Privacy Policy

Personal data (usually referred to just as „data“ below) will only be processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents, and the services offered there.

Per Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the „GDPR“), „processing“ refers to any operation or set of operations such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment, or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction performed on personal data, whether by automated means or not.

The following privacy policy is intended to inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis for the processing of such data either under our own control or in conjunction with others. We also inform you below about the third-party components we use to optimize our website and improve the user experience which may result in said third parties also processing data they collect and control.

Our privacy policy is structured as follows:

I. Information about us as controllers of your data
II. The rights of users and data subjects
III. Information about the data processing

I. Information about us as controllers of your data

The party responsible for this website (the „controller“) for purposes of data protection law is:

Beyond Chiefs GmbH
Daniel Szabo
14 Stock
Hamburg

II. The rights of users and data subjects

With regard to the data processing to be described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

to confirmation of whether data concerning them is being processed, information about the data being processed, further information about the nature of the data processing, and copies of the data (cf. also Art. 15 GDPR);
to correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (cf. also Art. 16 GDPR);
to the immediate deletion of data concerning them (cf. also Art. 17 DSGVO), or, alternatively, if further processing is necessary as stipulated in Art. 17 Para. 3 GDPR, to restrict said processing per Art. 18 GDPR;
to receive copies of the data concerning them and/or provided by them and to have the same transmitted to other providers/controllers (cf. also Art. 20 GDPR);
to file complaints with the supervisory authority if they believe that data concerning them is being processed by the controller in breach of data protection provisions (see also Art. 77 GDPR).

In addition, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Art. 16, 17 Para. 1, 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. Nevertheless, users have a right to information about these recipients.

Likewise, under Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the controller’s future processing of their data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permissible.

III. Information about the data processing

Your data processed when using our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for its storage ceases to apply, provided the deletion of the same is not in breach of any statutory storage obligations or unless otherwise stipulated below.

Follow-up comments

If you make posts on our website, we also offer you the opportunity to subscribe to any subsequent follow-up comments made by third parties. In order to be able to inform you about these follow-up comments, we will need to process your email address.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may revoke your prior consent to this subscription under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent or click on the unsubscribe link contained in each email.

Cookie Manager

To obtain consent for the use of technically unnecessary cookies on the website, the provider uses a cookie manager.

When the website is called up, a cookie with the settings information is stored on the end device of the user so that the request for consent does not have to be made on a subsequent visit.

The cookie is required to obtain legally compliant user consent.

You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the settings on your internet browser.

Cookies

a) Session cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies stored on your computer by your browser. These cookies process certain specific information about you, such as your browser, location data, or IP address.

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure, allowing us, for example, to display our website in different languages or to offer a shopping cart function.

The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as these cookies are used to collect data to initiate or process contractual relationships.

If the processing does not serve to initiate or process a contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

When you close your browser, these session cookies are deleted.

b) Third-party cookies

If necessary, our website may also use cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analyzing, or improving the features of our website.

Please refer to the following information for details, in particular for the legal basis and purpose of such third-party collection and processing of data collected through cookies.

c) Disabling cookies

You can refuse the use of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Likewise, you can use the browser to delete cookies that have already been stored. However, the steps and measures required vary, depending on the browser you use. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your browser or contact its maker for support. Browser settings cannot prevent so-called flash cookies from being set. Instead, you will need to change the setting of your Flash player. The steps and measures required for this also depend on the Flash player you are using. If you have any questions, please use the help function or consult the documentation for your Flash player or contact its maker for support.

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our site may be fully usable.

Contact

If you contact us via email or the contact form, the data you provide will be used for the purpose of processing your request. We must have this data in order to process and answer your inquiry; otherwise we will not be able to answer it in full or at all.

The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted once we have fully answered your inquiry and there is no further legal obligation to store your data, such as if an order or contract resulted therefrom.

Customer account/registration

If you create a customer account with us via our website, we will use the data you entered during registration (e.g. your name, your address, or your email address) exclusively for services leading up to your potential placement of an order or entering some other contractual relationship with us, to fulfill such orders or contracts, and to provide customer care (e.g. to provide you with an overview of your previous orders or to be able to offer you a wishlist function). We also store your IP address and the date and time of your registration. This data will not be transferred to third parties.

During the registration process, your consent will be obtained for this processing of your data, with reference made to this privacy policy. The data collected by us will be used exclusively to provide your customer account.

If you give your consent to this processing, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR is the legal basis for this processing.

If the opening of the customer account is also intended to lead to the initiation of a contractual relationship with us or to fulfill an existing contract with us, the legal basis for this processing is also Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

You may revoke your prior consent to the processing of your personal data at any time under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent.

The data previously collected will then be deleted as soon as processing is no longer necessary. However, we must observe any retention periods required under tax and commercial law.

If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be sent to us. We also store the IP address of your computer and the date and time of your registration. During the registration process, we will obtain your consent to receive this newsletter and the type of content it will offer, with reference made to this privacy policy. The data collected will be used exclusively to send the newsletter and will not be passed on to third parties.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You may revoke your prior consent to receive this newsletter under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent or click on the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter.

User posts, comments, and ratings

We offer you the opportunity to post questions, answers, opinions, and ratings on our website, hereinafter referred to jointly as „posts.“ If you make use of this opportunity, we will process and publish your post, the date and time you submitted it, and any pseudonym you may have used.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may revoke your prior consent under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent.

In addition, we will also process your IP address and email address. The IP address is processed because we might have a legitimate interest in taking or supporting further action if your post infringes the rights of third parties and/or is otherwise unlawful.

In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in any legal defense we may have to mount.

Online job applications / publication of job advertisements

We offer you the opportunity to apply for jobs with our company via our website. In the case of these digital applications, we collect your application data electronically in order to process your application.

The legal basis for this processing is §26 Para. 1 S. 1 BDSG in conjunction with Art. 88 Para. 1 GDPR.

If you are hired as a result of the application process, we will store the data you provide during the application process in your personnel file for the purpose of the usual organizational and administrative process, naturally in compliance with further legal obligations.

The legal basis for this processing is §26 Para. 1 S. 1 BDSG in conjunction with Art. 88 Para. 1 GDPR.

If we do not hire you, we will automatically delete the data submitted to us two months after the final decision is made. We will not delete the data, however, if we must store the data for legal reasons such as evidence of equal treatment of applicants, until any legal action is concluded, or four months.

In this case, the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR and §24 Para. 1 No. 2 BDSG. Our legitimate interest lies in any legal defense we may have to mount .

If you expressly consent to a longer storage of your data, e.g. for your inclusion in a database of applicants or interested parties, the data will be processed further on the basis of your consent. The legal basis is then Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect per Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect.

