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Sebastian Buchwald
Buchwald Interactive
76187 Karlsruhe,
Germany
Email: contact@the-first-explorers.com
Contact details of the person responsible for data protection.
If you have any questions about data protection, please find below the contact details of the responsible person or body:
Sebastian Buchwald
Email address: contact@the-first-explorers.com
In accordance with the Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution in Consumer Matters (ODR Regulation), we would like to inform you about the online dispute resolution platform (ODR platform).
Consumers have the option to submit complaints to the online dispute resolution platform of the European Commission at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/main/index.cfm?event=main.home2.show&lng=DE. You will find the necessary contact details above in our imprint.
We would like to point out, however, that we are not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
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.Our obligations to remove information or to block the use of information according to general laws due to judicial or official orders remain unaffected even in the case of our non-responsibility.
.If you notice any problematic or illegal content, please contact us immediately so that we can remove the illegal content. You can find the contact details in the imprint.
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We have written this Privacy Policy (version 12/19/2022-322365556) to serve you in accordance with the requirements of the Primary Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and applicable national laws, to explain which personal data (data for short) we as data controllers – and the order processors (e.g. Provider) – process, will process in the future and what lawful options you have. The terms used are to be understood gender-neutral.
In short: We inform you comprehensively about data that we process about you.
Data privacy statements usually sound very technical and use legal terminology. This privacy statement, on the other hand, is intended to describe the most important things to you as simply and transparently as possible. As far as it is conducive to transparency, technical terms are explained in a reader-friendly way, links to further information are provided and graphics are used. In this way, we provide information in clear and simple language that we only process personal data in the course of our business activities if there is a corresponding legal basis. This is certainly not possible by providing the most concise, unclear and legalistic explanations possible, as is often standard practice on the Internet when it comes to data protection. I hope you find the following explanations interesting and informative and perhaps there is one or the other piece of information that you did not know yet.
If questions nevertheless remain, we would like to ask you to contact the responsible office named below or in the imprint, to follow the existing links and to look at further information on third party sites. Our contact details can of course also be found in the imprint.
This data protection declaration applies to all personal data processed by us in the company and to all personal data processed by companies commissioned by us (order processors). By personal data, we mean information within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 1 DSGVO, such as a person's name, e-mail address and postal address. The processing of personal data ensures that we can offer and invoice our services and products, whether online or offline. The scope of this privacy policy includes:
In short: The privacy policy applies to all areas in which personal data is processed in the company via the aforementioned channels in a structured manner. If we enter into legal relationships with you outside of these channels, we will inform you separately, if necessary.
.In the following privacy statement, we provide you with transparent information on the legal principles and regulations, i.e. the legal bases of the General Data Protection Regulation, which enable us to process personal data.
As far as EU law is concerned, we refer to REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016. You can, of course, read this EU General Data Protection Regulation online on EUR-Lex, the gateway to EU law, at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32016R0679.
We only process your data if at least one of the following conditions applies:
Further conditions such as the perception of recordings in the public interest and exercise of public authority and the protection of vital interests do not occur with us as a rule. Insofar as such a legal basis should be relevant, this is shown at the appropriate place.
.In addition to the EU regulation, national laws also apply:
If other regional or national laws apply, we will inform you about them in the following sections.
If you have any questions regarding data protection or the processing of personal data, please find below the contact details of the responsible person or office:
Sebastian Buchwald.
Email: contact@the-first-explorers.com
The following is the contact information for the data protection officer:
Sebastian Buchwald
Email: contact@the-first-explorers.com
That we store personal data only as long as it is absolutely necessary for the provision of our services and products applies as a general criterion with us. This means that we delete personal data as soon as the reason for the data processing no longer exists. In some cases, we are required by law to store certain data even after the original purpose has ceased to exist, for example for accounting purposes.
Should you wish your data to be deleted or revoke your consent to data processing, the data will be deleted as soon as possible and insofar as there is no obligation to store it.
.We will inform you about the specific duration of the respective data processing below, provided we have further information on this.
Pursuant to Articles 13, 14 DSGVO, we inform you about the following rights you have to ensure that there is fair and transparent processing of data:
In short: You have rights – do not hesitate to contact the responsible party listed above with us!
If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have been violated in any other way, you can complain to the supervisory authority. For Austria, this is the data protection authority, whose website can be found at https://www.dsb.gv.at/. In Germany, there is a data protection officer for each federal state. For more information, you can contact the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI). The following local data protection authority is responsible for our company:
State Commissioner for Data Protection: Dr. Stefan Brink
Address: Königstraße 10a, 70173 Stuttgart
Telefonnr.: 07 11/61 55 41-0
Email address: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de
Website: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de/
We only transfer or process data to countries outside the EU (third countries) if you consent to this processing, if this is required by law or contractually necessary and in any case only to the extent that this is generally permitted. Your consent is in most cases the most important reason that we have data processed in third countries. Processing personal data in third countries such as the United States, where many software vendors provide services and have their server locations, may mean that personal data is processed and stored in unexpected ways.
.We expressly point out that, in the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for data transfers to the USA. Data processing by US services (such as Google Analytics) may result in data not being processed and stored anonymously. Furthermore, US government authorities may be able to access individual data. In addition, it may happen that collected data is linked with data from other services of the same provider, if you have a corresponding user account. Where possible, we try to use server locations within the EU, if this is offered.
We will inform you in more detail about data transfer to third countries, where applicable, at the appropriate places in this privacy policy.
To protect personal data, we have implemented both technical and organizational measures. Where possible, we encrypt or pseudonymize personal data. In this way, we make it as difficult as possible, within the scope of our possibilities, for third parties to infer personal information from our data.
Art. 25 of the GDPR speaks here of “data protection through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings” and thus means that both software (e.g., forms) and hardware (e.g., access to the server room) should always be designed with security in mind and that appropriate measures should be taken. In the following, we will go into more detail on specific measures, if necessary.
.TLS, encryption and https sound very technical and they are. We use HTTPS (the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure stands for "secure hypertext transfer protocol") to transfer data bug-proof on the Internet.
This means that the complete transmission of all data from your browser to our web server is secured – no one can “eavesdrop”.
This means we have introduced an additional layer of security and comply with data protection by design of technology (Article 25(1) DSGVO). By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the Internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data.
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You can recognize the use of this data transfer protection by the small lock symbol 
at the top left of the browser, to the left of the Internet address (e.g. examplepage.com) and the use of the https scheme (instead of http) as part of our Internet address.
If you want to know more on the topic of encryption, we recommend doing a Google search for “Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure wiki” to get good links to more in-depth information.
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Communication Summary.
👥 Affected parties: Anyone who communicates with us by phone, email or online form . 📓 Processed data: e.g. phone number, name, e-mail address, form data entered. More details can be found at the respective contact type used . 🤝 Purpose: Handling communication with customers, business partners, etc. 📅 Storage period: duration of the business case and legal requirements . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (Contract), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
When you contact us and communicate by telephone, email or online form, personal data may be processed.
The data will be processed for the handling and processing of your question and the related business transaction. The data during just as long stored or as long as the law requires.
.Affected by the aforementioned processes are all those who seek contact with us via the communication channels provided by us.
When you call us, the call data is stored pseudonymously on the respective terminal device and with the telecommunications provider used. In addition, data such as name and telephone number can subsequently be sent by e-mail and stored for the purpose of responding to inquiries. The data is deleted as soon as the business case has been terminated and legal requirements permit.
.If you communicate with us by e-mail, data may be stored on the respective end device (computer, laptop, smartphone,…) and data is stored on the e-mail server. The data will be deleted as soon as the business case has been terminated and legal requirements allow.
.If you communicate with us via online form, data will be stored on our web server and, if necessary, forwarded to an e-mail address of ours. The data will be deleted as soon as the business case has been terminated and legal requirements allow.
.The processing of the data is based on the following legal bases:
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Cookies Summary
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: depending on the cookie. More details can be found below or from the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie. . 📓 Data processed: Depending on the cookie used in each case. More details can be found below or from the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie. . 📅 Storage time: depending on the cookie, can vary from hours to years . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user specific data.
Below we explain what cookies are and why they are used so that you can better understand the following privacy policy.
Whenever you browse the Internet, you use a browser. Popular browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.
One thing cannot be denied: Cookies are really useful little helpers. Almost all websites use cookies. More precisely, they are HTTP cookies, as there are other cookies for other applications. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically placed in the cookie folder, effectively the “brain” of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more attributes must also be specified.
.Cookies store certain user data from you, such as language or personal page settings. When you return to our site, your browser transmits the "user-related" information back to our site. Thanks to cookies, our site knows who you are and offers you the setting you are used to. In some browsers, each cookie has its own file, in others, such as Firefox, all cookies are stored in a single file.
.The following graphic shows a possible interaction between a web browser such as Chrome and the web server. Here, the web browser requests a website and receives a cookie back from the server, which the browser uses again as soon as another page is requested.
There are both first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, third-party cookies are created by partner websites (e.g. Google Analytics). Each cookie must be evaluated individually, as each cookie stores different data. Also, the expiration time of a cookie varies from a few minutes to a few years. Cookies are not software programs and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other "pests". Cookies also cannot access information on your PC.
.This is how cookie data can look, for example:
Name: _ga
Value: GA1.2.1326744211.152322365556-9
Purpose: distinguishing website visitors
Expiration date: after 2 years
A browser should be able to support these minimum sizes:
The question of which cookies we use in particular depends on the services used and is clarified in the following sections of the privacy policy. At this point, we would like to briefly discuss the different types of HTTP cookies.
.You can distinguish 4 types of cookies:
Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary to ensure basic functions of the website. For example, it needs these cookies when a user puts a product in the shopping cart, then continues surfing on other pages and only later goes to the checkout. Through these cookies, the shopping cart is not deleted even if the user closes his browser window.
Purpose cookies
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These cookies collect information about user behavior and whether the user gets any error messages. In addition, these cookies are also used to measure the loading time and the behavior of the website with different browsers.
Targeted cookies
These cookies provide a better user experience. For example, entered locations, font sizes or form data are stored.
