1. An overview of data protection

General information

The following inform­a­tion will provide you with an easy to navigate over­view of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term “personal data” comprises all data that can be used to person­ally identify you. For detailed inform­a­tion about the subject matter of data protec­tion, please consult our Data Protec­tion Declar­a­tion, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?

The data on this website is processed by the oper­ator of the website, whose contact inform­a­tion is avail­able under section “Inform­a­tion about the respons­ible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be inform­a­tion you enter into our contact form.

Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems auto­mat­ic­ally or after you consent to its recording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily tech­nical inform­a­tion (e.g., web browser, oper­ating system, or time the site was accessed). This inform­a­tion is recorded auto­mat­ic­ally when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the inform­a­tion is gener­ated to guar­antee the error free provi­sion of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?

You have the right to receive inform­a­tion about the source, recip­i­ents, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclos­ures. You also have the right to demand that your data are recti­fied or erad­ic­ated. If you have consented to data processing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data processing. Moreover, you have the right to demand that the processing of your data be restricted under certain circum­stances. Further­more, you have the right to log a complaint with the competent super­vising agency.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have ques­tions about this or any other data protec­tion related issues.

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties

There is a possib­ility that your browsing patterns will be stat­ist­ic­ally analyzed when your visit this website. Such analyses are performed primarily with what we refer to as analysis programs.

For detailed inform­a­tion about these analysis programs please consult our Data Protec­tion Declar­a­tion below.

 

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

We are hosting the content of our website at the following provider:

External Hosting

This website is hosted extern­ally. Personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the host. These may include, but are not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and commu­nic­a­tions, contract inform­a­tion, contact inform­a­tion, names, web page access, and other data gener­ated through a web site.

The external hosting serves the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our poten­tial and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of secure, fast, and effi­cient provi­sion of our online services by a profes­sional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If appro­priate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclus­ively on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to inform­a­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­printing) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Our host(s) will only process your data to the extent neces­sary to fulfil its perform­ance oblig­a­tions and to follow our instruc­tions with respect to such data.

We are using the following host(s):

Digita­lOcean, LLC
101 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10013
USA

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guar­an­tees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instruc­tions and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

Cloudflare

We use the “Cloud­flare” service provided by Cloud­flare Inc., 101 Town­send St., San Fran­cisco, CA 94107, USA. (here­in­after referred to as “Cloud­flare”).

Cloud­flare offers a content delivery network with DNS that is avail­able world­wide. As a result, the inform­a­tion transfer that occurs between your browser and our website is tech­nic­ally routed via Cloudflare’s network. This enables Cloud­flare to analyze data trans­ac­tions between your browser and our website and to work as a filter between our servers and poten­tially mali­cious data traffic from the Internet. In this context, Cloud­flare may also use cookies or other tech­no­lo­gies deployed to recog­nize Internet users, which shall, however, only be used for the herein described purpose.

The use of Cloud­flare is based on our legit­imate interest in a provi­sion of our website offer­ings that is as error free and secure as possible (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Data trans­mis­sion to the US is based on the Standard Contrac­tual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

For more inform­a­tion on Cloudflare’s security precau­tions and data privacy policies, please follow this link: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

The company is certi­fied in accord­ance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work” (DPF). The DPF is an agree­ment between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compli­ance with European data protec­tion stand­ards for data processing in the US. Every company certi­fied under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protec­tion stand­ards. For more inform­a­tion, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt0000000GnZKAA0&status=Active

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guar­an­tees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instruc­tions and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

 

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The oper­ators of this website and its pages take the protec­tion of your personal data very seri­ously. Hence, we handle your personal data as confid­en­tial inform­a­tion and in compli­ance with the stat­utory data protec­tion regu­la­tions and this Data Protec­tion Declaration.

Whenever you use this website, a variety of personal inform­a­tion will be collected. Personal data comprises data that can be used to person­ally identify you. This Data Protec­tion Declar­a­tion explains which data we collect as well as the purposes we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the inform­a­tion is collected.