Credit checks and scores

If you accept any offer we make for you to pay for goods or services on account, we reserve the right to run a credit check with a credit bureau (such as Creditreform, Schufa, Bürgel, or infoscore) to obtain credit information determined on the basis of mathematical-statistical methods. For this purpose, any data you provide that is relevant to the contract, such as your name and address, will be forwarded to the credit bureau. We then use the information obtained about the statistical probability of default to decide whether we will offer you payment on account.

The legal basis for such processing is our legitimate interest to avoid default on our account per Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f) GDPR.

Server data

For technical reasons, the following data sent by your internet browser to us or to our server provider will be collected, especially to ensure a secure and stable website: These server log files record the type and version of your browser, operating system, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the webpages on our site visited, the date and time of your visit, as well as the IP address from which you visited our site.

The data thus collected will be temporarily stored, but not in association with any other of your data.

The basis for this storage is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality, and security of our website.

The data will be deleted within no more than seven days, unless continued storage is required for evidentiary purposes. In which case, all or part of the data will be excluded from deletion until the investigation of the relevant incident is finally resolved.

Order processing

The data you submit when ordering goods and/or services from us will have to be processed in order to fulfill your order. Please note that orders cannot be processed without providing this data.

The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

After your order has been completed, your personal data will be deleted, but only after the retention periods required by tax and commercial law.

In order to process your order, we will share your data with the shipping company responsible for delivery to the extent required to deliver your order and/or with the payment service provider to the extent required to process your payment.

The legal basis for the transfer of this data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Facebook

To advertise our products and services as well as to communicate with interested parties or customers, we have a presence on the Facebook platform.

On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland.

The data protection officer of Facebook can be reached via this contact form:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

We have defined the joint responsibility in an agreement regarding the respective obligations within the meaning of the GDPR. This agreement, which sets out the reciprocal obligations, is available at the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

The legal basis for the processing of the resulting and subsequently disclosed personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, communication, sales, and promotion of our products and services.

The legal basis may also be your consent per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR granted to the platform operator. Per Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, you may revoke this consent with the platform operator at any time with future effect.

When accessing our online presence on the Facebook platform, Facebook Ireland Ltd. as the operator of the platform in the EU will process your data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.).

This data of the user is used for statistical information on the use of our company presence on Facebook. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes as well as for the creation of user profiles. Based on these profiles, Facebook Ireland Ltd. can provide advertising both within and outside of Facebook based on your interests. If you are logged into Facebook at the time you access our site, Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also link this data to your user account.

If you contact us via Facebook, the personal data your provide at that time will be used to process the request. We will delete this data once we have completely responded to your query, unless there are legal obligations to retain the data, such as for subsequent fulfillment of contracts.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. might also set cookies when processing your data.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. The instructions to do this depend on the browser and system being used. For Flash cookies, the processing cannot be prevented by the settings in your browser, but instead by making the appropriate settings in your Flash player. If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions of Facebook may be fully usable.

Details on the processing activities, their suppression, and the deletion of the data processed by Facebook can be found in its privacy policy:

https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

It cannot be excluded that the processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also take place in the United States by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025.

Instagram

To advertise our products and services as well as to communicate with interested parties or customers, we have a presence on the Instagram platform.

On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland.

The data protection officer of Instagram can be reached via this contact form:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

When accessing our online presence on the Instagram platform, Facebook Ireland Ltd. as the operator of the platform in the EU will process your data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.).

This data of the user is used for statistical information on the use of our company presence on Instagram. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes as well as for the creation of user profiles. Based on these profiles, Facebook Ireland Ltd. can provide advertising both within and outside of Instagram based on your interests. If you are logged into Instagram at the time you access our site, Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also link this data to your user account.

If you contact us via Instagram, the personal data your provide at that time will be used to process the request. We will delete this data once we have completely responded to your query, unless there are legal obligations to retain the data, such as for subsequent fulfillment of contracts.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. might also set cookies when processing your data.

Details on the processing activities, their suppression, and the deletion of the data processed by Instagram can be found in its privacy policy:

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

It cannot be excluded that the processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also take place in the United States by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025.

We maintain an online presence on LinkedIn to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/prospects. LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland, a subsidiary of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.

We would like to point out that this might cause user data to be processed outside the European Union, particularly in the United States. This may increase risks for users that, for example, may make subsequent access to the user data more difficult. We also do not have access to this user data. Access is only available to LinkedIn.

The LinkedIn privacy policy can be found here:

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

We maintain an online presence on Pinterest to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/prospects. Pinterest is a service of Pinterest Inc., 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA.

The Pinterest privacy policy can be found here:

https://policy.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

Twitter

We maintain an online presence on Twitter to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/prospects. Twitter is a service provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

The privacy policy of Twitter can be found at

https://twitter.com/privacy

YouTube

We maintain an online presence on YouTube to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/prospects. YouTube is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA.

The YouTube privacy policy can be found here:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

General introduction

General linking to third-party profiles

The provider includes a link on the website to the social media listed below.

The legal basis for this is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest of the provider is to improve the quality of use of the website.

The plugins are integrated via a linked graphic. The user is only forwarded to the service of the respective social media by clicking on the corresponding graphic.

After the customer has been forwarded, information about the user is recorded by the respective social media. This is initially data such as IP address, date, time and page visited. If the user is logged into his/her user account of the respective social media at the same time, the social media operator can, if required, assign the information collected from the user’s specific visit to the user’s personal account. If the user interacts via a “Share” button of the respective social media, this information can be stored in the user’s personal user account and, if required, be published. If the user wants to prevent the collected information from being directly assigned to his/her user account, the user must log out before clicking on the graphic. It is also possible to configure the respective user account accordingly.

The following social media are linked by the provider:

Facebook

Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.

Instagram

Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland, a subsidiary of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA.

Pinterest Inc., 651 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA.

twitter

Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

YouTube

Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA

Facebook plug-in

Our website uses the plug-in of the Facebook social network. Facebook.com is a service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland.

In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.

Further information about the possible plug-ins and their respective functions is available from Facebook at

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your browser will download an icon for the plug-in from Facebook’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Facebook to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.

If you are logged in to Facebook while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by Facebook. The information collected may then be assigned to your personal account at Facebook. If, for example, you use the Facebook Like button, this information will be stored in your Facebook account and published on the Facebook platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Facebook before visiting our website or use an add-on for your browser to prevent the Facebook plug-in from loading.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Facebook’s privacy policy found at

https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Shariff social media buttons

Our website uses the plug-ins of the following social networks. To integrate these plug-ins, we use the Shariff plug-in.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website.

Shariff is an open source program developed by c’t and heise. By integrating this plug-in, linked graphics prevent the following social network plug-ins from automatically establishing a connection to the respective social networks server when you visit website(s) on which the plug-ins are integrated. Only if you click on one of these linked graphics will you be forwarded to the service of the respective social network. Only then will information about your use of our site be recorded by the respective social network. This information may include your IP address, the date and time you visited our site, as well as the pages you viewed.

