Note: The Privacy Policy below is translated from our German Datenschutzerklärung. As far as the English and the German version of these terms diverge, the German original version shall prevail.

Privacy Policy

Introduction

With the following data protection declaration we would like to inform you which types of your personal data (hereinafter also referred to as "data") we process for which purposes and to what extent. The data protection declaration applies to all processing of personal data carried out by us, both within the framework of the provision of our services and in particular on our websites, in mobile applications and within external online presences, such as our social media profiles (hereinafter collectively referred to as "online service").

    Last updated: August 9, 2019

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    Content overview

    Responsible

    Faceident LSP UG (limited liability)

    Blücherstraße 54
    10961 Berlin
    Germany
    c/o Clemens Porikys

    Authorized representatives: Constantin Scholz

    E-Mail-address: hello@faceident.co

    Imprint: https://faceident.co/impressum

      Overview of processing operations

      The following overview summarizes the types of data processed and the purposes of their processing and refers to the data subjects.

      Types of data processed

      • Baseline data (e.g. names, addresses).

      • Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos).

      • Contact data (e.g.B. E-Mail, phone numbers).

      • Meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

      • Usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times).

      • Social data (data subject to social confidentiality (§ 35 SGB I) and processed, for example, by social insurance institutions, social welfare institutions or pension authorities.).

      • Location data (data indicating the location of the end device of an end user).

      • Contract data (e.g. subject of contract, term, customer category).

      • Payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history).

      Categories of persons affected

      • Employees (e.g. employees, applicants, former employees).

      • business and contractual partners.

      • p>interested parties.

      • communication partners.

      • customers.

      • users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

      Purposes of processing

      • provision of our online services and user-friendliness.

      • Visitor Promotion Evaluation.

      • Office and Organization Procedures.

      • Cross-Device Tracking (cross-device processing of user data for marketing purposes).

      • Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or post).

      • Interest-based and behavior-based marketing.

      • Contact requests and communication.

      • Conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures).

      • Profiling (creation of user profiles).

      • Remarketing.

      • Range measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).

      • Security measures.

      • Tracking (e.g. interest/behavioral profiling, use of cookies).

      • p>Server monitoring and error detection.

      • Contractual services and service.

      • Administration and answering of inquiries.

      • Target group formation (determination of target groups relevant for marketing purposes or other output of content).

      Applicable legal bases

      In the following we share the legal bases of the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), on the basis of which we process personal data. Please note that, in addition to the regulations of the DSGVO, the national data protection regulations in your or our country of residence and domicile may apply.

      • A Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO) - The data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of his/her personal data for one or more specific purposes.

      • Fulfilment of contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO) - The data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of his/her personal data for one or more specific purposes.

        • Fulfilment of contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO) - The data subject has given his/her consent to the processing of his/her personal data for one or more specific purposes. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. DSGVO) - The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or for the performance of pre-contractual measures which are taken at the request of the data subject.

      • Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c. DSGVO) - Processing is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which the data subject is subject.

      • Goodful interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f. DSGVO) - Processing is necessary to safeguard theoodful interests of the data subject or of a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject, which require the protection of personal data, predominate.

      National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the Basic Data Protection Regulation, national regulations apply to data protection in Germany. This includes, in particular, the German Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz - BDSG). In particular, the BDSG contains special provisions on the right to information, the right to deletion, the right of objection, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling. Furthermore, it regulates data processing for the purposes of the employment relationship (§ 26 BDSG), in particular with regard to the establishment, execution or termination of employment relationships as well as the consent of employees. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may be applied.

        Security measures

        We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, extent, circumstances and purposes of the processing as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.

        Actions shall include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to, and access to, input, dissemination, securing and separation of data. In addition, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subjects' rights, the deletion of data and responses to data breaches. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development or selection of hardware, software and procedures in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.

        Shortening of the IP address: If it is possible for us or a storage of the IP address is not necessary, we shorten or let shorten your IP address. If the IP address is shortened, also known as "IP masking", the last octet, i.e. the last two numbers of an IP address, is deleted (in this context, the IP address is an identifier individually assigned to an Internet connection by the online access provider). By shortening the IP address, the identification of a person on the basis of their IP address is to be prevented or made considerably more difficult.