We here­with advise you that the trans­mis­sion of data via the Internet (i.e., through e‑mail commu­nic­a­tions) may be prone to security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data against third-party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data processing controller on this website is:

Store­moods GmbH & Co. KG
Im Lichten­hain 5
10317 Berlin

Phone: [Tele­fon­nummer der verant­wort­lichen Stelle]
E‑mail: [email protected]

The controller is the natural person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decisions as to the purposes of and resources for the processing of personal data (e.g., names, e‑mail addresses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justi­fied request for dele­tion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permiss­ible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commer­cial law reten­tion periods); in the latter case, the dele­tion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

General information on the legal basis for the data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2)(a) GDPR, if special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9 (1) DSGVO. In the case of explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third coun­tries, the data processing is also based on Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to inform­a­tion in your end device (e.g., via device finger­printing), the data processing is addi­tion­ally based on § 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfill­ment of a contract or for the imple­ment­a­tion of pre-contrac­tual meas­ures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Further­more, if your data is required for the fulfill­ment of a legal oblig­a­tion, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)© GDPR. Further­more, the data processing may be carried out on the basis of our legit­imate interest according to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Inform­a­tion on the relevant legal basis in each indi­vidual case is provided in the following para­graphs of this privacy policy.

Information on the data transfer to third-party countries that are not secure under data protection law and the transfer to US companies that are not DPF-certified

We use, among other tech­no­lo­gies, tools from companies located in third-party coun­tries that are not safe under data protec­tion law, as well as US tools whose providers are not certi­fied under the EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work (DPF). If these tools are enabled, your personal data may be trans­ferred to and processed in these coun­tries. We would like you to note that no level of data protec­tion compar­able to that in the EU can be guar­an­teed in third coun­tries that are insecure in terms of data protec­tion law.

We would like to point out that the US, as a secure third-party country, gener­ally has a level of data protec­tion compar­able to that of the EU. Data transfer to the US is there­fore permitted if the recip­ient is certi­fied under the “EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work” (DPF) or has appro­priate addi­tional assur­ances. Inform­a­tion on trans­fers to third-party coun­tries, including the data recip­i­ents, can be found in this Privacy Policy.

Recipients of personal data

In the scope of our busi­ness activ­ities, we cooperate with various external parties. In some cases, this also requires the transfer of personal data to these external parties. We only disclose personal data to external parties if this is required as part of the fulfill­ment of a contract, if we are legally oblig­ated to do so (e.g., disclosure of data to tax author­ities), if we have a legit­imate interest in the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, or if another legal basis permits the disclosure of this data. When using processors, we only disclose personal data of our customers on the basis of a valid contract on data processing. In the case of joint processing, a joint processing agree­ment is concluded.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data processing trans­ac­tions are possible only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have already given us. This shall be without preju­dice to the lawful­ness of any data collec­tion that occurred prior to your revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency

In the event of viol­a­tions of the GDPR, data subjects are entitled to log a complaint with a super­visory agency, in partic­ular in the member state where they usually main­tain their domi­cile, place of work or at the place where the alleged viol­a­tion occurred. The right to log a complaint is in effect regard­less of any other admin­is­trative or court proceed­ings avail­able as legal recourses.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process auto­mat­ic­ally on the basis of your consent or in fulfill­ment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-read­able format. If you should demand the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will be done only if it is tech­nic­ally feasible.

Information about, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the applic­able stat­utory provi­sions, you have the right to demand inform­a­tion about your archived personal data, their source and recip­i­ents as well as the purpose of the processing of your data at any time. You may also have a right to have your data recti­fied or erad­ic­ated. If you have ques­tions about this subject matter or any other ques­tions about personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time.