If you are logged in to one of the social network services while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by the provider of that social network and assigned to your personal user account there and/or publish information about your interaction with our site there. If, for example, you use the a share button for the social network, this information may be stored in your user account there and published on the platform of the respective social network provider. To prevent this, you must either log out of the social network before clicking the graphic or make the appropriate settings in your social network account.

Further information about Shariff is available at

http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html

The following social networks are integrated into our website:

Facebook operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland.

Privacy information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Twitter operated by Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Privacy information can be found at https://twitter.com/privacy

Twitter plug-in

Our website uses the plug-in of the Twitter social network. The Twitter service is operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA („Twitter“).

If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your browser will download an icon for the plug-in from Twitter’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Twitter to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.

If you are logged in to Twitter while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by Twitter. The information collected may then be assigned to your personal account at Twitter. If, for example, you use the Twitter Tweet button, this information will be stored in your Twitter account and may be published on the Twitter platform. To prevent this, you must either log out of Twitter before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your Twitter account.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Twitter’s privacy policy found at

https://twitter.com/privacy

Visit analysis and newsletter by means of Emarsys

a) Registration

If the user registers for the free newsletter of the provider, the data requested in the input mask (email address) will be processed by a service provider – see Sending below. In addition, the IP address and the date and time of registration are saved. As part of the registration process, the consent of the user is obtained and the content is specifically described. At the same time, reference is made to this privacy policy.

b) Sending

The provider uses “Emarsys” to send newsletters. “Emarsys” is a service of Emarsys eMarketing Systems AG, Munich.

More information on privacy at Emarsys:

https://www.emarsys.com/de/datenschutzrichtlinie/.

c) Visitor and newsletter analysis

The newsletters sent by the provider via “Emarsys” contain technologies that allow the provider to recognize in the analyses whether and when an email was opened and which links in the newsletter the user followed.

Emarsys also uses cookies. These cookies are used to recognize the user, so that movements on the website of the provider can be recognized and the success of certain marketing measures can be recorded.

The newsletters sent by the provider via “Emarsys” also contain technologies that enable the provider to recognize in the analyses whether and when an email was opened and which links in the newsletter the user followed.

These analysis data are stored by the provider in addition to the technical data (system data and IP address) so that the newsletter can be tailored in an optimum way to the wishes and interests of the user. Accordingly, the data collected in this way are used to improve the quality of the newsletter constantly.

d) Legal basis

The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR.

e) Revocation

The user can revoke their consent to the processing of data when registering for the newsletter for the future at any time in accordance with Article 7 para. 3 GDPR by notifying the provider or by using the unsubscribe link contained in the newsletter.

According to Article 7 para. 3 GDPR, the user can revoke the consent regarding the analysis cookies for the future at any time through the settings in the cookie management.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).

The Google Analytics service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our website will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function, whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US.

The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general.

Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides further information with regard to its data protection practices at

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners,

including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data.

In addition, Google offers an opt-out add-on at

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

in addition with further information. This add-on can be installed on the most popular browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs Google Analytics‘ JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.

IONOS Tracking MYWEBSITE

We use MyWebsite on our website. This is a service of 1 & 1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, hereinafter referred to as „MyWebsite“.

MyWebsite stores tracking cookies on your device via your internet browser, which are based on the Snowplow Analytics technology from Snowplow Analytics Limited, 32-38, Scrutton Street, London, United Kingdom.
With the help of these cookies, it can be evaluated e.g. how often you visit our website or which (sub) pages of our website are accessed. 1 & 1 IONOS SE states that no personal data will be recorded.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. You can find more information on this under “Cookies” above.

IONOS WebAnalytics

We use WebAnalytics on our website. This is an analysis service from 1 & 1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany, hereinafter referred to only as “WebAnalytics”, with which we can analyse the use of our website.

For analysis, data is collected on the type and version of your internet browser, your operating system, the type of your device, the website from which you came to our site (referrer URL), the page(s) of our website that you visit or the files that you request, the date and time of the relevant access and the anonymized IP address of the internet connection from which the use of our website is made.

Jetpack – WordPress Stats

Our website uses Jetpack with the WordPress Stats extension. This is a web analysis service provided by Automattic Inc, 132 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as „Automattic“.

The Jetpack: WordPress Stats services is used to analyze how our website is used. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

Jetpack: WordPress Stats stores cookies on your device via your browser in order to analyze how you use our site.

Data such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the duration of your visit, and the frequency of your visits will be processed. The data collected will be stored on an Automattic server in the USA. However, your IP address will be made anonymous immediately after processing and before it is stored.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

Matomo (formerly: PIWIK)

Our website uses Matomo (formerly: PIWIK). This is open-source software with which we can analyze the use of our site. Data such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the website from which you came (referrer URL), the duration of your visit, and the frequency of your visits is processed.

Matomo stores a cookie on your device via your browser in order to collect this data. This cookie is valid for one week.

We use Matomo with the „Automatically Anonymize Visitor IPs“ function. This anonymization function truncates your IP address by two bytes so that it is impossible to assign it to you or to the internet connection you are using.

In addition, you have the option of terminating the analysis of your usage behavior by opting out. By confirming the link

[HERE ADD INSERT IFRAME FROM MATOMO WITH OPT-OUT-COOKIE]

a cookie is stored on your device via your browser to prevent any further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the above link again if you delete the cookies stored on your end device.

Criteo web analytics

We use Criteo on our website for analytics and custom display of advertising. Criteo is a service of Criteo SA, 32 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris, hereinafter referred to as „Criteo“.

Information about your visit to our website and your activities on the websites of our advertising partners is collected via tracking cookies and similar storage techniques. This information includes, for example, the number of sub-pages, advertisements, and products you view, the search function you use, information about your device (type, operating system, version), and/or your location, in order, for example, to advertise only regionally available products or services. Criteo uses a technical ID that records the products you look at and your search behavior. According to Criteo, however, this does not identify you as a person; only anonymous information about your possible interests is determined.

After evaluation of the collected information, Criteo places individual advertisements on our website or on the websites of our advertising partners („publishers“).

These publishers can use cookies stored on your device via your browser to determine whether an advertisement from the

Criteo advertising network should be displayed.

Criteo processes your complete IP address exclusively for the following purposes:

– to detect fraud, i.e. visits not due to human behavior;

– give credit for sales (conversions);

– provide marketing reports with aggregated data.

https://www.criteo.com/de/privacy/

you find further data protection information as well as information about the analysis and advertisements.

You can also use the above link to prevent the analysis of your visit by means of an opt-out cookie. A cookie will be stored on your device via your browser to prevent any further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the above link again if you delete the cookies stored on your end device.

etracker web analytics

We use etracker on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstr. 1, 20459 Hamburg, hereinafter referred to as „etracker“.

etracker is used to analyze how our website is used. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

To analyze usage behavior, etracker stores cookies on your device via your browser and creates a pseudonymous usage profile. However, the data processed in this way will not be used to identify you personally without your separate consent nor will this data be merged with other personal data.