        SSL encryption (https): In order to protect your data transmitted via our online service, we use SSL encryption. You can recognize such encrypted connections by the prefix https:// in the address bar of your browser.

        Transmission and disclosure of personal data

        In the context of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transmitted to other places, companies, legally independent organizational units or persons or that it is disclosed to them. The recipients of this data may include, for example, payment institutions within the framework of payment transactions, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such a case, we observe the legal requirements and in particular conclude corresponding contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data which serve to protect your data.

        Data Transfer within the Organization: We may transfer personal data to other locations within our organization or grant you access to such data. Insofar as this disclosure is for administrative purposes, the disclosure of the data is based on our legitimate business and economic interests or is carried out if it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations or if the consent of the data subjects or a legal permit is available.

        Data processing in third countries

        If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if the processing takes place in the context of the use of third party services or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies or companies, this shall only take place in accordance with the statutory provisions.

        Without express consent or transfer required by contract or law, we will only process or have the data processed in third countries with a recognised level of data protection, including US processors certified under the Privacy Shield, or on the basis of special guarantees such as contractual obligation through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, the existence of certifications or binding internal data protection regulations (Art. 44 to 49 DSGVO, information page of the EU Commission: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_en ).

        Use of Cookies

        "Cookies" are small files that are stored on user devices. Cookies can be used to store different data. This information can include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping cart or the location where a video was viewed.

        Cookies are usually also used when a user's interests or behaviour (e.g. viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) on individual websites are stored in a user profile. Such profiles are used, for example, to display content to users that corresponds to their potential interests. This procedure is also referred to as "tracking", i.e. tracking the potential interests of users. The term "cookies" also includes other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g., if user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also referred to as "user IDs").

        We use the following Cookies:

        We will inform you separately about other tracking technologies in our data protection declaration.

        Information on legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data with the aid of cookies depends on whether we ask you for your consent. If this applies and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is your declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. in a business operation of our online service and its improvement) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations.

        Withdrawal and objection (Opt-Out): Irrespective of whether processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have the option at any time to revoke a consent given or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies (collectively referred to as "Opt-Out").

        You can initially explain your objection using the settings of your browser, e.g. by deactivating the use of cookies (which may also restrict the functionality of our online offering).

        http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ or generally on http://optout.aboutads.info.

        A disagreement with the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be explained by means of a variety of services, particularly in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ or generally on http://optout.aboutads.info.

        Cookie Settings


        Processing of cookie data on the basis of consent: Before we process or have processed data within the framework of the use of cookies, we ask the user for consent that can be revoked at any time. Before the consent has not been given, we may use cookies that are necessary for the operation of our online service. They are used on the basis of our interest and the interest of the user in the expected functionality of our online offer.

        • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

        • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

        • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. a DSGVO), (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 DSGVO). 6 Paragraph 1 S. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        Commercial and business services

        We process data of our contractual and business partners, e.g. customers and interested parties (collectively referred to as "contractual partners") within the framework of contractual and comparable legal relationships as well as associated measures and within the framework of communication with the contractual partners (or pre-contractual), e.g, to answer inquiries.

        We process this data in order to fulfil our contractual obligations, to safeguard our rights and for the purposes of the administrative tasks associated with this data and the entrepreneurial organisation. Within the framework of the applicable law, we only pass on the data of the contractual partners to third parties insofar as this is necessary for the aforementioned purposes or for the fulfilment of legal obligations or is carried out with the consent of the contractual partners (e.g. to involved telecommunications, transport and other auxiliary services as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers or tax authorities). The contractual partners will be informed about further forms of processing, e.g. for marketing purposes, within the framework of this data protection declaration.

        What data is necessary for the aforementioned purposes, we inform the contractual partners before or in the context of the data collection, e.g. in online forms, by special marking (e.g. colors) or symbols (e.g. asterisks or the like), or personally.

