Basics

This privacy policy informs the users of this website about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator [insert your contact details].

The website operator takes your privacy very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal regulations. Because new technologies and the ongoing development of this website may lead to changes to this privacy policy, we recommend you review it regularly.

Definitions of the terms used (e.g., “personal data” or “processing”) can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.

Access Data

We, the website operator or hosting provider, collect data on accesses to the website on the basis of our legitimate interest (see Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR) and store these as “server log files” on the website’s server. The following data are logged:

• Visited website
• Time at the moment of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/referrer from which you came to the page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used

The server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. Storage of the data is done for security reasons, e.g., to be able to clarify cases of misuse. If data must be kept for evidentiary reasons, they are excluded from deletion until the incident is fully resolved.

Reach Measurement & Cookies

This website uses cookies for pseudonymized reach measurement, which are transmitted either from our server or from the server of third parties to the user’s browser. Cookies are small files stored on your end device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the usability and security of this website.

If you do not want cookies for reach measurement to be stored on your end device, you can object to the use of these files here:

• Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
• US website opt-out page: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
• European website opt-out page: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

Common browsers offer the option to disable cookies. Note: It is not guaranteed that you can access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make such settings.

Collection and Processing of Personal Data

The website operator collects, uses, and shares your personal data only if permitted by law or if you consent to the data collection.
Personal data means all information that serves to determine your person and can be traced back to you – such as your name, email address, and phone number.

You can also visit this website without providing personal information. To improve our online offering, however, we store your access data to this website (without personal reference). This access data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your internet provider. By anonymizing the data, it is not possible to draw conclusions about your person.

• Which? We process personal data such as first name, last name, IP address, email address, place of residence, postal code, and content information from the Register form.
• How? We process personal data only with the explicit permission of the users concerned and in compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.
• Why? Processing of personal data takes place on the basis of our legitimate interest in fulfilling our contractually agreed services and optimizing our online offering.

Handling of Contact Data

If you contact us as the website operator via the contact options offered, your information will be stored so that it can be used to process and respond to your request. Without your consent, this data will not be passed on to third parties.

Handling of Comments and Contributions

If you leave a post or comment on this website, your IP address will be stored. This is done on the basis of our legitimate interests within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR and serves our security as the website operator: Because if your comment violates applicable law, we could be prosecuted for it, which is why we have an interest in the identity of the comment or post author.

Google Analytics

This website uses the service “Google Analytics” due to our legitimate interests in optimizing and analyzing our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR, offered by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The service (Google Analytics) uses “cookies” – text files that are stored on your end device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google LLC complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

IP anonymization applies on this website. The IP address of the users is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area and in other states party to the agreement. Only in exceptional cases is the IP address first transmitted in full to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The personal reference of your IP address is eliminated by this shortening. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not combined with other data stored by Google.

Under the agreement on order data processing, which we as the website operator have concluded with Google Inc., this uses the collected information to evaluate website usage and website activity and provides services related to internet usage.

The data collected by Google on our behalf is used to evaluate the use of our online offering by individual users, e.g., to create reports on website activity in order to improve our online offering.

You can prevent the storage of cookies on your device by setting your browser accordingly. It is not guaranteed that you can access all functions of this website without restrictions if your browser does not allow cookies.

You can also prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc. by installing a browser plugin. The following link leads to the corresponding plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Alternatively, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about you within this website by clicking on this link (IMPORTANT: insert opt-out link). By clicking on the above link, you download an “opt-out cookie.” Your browser must generally allow the storage of cookies for this purpose. If you regularly delete your cookies, you must click the link again on each visit to this website.

More information on Google Inc.’s use of data can be found here:

• https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=en (data collected by Google partners)
• https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated (settings about advertising displayed to you)
• https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en (use of cookies in ads)

Use of Social Media Plugins from Facebook

Due to our legitimate interest in analyzing, optimizing, and operating our online offering (within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR), this website uses the Facebook Social Plugin operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The integrations can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the terms “Like,” “Share” in Facebook’s colors (blue and white). Information on all Facebook plugins can be found at: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

Facebook Inc. complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

The plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and Facebook servers. The website operator has no influence on the nature and scope of the data transmitted to Facebook Inc.’s servers. Information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084

The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you, as a user, have visited this website. There is a possibility that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account while visiting this website, the mentioned information will be linked to it.

If you use the functions of the plugin – for example, by sharing or “liking” a post – the corresponding information will also be transmitted to Facebook Inc. To prevent Facebook Inc. from linking this data to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website and delete the stored cookies. Through your Facebook profile, you can make further settings on data processing for advertising purposes or object to the use of your data for advertising purposes. You can find the settings here:

• Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen
• US website opt-out page: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
• European website opt-out page: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

Which data, for what purpose, and to what extent Facebook collects, uses, and processes data, and which rights and settings you have to protect your privacy, can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Newsletter Subscription

The website operator offers you a newsletter in which he informs you about current events and offers. If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter, you must provide a valid email address. By subscribing to the newsletter, you agree to receive the newsletter and the procedures described.

The newsletter is sent by the service provider XY, a mailing platform of the provider ABC, Example Street 5, 12345 Example City, Germany. Information on the data protection provisions of the shipping service provider can be found at: example-XY.de/privacy.

Revocation and termination: You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and thus cancel the newsletter subscription. After your cancellation, your personal data will be deleted. Your consent to receive the newsletter expires at the same time. At the end of each newsletter, you will find the link to cancel.

Note: In this part of the privacy policy, you should also provide information about the contents of your newsletter, e.g., whether advertising is also sent in the newsletter.

You should also state how the data is stored by the service provider (pseudonymized or not), for what purposes the data is collected, whether data is passed on to third parties, and whether and how statistical surveys or analyses are carried out, etc.

Please check directly with your service provider. You may also need to conclude a data processing agreement with them.

User Rights

As a user, you have the right to request free information about which personal data about you has been stored. You also have the right to correct incorrect data and to restrict or delete the processing of your personal data. If applicable, you can also assert your right to data portability. If you believe your data has been processed unlawfully, you can file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Deletion of Data

If your request does not conflict with a legal obligation to store data (e.g., data retention), you have the right to have your data deleted. Data stored by us will be deleted if they are no longer necessary for their intended purpose and there are no legal retention periods. If deletion cannot be carried out because the data is required for permissible legal purposes, data processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.

Right to Object

Users of this website can exercise their right to object and object to the processing of their personal data at any time.

If you wish to correct, block, delete, or obtain information about the personal data stored about you or have questions about the collection, processing, or use of your personal data or wish to revoke consents given, please contact the following email address: [insert email address]

Note: Depending on which personal data, cookies, plugins, etc., you use on your website, you must include further information in your privacy policy.

This includes, for example:

The transfer of data to third parties and third-party providers

Integrations of third-party services and content (e.g., Google Fonts or YouTube videos)

Use of session cookies

Use of data-processing anti-spam plugins