In addition, you have the option of terminating the analysis of your usage behavior by opting out. By confirming the link

http://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=V23Jbb

a cookie is stored on your device via your browser to prevent any further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the above link again if you delete the cookies stored on your end device.

Hotjar web analytics

We use Hotjar on our website. This is a web analytics service provided by Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe, hereinafter referred to as „Hotjar“.

Hotjar is used to analyze how our website is used. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

Hotjar allows us to monitor your usage behaviour on our website, such as logging and evaluating your mouse movements or mouse clicks. However, your visit to our website will be anonymized. In addition, information about your operating system, your internet browser, incoming or outgoing links, the geographical origin of your access, and the type and resolution of the device you are using are evaluated by Hotjar and processed for statistical purposes. Hotjar can also obtain direct feedback from you. Hotjar offers further information about its data protection practices at

https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

In addition, you have the option of terminating the analysis of your usage behavior by opting out. By confirming the link

https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out

a cookie is stored on your device via your browser to prevent any further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the above link again if you delete the cookies stored on your end device.

ADITION web analytics service

We use ADITION on our website. ADITION is a provider of technology solutions for automated, data-based digital advertising across all channels. ADITION is operated by Virtual Minds GmbH, Ellen-Gottlieb-Straße 16, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau.

ADITION is used to display digital advertising content on our website. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization of our online offers and our marketing measures.

To provide digital advertising content, ADITION stores cookies on your terminal device via your Internet browser. This data is transmitted to ADITION for marketing and optimization purposes. Thus, ADITION receives information of a technical nature, which makes it possible to track how frequently certain advertising content is displayed.

You can block the setting of such cookies at any time by means of appropriate settings in your Internet browser and thus permanently prevent the setting of cookies. Further details can be found above under “Cookies”. Such settings of your Internet browser prevent ADITION from setting a cookie on your system. The option also exists to delete cookies already set by ADITION via the settings of your Internet browser.

In addition, you have the option to object to the collection of such data by ADITION and to prevent such collection in the future. To do this, you must set an “opt-out” cookie. The objection only applies to the device on which the corresponding cookie was set. As soon as you delete this cookie, data will be transmitted again.

You can access ADITION’s data protection information at https://www.adition.com/datenschutz-plattform/.

Amobee web analytics service

We use Amobee on our website. Amobee is a provider of technology solutions for the delivery of advertisements, primarily on mobile devices. Amobee is operated by Amobee Inc., 901 Marshall Street, Suite 200, Redwood City, CA 94063, United States.

Amobee is used to display digital advertising content on our website. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization of our online offers and our marketing measures.

To provide digital advertising content, Amobee stores cookies on your terminal device via your Internet browser. This data is transmitted to Amobee for marketing and optimization purposes. Thus, Amobee receives information of a technical nature, which makes it possible to track how frequently certain advertising content is displayed. This data can also be used to create user profiles, which are then used for advertising activities.

You can block the setting of such cookies at any time by means of appropriate settings in your Internet browser and thus permanently prevent the setting of cookies. Further details can be found above under “Cookies”. Such settings of your Internet browser prevent Amobee from setting a cookie on your system. The option also exists to delete cookies already set by Amobee via the settings of your Internet browser.

In addition, you have the option to object to the collection of such data by Amobee and to prevent such collection in the future. To do this, you must set an “opt-out” cookie at the URL http://www.amobee.com/trust/consumer-opt-out/. The objection only applies to the device on which the corresponding cookie was set. As soon as you delete this cookie, data will be transmitted again.

It cannot be excluded that data will be processed by Amobee in third countries.

To maintain an adequate level of data protection according to Article 44 ff GDPR, there are so-called standard contract clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries: https://www.amobee.com/trust/gdpr/.

You can access Amobee’s data protection information at https://www.amobee.com/trust/privacy-guidelines.

Econda web analytics service

We use econda on our website. It is a web analytics service of econda GmbH, Zimmerstraße 6, 76137 Karlsruhe, hereinafter referred to only as “econda”.

econda is used to analyze user behavior on our website. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

Through econda, we are able to log and to evaluate the usage behavior on our website, such as, for example, from which websites visitors come to our website (so-called referrers), which specific subpages of our website are accessed or how often and for how long a subpage is visited.

To analyze usage behavior, econda stores cookies via your browser on your terminal device. This data is transmitted to econda for marketing and optimization purposes. Thus, econda receives information which is used to create pseudonymous usage profiles. These pseudonymous usage profiles are used to analyze the behavior of visitors to our website with the aim of designing the website in the best possible way. However, the data processed in this way will not be used to identify you personally without your separate consent. Nor will this data be merged with other personal data.

You can block the setting of such cookies at any time by means of appropriate settings in your Internet browser and thus permanently prevent the setting of cookies. Further details can be found above under “Cookies”. Such settings of your Internet browser prevent econda from setting a cookie on your system. The option also exists to delete cookies already set by econda via the settings of your Internet browser.

In addition, you have the option to object to the collection of such data by econda and to prevent such collection in the future. To do this, you must click on the button below “Object to Econda-Tracking”. To implement your objection, a cookie with the name “emos_optout” will be set on your device. The objection only applies to the device on which the corresponding cookie was set. As soon as you delete this cookie, data will be transmitted again.

You can access econda’s data protection information at https://www.econda.de/datenschutz-dsgvo-eprivacy/.

Lotame web analytics service

We use Lotame on our website. Lotame is a data management platform of the firm Lotame Solutions, Inc., 8850 Stanford Blvd, Suite 4000, Columbia, MD 21045, hereinafter referred to only as “Lotame”.

Lotame serves a cross-device approach to our visitors on both stationary as well as mobile devices. For this purpose, Lotame uses so-called unique identifiers (UIDs), which can be used to determine which different technologies are used by a visitor to our website. Lotame therefore also offers corresponding analysis options. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

For this purpose, Lotame stores cookies on the terminal device of the visitor. Every time you visit our website, data is transmitted to Lotame for optimization purposes, which enables Lotame to create usage profiles. The usage profiles created in this way enable us to determine which devices a visitor uses to access our website, in order to optimally design our advertising activities.

You can block the setting of such cookies at any time by means of appropriate settings in your Internet browser and thus permanently prevent the setting of cookies. Further details can be found above under “Cookies”. Such settings of your Internet browser prevent Lotame from setting a cookie on your system. The option also exists to delete cookies already set by Lotame via the settings of your Internet browser.

In addition, you have the option to object to the collection of such data by Lotame and to prevent such collection in the future. To do this, you can perform an opt-out via the URL https://www.lotame.com/about-lotame/privacy/privacy-manager-opt-out/#, which will set an opt-out cookie. The objection only applies to the device on which the corresponding cookie was set. As soon as you delete this cookie, data will be transmitted again.