        We delete the data after expiry of legal warranty and comparable obligations, i.e., in principle after expiry of 4 years, unless the data are stored in a customer account, e.g., as long as they must be kept for legal reasons of archiving (e.g. for tax purposes as a rule 10 years). Data disclosed to us by the contractual partner within the framework of an order shall be deleted in accordance with the specifications of the order, in principle after the end of the order.

        Insofar as we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and data protection notices of the respective third-party providers or platforms shall apply in the relationship between the users and the providers.

        Customer account: Contractual partners can create an account within our online offer (e.g. customer or user account, in short "customer account"). If the registration of a customer account is necessary, contractual partners will be informed of this as well as of the information required for registration. The customer accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. Within the scope of the registration as well as subsequent registrations and uses of the customer account we store the IP addresses of the customers together with the access times in order to be able to prove the registration and prevent any abuse of the customer account.

        If customers have terminated their customer account, the data relating to the customer account will be deleted, subject to retention, which is required for legal reasons. It is incumbent upon the customer to secure their data upon termination of the customer account.

        Economic analyses and market research: For economic reasons and in order to be able to recognise market trends, wishes of contractual partners and users, we analyse the data available to us on business transactions, contracts, enquiries, etc., whereby contractual partners, interested parties, customers, visitors and users of our online service may fall into the group of persons concerned.

        The analyses are carried out for the purpose of business management evaluations, marketing and market research (e.g. to determine customer groups with different characteristics). If available, we can take into account the profiles of registered users and their information, e.g. on services used. The analyses serve us alone and are not disclosed externally unless they are anonymous analyses with summarised, i.e. anonymised values. Furthermore, we respect the privacy of the users and process the data for analysis purposes as pseudonymously as possible and, if feasible, anonymously (e.g. as summarised data).

        Onlineshop and E-Commerce: We process the data of our customers in order to enable them to select, purchase or order the selected products, goods and related services, as well as their payment and delivery, or execution.

        The required details are identified as such within the framework of the order or comparable purchase process and include the details required for delivery, provision and invoicing as well as contact information in order to be able to hold any consultation.

        • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), contract data (e.g.e.g. subject of contract, duration, customer category), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

        • Affected persons: Interested parties, business partners and contractual partners, customers.

        • Purposes of processing: Contractual services and services, contact enquiries and communication, office and organisational procedures, administration and answering of enquiries, security measures, evaluation of visitor actions, interest based and behaviour related marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles).

        • Legal bases: Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. DSGVO), Legal obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c. DSGVO), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        Payment service provider

        In the context of contractual and other legal relationships, due to legal obligations or otherwise on the basis of our legitimate interests, we offer the persons concerned efficient and secure payment options and use other payment service providers in addition to banks and credit institutions (collectively "payment service providers").

        The data processed by the payment service providers includes inventory data such as name and address, bank data such as account or credit card numbers, passwords, TANs and checksums, as well as contract, total and recipient details. The information is required to complete the transactions. However, the data entered will only be processed and stored by the payment service providers. This means that we do not receive any account- or credit card-related information, but only information with confirmation or negative information about the payment. Under certain circumstances, the data may be transmitted by the payment service provider to credit agencies. The purpose of this transmission is to check identity and creditworthiness. Please refer to the general terms and conditions and the data protection information of the payment service providers.

        For payment transactions, the terms and conditions and the data protection information of the respective payment service providers, which can be accessed within the respective websites or transaction applications, apply. We refer to these also for the purpose of further information and assertion of revocation, information and other rights affected.

        • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), payment data (e.g. bank details, invoices, payment history), contract data (e.g. subject matter of contract, term, customer category), usage data (e.g.e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers).

        • Persons affected: Customers, prospects.

        • Purposes of processing: Contractual achievements and service.

        • Legal bases:Fulfilment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries (art. 6 exp. 1 S. 1 lit. b. DSGVO), entitled interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        Services and service providers used:

        Registration and Login

        Users may create a user account. During the registration process, users are provided with the required mandatory information and processed for the purpose of providing the user account on the basis of contractual fulfilment of obligations. The processed data includes in particular the login information (name, password and an e-mail address). The data entered during registration will be used for the purpose of using the user account and its purpose.