Advertising cookies
These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to provide the user with customized advertising. This can be very convenient, but also very annoying.
Usually, when you visit a website for the first time, you are asked which of these cookie types you would like to allow. And, of course, this decision is also stored in a cookie.
.If you want to know more about cookies and are not afraid of technical documentation, we recommend https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6265, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments called “HTTP State Management Mechanism”.
The purpose ultimately depends on the particular cookie. More details can be found below or from the manufacturer of the software that sets the cookie.
.Cookies are small helpers for a many different tasks. What data is stored in cookies, unfortunately, can not be generalized, but we will inform you about the processed or stored data in the following privacy policy.
.The storage period depends on the particular cookie and is specified further below. Some cookies are deleted after less than an hour, others can remain stored on a computer for several years.
.You also have influence on the storage period yourself. You can manually delete all cookies at any time via your browser (see also below “Right of objection”). Furthermore, cookies based on consent will be deleted at the latest after revocation of your consent, whereby the legality of the storage remains unaffected until then.
.How and whether you want to use cookies, you decide. Regardless of which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option to delete, disable or only partially allow cookies. For example, you can block third-party cookies, but allow all other cookies.
.If you want to determine which cookies have been stored in your browser, if you want to change or delete cookie settings, you can find this in your browser settings:
.Chrome: Delete, Enable and Manage Cookies in Chrome
Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari
Firefox: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer.
Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies.
Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies.
If you do not want to have cookies in principle, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. In this way, you can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow the cookie or not. The procedure varies depending on the browser. It is best to search for the instructions in Google using the search term "delete cookies Chrome" or “disable cookies Chrome” in the case of a Chrome browser.
.Since 2009, there have been the so-called "Cookie Guidelines". This states that the storage of cookies requires consent (Article 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO) from you. Within the EU countries, however, there are still very different reactions to these directives. In Austria, however, this directive was implemented in Section 96 (3) of the Telecommunications Act (TKG). In Germany, the Cookie Directives were not implemented as national law. Instead, the implementation of this directive took place largely in § 15 para.3 of the Telemedia Act (TMG)
.For absolutely necessary cookies, even in the absence of consent, there are legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) DSGVO), which in most cases are economic in nature. We want to provide visitors to the website with a pleasant user experience and for this purpose certain cookies are often absolutely necessary.
.If cookies are used that are not absolutely necessary, this only happens in the case of your consent. The legal basis in this respect is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.
.In the following sections you will be informed in more detail about the use of cookies, if used software uses cookies.
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Customer Data Summary.
👥 Affected parties: customers or business and contractual partners . 🤝 Purpose: Provision of the contractually or pre-contractually agreed services including related communication . 📓 Processed data: Name, address, contact details, email address, telephone number, payment information (such as invoices and bank details), contract data (such as duration and subject of the contract), IP address, order data . 📅 Storage period: the data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the provision of our business purposes and there is no legal obligation to retain them. . ⚖️ Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para 1 lit. f DSGVO), contract (Art. 6 para 1 lit. b DSGVO) |
In order to be able to offer our service or our contractual services, we also process data of our customers and business partners. Among these data are always personal data. Customer data is all information that is processed on the basis of a contractual or pre-contractual cooperation in order to be able to provide the services offered. Customer data is therefore all collected information that we collect and process about our customers.
There are many reasons why we collect and process customer data. The most important is that we simply need various data to provide our services. Sometimes your e-mail address is enough here, but if you purchase a product or service, for example, we also need data such as name, address, bank data or contract data. We also use the data subsequently for marketing and sales optimization, so that we can improve our overall service to our customers. Another important point is our customer service, which is always very important to us. We want you to be able to come to us at any time with questions about our offers, and for this we need at least your e-mail address.
Which data exactly are stored, can be reproduced here only by categories. This always depends on what services you receive from us. In some cases, you only give us your e-mail address, so that we can, for example, contact you or we can answer your questions. In other cases, you purchase a product or service from us and for this we need significantly more information, such as your contact details, payment details and contract details.
.Here is a list of possible data we receive and process from you:
As soon as we no longer need the customer data to fulfill our contractual obligations and our purposes, and the data is also no longer necessary for possible warranty and liability obligations, we delete the corresponding customer data. This is the case, for example, when a business contract ends. After that, the statute of limitations is usually 3 years, although longer periods are possible in individual cases. Of course, we also comply with the statutory retention obligations. Your customer data will most certainly not be passed on to third parties unless you have given explicit consent to do so.
Legal bases for the processing of your data are Art. 6 para 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent), Art. 6 para 1 lit. b DSGVO (contract or pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 para 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interests) and in special cases (e.g. medical services) Art. 9 para 2 lit. a. DSGVO (processing of special categories).
In the case of the protection of vital interests, data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c. DSGVO. For the purposes of health care, occupational medicine, medical diagnosis, health or social care or treatment, or for the management of health or social care systems and services, the processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with Art. 9 (2) lit. h. DSGVO. If you voluntarily provide data of the special categories, the processing is based on Art. 9 (2) lit. a. DSGVO.
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Registration Summary
👥 Affected: Any person who registers, creates an account, logs in, and uses the account. 📓 Processed data: Email address, name, password and other data collected in the course of registration, login and account use. . 🤝 Purpose: Providing our services. Communication with customers in connection with the services.. 📅 Storage period: Sas long as the company account associated with the texts exists and after that usually 3 years. ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para 1 lit. b DSGVO (Contract), Art. 6 para 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
When you register with us, it may come to the processing of personal data, provided that you enter data with personal reference or data such as the IP address are collected in the course of processing. What we mean by the rather unwieldy term "personal data", you can read below..
Please enter only such data that we need for the registration and for which you have the release of a third party, if you perform the registration on behalf of a third party. If possible, use a secure password that you do not use anywhere else and an email address that you regularly retrieve.
In the following we inform you about the exact way of data processing, because you should feel comfortable with us!
When you register with us, we take certain information from you and later allow you to easily log in online and use your account with us. Having an account with us has the advantage that you do not have to re-enter everything every time. Saves time, effort and ultimately prevents errors in the provision of our services..
In short, we process personal data in order to enable the creation and use of an account with us.
If we didn't do that, you would have to enter all the data every time, wait for approval from us and enter everything again. We and many, many customers would not like that. How would you find that?
All the data that you have provided in the course of registration, enter during registration or enter in the course of managing your data in the account..
When registering, we process the following types of data:
When you log in, we process the data you enter during login such as username and password and data collected in the background such as device information and IP addresses..
When using the account, we process data that you enter during account use and which are created in the course of using our services..
We store the entered data at least for the time as long as the account linked to the data exists with us and is used, as long as contractual obligations exist between us and, if the contract ends, until the respective claims arising from it are time-barred. In addition, we store your data as long as and insofar as we are subject to legal obligations to store it. Thereafter, we keep accounting records pertaining to the contract (invoices, contract documents, account statements, etc.) 10 years (§ 147
AO) as well as other relevant business documents 6 years (§ 247 HGB) after accrual.
You have registered, entered data and want to revoke the processing? No problem. As you can read above, the rights under the General Data Protection Regulation also exist during and after registration, login or account with us. Contact the data protection officer above to exercise your rights. If you already have an account with us, you can easily view or manage your data and texts in the account..
By carrying out the registration process, you enter into a pre-contractual agreement with us to enter into a contract of use of our platform (although not automatically creates an obligation to pay). Syou invest time to enter data and register and we provide you with our services after logging into our system and viewing your customer account. We also fulfill our contractual obligations. Finally, we need to keep registered users informed of important changes by email. Thus, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (performance of pre-contractual measures, fulfillment of a contract) applies.
.If necessary, also obtain your consent, for example, if you voluntarily provide more than the absolutely necessary data or we may send you advertising. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) therefore applies.
.We also have a legitimate interest to know who we are dealing with in order to contact in certain cases. In addition, we need to know who is using our services and whether they are being used as specified in our terms of use, so Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) applies.
.Note: the following sections are to be ticked by users (as needed):
Registration with clear name.
Because in business we need to know with whom we are dealing, registration is only possible with your real name (clear name) and not with pseudonyms.
Registration with pseudonyms.
Pseudonyms can be used during registration, which means that you do not have to register with us with your real name. This ensures that your name can not be processed by us.
Storage of IP address.
In the course of registration, login and account use, we store the IP address in the background for security reasons, in order to be able to determine the lawful use..
Public Profile
The user profiles are publicly visible, i.e. you can see parts of the profile on the Internet without specifying username and password..
2-factor authentication (2FA)
A two-factor authentication (2FA) provides additional security when logging in, as it prevents you from logging in without a smartphone, for example. This technical measure to secure your account thus protects you from the loss of data or unauthorized access even if username and password would be known. Which 2FA is used, you will find out during registration, login and in the account itself.
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Web Hosting Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: professional hosting of the website and securing the operation . 📓 Processed data: IP address, time of website visit, browser used and other data. More details can be found below or at the respective web hosting provider used. . 📅 Storage time: depends on the provider, but usually 2 weeks . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
When you visit websites nowadays, certain information – including personal data – is automatically created and stored, including on this website. This data should be processed as sparingly as possible and only with justification. By the way, by website we mean the totality of all web pages on a domain, i.e. everything from the home page (homepage) to the very last sub-page (like this one). By domain we mean, for example, example.de or sampleexample.com.
When you want to view a website on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, you use a program called a web browser to do so. You probably know some web browsers by name: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. We say browser or web browser for short.
In order to display the website, the browser must connect to another computer where the website's code is stored: the web server. Operating a web server is a complicated and costly task, which is why this is usually done by professional providers, the providers. These offer web hosting and thus ensure reliable and error-free storage of website data. A whole lot of technical terms, but please stay tuned, it gets better!
When the browser on your computer (desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone) connects and during data transfer to and from the web server, personal data may be processed. On the one hand, your computer stores data, on the other hand, the web server must also store data for a while to ensure proper operation.
.A picture is worth a thousand words, so the following graphic illustrates the interaction between the browser, the Internet and the hosting provider.