It cannot be excluded that data will be processed by Lotame in third countries.

You can access Lotame’s data protection information at https://www.lotame.com/about-lotame/privacy/.

Web analytics service mapp (formerly Webtrekk)

We use mapp (formerly Webtrekk) on our website. mapp is a web analytics and marketing service of Mapp Digital Germany GmbH, Sandstr. 3, 80335 Munich, hereinafter referred to only as “mapp”.

mapp is used to analyze usage behavior of our website for marketing and optimization purposes. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

Through mapp, we are able to log and to evaluate the usage behavior on our website.

To analyze usage behavior, mapp stores cookies via your browser on your terminal device. This data is transmitted to mapp in order to improve and to design our Internet offer according to demand. Thus, mapp receives information which is used to create pseudonymous usage profiles. These pseudonymous usage profiles are used to analyze the behavior of visitors to our website with the aim of designing the website in the best possible way. However, the data processed in this way will not be used to identify you personally without your separate consent. Nor will this data be merged with other personal data.

You can block the setting of such cookies at any time by means of appropriate settings in your Internet browser and thus permanently prevent the setting of cookies. Further details can be found above under “Cookies”. Such settings of your Internet browser prevent mapp from setting a cookie on your system. The option also exists to delete cookies already set by mapp via the settings of your Internet browser.

Further, you have the option to object to the collection of such data by mapp and to prevent such collection in the future. To do this, you must click on the button below “Object to mapp-Tracking”. To implement your objection, a cookie is set on your device. The objection only applies to the device on which the corresponding cookie was set. As soon as you delete this cookie, data will be transmitted again.

You can access mapp’s data protection information at https://documentation.mapp.com/1.0/de/datenschutz-grundverordnung-dsgvo-verordnung-eu-2016-679-12560182.html.

Pixel tags from Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT (VG WORT)

Our website uses the VG WORT counter pixels provided by INFOnline GmbH, Forum Bonn Nord, Brühler Str. 9, 53119 Bonn as scalable central measurement method.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our website and the preservation of our copyright interests with regard to the contents of our site.

The pixel code is a graphic placed on our website to collect key statistical data. This makes it possible to calculate the likelihood of content being copied based on the number of hits and the nature of the contents itself. This data is collected anonymously. In order to be able to count hits and return visits, either a so-called session cookie is stored on your device by your browser or a signature is created from various information in your browser (e.g. user agent, screen resolution, etc.). However, your IP address will only be processed in an anonymized form. As an individual user, you cannot be identified at any time.

https://optout.ioam.de/

a cookie is stored on your device via your browser to prevent any further analysis. Please note, however, that you must click the above link again if you delete the cookies stored on your end device.

Adobe Typekit

External fonts from “Adobe Typekit”, a service of Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24 Republic of Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “Adobe”, are used to display the font design.

When the website of the provider is called up, a connection to the Adobe server is established in order to enable the display of the font or to update it. Under certain circumstances, data may be transmitted to servers in the USA.

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In the opinion of the data protection supervisory authorities, however, the USA does not currently have an adequate level of data protection. There are therefore so-called standard contractual clauses between the provider and Adobe for the transfer of data to third countries:

https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html

These are private law agreements, however, and therefore have no direct impact on the access options of the authorities in the USA.

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The legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest of the provider is the optimization and economic operation of the website.

Through the connection, Adobe can recognize from which website a request is sent and to which IP address the display of the font is transmitted.

Adobe offers further information, in particular on the possibilities of preventing the use of data, under the following links:

https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy.html

https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html

AUSGEZEICHNET.ORG

To display the reviews we have collected from the rating service Ausgezeichnet.org, we use a display application provided by its operator AUBII GmbH, Alsterufer 34, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

To display the application, a cookie will be set on your device. This cookie will be deleted as soon as you close your browser. In addition, Ausgezeichnet.org captures your IP address to deliver the displayed information.

In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our justified interest lies in the optimal marketing of our services.

You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the settings on your internet browser.

The privacy policy of Ausgezeichnet.org can be accessed here: https://www.ausgezeichnet.org/datenschutz/

BootstrapCDN

We use the service BootstrapCDN, a content delivery network (“CDN”), on our website to optimise the speed of retrieval, the design and presentation of the contents of our website on different devices. This is a service of StackPath, LLC, 2021 McKinney Ave. Suite 1100, Dallas, TX 75201, USA, hereinafter simply referred to as „BootstrapCDN“.

In order to be able to deliver the content of our website quickly, the service uses so-called JavaScript libraries. Corresponding files are loaded from a BootstrapCDN server that records your IP address.

https://www.stackpath.com/legal/master-service-agreement/#privacy

Prospectone Sp.z.o.o. offers further data protection information.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in speeding up loading times and protecting our website, as well as in analysing and optimising our website.

To totally prevent the execution of BootstrapCDN’s JavaScript code, you can install a so-called JavaScript blocker, such as noscript.net or ghostery.com. If you were to prevent or restrict the execution of the Java Script code, this can mean that for technical reasons not all the content and functions of our website may be available.

CloudFlare

To secure our website and to optimize loading times, we use the CloudFlare CDN (content delivery network). This is a service of Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as „CloudFlare“.

The legal basis for collecting and processing this information is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure operation of our website and in its optimization.

If you access our website, your queries are forwarded to CloudFlare servers. Statistical access data about your visit to our website is collected and CloudFlare stores a cookie on your terminal device via your browser. Access data includes

– your IP address;

– the page(s) on our site that you access;

– type and version of internet browser you are using;

– your operating system;

– the website from which you came prior to visiting our website (referrer URL);

– your length of stay on our site; and

– the frequency with which our pages are accessed.

The data is used by CloudFlare for statistical evaluations of the accesses as well as for the security and optimization of the offer.

CloudFlare offers further information about its data collection and processing as well your rights and your options for protecting your privacy at this link:

https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

Cookiebot

We use Cookiebot to display cookie banners. Cookiebot is a product of Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark, hereinafter „Cybot.“

Cookiebot informs you about the use of cookies on the website and allows you to make a decision about their use.

If you agree to the use of cookies, the following data will be automatically recorded by Cybot:

• your anonymized IP address;
• the date and time of your consent;
• the user agent of your browser;
• the provider’s URL;
• an anonymous, random, and encrypted key.
• your cookie status which serves as proof of consent.

The encrypted key and cookie status are stored by means of a cookie on your device to enable the corresponding cookie status to be restored when you return to our site. This cookie automatically deletes after 12 months.

The legal basis for this processing of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in the user-friendliness of the website and the fulfillment of the statutory requirements of GDPR.

You can prevent cookies from being installed and/or delete this cookie by adjusting the settings on your internet browser.