        The users can be informed by e-mail about processes that are relevant to their user account, such as technical changes. If users have terminated their user account, their data will be deleted with regard to the user account, subject to a statutory retention obligation. It is the responsibility of the users to secure their data before the end of the contract in the event of termination. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all user data stored during the term of the contract.

        When using our registration and login functions as well as the user account, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests as well as those of the users in a protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. These data will not be passed on to third parties unless it is necessary to pursue our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so.

        • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, phone numbers), content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

        • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

        • Purposes of processing: Contractual services and service, security measures, administration and response to inquiries.

        • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO), performance of contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

        Contact

        When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the data of the inquiring persons will be processed insofar as this is necessary to answer the contact enquiries and any requested measures.

        Response to contact enquiries within the framework of contractual or pre-contractual relationships is made in order to fulfil our contractual obligations or to answer (pre)contractual enquiries and otherwise on the basis of the legitimate interests in answering the enquiries.

        • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, phone numbers), content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos).

        • Affected persons: Communication partner.

        • Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication.

        • Legal basis: Contract fulfilment and pre-contractual requests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b. DSGVO), entitled interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        Provision of the online offer and web hosting

        In order to be able to provide our online offer safely and efficiently, we make use of the services of one or more web hosting providers from whose servers (or servers managed by them) the online offer can be accessed. For these purposes, we may use infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, as well as security and technical maintenance services.

        The data processed within the framework of the provision of the hosting offer may include all information relating to the users of our online offer that is collected within the scope of use and communication. This regularly includes the IP address, which is necessary in order to be able to deliver the contents of online offers to browsers, and all entries made within our online offer or from websites.

        E-mail dispatch and -hosting: The webhosting services used by us also include the dispatch, receipt and storage of e-mails. For these purposes, the addresses of the recipients and senders as well as further information regarding the sending of e-mails (e.g. the providers involved) and the contents of the respective e-mails are processed. The aforementioned data may also be processed for SPAM detection purposes. Please note that e-mails on the Internet are generally not sent in encrypted form. As a rule, e-mails are encrypted during transport, but not on the servers from which they are sent and received (unless a so-called end-to-end encryption method is used). Therefore, we cannot assume any responsibility for the transmission path of the e-mails between the sender and the reception on our server.

        Collection of access data and logfiles: We (or our webhosting provider) collect data on each access to the server (so-called server logfiles). The server log files may include the address and name of the web pages and files accessed, the date and time of access, data volumes transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user's operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page) and, as a rule, IP addresses and the requesting provider.

        The server logfiles can be used for security purposes, e.g. to avoid server overload (especially in case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks) and to ensure server utilization and stability.

        • Processed data types: Content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

        • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

        • Purposes of processing:Range measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), tracking (e.g.B. Interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies), visitor action evaluation, server monitoring and error detection.

        • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        Services and service providers used:

        Cloud Services

        We use software services (so-called "Cloud Services", also referred to as "Software as a Service") that are accessible via the Internet and executed on the servers of their providers for the following purposes: Document storage and management, calendar management, e-mail dispatch, spreadsheets and presentations, exchange of documents, content and information with specific recipients or publication of websites, forms or other content and information as well as chats and participation in audio and video conferences.

        In this context, personal data can be processed and stored on the servers of the providers, as far as these are part of communication processes with us or otherwise processed by us, as explained in the context of this privacy policy. This data may include, in particular, master data and contact data of users, data on processes, contracts, other processes and their contents. The providers of cloud services also process usage data and metadata that they use for security purposes and for service optimisation.

        If we provide forms or other content to other users or publicly accessible websites with the help of cloud services, the providers may store cookies on users' devices for web analysis purposes or to remember user settings (e.g. in the case of media control).

        Information on legal bases: If we ask for consent to the use of cloud services, the legal basis for processing is consent. Furthermore, their use can be a component of our (pre)contractual services, provided that the use of the cloud services was agreed within this framework. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient and secure administrative and collaboration processes)

        • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, phone numbers), content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g.e.g. device information, IP addresses), contract data (e.g. subject of contract, duration, customer category).

