineangebotes enthalten als auch mit solchen Informationen aus anderen Quellen verbunden werden.

Notes on legal bases:

If we ask users for their consent to the use of third-party providers, the legal basis for the processing of data is consent. Otherwise, user 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 privacy policy.

  • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), location data (information on the geographical position of a device or person), content data (e.g. entries in online forms), inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).
  • Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services), communication partners.
  • Purposes of Processing: Provision of our online services and user-friendliness, Provision of contractual services and customer support, Contact requests and communication, Tracking (e.g. interest/behavioral profiling, use of cookies), Interest-based and behavioral marketing, Profiling (Creating user profiles), Security measures, Managing and responding to inquiries.
  • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. GDPR), consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a. GDPR), fulfillment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. GDPR).
Services used and service providers:
  • Facebook plugins and content: Facebook social plugins and content - This may include, for example, content such as images, videos or text and buttons with which users can share content from this online offering within Facebook. The list and appearance of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/ – Wir sind gemeinsam mitMeta Platforms Ireland Limited für die Erhebung oder den Erhalt im Rahmen einer Übermittlung (jedoch nicht die weitere Verarbeitung) von „Event-Daten“, die Facebook mittels der Facebook-Social-Plugins (und Einbettungsfunktionen für Inhalte), die auf unserem Onlineangebot ausgeführt werden, erhebt oder im Rahmen einer Übermittlung zu folgenden Zwecken erhält, gemeinsam verantwortlich: a) Anzeige von Inhalten sowie Werbeinformationen, die den mutmaßlichen Interessen der Nutzer entsprechen; b) Zustellung kommerzieller und transaktionsbezogener Nachrichten (z. B. Ansprache von Nutzern via Facebook-Messenger); c) Verbesserung der Anzeigenauslieferung und Personalisierung von Funktionen und Inhalten (z. B. Verbesserung der Erkennung, welche Inhalte oder Werbeinformationen mutmaßlich den Interessen der Nutzer entsprechen). Wir haben mit Facebook eine spezielle Vereinbarung abgeschlossen („Zusatz für Verantwortliche“, https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum), which regulates in particular which security measures Facebook must observe (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms) und in der Facebook sich bereit erklärt hat die Betroffenenrechte zu erfüllen (d. h. Nutzer können z. B. Auskünfte oder Löschungsanfragen direkt an Facebook richten). Hinweis: Wenn Facebook uns Messwerte, Analysen und Berichte bereitstellt (die aggregiert sind, d. h. keine Angaben zu einzelnen Nutzern erhalten und für uns anonym sind), dann erfolgt diese Verarbeitung nicht im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Verantwortlichkeit, sondern auf Grundlage eines Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrages („Datenverarbeitungsbedingungen „, https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing) , der „Datensicherheitsbedingungen“ (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms) sowie im Hinblick auf die Verarbeitung in den USA auf Grundlage von Standardvertragsklauseln („Facebook-EU-Datenübermittlungszusatz, https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection and complaint to the competent supervisory authority) are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook; service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
  • Google Fonts: Wir binden die Schriftarten („Google Fonts“) des Anbieters Google ein, wobei die Daten der Nutzer allein zu Zwecken der Darstellung der Schriftarten im Browser der Nutzer verwendet werden. Die Einbindung erfolgt auf Grundlage unserer berechtigten Interessen an einer technisch sicheren, wartungsfreien und effizienten Nutzung von Schriftarten, deren einheitlicher Darstellung sowie unter Berücksichtigung möglicher lizenzrechtlicher Restriktionen für deren Einbindung; Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, Mutterunternehmen: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://fonts.google.com/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
  • reCAPTCHA: Wir binden die Funktion „reCAPTCHA“ ein, um erkennen zu können, ob Eingaben (z.B. in Onlineformularen) von Menschen und nicht von automatisch agierenden Maschinen (sogenannten „Bots“) getätigt werden. Zu den verarbeiteten Daten können IP-Adressen, Informationen zu Betriebssystemen, Geräten oder verwendeten Browsern, Spracheinstellungen, Standort, Mausbewegungen, Tastaturanschläge, Verweildauer auf Webseiten, zuvor besuchte Webseiten, Interaktionen mit ReCaptcha auf anderen Webseiten, unter Umständen Cookies sowie Ergebnisse von manuellen Erkennungsvorgängen (z. B. Beantwortung von gestellten Fragen oder Auswahl von Objekten in Bildern) gehören; Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, Mutterunternehmen: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Possibility of objection (opt-out): Opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of adverts: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
  • YouTube videos: Videoinhalte; Dienstanbieter: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, Mutterunternehmen: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; Website:https://www.youtube.com; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Possibility of objection (opt-out): Opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of adverts: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Deletion of data

The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the legal requirements as soon as the consent given for processing is revoked or other permissions cease to apply (e.g. if the purpose for processing this data no longer applies or it is not required for the purpose).

If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing is restricted to these purposes. This means that the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for commercial or tax law reasons or whose storage is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person.

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

Changing and updating the privacy policy

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

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

Rights of the data subjects

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

  • Right of objection: 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 point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. If the personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.
  • Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw your 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 the legal requirements.
  • Right to rectification: In accordance with the legal requirements, you have the right to request the completion of data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.
  • Right to erasure and restriction of processing: In accordance with the legal requirements, you have the right to demand that data concerning you be deleted immediately or, alternatively, to demand that the processing of the data be restricted in accordance with the legal requirements.
  • Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements or to request its transmission to another controller.
  • Complaint to the supervisory authority: You also have the right 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 relating to you infringes the GDPR.

Definitions of terms

This section provides you with an overview of the terms used in this privacy policy. Many of the terms are taken from the law and are defined above all in Art. 4 GDPR. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are primarily intended to aid understanding. The terms are listed in alphabetical order.

  • Visit action evaluation: „Besuchsaktionsauswertung“ (englisch „Conversion Tracking“) bezeichnet ein Verfahren, mit dem die Wirksamkeit von Marketingmaßnahmen festgestellt werden kann. Dazu wird im Regelfall ein Cookie auf den Geräten der Nutzer innerhalb der Webseiten, auf denen die Marketingmaßnahmen erfolgen, gespeichert und dann erneut auf der Zielwebseite abgerufen. Beispielsweise können wir so nachvollziehen, ob die von uns auf anderen Webseiten geschalteten Anzeigen erfolgreich waren).
  • Cross-Device Tracking: Cross-device tracking is a form of tracking in which user behavior and interest information is recorded across devices in so-called profiles by assigning users an online identifier. This allows user information to be analyzed for marketing purposes, regardless of the browsers or devices used (e.g. cell phones or desktop computers). For most providers, the online identifier is not linked to clear data such as names, postal addresses or email addresses.
  • IP-Masking: Als „IP-Masking” wird eine Methode bezeichnet, bei der das letzte Oktett, d.h., die letzten beiden Zahlen einer IP-Adresse, gelöscht wird, damit die IP-Adresse nicht mehr der eindeutigen Identifizierung einer Person dienen kann. Daher ist das IP-Masking ein Mittel zur Pseudonymisierung von Verarbeitungsverfahren, insbesondere im Onlinemarketing
  • Interest-based and behavioral marketing: Interest-based and/or behavioral marketing is when the potential interests of users in advertisements and other content are predetermined as precisely as possible. This is done on the basis of information about their previous behavior (e.g. visiting certain websites and lingering on them, purchasing behavior or interaction with other users), which is stored in a so-called profile. Cookies are generally used for these purposes.
  • Conversion measurement: Conversion measurement is a process that can be used to determine the effectiveness of marketing measures. For this purpose, a cookie is usually stored on the user's device within the websites on which the marketing measures take place and then retrieved again on the target website. For example, this allows us to track whether the ads we placed on other websites were successful.