The purposes of data processing are:
Even while you are visiting our website right now, our web server, which is the computer on which this website is stored, usually automatically stores data such as
.As a rule, the above data is stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not pass on this data, but we cannot exclude the possibility that this data may be viewed by authorities in the event of unlawful conduct.
In short: Your visit will be logged by our provider (company that runs our website on special computers (servers)), but we will not share your data without your consent!
The lawfulness of the processing of personal data in the context of web hosting results from Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (protection of legitimate interests), because the use of professional hosting with a provider is necessary to present the company on the Internet in a secure and user-friendly manner and to be able to pursue attacks and claims from this, if necessary.
As a rule, there is a contract on commissioned processing between us and the hosting provider in accordance with Art. 28 f. DSGVO, which ensures compliance with data protection and guarantees data security.
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Social Media Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Presentation and optimization of our service, contact with visitors, interested parties, etc., advertising . 📓 Processed Data: Data such as telephone numbers, email addresses, contact details, user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address. . You can find more details on this with the respective social media tool used. 📅 Storage duration: depending on the social media platforms used . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
In addition to our website, we are also active on various social media platforms. In this context, user data may be processed so that we can target users who are interested in us via the social networks. In addition, elements of a social media platform may also be embedded directly in our website. This is the case, for example, when you click on a so-called social button on our website and are redirected directly to our social media presence. So-called social media or social media are websites and apps through which registered members can produce content, share content openly or in specific groups, and network with other members.
.For years, social media platforms have been the place where people communicate and get in touch online. Our social media presences allow us to bring our products and services closer to prospective customers. The social media elements embedded on our website help you to be able to switch to our social media content quickly and without complications.
The data that is stored and processed through your use of a social media channel is primarily for the purpose of being able to perform web analyses. The aim of these analyses is to be able to develop more precise and personalized marketing and advertising strategies. Depending on your behavior on a social media platform, appropriate conclusions can be drawn about your interests with the help of the evaluated data and so-called user profiles can be created. This also enables the platforms to present you with tailored advertisements. For this purpose, cookies are usually set in your browser, which store data about your usage behavior.
.We generally assume that we remain responsible under data protection law, even if we use services of a social media platform. However, the European Court of Justice has ruled that in certain cases the operator of the social media platform may be jointly responsible with us within the meaning of Art. 26 DSGVO. Insofar as this is the case, we point this out separately and work on the basis of an agreement in this regard. The essence of the agreement is then reproduced below for the platform concerned.
.Please note that when you use the social media platforms or our built-in elements, data about you may also be processed outside the European Union, as many social media channels, for example Facebook or Twitter, are American companies. This may make it less easy for you to claim or enforce your rights regarding your personal data.
.Which data exactly is stored and processed depends on the respective provider of the social media platform. But usually it is data such as phone numbers, email addresses, data you enter in a contact form, user data such as which buttons you click, who you like or follow, when you visited which pages, information about your device and your IP address. Most of this data is stored in cookies. Especially if you yourself have a profile on the visited social media channel and are logged in, data can be linked to your profile.
.All data that is collected via a social media platform is also stored on the servers of the providers. Thus, only the providers also have access to the data and can give you the appropriate information or make changes.
If you want to know exactly what data is stored and processed by the social media providers and how you can object to the data processing, you should carefully read the respective privacy policy of the company. Also, if you have questions about data storage and data processing or want to assert corresponding rights, we recommend that you contact the provider directly.
We will inform you about the duration of data processing below, provided we have further information on this. For example, the social media platform Facebook stores data until it is no longer needed for its own purpose. However, customer data that is matched with our own user data is already deleted within two days. In general, we only process personal data for as long as is absolutely necessary for the provision of our services and products. If it is required by law, as in the case of accounting, for example, this storage period may also be exceeded.
You also have the right and the possibility to revoke your consent to the use of cookies or third-party providers such as embedded social media elements at any time. This works either via our cookie management tool or via other opt-out functions. For example, you can also prevent data collection through cookies by managing, disabling or deleting cookies in your browser.
.Since social media tools may use cookies, we also recommend that you read our general privacy policy on cookies. To find out exactly which of your data is stored and processed, you should read the privacy statements of the respective tools.
.If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by integrated social media elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, if consent is given, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. Nevertheless, we use the tools only insofar as you have given consent. Most social media platforms also set cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.
.You can learn about specific social media platforms – if available – in the following sections.
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Facebook Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed Data: Data such as customer data, user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address. . More details can be found below in the privacy policy. 📅 Storage period: until the data is no longer useful for Facebook's purposes . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
We use selected tools from Facebook on our website. Facebook is a social media network of the company Meta Platforms Inc. or for the European area of the company Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. With the help of these tools we can offer you and people who are interested in our products and services the best possible offer.
.If data is collected from you and forwarded via our embedded Facebook elements or via our Facebook page (Fanpage), both we and Facebook Ireland Ltd. are responsible for this. Facebook is solely responsible for the further processing of this data. Our joint obligations have also been embodied in a publicly available agreement at https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. This states, for example, that we must clearly inform you about the use of Facebook tools on our site. Furthermore, we are also responsible for ensuring that the tools are securely integrated into our website in accordance with data protection law. Facebook, on the other hand, is responsible for the data security of Facebook products, for example. If you have any questions about data collection and data processing by Facebook, you can contact the company directly. If you direct the question to us, we are obligated to forward it to Facebook.
In the following, we provide an overview of the various Facebook tools, what data is sent to Facebook and how you can delete this data.
Among many other products, Facebook also offers the so-called “Facebook Business Tools”. This is the official name of Facebook. However, since the term is hardly known, we have decided to call them simply Facebook Tools. Among them are:
Through these tools, Facebook is expanding services and has the ability to obtain information about user activity outside of Facebook.
We only want to show our services and products to people who are really interested in them. With the help of advertisements (Facebook ads), we can reach precisely these people. However, in order to show users suitable advertising, Facebook needs information about people's wishes and needs. Thus, information about user behavior (and contact data) on our website is made available to the company. As a result, Facebook collects better user data and can show interested people the appropriate advertising about our products or services. The tools thus enable tailored advertising campaigns on Facebook.
Data about your behavior on our website is called "event data" by Facebook. This is also used for measurement and analysis services. Facebook can thus create "campaign reports" on our behalf about the impact of our advertising campaigns. Furthermore, analytics give us better insight into how you use our services, website or products. As a result, we use some of these tools to optimize your user experience on our website. For example, social plug-ins allow you to share content on our site directly on Facebook.
.By using individual Facebook tools, personal data (customer data) can be sent to Facebook. Depending on the tools used, customer data such as name, address, phone number and IP address may be sent.
.Facebook uses this information to match the data it itself has from you (if you are a Facebook member). Before customer data is transmitted to Facebook, a process known as "hashing" takes place. This means that a data record of any size is transformed into a character string. This also serves to encrypt data.
In addition to contact data, "event data" is also transmitted. Event data" means the information that we receive about you on our website. For example, which subpages you visit or which products you buy from us. Facebook does not share the information it receives with third parties (such as advertisers) unless it has explicit permission or is legally required to do so. "Event data" may also be associated with contact information. This allows Facebook to offer better personalized advertising. After the aforementioned matching process, Facebook deletes the contact data again.
In order to deliver ads in an optimized manner, Facebook uses Event Data only when it has been aggregated with other data (collected by Facebook in other ways). Facebook also uses this event data for security, privacy, development, and research purposes. Much of this data is transferred to Facebook via cookies. Cookies are small text files used to store data or information in browsers. Depending on the tools you use and whether you are a Facebook member, different numbers of cookies are created in your browser. We go into more detail about individual Facebook cookies in the descriptions of each Facebook tool. You can also learn general information about Facebook's use of cookies at https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies.
In principle, Facebook stores data until it is no longer needed for its own services and Facebook products. Facebook has servers spread around the world where its data is stored. Customer data, however, is deleted within 48 hours after it has been matched with its own user data.
In accordance with the Basic Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to information, correction, portability and deletion of your data.
Complete deletion of data only occurs if you delete your Facebook account completely. And this is how deleting your Facebook account works:
1) Click Settings on the right side of Facebook.
2) Then click on "Your Facebook Information" in the left column.
3) Now click “Deactivation and deletion”.
4) Now select "Delete account" and then click "Next and delete account"
.5) Now enter your password, click "Next" and then click "Delete account"
.The storage of data that Facebook receives via our site is done, among other things, via cookies (e.g. for social plugins). In your browser, you can disable, delete or manage individual or all cookies. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. Under the section "Cookies" you will find the corresponding links to the respective instructions of the most popular browsers.
.If you do not want cookies in principle, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. This way you can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not.
.If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by embedded Facebook tools, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. Nevertheless, we use the tools only insofar as you have given consent. Most social media platforms also set cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view Facebook's privacy policy or cookie policy.
.Facebook also processes data from you in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Facebook uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Facebook undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the US. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de
The Facebook Data Processing Terms, which comply with the Standard Contractual Clauses, can be found at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing.
We hope we have brought you closer to the most important information about the use and data processing by Facebook tools. If you want to learn more about how Facebook uses your data, we encourage you to review the data policies at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.
We have integrated the practical Facebook login on our site. This allows you to easily log in to us with your Facebook account without having to create another user account. If you decide to make your registration via the Facebook Login, you will be redirected to the social media network Facebook. There, the registration takes place via your Facebook user data. Through this login procedure, data about you or your user behavior will be stored and transmitted to Facebook.
.To store the data, Facebook uses various cookies. Below we show you the most important cookies that are set in your browser or already exist when you log in to our site via the Facebook login:
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Name: fr
Wert: 0jieyh4c2GnlufEJ9..Bde09j…1.0.Bde09j
Purpose: This cookie is used to make the social plugin on our website work in the best possible way.
Expiration date: after 3 months
Name: datr
Value: 4Jh7XUA2322365556SEmPsSfzCOO4JFFl
Purpose: Facebook sets the “datr”cookie when a web browser accesses facebook.com, and the cookie helps identify login activity and protect users.
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Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: _js_datr
Value: deleted
Purpose: This session cookie sets Facebook for tracking purposes, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are logged out.