        • Persons affected: Customers, employees (e.g. employees, applicants, former employees), interested parties, communication partners.

        • Purposes of processing: Office and organizational procedures.

        • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO), fulfilment of contract and pre-contractual enquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. DSGVO), legitimate interests (Art. 6 Par. 1 S. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        Services and service providers used:

        Newsletter and wide-area communication

        We send newsletters, e-mails and other electronic notifications (hereinafter referred to as "Newsletter") only with the consent of the recipient or with legal permission. Insofar as the contents of the newsletter are specifically described within the framework of registration, they are decisive for the consent of the user. In addition, our newsletters contain information on our services and us.

        In order to subscribe to our newsletters, it is sufficient to enter your e-mail address. However, we may ask you to provide a name for the purpose of a personal address in the newsletter, or further information, if this is necessary for the purposes of the newsletter.

        Double-Opt-In-Procedure: The subscription to our newsletter is always done in a so-called Double-Opt-In-Procedure. This means that you will receive an e-mail after registration asking you to confirm your registration. This confirmation is necessary so that nobody can register with external e-mail addresses. The registrations for the newsletter are logged in order to be able to prove the registration process according to the legal requirements. This includes the storage of the registration and confirmation time as well as the IP address. Likewise the changes of your data stored with the Versanddienstleister are logged.

        Deletion and limitation of processing: We may store the unsubscribed email addresses for up to three years based on our legitimate interests before deleting them in order to provide evidence of prior consent. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defence against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided that the former existence of a consent is confirmed at the same time. In the case of obligations to permanently observe contradictions, we reserve the right to store the e-mail address solely for this purpose in a black list.

        The registration procedure is recorded on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purpose of proving that it has been carried out properly. If we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure dispatch system.

        Notes on legal bases: The newsletter is sent on the basis of the recipient's consent or, if consent is not required, on the basis of our legitimate interests in direct marketing, provided and to the extent that this is permitted by law, e.g. in the case of existing customer advertising. If we commission a service provider to send e-mails, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests. The registration process will be recorded on the basis of our legitimate interests to demonstrate that it was conducted in accordance with the law.

        Content:

        Information about us, our services, promotions and offers

        Downloads, Product Updates

        Success measurement: The newsletters contain a so-called "web-beacon", i.e. a pixel-sized file, which is retrieved from our server or, if we use a dispatch service provider, from its server when the newsletter is opened. In the course of this retrieval, technical information, such as information about the browser and your system, as well as your IP address and the time of retrieval, are first collected.

        This information is used for the technical improvement of our newsletter on the basis of technical data or target groups and their reading behaviour on the basis of their retrieval locations (which can be determined with the help of the IP address) or access times. This analysis also includes determining whether newsletters are opened, when they are opened and which links are clicked. For technical reasons, this information can be assigned to the individual newsletter recipients. However, it is neither our endeavour nor, if used, that of the dispatch service provider to observe individual users. Rather, the evaluations serve us to recognize the reading habits of our users and to adapt our content to them or to send different content according to the interests of our users.

        The evaluation of the newsletter and the performance measurement are carried out, subject to the express consent of the user, on the basis of our legitimate interests for the purposes of using a user-friendly and secure newsletter system, which serves both our business interests and the expectations of the user.

        A separate revocation of the performance measurement is unfortunately not possible, in this case the entire newsletter subscription must be cancelled or contradicted.

        • Processed types of data: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, phone numbers), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), usage data (e.g.e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times).

        • Affected persons: Communication partner.

        • Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g.B. by e-mail or post).

        • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        • Opposition (Opt-Out): You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent or object to further receipt. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter either at the end of each newsletter or you can otherwise use one of the contact options listed above, preferably e-mail.

        Services and service providers used:

        Advertising communication by post, fax or telephone

        We process personal data for the purposes of advertising communication, which can take place via various channels such as e-mail, telephone, mail or fax. In this context, we observe the legal requirements and obtain the necessary consents, unless the communication is legally permitted.

        Recipients have the right to revoke consent given at any time or to object to advertising communication at any time.