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the impos­i­tion of restric­tions as far as the processing of your personal data is concerned. To do so, you may contact us at any time. The right to demand restric­tion of processing applies in the following cases:

  • In the event that you should dispute the correct­ness of your data archived by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this invest­ig­a­tion is ongoing, you have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is conducted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the restric­tion of the processing of your data instead of demanding the erad­ic­a­tion of this data.
  • If we do not need your personal data any longer and you need it to exer­cise, defend or claim legal enti­tle­ments, you have the right to demand the restric­tion of the processing of your personal data instead of its eradication.
  • If you have raised an objec­tion pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weighed against each other. As long as it has not been determ­ined whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand a restric­tion of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – with the excep­tion of their archiving – may be processed only subject to your consent or to claim, exer­cise or defend legal enti­tle­ments or to protect the rights of other natural persons or legal entities or for important public interest reasons cited by the European Union or a member state of the EU.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the trans­mis­sion of confid­en­tial content, such as purchase orders or inquiries you submit to us as the website oper­ator, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryp­tion program. You can recog­nize an encrypted connec­tion by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appear­ance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryp­tion is activ­ated, data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted payment transactions on this website

If you are under an oblig­a­tion to share your payment inform­a­tion (e.g. account number if you give us the authority to debit your bank account) with us after you have entered into a fee-based contract with us, this inform­a­tion is required to process payments.

Payment trans­ac­tions using common modes of paying (Visa/MasterCard, debit to your bank account) are processed exclus­ively via encrypted SSL or TLS connec­tions. You can recog­nize an encrypted connec­tion by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appear­ance of the lock icon in the browser line.

If the commu­nic­a­tion with us is encrypted, third parties will not be able to read the payment inform­a­tion you share with us.

Rejection of unsolicited e‑mails

We here­with object to the use of contact inform­a­tion published in conjunc­tion with the mandatory inform­a­tion to be provided in our Site Notice to send us promo­tional and inform­a­tion material that we have not expressly requested. The oper­ators of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unso­li­cited sending of promo­tional inform­a­tion, for instance via SPAM messages.

 

4. Recording of data on this website

Cookies

Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small data pack­ages that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored tempor­arily for the dura­tion of a session (session cookies) or they are perman­ently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are auto­mat­ic­ally deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are auto­mat­ic­ally erad­ic­ated by your web browser.

Cookies can be issued by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integ­ra­tion of certain services of third-party companies into websites (e.g., cookies for hand­ling payment services).

Cookies have a variety of func­tions. Many cookies are tech­nic­ally essen­tial since certain website func­tions would not work in the absence of these cookies (e.g., the shop­ping cart func­tion or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user beha­vior or for promo­tional purposes.

Cookies, which are required for the perform­ance of elec­tronic commu­nic­a­tion trans­ac­tions, for the provi­sion of certain func­tions you want to use (e.g., for the shop­ping cart func­tion) or those that are neces­sary for the optim­iz­a­tion (required cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide meas­ur­able insights into the web audi­ence), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless a different legal basis is cited. The oper­ator of the website has a legit­imate interest in the storage of required cookies to ensure the tech­nic­ally error-free and optim­ized provi­sion of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies and similar recog­ni­tion tech­no­lo­gies has been requested, the processing occurs exclus­ively on the basis of the consent obtained (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG); this consent may be revoked at any time.

You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be noti­fied any time cookies are placed and to permit the accept­ance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the accept­ance of cookies in certain cases or in general or activate the delete-func­tion for the auto­matic erad­ic­a­tion of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deac­tiv­ated, the func­tions of this website may be limited.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Server log files

The provider of this website and its pages auto­mat­ic­ally collects and stores inform­a­tion in so-called server log files, which your browser commu­nic­ates to us auto­mat­ic­ally. The inform­a­tion comprises:

  • The type and version of browser used
  • The used oper­ating system
  • Referrer URL
  • The host­name of the accessing computer
  • The time of the server inquiry
  • The IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

This data is recorded on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The oper­ator of the website has a legit­imate interest in the tech­nic­ally error free depic­tion and the optim­iz­a­tion of the operator’s website. In order to achieve this, server log files must be recorded.

Contact form

If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the inform­a­tion provided in the contact form as well as any contact inform­a­tion provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further ques­tions. We will not share this inform­a­tion without your consent.

The processing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is related to the execu­tion of a contract or if it is neces­sary to carry out pre-contrac­tual meas­ures. In all other cases the processing is based on our legit­imate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your agree­ment (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The inform­a­tion you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to erad­icate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the inform­a­tion is being archived no longer exists (e.g., after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without preju­dice to any mandatory legal provi­sions, in partic­ular reten­tion periods.

Request by e‑mail, telephone, or fax

If you contact us by e‑mail, tele­phone or fax, your request, including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is related to the fulfill­ment of a contract or is required for the perform­ance of pre-contrac­tual meas­ures. In all other cases, the data are processed on the basis of our legit­imate interest in the effective hand­ling of inquiries submitted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been obtained; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data sent by you to us via contact requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after comple­tion of your request). Mandatory stat­utory provi­sions – in partic­ular stat­utory reten­tion periods – remain unaffected.

Google Calendar

On our website, you have the option to set up appoint­ments with our company. For plan­ning purposes, we use Google Calendar. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (here­in­after referred to as “Google”).

To make reser­va­tions for an appoint­ment, you will enter the requested data and your preferred meeting date into the dedic­ated screen. The data you enter will be used to plan, conduct, and possibly also follow up on the appoint­ment. The appoint­ment inform­a­tion will be stored on the servers of Google Calendar on our behalf. You may review the company’s data protec­tion policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

The data recorded in this manner will be stored until you ask us to delete them, revoke your consent to the archiving of your data or until the purpose of archiving the data no longer exists. This does not affect mandatory stat­utory provi­sions – in partic­ular those governing reten­tion periods.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The oper­ator of the website has a legit­imate interest in ensuring that appoint­ments with customers and prospective customers can be sched­uled as easily as possible. If appro­priate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclus­ively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to inform­a­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­printing) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the US is based on the standard contrac­tual clauses of the EU Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://workspace.google.com/terms/dpa_terms.html and https://cloud.google.com/terms/sccs.

The company is certi­fied in accord­ance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work” (DPF). The DPF is an agree­ment between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compli­ance with European data protec­tion stand­ards for data processing in the US. Every company certi­fied under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protec­tion stand­ards. For more inform­a­tion, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guar­an­tees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instruc­tions and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

Registration on this website

You have the option to register on this website to be able to use addi­tional website func­tions. We shall use the data you enter only for the purpose of using the respective offer or service you have registered for. The required inform­a­tion we request at the time of regis­tra­tion must be entered in full. Other­wise, we shall reject the registration.

To notify you of any important changes to the scope of our port­folio or in the event of tech­nical modi­fic­a­tions, we shall use the e‑mail address provided during the regis­tra­tion process.

We shall process the data entered during the regis­tra­tion process on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

The data recorded during the regis­tra­tion process shall be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website. Subsequently, such data shall be deleted. This shall be without preju­dice to mandatory stat­utory reten­tion obligations.

Registration with Google

Instead of regis­tering directly on this website, you can register with Google. The provider of this service is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To register with Google, you must only enter your Google name and pass­word. Google will identify you and confirm your iden­tity to our website.

When you sign in with Google, we may be able to use certain inform­a­tion in your account to complete your profile with us. You decide whether you want this inform­a­tion to be used and if so, which inform­a­tion it is, within the frame­work of your Google security settings, which you can find here: https://myaccount.google.com/security and https://myaccount.google.com/permissions.

The data processing asso­ci­ated with Google’s regis­tra­tion is based on our legit­imate interest in making the regis­tra­tion process as simple as possible for our users (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Since the use of the regis­tra­tion func­tion is volun­tary and the users them­selves can decide on the respective access options, no conflicting predom­inant rights of the data subjects are apparent.

The company is certi­fied in accord­ance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work” (DPF). The DPF is an agree­ment between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compli­ance with European data protec­tion stand­ards for data processing in the US. Every company certi­fied under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protec­tion stand­ards. For more inform­a­tion, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

 

5. Analysis tools and advertising

Matomo

This website uses the open-source web analysis service Matomo.

Through Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data on the use of our website-by-website visitors. This enables us to find out, for instance, when which page views occurred and from which region they came. In addi­tion, we collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser, and oper­ating system used) and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website oper­ator has a legit­imate interest in the analysis of user patterns, in order to optimize the operator’s web offer­ings and advert­ising. If appro­priate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclus­ively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to inform­a­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­printing) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

IP anonymization

For analysis with Matomo we use IP anonym­iz­a­tion. Your IP address is shortened before the analysis, so that it is no longer clearly assignable to you.

Analysis without cookies

We have configured Matomo in such a way that Matomo will not store cookies in your browser.

Hosting

We host Matomo exclus­ively on our own servers so that all analysis data remains with us and is not passed on.

Google Ads

The website oper­ator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online promo­tional program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Ads enables us to display ads in the Google search engine or on third-party websites, if the user enters certain search terms into Google (keyword targeting). It is also possible to place targeted ads based on the user data Google has in its posses­sion (e.g., loca­tion data and interests; target group targeting). As the website oper­ator, we can analyze these data quant­it­at­ively, for instance by analyzing which search terms resulted in the display of our ads and how many ads led to respective clicks.

The use of these services occurs on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG. You may revoke your consent at any time.

Data trans­mis­sion to the US is based on the Standard Contrac­tual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

The company is certi­fied in accord­ance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work” (DPF). The DPF is an agree­ment between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compli­ance with European data protec­tion stand­ards for data processing in the US. Every company certi­fied under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protec­tion stand­ards. For more inform­a­tion, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

 

6. Newsletter

Newsletter data

If you would like to subscribe to the news­letter offered on this website, we will need from you an e‑mail address as well as inform­a­tion that allow us to verify that you are the owner of the e‑mail address provided and consent to the receipt of the news­letter. No further data shall be collected or shall be collected only on a volun­tary basis. We shall use such data only for the sending of the requested inform­a­tion and shall not share such data with any third parties.

The processing of the inform­a­tion entered into the news­letter subscrip­tion form shall occur exclus­ively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke the consent you have given to the archiving of data, the e‑mail address, and the use of this inform­a­tion for the sending of the news­letter at any time, for instance by clicking on the “Unsub­scribe” link in the news­letter. This shall be without preju­dice to the lawful­ness of any data processing trans­ac­tions that have taken place to date.

The data depos­ited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the news­letter will be stored by us until you unsub­scribe from the news­letter or the news­letter service provider and deleted from the news­letter distri­bu­tion list after you unsub­scribe from the news­letter or after the purpose has ceased to apply. We reserve the right to delete or block e‑mail addresses from our news­letter distri­bu­tion list at our own discre­tion within the scope of our legit­imate interest in accord­ance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Data stored for other purposes with us remain unaffected.

After you unsub­scribe from the news­letter distri­bu­tion list, your e‑mail address may be stored by us or the news­letter service provider in a black­list, if such action is neces­sary to prevent future mail­ings. The data from the black­list is used only for this purpose and not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal require­ments when sending news­let­ters (legit­imate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). The storage in the black­list is indef­inite. You may object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legit­imate interest.

 

7. Plug-ins and Tools

YouTube with expanded data protection integration

This website integ­rates videos from the YouTube website. The oper­ator of the website is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of these websites on which YouTube is integ­rated, a connec­tion to the YouTube servers is estab­lished. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing beha­vior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

We use YouTube in extended data protec­tion mode. According to YouTube, videos that are played in extended data protec­tion mode are not used to person­alize browsing on YouTube. Ads that are played in extended data protec­tion mode are also not person­al­ized. No cookies are set in extended data protec­tion mode. Instead, so-called local storage elements are stored in the user’s browser, which contain personal data similar to cookies and can be used for recog­ni­tion. Details on the extended data protec­tion mode can be found here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780.

After activ­ating a YouTube video, further data processing oper­a­tions may be triggered over which we have no influence.

The use of YouTube is based on our interest in presenting our online content in an appealing manner. Pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legit­imate interest. If appro­priate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclus­ively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to inform­a­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­printing) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

For more inform­a­tion on how YouTube handles user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

The company is certi­fied in accord­ance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work” (DPF). The DPF is an agree­ment between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compli­ance with European data protec­tion stand­ards for data processing in the US. Every company certi­fied under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protec­tion stand­ards. For more inform­a­tion, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Wordfence

We have included Word­fence on this website. The provider is Defiant Inc, Defiant, Inc, 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104, USA (here­in­after “Word­fence”).

Word­fence is designed to protect our website from unwanted access or mali­cious cyber­at­tacks. To accom­plish this, our website estab­lishes a permanent connec­tion with Wordfence’s servers, which check and block their data­bases against access to our website.

The use of Word­fence is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website oper­ator has a legit­imate interest in the most effective protec­tion of his website against cyber­at­tacks. If appro­priate consent has been obtained, the processing is carried out exclus­ively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to inform­a­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­printing) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revoked at any time.

Data trans­mis­sion to the USA is based on the standard contrac­tual clauses of the EU Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/.

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guar­an­tees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instruc­tions and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

 

8. eCommerce and payment service providers

Processing of Customer and Contract Data

We collect, process, and use personal customer and contract data for the estab­lish­ment, content arrange­ment and modi­fic­a­tion of our contrac­tual rela­tion­ships. Data with personal refer­ences to the use of this website (usage data) will be collected, processed, and used only if this is neces­sary to enable the user to use our services or required for billing purposes. The legal basis for these processes is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

The collected customer data shall be deleted upon comple­tion of the order or termin­a­tion of the busi­ness rela­tion­ship and upon expir­a­tion of any existing stat­utory archiving periods. This shall be without preju­dice to any stat­utory archiving periods.

Data transfer upon closing of contracts for services and digital content

We share personal data with third parties only if this is neces­sary in conjunc­tion with the hand­ling of the contract; for instance, with the finan­cial insti­tu­tion tasked with the processing of payments.

Any further transfer of data shall not occur or shall only occur if you have expressly consented to the transfer. Any sharing of your data with third parties in the absence of your express consent, for instance for advert­ising purposes, shall not occur.

The basis for the processing of data is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfil­ment of a contract or for pre-contrac­tual actions.

Payment services

We integ­rate payment services of third-party companies on our website. When you make a purchase from us, your payment data (e.g. name, payment amount, bank account details, credit card number) are processed by the payment service provider for the purpose of payment processing. For these trans­ac­tions, the respective contrac­tual and data protec­tion provi­sions of the respective providers apply. The use of the payment service providers is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract processing) and in the interest of a smooth, convenient, and secure payment trans­ac­tion (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Insofar as your consent is requested for certain actions, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR is the legal basis for data processing; consent may be revoked at any time for the future.

We use the following payment services / payment service providers within the scope of this website:

Stripe

The provider for customers within the EU is Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd,1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (here­in­after “Stripe”).

Data trans­mis­sion to the US is based on the Standard Contrac­tual Clauses (SCC) of the European Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://stripe.com/de/privacy and https://stripe.com/de/guides/general-data-protection-regulation.

Details can be found in Stripe’s Privacy Policy at the following link: https://stripe.com/de/privacy.

 

9. Online-based Audio and Video Conferences (Conference tools)

Data processing

We use online confer­ence tools, among other things, for commu­nic­a­tion with our customers. The tools we use are listed in detail below. If you commu­nicate with us by video or audio confer­ence using the Internet, your personal data will be collected and processed by the provider of the respective confer­ence tool and by us. The confer­en­cing tools collect all inform­a­tion that you provide/access to use the tools (email address and/or your phone number). Further­more, the confer­ence tools process the dura­tion of the confer­ence, start and end (time) of parti­cip­a­tion in the confer­ence, number of parti­cipants and other “context inform­a­tion” related to the commu­nic­a­tion process (metadata).

Further­more, the provider of the tool processes all the tech­nical data required for the processing of the online commu­nic­a­tion. This includes, in partic­ular, IP addresses, MAC addresses, device IDs, device type, oper­ating system type and version, client version, camera type, micro­phone or loud­speaker and the type of connection.

Should content be exchanged, uploaded, or other­wise made avail­able within the tool, it is also stored on the servers of the tool provider. Such content includes, but is not limited to, cloud record­ings, chat/ instant messages, voice­mail uploaded photos and videos, files, white­boards, and other inform­a­tion shared while using the service.

Please note that we do not have complete influ­ence on the data processing proced­ures of the tools used. Our possib­il­ities are largely determ­ined by the corporate policy of the respective provider. Further inform­a­tion on data processing by the confer­ence tools can be found in the data protec­tion declar­a­tions of the tools used, and which we have listed below this text.

Purpose and legal bases

The confer­ence tools are used to commu­nicate with prospective or existing contrac­tual part­ners or to offer certain services to our customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Further­more, the use of the tools serves to gener­ally simplify and accel­erate commu­nic­a­tion with us or our company (legit­imate interest in the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Insofar as consent has been requested, the tools in ques­tion will be used on the basis of this consent; the consent may be revoked at any time with effect from that date.

Duration of storage

Data collected directly by us via the video and confer­ence tools will be deleted from our systems imme­di­ately after you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the reason for storing the data no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. Mandatory legal reten­tion periods remain unaffected.

We have no influ­ence on the dura­tion of storage of your data that is stored by the oper­ators of the confer­ence tools for their own purposes. For details, please directly contact the oper­ators of the confer­ence tools.

Conference tools used

We employ the following confer­ence tools:

Google Meet

We use Google Meet. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. For details on data processing, please see the Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

The company is certi­fied in accord­ance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Frame­work” (DPF). The DPF is an agree­ment between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compli­ance with European data protec­tion stand­ards for data processing in the US. Every company certi­fied under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protec­tion stand­ards. For more inform­a­tion, please contact the provider under the following link: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Data processing

We have concluded a data processing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract mandated by data privacy laws that guar­an­tees that they process personal data of our website visitors only based on our instruc­tions and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

 

10. Custom Services

Handling applicant data

We offer website visitors the oppor­tunity to submit job applic­a­tions to us (e.g., via e‑mail, via postal services on by submit­ting the online job applic­a­tion form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose and use of the personal data collected from you in conjunc­tion with the applic­a­tion process. We assure you that the collec­tion, processing, and use of your data will occur in compli­ance with the applic­able data privacy rights and all other stat­utory provi­sions and that your data will always be treated as strictly confidential.

Scope and purpose of the collection of data

If you submit a job applic­a­tion to us, we will process any affil­i­ated personal data (e.g., contact and commu­nic­a­tions data, applic­a­tion docu­ments, notes taken during job inter­views, etc.), if they are required to make a decision concerning the estab­lish­ment or an employ­ment rela­tion­ship. The legal grounds for the afore­men­tioned are § 26 BDSG according to German Law (Nego­ti­ation of an Employ­ment Rela­tion­ship), Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (General Contract Nego­ti­ations) and – provided you have given us your consent – Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your personal data will only be shared with indi­viduals who are involved in the processing of your job application.

If your job applic­a­tion should result in your recruit­ment, the data you have submitted will be archived on the grounds of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of imple­menting the employ­ment rela­tion­ship in our data processing system.

Data Archiving Period

If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or with­draw your applic­a­tion, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submitted on the basis of our legit­imate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the applic­a­tion procedure (rejec­tion or with­drawal of the applic­a­tion). After­wards the data will be deleted, and the phys­ical applic­a­tion docu­ments will be destroyed. The storage serves in partic­ular as evid­ence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be required after the expiry of the 6‑month period (e.g., due to an impending or pending legal dispute), dele­tion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agree­ment (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) or if stat­utory data reten­tion require­ments preclude the deletion.