Expiration date: after session end
Note: The cookies listed are only a small selection of the cookies available to Facebook. Other cookies are, for example, _ fbp, sb or wd. A complete list is not possible, because Facebook has a variety of cookies and uses them variably.
.The Facebook login offers you on the one hand a quick and easy registration process, on the other hand it gives us the opportunity to share data with Facebook. This allows us to better tailor our offer and promotions to your interests and needs. Data we receive from Facebook in this way is public data such as
.In return, we provide Facebook with information about your activities on our website. This includes information about the device you are using, which of our subpages you visit or which products you have purchased from us.
.By using Facebook Login, you consent to the data processing. You can revoke this agreement at any time. If you want to learn more information about data processing by Facebook, we recommend that you read the Facebook privacy statement at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php?tid=322365556.
If you're logged into Facebook, you can change your own ad settings at https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/advertisers/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen.
So-called social plug-ins of the company Meta Platforms Inc. are installed on our website. You can recognize these buttons by the classic Facebook logo, such as the "Like" button (the hand with raised thumb) or by a clear "Facebook Plug-in" label. A social plug-in is a small part of Facebook that is integrated into our site. Each plug-in has its own function. The most commonly used functions are the well-known “Like”and “Share”buttons.
The following social plug-ins are offered by Facebook:
On https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins you can get more detailed information on how the individual plug-ins are used. We use the social plug-ins on the one hand to provide you with a better user experience on our site, and on the other hand because Facebook can optimize our ads through them.
If you have a Facebook account or have visited https://www.facebook.com/ before, Facebook has already set at least one cookie in your browser. In this case, your browser sends information to Facebook via this cookie as soon as you visit our site or interact with social plug-ins (e.g. the "Like" button).
.The information obtained is deleted or anonymized again within 90 days. According to Facebook, this data includes your IP address, which website you visited, the date, the time and other information concerning your browser.
.To prevent Facebook from collecting a lot of data during your visit to our website and connecting it to Facebook data, you must log out (log off) from Facebook while visiting the website.
.If you are not logged into Facebook or do not have a Facebook account, your browser sends less information to Facebook because you have fewer Facebook cookies. Nevertheless, data such as your IP address or which website you visit may be transmitted to Facebook. We would still like to explicitly point out that we do not know exactly about the exact content of the data. However, we try to inform you as best as possible about the data processing according to our current state of knowledge. You can also read how Facebook uses the data in the company's data policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.
At a minimum, the following cookies are set in your browser when you visit a website with social plug-ins from Facebook:
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Name: dpr
Value: no specification
Purpose: This cookie is used to enable the social plug-ins on our website to function.
Expiration date: after session end
Name: fr
Wert: 0jieyh4322365556c2GnlufEJ9..Bde09j…1.0.Bde09j
Purpose: The cookie is also necessary for the plug-ins to function properly.
Expiration date:: after 3 months
Note: These cookies were set after a test, even if you are not a Facebook member.
.If you are logged into Facebook, you can change your ad settings yourself at https://www.facebook.com/adpreferences/advertisers/. If you're not a Facebook user, you can basically manage your usage-based online ads at https://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/?tid=322365556. There you have the option to disable or enable providers.
.If you want to learn more about Facebook's privacy practices, we recommend checking out the company's own data policies at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php?tip=322365556.
We also have a Facebook fan page for our website. The service provider is the American company Meta Platforms Inc. The company Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) is responsible for the European region.
Facebook also processes data from you in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Facebook uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Facebook undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the US. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de
The Facebook Data Processing Term, which complies with the Standard Contractual Clauses, can be found at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing.
You can learn more about the data processed through the use of Facebook by visiting the Privacy Policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.
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Instagram Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed Data: Data such as user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address. . More details can be found below in the privacy policy. 📅 Storage period: until Instagram no longer needs the data for their purposes . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
We have integrated Instagram functions on our website. Instagram is a social media platform of the company Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA. Instagram has been a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc. since 2012 and is one of Facebook's products. Embedding Instagram content on our website is called embedding. This allows us to show you content such as buttons, photos or videos from Instagram directly on our website. When you call up web pages on our website that have an Instagram function integrated, data is transmitted to Instagram, stored and processed. Instagram uses the same systems and technologies as Facebook. Your data is thus processed across all Facebook companies.
.In the following, we want to give you a more detailed insight into why Instagram collects data, what kind of data it is and how you can largely control the data processing. Since Instagram belongs to Meta Platforms Inc., we obtain our information on the one hand from the Instagram policies, but on the other hand also from the Meta Privacy Policy itself.
Instagram is one of the most popular social media networks in the world. Instagram combines the advantages of a blog with those of audiovisual platforms like YouTube or Vimeo. You can upload photos and short videos on "Insta" (as many of the users casually call the platform), edit them with various filters and also distribute them on other social networks. And if you don't want to be active yourself, you can also just follow other interesting users.
Instagram is the social media platform that has really gone through the roof in recent years. And of course we have also responded to this boom. We want you to feel as comfortable as possible on our website. That's why a varied preparation of our content is a matter of course for us. Through the embedded Instagram features, we can enrich our content with helpful, funny or exciting content from the Instagram world. Since Instagram is a subsidiary of Facebook, the data collected can also serve us for personalized advertising on Facebook. This way, only people who are really interested in our products or services get our ads.
Instagram also uses the collected data for measurement and analysis purposes. We get aggregate statistics and thus more insight about your desires and interests. It is important to note that these reports do not identify you personally.
When you come across one of our pages that have Instagram features (such as Instagram images or plug-ins) built in, your browser automatically connects to Instagram's servers. In the process, data is sent to Instagram, stored and processed. And this is regardless of whether you have an Instagram account or not. This includes information about our website, about your computer, about purchases made, about advertisements you see and how you use our offer. Furthermore, the date and time of your interaction with Instagram is also stored. If you have an Instagram account or are logged in, Instagram stores significantly more data about you.
.Facebook distinguishes between customer data and event data. We assume that this is exactly the same for Instagram. Customer data are, for example, name, address, phone number and IP address. These customer data will only be transmitted to Instagram if they have been "hashed" beforehand. Hashing means that a data record is transformed into a character string. This makes it possible to encrypt the contact data. In addition, the "event data" mentioned above is also transmitted. By "event data" Facebook - and consequently Instagram - understands data about your user behavior. It may also happen that contact data is combined with event data. The collected contact data will be matched with the data Instagram already has from you.
Through small text files (cookies), which are usually set in your browser, the collected data is transmitted to Facebook. Depending on the Instagram functions used and whether you yourself have an Instagram account, different amounts of data are stored.
.We assume that Instagram's data processing works the same as Facebook's. This means that if you have an Instagram account or have visited www.instagram.com, Instagram has at least set a cookie. If this is the case, your browser sends info to Instagram via the cookie as soon as you come into contact with an Instagram function. At the latest after 90 days (after matching), this data is deleted again or anonymized. Although we have intensively studied the data processing of Instagram, we can not say exactly what data Instagram collects and stores.
.In the following, we will show you cookies that are set in your browser at least when you click on an Instagram feature (such as button or an Insta image). In our test, we assume that you do not have an Instagram account. If you are logged in to Instagram, of course, significantly more cookies are set in your browser.
.These cookies were used in our test:
Name: csrftoken
Value: “”
Purpose: This cookie is most likely set for security reasons to prevent falsification of requests. However, we could not find out more precisely.
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Expiration date: after one year
Name: mid
Value: “”
Purpose: Instagram sets this cookie to optimize its own services and offerings on and off Instagram. The cookie sets a unique user ID.
Expiration date: after end of session
Name: fbsr_322365556124024
Value: none specified
Purpose: This cookie stores the log-in request for users of the Instagram app.
Expiration date: after end of session
Name: rur
Value: ATN
Purpose: This is an Instagram cookie that ensures functionality on Instagram.
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Expiration date: after end of session
Name: urlgen
Wert: “{”194.96.75.33”: 1901}:1iEtYv:Y833k2_UjKvXgYe322365556”
Purpose of use: This cookie is used for Instagram's marketing purposes.
Expiration date: after end of session
Note: We can not claim completeness here. Which cookies are set in the individual case depends on the embedded features and your use of Instagram.
.Instagram shares the information it receives between Facebook companies with external partners and with people you connect with around the world. The data processing is done in compliance with its own data policy. Your data is distributed on Facebook servers around the world, in part for security reasons. Most of these servers are located in the USA.
.Thanks to the Basic Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to information, portability, correction and deletion of your data. You can manage your data in the Instagram settings. If you want to completely delete your data on Instagram, you must permanently delete your Instagram account.
.And this is how the deletion of the Instagram account works:
First, open the Instagram app. On your profile page, go down and click on "Help section". Now you will get to the company's website. On the web page, click "Manage your account" and then click "Delete your account."
If you delete your account entirely, Instagram will delete posts such as your photos and status updates. Information that other people have shared about you does not belong to your account, and consequently will not be deleted.
As mentioned above, Instagram stores your data primarily via cookies. You can manage, disable or delete these cookies in your browser. Depending on your browser, the management always works a bit differently. Under the section "Cookies" you will find the corresponding links to the respective instructions of the most popular browsers.
.You can also basically set up your browser so that you are always informed when a cookie is to be set. Then you can always decide individually whether you want to allow the cookie or not.
.If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by integrated social media elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. We use the integrated social media elements nevertheless only insofar as you have given consent. Most social media platforms also set cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.
.Instagram or Facebook also processes data in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing at recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Facebook uses standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). These clauses oblige Facebook to comply with the EU level of data protection when processing relevant data outside the EU as well. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision as well as the clauses here, among other places: https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_de.
We have tried to bring you closer to the most important information about Instagram's data processing. Auf https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
you can take an even closer look at Instagram's data policies.
We use the social news aggregator Reddit for our website. The service provider is the American company Reddit Inc., 548 Market St. #16093, San Francisco, California 94104, USA.
Reddit also processes data in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA.
This may be accompanied by various risks to the lawfulness and security of the data processing. As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Reddit uses standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). These clauses oblige Reddit to comply with the EU level of data protection when processing relevant data also outside the EU. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the clauses here, among other places: https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_de.
You can learn more about the data processed by using Reddit in the Privacy Policy at https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy.
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ShareThis Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed Data: Data such as user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address. . More details can be found below in the privacy policy. 📅 Storage period: the collected data will be stored up to 14 months . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
On our website, we have integrated functions of ShareThis of the company ShareThis Inc. (4005 Miranda Ave, Suite 100, Palo Alto, 94304 California, USA). These are, for example, “Share”plug-ins of various social media channels. With the help of these functions, you can share content from our website on social media channels. When you access a website with a ShareThis function, data from you may be transferred to the company, stored and processed. With this privacy statement, you will learn why we use ShareThis, what data is processed and how you can prevent this data transfer.
.ShareThis is a technology company that offers website owners tools to increase website quality. By using ShareThis' social plugins, you can share content from our website on various social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and co. The company offers content sharing for over 40 different channels and is used by over 3 million website owners worldwide. The data collected by ShareThis is also used for customized ads.
.We want to convince with our content and of course we are happy if our content is also recommended. Then we know we are on the right track. The easiest way to do this is via "share/share buttons" directly on our website. Thanks to the large number of different social media channels, our content can also be presented to a wide audience. This helps us to become better known and more successful on the Internet. In addition, the plug-ins also serve you, because you can share interesting content with your social media community with just one click.
.When you share content with ShareThis and you are logged in with the respective social media account, data such as the visit to our website and the sharing of content can be assigned to the user account of the respective social media channel. ShareThis uses cookies, pixels, HTTP headers and browser identifiers to collect data about your visitor behavior. In addition, some of this data is shared with third parties after pseudonymization.
.Here is a list of the data that may be processed:
ShareThis uses cookies, which we list below as examples. You can find out more about ShareThis cookies at https://sharethis.com/de/privacy/.
Name: __unam
Wert: 8961a7f179d1d017ac27lw87qq69V69322365556-5
Purpose: This cookie counts the "clicks" and "shares" on a web page.
Expiration date: after 9 months
Name: __stid
Value: aGCDwF4hjVEI+oIsABW7322365556Ag==
Purpose: This cookie stores user behavior, such as web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, and time spent on the website.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: __sharethis_cookie_test__
Value: 0
Purpose: This cookie monitors "clickstream" activity. This means it observes where you have clicked on the website.
Expiration date: after session end
Note: We can not claim completeness here. Which cookies are set in the individual case depends on the embedded functions and your use.
.ShareThis retains collected data for up to 14 months from the date of data collection. ShareThis cookies expire 13 months after the last update. Since ShareThis is an American company, data is transferred and stored on American ShareThis servers.
If you no longer want to see ads based on data collected by ShareThis, you can use the opt-out button at https://sharethis.com/de/privacy/. This will set an opt-out cookie that you must not delete in order to continue to keep this setting.
.You can also set your preferences for usage-based online advertising via https://www.youronlinechoices.com/at/ in Preference Management.
Furthermore, you also have the option to manage, deactivate or delete data stored via cookies in your browser. How exactly the management works depends on your browser. Under the section "Cookies" you will find the corresponding links to the respective instructions of the most popular browsers.
.You can also set up your browser to notify you whenever a cookie is about to be set.
If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by integrated social media elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. We use the integrated social media elements nevertheless only insofar as you have given consent. Most social media platforms also set cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.
.ShareThis also processes data in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing at recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, thus in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, ShareThis uses standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). These clauses oblige ShareThis to comply with the EU level of data protection when processing relevant data also outside the EU. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the clauses here, among other places: https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_de.
If you want to know more about how ShareThis processes your data, you can find all the information you need at https://sharethis.com/de/privacy/.
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Twitter privacy policy summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed Data: Data such as user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address. . More details can be found below in the privacy policy. 📅 Storage period: collected data from other websites Twitter deletes after 30 days at the latest . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
We have integrated Twitter functions on our website. These are, for example, embedded tweets, timelines, buttons or hashtags. Twitter is a short message service and a social media platform of the company Twitter Inc, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland.
.To our knowledge, in the European Economic Area and in Switzerland, no personal data or data about your web activities are transmitted to Twitter by the mere inclusion of Twitter functions. Only when you interact with the Twitter functions, such as clicking on a button, can data be sent to Twitter, stored there and processed. We have no influence on this data processing and bear no responsibility for it. Within the framework of this privacy policy, we want to give you an overview of what data Twitter stores, what Twitter does with this data and how you can protect yourself from the data transfer to a large extent.
.For some, Twitter is a news service, for others a social media platform, and still others speak of a microblogging service. All these terms have their justification and mean more or less the same thing.
Both private individuals and companies use Twitter to communicate with interested people via short messages. Twitter allows only 280 characters per message. These messages are called "tweets. Unlike Facebook, for example, the service does not focus on expanding a network for “friends” but wants to be understood as a worldwide and open news platform. On Twitter, it is also possible to have an anonymous account, and tweets can be deleted by the company on the one hand, and by the users themselves on the other.
Like many other websites and companies, we try to offer our services and communicate with our customers through various channels. Especially Twitter has grown on us as a useful "little" news service. Again and again we tweet or retweet exciting, funny or interesting content. We realize that you can't follow every channel separately. After all, you also have something else to do. That's why we have included Twitter functions on our website. You can follow our Twitter activity "on the spot" or follow a direct link to our Twitter page. Through the integration, we want to strengthen our service and user-friendliness on our website.
On some of our subpages you will find the built-in Twitter functions. When you interact with the Twitter content, such as clicking on a button, Twitter may collect and store data. And this is the case even if you do not have a Twitter account yourself. Twitter calls this data “log data”. This includes demographic data, browser cookie IDs, your smartphone ID, hashed email addresses, and information about which pages you have visited on Twitter and what actions you have taken. Twitter, of course, stores more data if you have a Twitter account and are logged in. Most of the time, this storage happens via cookies. Cookies are small text files that are usually set in your browser and transmit different information to Twitter.
.We will now show you which cookies are set when you are not logged in to Twitter but visit a website with built-in Twitter features. Please consider this list as an example. We can in no way guarantee a claim to completeness here, as the choice of cookies always changes and depends on your individual actions with Twitter content.
.These cookies were used in our test:
Name: personalization_id
Wert: “v1_cSJIsogU51SeE322365556”
Purpose: This cookie stores information about how you use the website and through which advertisements you may have come to Twitter.
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Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: lang
value: en
Purpose: This cookie stores your preset or preferred language.
Expiration date: after session end
Name: guest_id
Value: 322365556v1%3A157132626
Purpose: This cookie is set to identify you as a guest.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: fm
Value: 0
Purpose: Unfortunately, we were not able to find out the purpose of use for this cookie.
Expiration date: after session end
Name: external_referer
Value: 3223655562beTA0sf5lkMrlGt
Purpose: This cookie collects anonymous data, such as how often you visit Twitter and for how long you visit Twitter.
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Expiration date: After 6 days
Name: eu_cn
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie stores user activity and serves various advertising purposes of Twitter.
Expiration date: After one year
Name: ct0
Value: c1179f07163a365d2ed7aad84c99d966
Purpose: Unfortunately we have not found any information about this cookie.
Expiration date: after 6 hours
Name: _twitter_sess
Value: 53D%253D–dd0248322365556-
Purpose: This cookie allows you to use features within the Twitter website.
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Expiration date: after session end
Note: Twitter also works with third-party providers. That's why we also detected the three Google Analytics cookies _ga, _gat, _gid during our test.
Twitter uses the collected data on the one hand to better understand user behavior and thus improve its own services and advertising offers, on the other hand, the data also serve internal security measures.
.When Twitter collects data from other websites, it is deleted, aggregated, or otherwise obscured after a maximum of 30 days. The Twitter servers are located on various server centers in the United States. Accordingly, it can be assumed that the collected data is collected and stored in America. After our research, we could not clearly determine whether Twitter also has its own servers in Europe. Basically, Twitter can store the collected data until it is no longer useful to the company, you delete the data or there is a legal deletion period.
Twitter repeatedly emphasizes in its privacy policy that it does not store data from external website visits if you or your browser are located in the European Economic Area or Switzerland. However, if you interact with Twitter directly, Twitter will of course store data about you.
If you have a Twitter account, you can manage your data by clicking "More" under the "Profile" button. Then click on "Settings and privacy". Here you can manage the data processing individually.
.If you don't have a Twitter account, you can go to twitter.com and then click on "Individualization". Under the item "Individualization and data" you can manage your collected data.
.Most data is stored via cookies, as mentioned above, and you can manage, disable or delete them in your browser. Please note that you only “edit the cookies in the browser you have chosen”. This means: if you use a different browser in the future, you will have to manage your cookies there again according to your wishes. Under the section "Cookies" you will find the corresponding links to the respective instructions of the most popular browsers.
.You can also manage your browser so that you are informed for each individual cookie. Then you can always decide individually whether you allow a cookie or not.
.Twitter also uses the data for personalized advertising inside and outside Twitter. You can turn off personalized advertising in the settings under "Personalization and data". If you use Twitter on a browser, you can disable personalized advertising at https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN.
If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by integrated social media elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. We use the integrated social media elements nevertheless only insofar as you have given consent. Most social media platforms also set cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.
.Twitter also processes data from you in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Twitter uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Twitter undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the USA. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de
For more information on Twitter's standard contractual clauses, see https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html.
We hope we have given you a basic overview of Twitter's data processing. We do not receive any data from Twitter, nor do we bear any responsibility for what Twitter does with your data. If you have any further questions about this topic, we encourage you to review Twitter's privacy policy at https://twitter.com/de/privacy.
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Cloud Services Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected parties: We as website operator and you as website visitor . 🤝 Purpose: Security and data storage 📓 Processed data: Data such as your IP address, name or technical data such as browser version . More details can be found below and in the individual privacy texts or in the privacy statements of the providers . 📅 Storage period: most of the data is stored until it is no longer needed to fulfill the service . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
Cloud services provide us as website operators with storage space and computing power via the Internet. Via the Internet, data can be transferred to an external system, processed and stored. The corresponding cloud provider takes over the management of this data. Depending on the requirements, an individual person or even a company can choose the storage space size or computing power. Cloud storage is accessed via an API or via storage protocols. API stands for Application Programming Interface, which means a programming interface that connects software with hardware components.
We use cloud services for several reasons. A cloud service offers us the possibility to store our data securely. In addition, we can access the data from different locations and devices, giving us more flexibility and making our work processes easier. A cloud storage also saves us money because we don't have to build and manage our own infrastructure for data storage and data security. By storing our data centrally in the cloud, we can also expand our fields of application and manage our information much better.
So, as a website operator or as a company, we primarily use cloud services for our own purposes. For example, we use the services to manage our calendar, to store documents or other important information in the cloud. However, personal data about you may also be stored in the process. This is the case, for example, if you provide us with your contact details (such as name and email address) and we store our customer data with a cloud provider. Consequently, data that we process from you may also be stored and processed on external servers. If we offer certain forms or content from cloud services on our website, cookies may also be set for web analytics and advertising purposes. Furthermore, such cookies remember your settings (such as the language used) so that the next time you visit our website you will find your familiar web environment.
.Much of the data we store in the cloud has no personal reference, but some data counts as personal data according to the definition of the GDPR. This is often customer data such as name, address, IP address or telephone number or technical device information. Furthermore, videos, images and audio files can also be stored in the cloud. Exactly how the data is collected and stored depends on the service in question. We try to use only services that are very trustworthy and professional with the data. Basically, the services, such as Amazon Drive, have access to the stored files in order to offer their own service accordingly. For this, however, the services need permissions, such as the right to copy files because of security aspects. This data is processed and managed within the scope of the services and in compliance with the applicable laws. This also includes the DSGVO for US providers (via the standard contractual clauses). These cloud services also work in some cases with third-party providers who may process data under instruction and in accordance with the privacy policy and further security measures. We would like to emphasize again at this point that all known cloud services (such as Amazon Drive, Google Drive or Microsoft Onedrive) obtain the right to have access to stored content in order to be able to offer and optimize their own service accordingly.
.We will inform you about the duration of data processing below, if we have further information on this. In general, cloud services store data until you or we revoke the data storage or delete the data again. In general, personal data is only stored as long as it is absolutely necessary for the provision of the services. However, a final data deletion from the cloud may take several months. This is the case because the data is usually not only stored on one server, but is distributed on different servers.
.You also have the right and the possibility to revoke your consent to data storage in a cloud at any time. If cookies are used, you also have a right of revocation here. This works either via our cookie management tool or via other opt-out functions. For example, you can also prevent data collection through cookies by managing, deactivating or deleting cookies in your browser. We also recommend that you read our general privacy policy on cookies. To find out exactly what data is stored and processed by you, you should read the privacy statements of the respective cloud providers.
.We use cloud services mainly on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a good security and storage system.
Certain processing, in particular the use of cookies and the use of storage functions require your consent. If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored at cloud services, this consent is considered the legal basis of the data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). Most of the services we use set cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.
.You can find out information about special tools – if available – in the following sections.
We use for our website Google Cloud, an online storage service for files, photos and videos. Service provider is the American company Google Inc. For the European area, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services.
.Google also processes data from you in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Google uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Google undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the US. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de
Google provides a contract on commissioned processing in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO, which acts as the data protection basis for our customer relationship with Google. This refers to the EU standard contractual clauses in terms of content. You can find the order processing conditions here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/adsprocessorterms/
To learn more about the data processed through the use of Google Cloud, please see the Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
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Audio & Video Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed Data: Data such as contact details, user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address may be stored. . More details on this can be found below in the relevant data protection texts. 📅 Storage duration: Data remain stored in principle as long as they are necessary for the service purpose . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
We have included audio or video elements on our website so that you can watch videos or listen to music/podcasts directly via our website. The content is provided by service providers. All content is therefore also obtained from the corresponding servers of the providers.
.These are integrated functional elements of platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo or Spotify. The use of these portals is usually free of charge, but paid content can also be published. With the help of these embedded elements, you can listen to or view the respective content via our website.
.When you use audio or video elements on our website, personal data about you may also be transmitted to, processed and stored by the service providers.
.Of course we want to provide you with the best offer on our website. And we realize that content is no longer conveyed merely in text and static images. Instead of just giving you a link to a video, we offer audio and video formats directly on our website that are entertaining or informative and ideally even both. This expands our service and makes it easier for you to access interesting content. Thus, in addition to our text and images, we also offer video and/or audio content.
When you access a page on our website that has an embedded video, for example, your server connects to the service provider's server. In the process, data from you is also transferred to the third-party provider and stored there. Some data is collected and stored quite independently of whether or not you have an account with the third-party provider. This usually includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, and other general information about your terminal device. Furthermore, most providers also collect information about your web activity. This includes session duration, bounce rate, which button you clicked on, or which website you used to access the service. All this information is usually stored via cookies or pixel tags (also called web beacons). Pseudonymized data is mostly stored in cookies in your browser. You can always find out exactly what data is stored and processed in the privacy policy of the respective provider.
.You can find out exactly how long the data is stored on the servers of the third-party providers either below in the privacy text of the respective tool or in the privacy policy of the provider. In principle, personal data is only processed for as long as is absolutely necessary for the provision of our services or products. As a rule, this also applies to third-party providers. In most cases, you can assume that certain data will be stored on the servers of third-party providers for several years. Data can be stored for different lengths of time specifically in cookies. Some cookies are already deleted after leaving the website, others can be stored in your browser for several years.
.You also have the right and the possibility to revoke your consent to the use of cookies or third-party providers at any time. This works either via our cookie management tool or via other opt-out functions. For example, you can also prevent data collection through cookies by managing, disabling or deleting cookies in your browser. The lawfulness of the processing until the revocation remains unaffected.
.Since the embedded audio and video functions on our site usually also use cookies, you should also read our general privacy policy on cookies. In the privacy statements of the respective third-party providers you can learn more about the handling and storage of your data.
.If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by embedded audio and video elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. We use the embedded audio and video elements nevertheless only insofar as you have given consent.
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YouTube Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed Data: Data such as contact details, user behavior data, information about your device and your IP address may be stored. . More details can be found below in this privacy policy. 📅 Storage duration: Data remain stored in principle as long as they are necessary for the service purpose . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
We have included YouTube videos on our website. So we can present you interesting videos directly on our site. YouTube is a video portal that has been a subsidiary of Google since 2006. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you call up a page on our website that has a YouTube video embedded, your browser automatically connects to the YouTube or Google servers. In the process, various data are transferred (depending on the settings). Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing in the European area.
.In the following, we would like to explain in more detail what data is processed, why we have embedded YouTube videos and how you can manage or delete your data.
.On YouTube, users can watch, rate, comment on and upload videos themselves free of charge. Over the past few years, YouTube has become one of the most important social media channels in the world. In order for us to display videos on our website, YouTube provides a code snippet that we have built into our site.
YouTube is the video platform with the most visitors and the best content. We are committed to providing you with the best possible user experience on our website. And of course, interesting videos can not be missing. With the help of our embedded videos, we provide you with other helpful content in addition to our texts and images. In addition, the embedded videos make our website easier to find on the Google search engine. Also, when we run ads via Google Ads, Google - thanks to the collected data - can really only show these ads to people who are interested in what we have to offer.
As soon as you visit one of our pages that has a YouTube video embedded, YouTube sets at least one cookie that stores your IP address and our URL. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your interactions on our website to your profile, usually with the help of cookies. This includes data such as session duration, bounce rate, approximate location, technical information such as browser type, screen resolution or your internet provider. Other data may include contact details, any ratings, sharing of content via social media or adding to your favorites on YouTube.
.When you are not signed into a Google Account or YouTube account, Google stores data with a unique identifier associated with your device, browser, or app. For example, your preferred language setting is retained. But a lot of interaction data can't be stored because fewer cookies are set.
.In the following list we show cookies that were set in a test in the browser. On the one hand, we show cookies that are set without a logged-in YouTube account. On the other hand, we show cookies that are set with a logged-in account. The list cannot claim to be complete, because the user data always depends on the interactions on YouTube.
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Name: YSC
Value: b9-CV6ojI5Y322365556-1
Purpose: This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics of the viewed video.
Expiration date: after session end
Name: PREF
Value: f1=50000000
Purpose: This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google gets statistics about how you use YouTube videos on our website via PREF.
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Expiration date: after 8 months
Name: GPS
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track GPS location.
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Expiration date: after 30 minutes
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value: 95Chz8bagyU
Purpose: This cookie attempts to estimate the user's bandwidth on our web pages (with embedded YouTube video).
Expiration date: after 8 months
Other cookies that are set when you are logged in with your YouTube account:
Name: APISID
Wert: zILlvClZSkqGsSwI/AU1aZI6HY7322365556-
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile about your interests. Used the data for personalized advertisements.
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Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: CONSENT
Value: YES+AT.com+20150628-20-0
Purpose: The cookie stores the status of a user's consent to use various services from Google. CONSENT is also used for security, to verify users and protect user data from unauthorized attacks.
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Expiration date: after 19 years
Name: HSID
Value: AcRwpgUik9Dveht0I
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile about your interests. This data helps to display personalized advertising.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: LOGIN_INFO
Value: AFmmF2swRQIhALl6aL...
Purpose: In this cookie, information about your login data is stored.
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Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: SAPISID
Value: 7oaPxoG-pZsJuuF5/AnUdDUIsJ9iJz2vdM
Purpose: This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. It is used to create a profile about your interests.
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Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: SID
Value: oQfNKjAsI322365556-
Purpose: This cookie stores your Google account ID and your last login time in digitally signed and encrypted form.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: SIDCC
Value: AN0-TYuqub2JOcDTyL
Purpose: This cookie stores information about how you use the site and what advertisements you may have seen before visiting our site.
Expiration date: after 3 months
The data that YouTube receives from you and processes is stored on Google servers. Most of these servers are located in America. At https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/?hl=de you can see exactly where Google's data centers are located. Your data is distributed across the servers. This means that the data can be accessed more quickly and is better protected from manipulation.