        After revocation or objection, we may store the data required to prove consent for up to three years on the basis of our legitimate interests before we delete them. The processing of this data is limited to the purpose of a possible defence against claims. An individual request for deletion is possible at any time, provided the former existence of a consent is confirmed at the same time.

        • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, phone numbers).

        • Affected persons: Communication partners.

        • Purposes of processing: Direct marketing (e.g. by e-mail or by post).

        • Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1). 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO), legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. 1 f. DSGVO).

        Onlinemarketing

        We process personal data for the purposes of online marketing, which includes in particular the presentation of advertising and other content (collectively referred to as "content") based on the potential interests of users and the measurement of its effectiveness.

        For these purposes, so-called user profiles are created and stored in a file (so-called "cookie") or similar procedures are used, by means of which the user information relevant for the presentation of the aforementioned contents is stored. This information may include, for example, content viewed, websites visited, online networks used, but also communication partners and technical information such as the browser used, the computer system used and information on times of use. If users have consented to the collection of their location data, these can also be processed.

        The IP addresses of the users are also stored. However, we use IP masking methods (i.e. pseudonymisation by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, the online marketing process does not store any user data (such as e-mail addresses or names), but pseudonyms. This means that we as well as the providers of online marketing procedures do not know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles.

        The information in the profiles is usually stored in the cookies or using similar procedures. These cookies can later generally be used on other websites that use the same online marketing process, read and analyzed for content presentation purposes, supplemented with additional data and stored on the server of the online marketing process provider.

        Exceptionally, plain data can be assigned to the profiles. This is the case, for example, if the users are members of a social network whose online marketing procedures we use and the network connects the profiles of the users in the aforementioned data. We kindly ask you to note that users can make additional agreements with the providers, e.g. by giving their consent during registration.

        We only get access to summarized information about the success of our advertisements. However, within the framework of so-called conversion measurements, we can check which of our online marketing procedures have led to a so-called conversion, i.e. to a contract being concluded with us, for example. The conversion measurement is used solely to analyze the success of our marketing measures.

        Information on legal bases: If we ask the users for their consent to the use of third party providers, the legal basis of the processing of data is consent. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient, economic and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to draw your attention to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

        Facebook pixel: With the help of the Facebook pixel it is possible for Facebook on the one hand to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the presentation of ads (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we use Facebook pixels to display Facebook ads placed by us only to Facebook users who have shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interest in certain topics or products that can be seen from the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "custom audiences"). With the help of Facebook pixels, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and do not appear annoying. Using Facebook pixels, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were directed to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (known as "conversion measurement").

        • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), location data (data indicating the location of an end user's end device), social data (data subject to social confidentiality (§ 35 SGB I) and e.g. (e.g., social security institutions, social welfare institutions, or health care authorities.).

        • Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services), interested parties, customers, employees (e.g., employees, applicants, former employees), communication partners.

        • Purposes of processing: Tracking (e.g., tracking). Interest/behavioral profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, visitor action evaluation, interest based and behavioral marketing, profiling (creation of user profiles), conversion measurement (measurement of the effectiveness of marketing measures), range measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors), target group formation (determination of target groups relevant for marketing purposes or other output of content), cross-device tracking (cross-device processing of user data for marketing purposes).

        • Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymisation of the IP address).

        • Legal bases: Consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO), Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 DSGVO), Rights and obligations (Art. 6 Para. 1 DSGVO). 1 p. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        • Opposition possibility (opt-out): We refer to the data protection notices of the respective providers and the opposition possibilities indicated for the providers (so-called \"opt-out\"). If no explicit opt-out option has been specified, it is possible to deactivate cookies in the settings of your browser. However, this may restrict the functions of our online offering. We therefore recommend the following additional opt-out options, which are offered in summary for the respective areas: a) Europe: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu. b) Canada: https://www.youradchoices.ca/choices. c) USA: https://www.aboutads.info/choices. d) Cross Territory: http://optout.aboutads.info.

        Services and Service Providers:

        Presences in social networks

        We maintain online presences within social networks in order to communicate with the users active there or to offer information about us there.