  • Personal data: „Personenbezogene Daten“ sind alle Informationen, die sich auf eine identifizierte oder identifizierbare natürliche Person (im Folgenden „betroffene Person“) beziehen; als identifizierbar wird eine natürliche Person angesehen, die direkt oder indirekt, insbesondere mittels Zuordnung zu einer Kennung wie einem Namen, zu einer Kennnummer, zu Standortdaten, zu einer Online-Kennung (z.B. Cookie) oder zu einem oder mehreren besonderen Merkmalen identifiziert werden kann, die Ausdruck der physischen, physiologischen, genetischen, psychischen, wirtschaftlichen, kulturellen oder sozialen Identität dieser natürlichen Person sind.
  • Profiling: Als „Profiling“ wird jede Art der automatisierten Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten bezeichnet, die darin besteht, dass diese personenbezogenen Daten verwendet werden, um bestimmte persönliche Aspekte, die sich auf eine natürliche Person beziehen (je nach Art des Profilings gehören dazu Informationen betreffend das Alter, das Geschlecht, Standortdaten und Bewegungsdaten, Interaktion mit Webseiten und deren Inhalten, Einkaufsverhalten, soziale Interaktionen mit anderen Menschen) zu analysieren, zu bewerten oder, um sie vorherzusagen (z.B. die Interessen an bestimmten Inhalten oder Produkten, das Klickverhalten auf einer Webseite oder den Aufenthaltsort). Zu Zwecken des Profilings werden häufig Cookies und Web-Beacons eingesetzt.
  • Reach measurement: Reach measurement (also known as web analytics) is used to evaluate the flow of visitors to an online offering and can include the behavior or interests of visitors in certain information, such as website content. With the help of reach analysis, website owners can, for example, recognize at what time visitors visit their website and what content they are interested in. This allows them to better adapt the content of the website to the needs of their visitors, for example. For the purposes of reach analysis, pseudonymous cookies and web beacons are often used to recognize returning visitors and thus obtain more precise analyses of the use of an online offer.
  • Remarketing: Vom „Remarketing“ bzw. „Retargeting“ spricht man, wenn z.B. zu Werbezwecken vermerkt wird, für welche Produkte sich ein Nutzer auf einer Webseite interessiert hat, um den Nutzer auf anderen Webseiten an diese Produkte, z.B. in Werbeanzeigen, zu erinnern.
  • Location data: Location data is generated when a mobile device (or another device with the technical requirements for location determination) connects to a radio cell, a WLAN or similar technical means and functions of location determination. Location data is used to indicate the geographically determinable position on earth at which the respective device is located. Location data can be used, for example, to display map functions or other location-dependent information.
  • Tracking: Vom „Tracking“ spricht man, wenn das Verhalten von Nutzern über mehrere Onlineangebote hinweg nachvollzogen werden kann. Im Regelfall werden im Hinblick auf die genutzten Onlineangebote Verhaltens- und Interessensinformationen in Cookies oder auf Servern der Anbieter der Trackingtechnologien gespeichert (sogenanntes Profiling). Diese Informationen können anschließend z.B. eingesetzt werden, um den Nutzern Werbeanzeigen anzuzeigen, die voraussichtlich deren Interessen entsprechen.
  • Responsible person: Als „Verantwortlicher“ wird die natürliche oder juristische Person, Behörde, Einrichtung oder andere Stelle, die allein oder gemeinsam mit anderen über die Zwecke und Mittel der Verarbeitung von personenbezogenen Daten entscheidet, bezeichnet.
  • Processing: „Verarbeitung“ ist jeder mit oder ohne Hilfe automatisierter Verfahren ausgeführte Vorgang oder jede solche Vorgangsreihe im Zusammenhang mit personenbezogenen Daten. Der Begriff reicht weit und umfasst praktisch jeden Umgang mit Daten, sei es das Erheben, das Auswerten, das Speichern, das Übermitteln oder das Löschen.
  • Target group formation: Von Zielgruppenbildung (bzw. „Custom Audiences“) spricht man, wenn Zielgruppen für Werbezwecke, z.B. Einblendung von Werbeanzeigen, bestimmt werden. So kann z.B. anhand des Interesses eines Nutzers an bestimmten Produkten oder Themen im Internet geschlussfolgert werden, dass dieser Nutzer sich für Werbeanzeigen für ähnliche Produkte oder den Onlineshop, in dem er die Produkte betrachtet hat, interessiert. Von „Lookalike Audiences“ (bzw. ähnlichen Zielgruppen) spricht man wiederum, wenn die als geeignet eingeschätzten Inhalte Nutzern angezeigt werden, deren Profile bzw. Interessen mutmaßlich den Nutzern, zu denen die Profile gebildet wurden, entsprechen. Zu Zwecken der Bildung von Custom Audiences und Lookalike Audiences werden im Regelfall Cookies und Web-Beacons eingesetzt.