The collected data is stored by Google for different lengths of time. Some data you can delete at any time, others are automatically deleted after a limited time, and still others are stored by Google for a longer period of time. Some data (such as items from "My Activity", photos or documents, products) stored in your Google Account will remain stored until you delete it. Even if you are not signed into a Google account, you can delete some data associated with your device, browser, or app.
.Generally, you can manually delete data in Google Account. With the automatic deletion function of location and activity data introduced in 2019, information is stored depending on your decision – either 3 or 18 months and then deleted.
.Whether you have a Google account or not, you can configure your browser to delete or disable cookies from Google. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. Under the section "Cookies" you will find the corresponding links to the respective instructions of the most popular browsers.
.If you do not want cookies in principle, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. This way you can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not.
.If you have consented that data from you can be processed and stored by embedded YouTube elements, this consent is considered the legal basis for data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In principle, your data will also be stored and processed on the basis of our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO) in a fast and good communication with you or other customers and business partners. Nevertheless, we only use the embedded YouTube elements insofar as you have given your consent. YouTube also sets cookies in your browser to store data. That is why we recommend that you read our privacy text about cookies carefully and view the privacy policy or cookie policy of the respective service provider.
.YouTube also processes data in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing at recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, YouTube uses standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). These clauses oblige YouTube to comply with the EU level of data protection when processing relevant data outside the EU as well. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the clauses here, among other places: https://germany.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_de.
Since YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, there is a joint privacy policy. If you want to learn more about how your data is handled, we recommend the privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
We have installed the YouTube Subscribe button on our website. You can usually recognize the button by the classic YouTube logo. The logo shows the words "Subscribe" or "YouTube" in white letters against a red background and the white "Play" icon to the left. However, the button can also be displayed in a different design.
Our YouTube channel always offers you funny, interesting or exciting videos. With the built-in "Subscribe" button, you can subscribe to our channel directly from our website and do not have to call up the YouTube website specifically. In this way, we want to make it as easy as possible for you to access our extensive content. Please note that YouTube may store and process data about you as a result.
.When you see a built-in subscribe button on our site, YouTube – according to Google – sets at least one cookie. This cookie stores your IP address and our URL. Also information about your browser, your approximate location and your preset language can YouTube learn so. In our test, the following four cookies were set without being logged into YouTube:
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Name: YSC
Value: b9-CV6ojI5322365556Y
Purpose: This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics of the viewed video.
Expiration date: after session end
Name: PREF
Value: f1=50000000
Purpose: This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google gets statistics about how you use YouTube videos on our website via PREF.
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Expiration date: after 8 months
Name: GPS
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track GPS location.
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Expiration date: after 30 minutes
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value: 32236555695Chz8bagyU
Purpose: This cookie attempts to estimate the user's bandwidth on our web pages (with embedded YouTube video).
Expiration date: after 8 months
Note: These cookies were set after a test and cannot claim to be complete.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can store many of your actions/interactions on our website using cookies and associate them with your YouTube account. YouTube thereby receives, for example, information about how long you surf our site, which browser type you use, which screen resolution you prefer or which actions you perform.
.YouTube uses this data on the one hand to improve its own services and offerings, and on the other hand to provide analysis and statistics to advertisers (who use Google Ads)
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Web design privacy policy summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Improve user experience . 📓 Data processed: Which data is processed depends largely on the services used. Mostly it is about IP address, technical data, language settings, browser version, screen resolution and name of the browser. You can find more details about this in the respective web design tools used. 📅 Storage duration: depending on the tools used . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
We use several tools on our website that serve our web design. Web design is not, as often assumed, only about that our website looks pretty, but also about functionality and performance. But of course, the appropriate appearance of a website is also one of the major goals of professional web design. Web design is a branch of media design and deals with the visual as well as the structural and functional design of a website. The goal is to use web design to improve your experience on our website. In web design jargon, this is referred to as user experience (UX) and usability. User experience refers to all impressions and experiences that the website visitor experiences on a website. Usability is a sub-item of user experience. This refers to the user-friendliness of a website. The main emphasis here is on ensuring that content, subpages or products are clearly structured and that you can easily and quickly find what you are looking for. In order to provide you with the best possible experience on our website, we also use so-called third-party web design tools. In this privacy policy, the category "web design" therefore includes all services that improve the design of our website. These can be, for example, fonts, various plugins or other integrated web design functions.
.How you absorb information on a website depends very much on the structure, functionality and visual perception of the website. Therefore, a good and professional web design became more and more important for us as well. We are constantly working on the improvement of our website and see this also as an extended service for you as a website visitor. Furthermore, a beautiful and functioning website also has economic advantages for us. After all, you will only visit us and take advantage of our offers if you feel completely comfortable.
When you visit our website, web design elements may be embedded in our pages that can also process data. What data it is exactly, of course, depends largely on the tools used. Further below you can see exactly which tools we use for our website. We recommend that you also read the respective privacy policy of the tools used for more detailed information on data processing. In most cases, you will find out there which data is processed, whether cookies are used and how long the data is stored. Through fonts such as Google Fonts, for example, information such as language settings, IP address, browser version, browser screen resolution and browser name are also automatically transmitted to the Google servers.
.How long data is processed is very individual and depends on the web design elements used. For example, if cookies are used, the retention period can be as short as a minute or as long as a few years. Please make yourself clear in this regard. For this purpose, we recommend on the one hand our general text section on cookies, as well as the privacy statements of the tools used. There you will usually find out exactly which cookies are used and what information is stored in them. Google font files, for example, are stored for one year. This is to improve the loading time of a website. In principle, data is only ever stored for as long as is necessary for the provision of the service. In the case of legal requirements, data can also be stored for longer.
You also have the right and the possibility to revoke your consent to the use of cookies or third-party providers at any time. This works either via our cookie management tool or via other opt-out functions. You can also prevent data collection through cookies by managing, disabling or deleting cookies in your browser. However, under web design elements (mostly fonts), there is also data that cannot be deleted quite so easily. This is the case when data is automatically collected directly when a page is called up and transmitted to a third-party provider (such as Google). In this case, please contact the support of the respective provider. In the case of Google, you can reach support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de.
If you have consented that web design tools may be used, the legal basis of the corresponding data processing is this consent. According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent), this consent constitutes the legal basis for the processing of personal data, as may occur during the collection by web design tools. From our side, there is also a legitimate interest to improve the web design on our website. After all, only then can we provide you with a beautiful and professional web offer. The corresponding legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests). Nevertheless, we only use web design tools insofar as you have given your consent. In any case, we would like to emphasize this again here.
For information on specific web design tools, see – the following sections, if available –.
On our website, we use Google Fonts from the company Google Inc. For the European area, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible. We have integrated the Google fonts locally, i.e. on our web server – not on the servers of Google –. Thus, there is no connection to Google servers and therefore no data transmission or storage.
.In the past, Google Fonts was also called Google Web Fonts. This is an interactive directory of over 800 fonts that Google provides for free. With Google Fonts, you could use fonts without uploading them to your own server. But to prevent any information transfer to Google servers in this regard, we have downloaded the fonts to our server. This way we act privacy compliant and do not send any data to Google Fonts.
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Content Search Provider Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Improve user experience . 📓 Data processed: Which data is processed depends heavily on the services used. Mostly it is IP address, search interests and / or technical data. More details can be found at the respective tools used. . 📅 Storage duration: depending on the tools used . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
Meanwhile, we have already published a lot of content on our website. And of course we don't want it to be forgotten just because it can't be found. That's why we use a content search provider on our website. You're probably familiar with major search engines like Google. Content search providers are basically also search engines, but unlike Google, they don't search the entire web for content, but only the website you are on. Using a text field, you can enter terms that match the content you are looking for, and the search program will find the articles you are looking for. If you use the integrated search function, personal data about you may also be processed.
.When you look around our website, you will quickly notice how much useful content we have already published over the years. There are real treasures among them and we want you to find them quickly without having to click around for a long time. With a content search feature right on our website, you can quickly and easily find the content you're looking for using keywords that match the topic you're looking for. This feature is really handy and we also see it as our task to make your life on our website as pleasant and helpful as possible. That's why we decided to include a content search program in our website.
.When you use the search function on our website, the integrated content search provider (such as Algolia Places or Giphy) may automatically receive and store data from you. This is technical data about your browser as well as data such as your IP address, device ID and the search terms you entered. Please note that IP addresses are personal data. The privacy statements of the providers state that this information is collected and stored in order to increase security and improve their own services. The automatically collected usage data, which does not include personal data and is processed in anonymized form, can also be used for analysis purposes. Some providers also pass on this anonymized data to third parties. In order to find out more about this, we recommend that you read the specific data protection declarations of the individual providers carefully. In order for the services to function properly, cookies are also usually set in your browser. You can learn more about cookies in our general section "Cookies". Whether and which cookies the individual search tools use, you can find out - if available - below or in the corresponding privacy statements of the integrated tools.
.Generally, each content search provider processes different data. Therefore, this general section cannot specifically address the data processing of the individual tools. However, usually the services store personal data only as long as it is necessary for the smooth functioning of the tools. Some services (such as Giphy) also retain personal data longer if required by legal obligations. In depersonalized form, data is retained longer by most providers as well. Content search providers may also use cookies to store various data. You can read more about this in our general section on cookies. If you want to know about the specific cookies that a search provider uses, we recommend that you read the privacy policy of the providers we use. In most cases, you will find an exemplary list of the cookies used there.
Always be aware: if you do not want, no personal data of yours may be processed. Always have the right to access your personal data and object to its use. You can also revoke your consent at any time via the cookie consent tool or via other opt-out options. You can also easily manage, delete or deactivate used cookies yourself via your browser. If you delete cookies, it could be that some functions of the tool no longer work. So please do not be surprised about that. How you manage cookies in your browser also depends on the browser you use. In the section "Cookies" you can also find links to the instructions of the most important browsers.
.If you have consented to the use of a content search provider, the legal basis for the corresponding data processing is this consent. According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent), this consent constitutes the legal basis for the processing of personal data as it may occur during the collection by a content search provider.
.We also have a legitimate interest to use a content search provider to optimize our service on our website. The corresponding legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests). However, we only ever use a content search provider if you have given your consent. We definitely want to have this stated again at this point.
Information on specific content search providers is provided – where available – in the following sections.
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Custom Google Search Privacy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Optimization of our service . 📓 Processed data: Data such as IP address and entered search terms are stored by Google . More details can be found below in this privacy policy. 📅 Storage duration: the storage duration varies depending on the stored data . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
We have integrated the Google custom search plug-in on our website. Google is the largest and best-known search engine in the world and is operated by the US company Google Inc. For the European area the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible. Through the custom Google search, data from you may be transferred to Google. In this privacy policy, we inform you why we use this plug-in, what data is processed and how you can manage or prevent this data transfer.
.The custom Google search plugin is a Google search bar directly on our website. The search takes place like on www.google.com, only the search results are focused on our content and products or on a limited search circle.
A website with a lot of interesting content often gets so big that you may lose track of it. Over time, we have also accumulated a lot of valuable material and as part of our service, we want you to find our content as quickly and easily as possible. Custom Google search makes finding interesting content a breeze. The built-in Google plug-in improves the overall quality of our website and makes searching easier for you.
.Through the custom Google search, data from you will only be transferred to Google if you actively use the Google search built into our website. This means that only when you enter a search term in the search bar and then confirm this term (e.g. click "Enter"), in addition to the search term, your IP address is also sent to Google, stored and processed there. Based on the cookies set (such as 1P_JAR), it can be assumed that Google also receives data on website usage. If, during your visit to our website, you search for content using the built-in Google search function and are logged in with your Google account at the same time, Google can also assign the collected data to your Google account. As website operators, we have no influence on what Google does with the collected data or how Google processes the data.
.The following cookies are set in your browser when you use Google Custom Search and are not logged in with a Google Account:
Name: 1P_JAR
Value: 2020-01-27-13322365556-5
Purpose: This cookie collects statistics on website usage and measures conversions. A conversion occurs, for example, when a user becomes a buyer. The cookie is also used to display relevant advertisements to users.
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Expiration date: after one month
Name: CONSENT
Value: WP.282f52322365556-9
Purpose: The cookie stores the status of a user's consent to use various services from Google. CONSENT is also used for security, to verify users and protect user data from unauthorized attacks.
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Expiration date: after 18 years
Name: NID
Value: 196=pwIo3B5fHr-8
Purpose: NID is used by Google to customize ads to your Google search. With the help of the cookie Google "remembers" your entered search queries or your previous interaction with ads. So you always get tailored ads.
Expiration date: after 6 months
Note: This enumeration can not claim to be complete, because Google also changes the choice of their cookies again and again.
.The Google servers are distributed all over the world. Since Google is an American company, most of the data is stored on American servers. At https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/locations/?hl=de you can see exactly where the Google servers are located.
Your data is distributed on different physical data carriers. This means that the data can be retrieved more quickly and is better protected against possible manipulation. Google also has appropriate emergency programs for your data. For example, if there are internal technical problems at Google and servers stop working as a result, the risk of service interruption and data loss still remains low.
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Depending on which data it is, Google stores it for different lengths of time. Some data you can delete yourself, others are automatically deleted or anonymized by Google. However, there is also data that Google stores longer, if this is necessary for legal or business reasons.
Under European Union data protection law, you have the right to access, update, delete or restrict your data. There is some data that you can delete at any time. If you have a Google account, you can delete data about your web activity there or specify that it should be deleted after a certain time.
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In your browser, you also have the option to disable, delete or manage cookies according to your wishes and preferences. Under the section "Cookies" you will find the corresponding links to the respective instructions of the most popular browsers.
If you have consented to the use of Google Custom Search, the legal basis for the corresponding data processing is this consent. According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent), this consent constitutes the legal basis for the processing of personal data as it may occur during the collection by Google Custom Search.
.On our part, there is also a legitimate interest to use the Google Custom Search to optimize our online service. The corresponding legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests). Nevertheless, we only use the custom Google search insofar as you have given your consent.
.Google also processes data from you in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Google uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Google undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the US. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de
The Google Ads Data Processing Terms, which reference the Standard Contractual Clauses, can be found at https://business.safety.google/intl/de/adsprocessorterms/.
We hope we have been able to provide you with the most important information about data processing by Google. If you want to learn more about it, we recommend Google's comprehensive privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
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Other Privacy Policy Summary.
👥 Affected: Visitors of the website . 🤝 Purpose: Improve user experience . 📓 Data processed: Which data is processed depends heavily on the services used. Mostly it is IP address and / or technical data. More details can be found at the respective tools used. . 📅 Storage duration: depending on the tools used . ⚖️ Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (Consent), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests) |
The category "Other" includes those services that do not fit into one of the above categories. These are usually various plugins and embedded elements that enhance our website. As a rule, these functions are obtained from third-party providers and integrated into our website. For example, these are web search services such as Algolia Place, Giphy, Programmable Search Engine or online services for weather data such as OpenWeather.
.With our website we want to offer you the best web offer in our industry. For a long time now, a website has not merely been a business card for companies. Rather, it is a place that should help you find what you are looking for. To always make our website more interesting and helpful for you, we use various third-party services.
Whenever elements are integrated into our website, your IP address is transmitted to the respective provider, stored and processed there. This is necessary because otherwise the content will not be sent to your browser and consequently will not be displayed accordingly. It may also happen that service providers also use pixel tags or web beacons. These are small graphics on websites that can record a log file and also create analyses of this file. With the information obtained, providers can improve their own marketing efforts. In addition to pixel tags, such information (such as which button you click or when you visit which page) can also be stored in cookies. In addition to analysis data about your web behavior, technical information such as your browser type or operating system can also be stored in them. Some providers may also link the data obtained with other internal services or with third-party providers. Each provider handles your data differently. Therefore, we recommend that you carefully read the privacy statements of the respective services. As a matter of principle, we endeavor to only use services that handle the topic of data protection very carefully.
We will inform you about the duration of data processing below, provided we have further information on this. In general, we process personal data only as long as it is absolutely necessary for the provision of our services and products.
If we ask you for your consent and you also consent that we may use the service, this is considered the legal basis for the processing of your data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). In addition to the consent, there is a legitimate interest on our part to analyze the behavior of website visitors and thus to improve our offer technically and economically. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (Legitimate Interests). Nevertheless, we only use the tools insofar as you have given your consent.
.Information about the specific tools, you will get – if available – in the following sections.
We use Google App Engine for our website. This is a service to develop and provide web applications on Google servers. The service provider is the American company Google Inc. For the European area, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services.
.Google also processes data from you in the USA, among other places. We would like to point out that according to the opinion of the European Court of Justice, there is currently no adequate level of protection for the transfer of data to the USA. This may be associated with various risks for the legality and security of data processing.
As a basis for data processing with recipients located in third countries (outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, i.e. in particular in the USA) or a data transfer there, Google uses so-called standard contractual clauses (= Art. 46. para. 2 and 3 DSGVO). Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) are templates provided by the EU Commission and are intended to ensure that your data complies with European data protection standards even if it is transferred to third countries (such as the USA) and stored there. Through these clauses, Google undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing your relevant data, even if the data is stored, processed and managed in the US. These clauses are based on an implementing decision of the EU Commission. You can find the decision and the corresponding standard contractual clauses here, among other places: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2021/914/oj?locale=de
Google provides a contract on commissioned processing in accordance with Art. 28 DSGVO, which acts as the data protection basis for our customer relationship with Google. This refers to the EU standard contractual clauses in terms of content. You can find the order processing conditions here: https://business.safety.google/intl/de/adsprocessorterms/
You can learn more about the data processed through the use of Google App Engine in the Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
We always try to write our privacy policy as clear and understandable as possible. Especially with technical and legal topics, however, this is not always easy. It often makes sense to use legal terms (such as personal data) or certain technical terms (such as cookies, IP address). However, we do not want to use these without explanation. Below you will now find an alphabetical list of important terms used that we may not have sufficiently addressed in the previous privacy policy. If these terms are taken from the GDPR and are definitions, we will also list the GDPR texts here and add our own explanations if necessary.
.Definition of terms according to Article 4 of the GDPR.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the term:
"biometric data"personal data obtained by means of special technical procedures concerning the physical, physiological or behavioral characteristics of a natural person which enable or confirm the unambiguous identification of that natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic data;
Explanation: It is biological characteristics that are described by biometric data and from which personal data can be obtained with the help of technical procedures. These include, for example, DNA, fingerprints, the geometry of various body parts, body size, but also handwriting or the sound of a voice.
.Definition of terms according to Article 4 of the GDPR.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the term:
"third party" a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body, other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons who, under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor, are authorized to process the personal data;
Explanation: The GDPR basically only explains here what a "third party” is not. In practice, any "third party” who also has an interest in the personal data, but is not one of the persons, authorities or entities mentioned above. For example, a parent company may act as a "third party”. In this case, the subsidiary group is the controller and the parent group is a "third party”. However, this does not mean that the parent company may automatically view, collect or store the subsidiary company”s personal data.
.Definition of terms according to Article 4 of the GDPR.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the term:
"Consent" of the data subject means any freely given specific, informed and unambiguous indication of his or her wishes in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject signifies his or her agreement to personal data relating to him or her being processed;
Explanation: As a rule, such consent is given on websites via a cookie consent tool. You probably know this. Whenever you first visit a website, you are usually asked via a banner whether you agree or consent to data processing. In most cases, you can also make individual settings and thus decide for yourself which data processing you allow and which you do not. If you do not consent, no personal data of yours may be processed. In principle, consent can of course also be given in writing, i.e. not via a tool.
Definition of terms according to Article 4 of the GDPR.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the term:
"profiling" any automated processing of personal data which consists in using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or change of location;
Explanation: Profiling involves gathering various pieces of information about a person in order to learn more about that person. In the web sector, profiling is often used for advertising purposes or even for credit checks. Web or advertising analysis programs, for example, collect data about your behavior and interests on a website. This results in a special user profile that can be used to target advertising to a specific group.
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