        We would like to point out that user data may be processed outside the territory of the European Union. This may entail risks for users, e.g. because it may make it more difficult to enforce users' rights. With regard to US providers that are certified under the Privacy Shield or offer comparable guarantees of a secure level of data protection, we would like to point out that they are thus obligated to comply with the data protection standards of the EU.

        Furthermore, user data is usually processed within social networks for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user profiles can be created on the basis of user behaviour and the resulting interests of users. The usage profiles can also be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of the users. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the user's computer in which the user's usage behaviour and interests are stored. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged on to them).

        For a detailed description of the respective forms of processing and the possibilities for objection (opt-out), we refer to the data protection declarations and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.

        Also in the case of requests for information and the assertion of rights of data subjects, we point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can directly take appropriate measures and provide information. Should you nevertheless need help, you can contact us.

        • Processed data types: Inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, phone numbers), content data (e.g. text entries, photographs, videos), usage data (e.g. Visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).

        • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

        • Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication, tracking (e.g. interest/behavioural profiling, use of cookies), remarketing, range measurement (e.g. access statistics, recognition of returning visitors).

        • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f. DSGVO).

        Services and service providers used:

        Plugins and embedded functions as well as content

        We include in our online offer functional and content elements which are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as "third party providers"). These may be, for example, graphics, videos or social media buttons as well as contributions (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").

        The integration always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the user, since they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the presentation of these contents or functions. We strive to use only those contents, whose respective offerers use the IP address only for the distribution of the contents. Third party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. Pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, websites to be referred to, visiting times and other information about the use of our online services as well as may be linked to such information from other sources.

        Information on legal bases: If we ask the users for their consent to the use of third party providers, the legal basis of the processing of data is consent. Otherwise, user data will be processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in efficient, economic and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to draw your attention to the information on the use of cookies in this data protection declaration.

        • Processed data types: Usage data (e.g. visited websites, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses), inventory data (e.g. names, addresses), contact data (e.g. e-mail, telephone numbers), content data (e.g. text input, photographs, videos).

        • Affected persons: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).

        • Purposes of processing: Provision of our online services and user-friendliness, contractual services and service, security measures, administration and response to inquiries.

        • Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f. DSGVO), consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO), fulfillment of contract and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b. DSGVO).

        Services and service providers used:

        Deletion of data

        The data processed by us will be deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions as soon as their permissions for processing are revoked or other permissions no longer apply (e.g, if the purpose of processing this data is no longer applicable or if it is not necessary for the purpose).

        If the data are not deleted because they are required for other and legally permissible purposes, their processing will be limited to these purposes. This means that the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be stored for commercial or tax reasons or whose storage is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person.

        Further information on the deletion of personal data may also be provided within the framework of the individual data protection notices of this data protection declaration.

          Change and update of the privacy policy

          We kindly ask you to inform yourself regularly about the content of our privacy policy. We will adapt the data protection declaration as soon as the changes to the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require your cooperation (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

          Rights of the persons concerned

          You are entitled to various rights under the DSGVO, in particular arising from Art. 15 to 18 and 21 DS-GVO:

          • Right of objection: You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of your personal data which takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f DS-GVO; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If the personal data concerning you are processed for the purpose of direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of the personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected with such direct advertising.
          • Right of revocation in the case of consents: You have the right to revoke consents given at any time.
          • >Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data concerned will be processed and to request information about this data as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the statutory provisions.
          • Right of correction: In accordance with the statutory provisions, you have the right to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of the incorrect data concerning you.
          • Right to deletion and limitation of processing: You have the right, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to demand that the data concerning you be deleted immediately, or alternatively, in accordance with the statutory provisions, to demand a limitation of processing of the data.
          • Right to Data Transferability: You have the right to receive data concerning you which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format in accordance with the legal requirements or to demand its transfer to another responsible party.
          • Complaint to the supervisory authority: In accordance with the statutory provisions, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of presumed infringement, if you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates the DSGVO.

          The supervisory authority responsible for us:

          https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Impressum/impressum_node.html

          definitions of terms

          This section provides an overview of the terms used in this privacy statement. Many of the terms are taken from the law and defined above all in Art. 4 DSGVO. The legal definitions are binding. The following explanations, on the other hand, are primarily intended to help you understand them. The terms are sorted alphabetically.

          • Visit Promotion Evaluation: "Conversion Tracking" refers to a procedure with which the effectiveness of marketing measures can be determined. As a rule, a cookie is stored on the devices of the users within the websites on which the marketing measures are carried out and then called up again on the target website. For example, we can track whether the ads we placed on other websites were successful).
          • Cross-Device Tracking: Cross-Device Tracking is a form of tracking in which information on the behaviour and interests of users is recorded in so-called profiles across all devices by assigning users an online identifier. This means that user information can usually be analysed for marketing purposes regardless of the browser or device used (e.g. mobile phone or desktop computer). With most providers, the online identification is not linked to plain data such as names, postal addresses or e-mail addresses.
          • IP-Masking: "IP-Masking" is a method by which the last octet, i.e. the last two numbers of an IP address, is deleted so that the IP address can no longer be used to uniquely identify a person. IP masking is therefore a means of pseudonymizing processing methods, especially in online marketing
          • Interest-based and behavioral marketing: Interest-based and/or behavioral marketing is defined when potential interests of users in ads and other content are determined as precisely as possible. This is done on the basis of information on their previous behaviour (e.g. visiting certain websites and staying on them, purchasing behaviour or interaction with other users), which is stored in a so-called profile. Cookies are generally used for these purposes.
          • Conversion measurement: Conversion measurement is a method by which the effectiveness of marketing measures can be determined. As a rule, a cookie is stored on the devices of the users within the websites on which the marketing measures take place and then called up again on the target website. For example, we can track whether the ads we placed on other websites were successful.
          • Personal data: "Personal data" is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as "data subject"); an identifiable natural person is any person who directly or indirectly, in particular by means of an assignment to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (e.g., a name, a telephone number, a telephone number, an e-mail address, a fax number, a telephone number, a telephone number, a fax number, etc.), or an e-mail address.B. Cookie) or to one or more specific characteristics which are an expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
          • Profiling: "Profiling" means any automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to analyse, evaluate or predict certain personal aspects relating to a natural person (including, depending on the type of profiling, information relating to age, sex, location and movement data, interaction with websites and their contents, shopping behaviour, social interactions with other people).For example, interests in certain content or products, click behaviour on a website, or whereabouts.) Cookies and web beacons are often used for profiling purposes.
          • Range measurement: Range measurement (also referred to as web analytics) is used to evaluate the visitor flows of an online offering and can include the behaviour or interests of visitors in certain information, such as the content of websites. With the help of reach analysis, website owners can recognize, for example, at what time visitors visit their website and what content they are interested in. This enables them, for example, to better adapt the content of the website to the needs of their visitors. For purposes of range analysis, pseudonymous cookies and web beacons are often used to recognise returning visitors and thus obtain more precise analyses of the use of an online offer.
          • Remarketing: "Remarketing" or "Retargeting" is used when, for example, it is noted for advertising purposes which products a user is interested in on a website in order to remind the user of these products on other websites, e.g. in advertisements.
          • Server monitoring and error detection: With the help of server monitoring and error detection, we ensure the availability and integrity of our online service and use the processed data to technically optimize our online service. Performance, utilization and comparable technical values are processed, which provide information about the stability and possible peculiarities of our online offer. In the event of errors and anomalies, individual enquiries from users of our online service are recorded in order to identify and eliminate sources of problems.
          • Tracking: "Tracking" is the term used when the behaviour of users can be traced across several online offers. As a rule, with regard to the online offers used, behavioural and interest information is stored in cookies or on servers of the providers of the tracking technologies (so-called profiling). This information can then be used, for example, to display advertisements to users that are likely to correspond to their interests.
          • Responsible person: "Responsible person" is the natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
          • Processing: "Processing" means any operation carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures or any such series of operations relating to personal data. The term is broad and covers practically every handling of data, be it collection, analysis, storage, transmission or erasure.
          • