Privacy Policy

Privacy is a matter of trust, and your trust is important to us. To ensure you feel secure when visiting our website, we strictly adhere to legal requirements when processing your personal data. We would like to inform you here about our data collection and usage. The following privacy policy explains which data we collect from you on our website, how we process and use this data, and whom you can contact with any concerns.

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The software sets a cookie on the user’s computer (see cookies above). When individual pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored:

(1) Two bytes of the IP address of the accessing system
(2) The accessed webpage
(3) The website from which the user accessed the webpage (referrer)
(4) The subpages accessed from the accessed webpage
(5) The time spent on the webpage
(6) The frequency of webpage access

The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. The personal data of users is only stored there. There is no transmission of data to third parties. The software is configured so that IP addresses are not stored in full but are masked (e.g., 192.168.xxx.xxx). This ensures that the shortened IP address cannot be traced back to the accessing computer.

2. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

The legal basis for processing users’ personal data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

Processing users’ personal data allows us to analyze our users’ browsing behavior. Evaluating the obtained data enables us to compile information about the usage of the individual components of our website. This helps us continuously improve our website and its user-friendliness. These purposes constitute our legitimate interest in processing the data under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Anonymizing the IP address adequately considers users’ interest in protecting their personal data.

4. Storage Duration

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes. In our case, this happens after xx.

5. Objection and Removal Option

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and transmitted to our site. Therefore, you, as the user, have full control over the use of cookies. By changing your internet browser settings, you can disable or restrict the transmission of cookies. Already stored cookies can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies for our website are deactivated, not all functions of the website may be fully usable.

We offer our users the option to opt out of the analysis process on our website. To do this, you must follow the corresponding link. This will set another cookie on your system that signals our system not to save the user’s data. If the user deletes the respective cookie from their system, they must set the opt-out cookie again.

For more information about privacy settings, visit the following link: https://myaccount.google.com/privacy.

VII. Retargeting and Data Collection by Third Parties

As part of retargeting and banner advertising, we use third-party services that set cookies on our site. These include the following providers:

Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

VIII. Rights of the Data Subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject under the GDPR, and you have the following rights against the controller:

1. Right of Access

You can request confirmation from the controller whether personal data concerning you is being processed. If such processing exists, you can request information about:

(1) The purposes for which the personal data is processed;
(2) The categories of personal data processed;
(3) The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed;
(4) The planned storage duration or, if specific information is not available, criteria for determining the storage duration;
(5) The existence of a right to correction or deletion of your personal data, restriction of processing by the controller, or objection to such processing;
(6) The existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
(7) Any available information on the data’s origin if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
(8) The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, under Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR, and at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the significance and the intended consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You also have the right to request information on whether your personal data is transmitted to a third country or an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards under Article 46 GDPR relating to the transfer.

2. Right to Rectification

You have the right to request rectification or completion of incorrect or incomplete personal data concerning you. The controller must make the correction without undue delay.

3. Right to Restriction of Processing

Under certain conditions, you can request the restriction of processing your personal data, including:

(1) If you contest the accuracy of the data for a period enabling the controller to verify its accuracy;
(2) If the processing is unlawful, and you oppose the deletion of the data and request restriction instead;
(3) If the controller no longer needs the data for processing but requires it for legal claims; or
(4) If you have objected to processing under Article 21(1) GDPR and verification of overriding legitimate grounds is pending.

If processing is restricted under these conditions, the data may only be processed (except for storage) with your consent, for legal claims, to protect others’ rights, or for public interest reasons.

4. Right to Erasure

a) Obligation to Erase

You can request the controller to delete your personal data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

(1) The data is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected or processed;
(2) You withdraw consent under Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and no other legal basis exists;

Determine Which Ads Google Shows You

The software sets a cookie on the user’s computer (see cookies above). When individual pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored:

(1) Two bytes of the IP address of the accessing system
(2) The accessed webpage
(3) The website from which the user accessed the webpage (referrer)
(4) The subpages accessed from the accessed webpage
(5) The time spent on the webpage
(6) The frequency of webpage access

2. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

The legal basis for processing users’ personal data is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

4. Storage Duration

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for our recording purposes. In our case, this happens after xx.

5. Objection and Removal Option

For more information about privacy settings, visit the following link: https://myaccount.google.com/privacy.

VII. Retargeting and Data Collection by Third Parties

As part of retargeting and banner advertising, we use third-party services that set cookies on our site. These include the following providers:

Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

VIII. Rights of the Data Subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject under the GDPR, and you have the following rights against the controller:

1. Right of Access

You can request confirmation from the controller whether personal data concerning you is being processed. If such processing exists, you can request information about:

(1) The purposes for which the personal data is processed;
(2) The categories of personal data processed;
(3) The recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed;
(4) The planned storage duration or, if specific information is not available, criteria for determining the storage duration;
(5) The existence of a right to correction or deletion of your personal data, restriction of processing by the controller, or objection to such processing;
(6) The existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
(7) Any available information on the data’s origin if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
(8) The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, under Article 22(1) and (4) GDPR, and at least in these cases, meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the significance and the intended consequences of such processing for the data subject.

2. Right to Rectification

You have the right to request rectification or completion of incorrect or incomplete personal data concerning you. The controller must make the correction without undue delay.

3. Right to Restriction of Processing

Under certain conditions, you can request the restriction of processing your personal data, including:

(1) If you contest the accuracy of the data for a period enabling the controller to verify its accuracy;
(2) If the processing is unlawful, and you oppose the deletion of the data and request restriction instead;
(3) If the controller no longer needs the data for processing but requires it for legal claims; or
(4) If you have objected to processing under Article 21(1) GDPR and verification of overriding legitimate grounds is pending.

4. Right to Erasure

a) Obligation to Erase

You can request the controller to delete your personal data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

(1) The data is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected or processed;
(2) You withdraw consent under Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, and no other legal basis exists;

b) Information to Third Parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR to erase the personal data, the controller shall, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers processing the personal data that you, as the data subject, have requested the erasure of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to erasure does not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:

For exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
For compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
For reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 (2) lit. h and i as well as Art. 9 (3) GDPR;
For archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 (1) GDPR, in so far as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing; or
For the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

5. Right to Notification

If you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing to all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed by the controller about these recipients.

6. Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, where:

The processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR; and
The processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of others must not be adversely affected by this. The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. Right to Object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. e or f GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. Where personal data concerning you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you shall no longer be processed for such purposes. You have the option to exercise your right to object in the context of the use of information society services – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – by automated means using technical specifications.

8. Right to Withdraw Consent

You have the right to withdraw your consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

9. Right to Automated Decision-Making in Individual Cases, Including Profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision:

Is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between you and the controller;
Is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or
Is based on your explicit consent.

However, such decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2) lit. a or g GDPR applies and suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests are in place. In the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision.

10. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR. The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.