Go to this link to read the Cybot privacy policy:

https://www.cookiebot.com/de/privacy-policy/

Integration of the Trusted Shops trustbadge / other widgets

We use the Trusted Shops “trustbadge” to display the Trusted Shops seal of approval and any ratings we have received about it as well as to advertise the serves offered by Trusted Shops after an order has been placed.

“Trustbadge” is a product of Trusted Shops GmbH, Subbelrather Str. 15C, 50823 Cologne, for which we are jointly responsible – according to Article 26 GDPR – with Trusted Shops GmbH under data protection law.

The use serves to protect our overriding legitimate interest in an optimal marketing by enabling secure shopping according to Article 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR.
The trustbadge is provided under a shared responsibility by a U.S. CDN provider (Content-Delivery-Network). An appropriate level of data protection is ensured by standard data protection clauses and other contractual measures. Further information on the data protection of Trusted Shops GmbH can be found under the following link: https://www.trustedshops.de/impressum-datenschutz/#datenschutz

When the website is called up, the web server of Trusted Shops records the IP address of the visitor the date and time of the call, the volume of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) in order to display the information called up. In addition, the web server automatically saves a so-called server log file which also the IP address, date and time of the call, the volume of data transferred and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the call. The IP address is anonymized immediately after collection, so that the stored data can not be assigned to the visitor. The anonymized data is used in particular for statistical purposes and for error analysis.

After the order is completed, the e-mail address specified in the order is transmitted to Trusted Shops GmbH. The forwarding is done with a cryptological hash function, so that it is not possible to reconstruct the e-mail address from the generated hash.

The legal basis of the forwarding is Article 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. The transmission serves to verify whether the visitor is already registered for services with Trusted Shops GmbH and is therefore required for the legitimate interests of the provider and Trusted Shops GmbH in the provision of the buyer protection coupled in each case to the specific order and transactional evaluation services.

If you are registered for services of Trusted Shops GmbH, then further processing is done according to the contractual agreement made between you and Trusted Shops GmbH. If the visitor is not yet registered for the services, the visitor is given the opportunity to register. The further processing after registration is also governed by the contractual agreement with Trusted Shops GmbH. If the visitor is not registered, all of the data transmitted is automatically deleted by Trusted Shops GmbH and personal reference is then no longer possible.

Trusted Shops GmbH uses service providers in the areas of hosting, monitoring and logging. The legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. 1 GDPR for the purpose of ensuring a trouble-free operation. Processing may occur in third countries (USA and Israel). An adequate level of data protection is ensured in the case of the USA by standard data protection clauses and further contractual measures and in the case of Israel by an adequate decision.

Within the framework of the shared responsibility existing between us and Trusted Shops GmbH, you can preferably contact Trusted Shops GmbH with data protection questions and to assert your rights using the contact options specified in the data protection information linked above. Regardless, you can always contact the responsible party of your choice. The request will then be forwarded to the further responsible party for response, if required.

eKomi

We use eKomi to record and display customer ratings. This is a service provided by eKomi Ltd., Markgrafenstr. 11, 10969 Berlin, Germany, hereinafter referred to as „eKomi“.

When you access our reviews, eKomi stores a cookie on your terminal device via your browser. This cookie is deleted as soon as you close your browser. Furthermore, eKomi processes your IP address in order to display the ratings.

The legal basis for collecting and processing this information is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving our marketing.

In order to be able to leave a review, you will receive an email from eKomi after your order has been processed, but only with your consent, asking you to submit an evaluation. In order to trigger this request for evaluation, we will transmit individual data of your order, such as your name, your email address, your order number, and item numbers to eKomi. If you rate us, your rating will be published both on our website and on the eKomi website.

The legal basis for collecting and processing this information is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect per Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR.

eKomi offers further information about its data collection and processing as well your rights and your options for protecting your privacy at this link:

http://www.ekomi.de/de/datenschutz/.

Feedburner RSS-Feed

To transmit RSS feeds on the website, the provider uses the tool “FeedBurner” from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as “Google”.

In order to make the content of the Press portal available in an RSS feed and to optimize the feed offers, Google collects the email address for the provider and creates anonymous statistics. It cannot be ruled out that the aforementioned data will be processed in the USA.

The legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR. The user can revoke their consent to this at any time for the future in accordance with Article 7 para. 3 GDPR by notifying the provider

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In the opinion of the data protection supervisory authorities, however, the USA does not currently have an adequate level of data protection. However, there are so-called standard contractual clauses between the provider and Google:

https://privacy.google.com/businesses/compliance/#!#gdpr

These are private law agreements, however, and therefore have no direct impact on the access options of the authorities in the USA.

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More information on the collection and use of data by Google and the related rights and options for protecting the privacy of the user can be found in Google’s data protection information:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

FontAwesome

In order to be able to display fonts and visual elements of our website, we use FontAwesome’s external fonts. FontAwesome is a service of

Fonticons Inc., 6 Porter Road, Apartment 3R, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA, hereinafter referred to as „FontAwesome“.

When you access our website, a connection is established to the FontAwesome server in the USA in order to enable and update the display of fonts and visual elements.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimisation and economic operation of our website.

By connecting to the FontAwesome server when you access our website, FontAwesome can determine from which website your request was sent and to which IP address the font should be sent.

https://fontawesome.com/privacy

FontAwesome offers further information, in particular on the options for preventing data use.

Google Fonts

Our website uses Google Fonts to display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).

To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our site.

When you access our site, a connection to Google is established from which Google can identify the site from which your request has been sent and to which IP address the fonts are being transmitted for display.

Google offers detailed information at

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

in particular on options for preventing the use of data.

Google reCAPTCHA

Our website uses Google reCAPTCHA to check and prevent automated servers („bots“) from accessing and interacting with our website. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).

This service allows Google to determine from which website your request has been sent and from which IP address the reCAPTCHA input box has been used. In addition to your IP address, Google may collect other information necessary to provide and guarantee this service.

The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the security of our website and in the prevention of unwanted, automated access in the form of spam or similar.

Google offers detailed information at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

concerning the general handling of your user data.

Google-Maps

Our website uses Google Maps to display our location and to provide directions. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).

To enable the display of certain fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is established whenever our website is accessed.

If you access the Google Maps components integrated into our website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your browser. Your user settings and data are processed to display our location and create a route description. We cannot prevent Google from using servers in the USA.

By connecting to Google in this way, Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions are transmitted.

In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Use https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=en and the Terms and Conditions for Google Maps https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

Google also offers further information at

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

GOOGLE Custom Search Engine („CSE“)

For full-text search on the website, we use the Google Custom Search Engine (CSE). CSE is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, hereinafter Google.

CSE makes it possible to do a full-text search for content on our website. Access to this search function is via the Google Custom Search search box.

The legal basis for this processing of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in the user-friendliness of the website.

The feature is integrated into website without modification as a software module from Google.
If the search is activated by entering a search term, Google uses a plug-in to load the information you are looking for. At the same time, the search terms you enter and your IP address are transmitted to Google in order to perform the search and display the search results.

If you are logged into your existing Google Account at the time of the search, Google may associate the collected information with your user profile.

Google offers further information, in particular your options to prevent this use of your data, at the following links:

https://policies.google.com/privacy
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

HERE Maps

On our website we use the HERE Maps service to depict a route description. This is a service of HERE Global B.V., Kennedyplein 222-226, 5611 ZT Eindhoven, The Netherlands, hereinafter referred to as „HERE“.

In order to be able to display locations, a connection to the HERE server is required in addition to the querying of your IP address by HERE. HERE initially uses your IP address exclusively to provide your Internet browser or yourself with the relevant information. Your IP address is therefore required for the provision of the service. However, HERE can use this connection to recognize that the request comes from our website and to which IP address the representations are to be sent.

In addition, HERE will store a cookie on your device via your internet browser. This cookie is used to display the page and the associated functions in which HERE is integrated, and to process user settings and data.

If you do not consent to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your internet browser. You can find details on this under „Cookies“.

If you have given your consent, in particular by making the appropriate setting in your Internet browser, HERE can also process your approximate location using your IP address. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time in the future by setting your internet browser accordingly.

https://legal.here.com/de-de/privacy/policy

HERE offers further information on data processing.

jQuery CDN

We use the service jQuery CDN, a Content Delivery Network („CDN“), on our website to optimise the retrieval speed, the design and presentation of the content of our website on different devices.

This is a service of the jQuery Foundation, hereinafter referred to as „jQuery“. jQuery is distributed for the JS Foundation via the StackPath CDN.

In order to be able to deliver the content of our website quickly, the service uses so-called JavaScript libraries. Relevant files are loaded from the CDN server if they are not already available in your browser cache when you visit another website. In the case of a connection to the CDN server, your IP address is recorded. It cannot be ruled out that a connection will be established to a server outside the EU.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in speeding up loading times and protecting our website, as well as in analysing and optimising our website.

To totally prevent the execution of jQuery’s JavaScript code, you can install a so-called JavaScript blocker, such as noscript.net or ghostery.com. . If you were to prevent or restrict the execution of the Java Script code, this can mean that for technical reasons not all the content and functions of our website may be available.

jsdelivr.net-CDN

We use the service jsdeliver.com, a content delivery network („CDN“), on our website to optimise the retrieval speed, the design and presentation of the content of our website on different devices. This is an open source service provided by Prospectone Sp.z.o.o., ul. Krolweska 65A, 30-081, Cracow, Poland.

In order to be able to deliver the content of our website quickly, the service uses so-called JavaScript libraries. Corresponding files are loaded from a third-party server that records your IP address. We have no influence on whether your IP address is processed by third parties for statistical purposes.

https://www.jsdelivr.com/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net

Prospectone Sp.z.o.o. offers further data protection information.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in speeding up loading times and protecting our website, as well as in analysing and optimising our website.

To completely prevent jsdeliver.net from executing the JavaScript code, you can install a so-called JavaScript blocker, such as noscript.net or ghostery.com. If you were to prevent or restrict the execution of the Java Script code, this can mean that for technical reasons not all the content and functions of our website may be available.

Mapbox API

For directions. we use Mapbox API, a service of Mapbox Inc., 740 15th Street NW, 5th Floor, Washington, District of Columbia 20005, USA, hereinafter referred to as „Mapbox“.

When you access one of our pages that includes the Mapbox service, Mapbox stores a cookie on your terminal device via your browser. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our app including your IP address is transmitted to a Mapbox server in the USA and stored there. This data is processed for the purpose of displaying the page or ensuring the functionality of the Mapbox service. Mapbox may share this information with third parties where required to do so by law or where the information is processed by third parties on behalf of Mapbox.

The „Terms of Service“ provided by Mapbox at https://www.mapbox.com/tos/#maps contain further information about the use of Mapbox and the data obtained by Mapbox.

In addition, Mapbox offers further information about how it collects and uses your data, your rights, and how to protect your privacy at the following link:

https://www.mapbox.com/privacy/.

OpenStreetMap

For directions on our site, we use OpenStreetMap, a service of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom, hereinafter referred to as „OpenStreetMap“.

When you access one of our Internet pages that includes the OpenStreetMap service, OpenStreetMap stores a cookie on your terminal device via your browser. This processes your user settings and user data for the purpose of displaying the page or guaranteeing the functionality of the OpenStreetMap service. Through this processing, OpenStreetMap can recognize the website from which your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions should be transmitted.

OpenStreetMap offers further information about its data collection and processing as well your rights and your options for protecting your privacy at this link:

https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

Smoobu

To display the availability and booking of the accommodation offered, the provider has integrated as an iFrame a component from Smoobu GmbH, Falckensteinstr 48, 10997 Berlin, hereinafter referred to as “smoobu”.

When the booking page is called up, the availability and booking form is loaded from the “smoobu” server. For technical reasons, the following data are initially processed by “smoobu”:

– Browser type and version;

– Operating system used;

– Website visited by the user;

– Date and time of access;

– Internet Protocol Address (IP address) of the user,

Furthermore, for payment processing of the booking a component of the payment service provider “Stripe” is also integrated. “Stripe” is a service provided by Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.

If the user then uses the booking form, the contact data requested there will also be processed by “smoobu” and “Stripe”. More information on this can also be found in the privacy policies of the two providers:

https://www.smoobu.com/de/datenschutz/

https://stripe.com/de/privacy

The legal basis for this is the initiation of a contract and/or the execution of the contract in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

SoundCloud Plug-in

Our website uses plug-ins of the SoundCloud social network. SoundCloud is an Internet service of SoundCloud Limited, Berners House, 47-48 Berners Street, London W1T 3NF, Great Britain, hereinafter referred to only as “SoundCloud”.

If the plug-in is stored on one of the pages you visit on our website, your Internet browser will download a representation of the plug-in from SoundCloud’s servers. For technical reasons it is necessary that SoundCloud processes your IP address. In addition, other data, such as, e.g., the date and the time of the visit to our Internet pages may also be collected.

If you are logged in to SoundCloud while visiting one of our Internet pages provided with the plug-in, the information collected by the plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by SoundCloud. The information thus collected may then be assigned by SoundCloud to your personal account at SoundCloud. If, for example, you use the SoundCloud “Like” or “Share” button, this information will be stored in your SoundCloud user account and may be published on the SoundCloud platform. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of SoundCloud before visiting our website or use an add-on for your Internet browser to prevent the SoundCloud plug-in from loading.

SoundCloud provides further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in this regard
in the data protection notices accessible at
at https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy.

Trustami

We use the Trustami seal of trust on our website to collect and display customer reviews. It is a service of Trustami GmbH, Friedrich-Wilhelm Str. 68, 12103 Berlin, hereinafter referred to only as “Trustami”.

The Trustami seal of trust is used to implement our legitimate interests according to Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the best possible marketing of our offer on our website.

When the Trustami seal of trust is called up, the web server automatically stores data (access data) in the form of a server log file, which contains the name of the website called up, the file, the date and the time of the call, your IP address in abbreviated form, the volume of data transferred, the message on a successful call, the browser type, the operating system of the user, the referrer URL (the previously visited site) and the requesting provider. This access data is not evaluated and is automatically overwritten no later than seven days after the end of your visit to the site. For more detailed information please visit https://www.trustami.com/datenschutz/

https://www.trustami.com/dsgvo/

Vimeo

We use Vimeo to display videos on our website. This is a service of Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA, hereinafter referred to as „Vimeo.“

When you access a page on our website that has Vimeo embedded in it, a connection to Vimeo’s servers in the USA is established. For technical reasons, it is necessary for Vimeo to process your IP address. In addition, the date and time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.

If you are logged into Vimeo while visiting one of our webpages containing a Vimeo video, Vimeo will associate information about your interaction with our site to your Vimeo account. If you wish to prevent this, you must either log out of Vimeo before visiting our website or configure your Vimeo user account accordingly.

For the purpose of functionality and usage analysis, Vimeo uses Google Analytics. Google Analytics stores cookies on your terminal device via your browser and transmits information about the use of those websites in which a Vimeo video is embedded to Google. It is possible that Google will process this information in the USA.

The legal basis for collecting and processing this information is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website and in Vimeo’s legitimate interest in statistically analyzing user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.

Vimeo offers further information about its data collection and processing as well your rights and your options for protecting your privacy at this link:

http://vimeo.com/privacy.

wao.io

We use wao.io on our website. wao.io is used to protect our website from harmful attacks and to optimise its loading speed. wao.io is a service of Sevenval Technologies GmbH, Bahnhofsvorplatz 1, 50667 Cologne, Germany, hereinafter simply referred to as „wao.io“.

To transmit the content of our website, your IP address is processed by wao.io and stored in anonymous form in so-called log files for a period of seven days. wao.io also stores a cookie on your device via your internet browser. This cookie is a so-called session cookie that is automatically deleted when you close your Internet browser. In addition, permanent cookies are stored for the analysis and optimisation of our website, which enable us to carry out a pseudonymised analysis of web page visits and user behaviour on our website. These cookies are valid for around 30 minutes and one year.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in speeding up loading times and protecting our website, as well as in analysing and optimising our website.

YouTube

We use YouTube on our website. This is a video portal operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland, hereinafter referred to as „YouTube“.

We use YouTube in its advanced privacy mode to show you videos. In case you have granted your consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the advanced privacy mode means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server if you actually start a video.

Without this mode, a connection to the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access any of our webpages on which a YouTube video is embedded.

This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website within your browser. YouTube will record and process at a minimum your IP address, the date and time the video was displayed, as well as the website you visited. In addition, a connection to the DoubleClick advertising network of Google is established.

If you are logged in to YouTube when you access our site, YouTube will assign the connection information to your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube account.

For the purpose of functionality and analysis of usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your device via your browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about cookies above.

Further information about the collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in Google’s privacy policy found at

https://policies.google.com/privacy

MailChimp – Newsletter

We offer you the opportunity to register for our free newsletter via our website.

We use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, hereinafter referred to as „The Rocket Science Group“.

In addition, the Rocket Science Group offers further information about its data protection practices at

http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

If you register for our free newsletter, the data requested from you for this purpose, i.e. your email address and, optionally, your name and address, will be processed by The Rocket Science Group. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of your registration will be saved. During the registration process, your consent to receive this newsletter will be obtained together with a concrete description of the type of content it will offer and reference made to this privacy policy.

The newsletter then sent out by The Rocket Science Group will also contain a tracking pixel called a web beacon. This pixel helps us evaluate whether and when you have read our newsletter and whether you have clicked any links contained therein. In addition to further technical data, such as data about your computer hardware and your IP address, the data processed will be stored so that we can optimize our newsletter and respond to the wishes of our readers. The data will therefore increase the quality and attractiveness of our newsletter.

The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Newsletter via WhatsApp

You can also receive our free newsletter via the instant messaging service WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of WhatsApp Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, both hereinafter referred to as „WhatsApp“. Some of the user data is processed on WhatsApp servers in the USA. In addition, WhatApp offers further information about its data protection practices at

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy

To receive our newsletter via WhatsApp, you need a WhatsApp account. Details of what information WhatsApp collects when you register can be found in WhatsApp’s privacy policy.

If you then subscribe to our WhatsApp newsletter, the mobile number you entered during the subscription process will be processed by WhatsApp. In addition, your IP address and the date and time of your registration will be saved. During the registration process, your consent to receive this newsletter will be obtained together with a concrete description of the type of content it will offer and reference made to this privacy policy.

The legal basis for sending the newsletter and the analysis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You may revoke your prior consent to receive this newsletter under Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking your consent. You can also block newsletter delivery by changing the settings in the WhatsApp software on your device.

To establish contact, the provider enables the customer, among other things, to make contact via the messenger service WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a service of WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as WhatsApp, a subsidiary of Facebook.

When the user communicates with the provider via WhatsApp, both the provider and WhatsApp receive the mobile phone number of the user and the information that the user has contacted the provider.

The abovementioned data are also forwarded by WhatsApp to Facebook servers in the USA and are processed by WhatsApp and Facebook in accordance with the WhatsApp privacy policy, which also includes processing for their own purposes, such as improving the WhatsApp service.

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In the opinion of the data protection supervisory authorities, however, the USA does not currently have an adequate level of data protection. However, there are so-called standard contractual clauses:

https://faq.whatsapp.com/general/about-standard-contractual-clauses

These are private law agreements, however, and therefore have no direct impact on the access options of the authorities in the USA.

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More information about the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing of these data by WhatsApp and Facebook as well as related rights and setting options for protecting privacy are contained in privacy guidelines from WhatsApp:

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy.

The legal basis for this processing and the transmission to WhatsApp is Article 6 para. 1 clause 1 b. GDPR, insofar as the establishment of contact relates to an existing contractual relationship or serves to initiate such a contractual relationship. If contact is not made for the above purposes, the legal basis is Article 6 para.1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest of the provider is to improve the quality of service.

Model Data Protection Statement for Anwaltskanzlei Weiß & Partner

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Privacy Policy

I. Information about us as controllers of your data

II. The rights of users and data subjects

III. Information about the data processing

Follow-up comments

Cookie Manager

Cookies

a) Session cookies

b) Third-party cookies

c) Disabling cookies

Contact

Customer account/registration

Newsletter

User posts, comments, and ratings

Online job applications / publication of job advertisements

Credit checks and scores

Server data

Order processing

The legal basis for the transfer of this data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

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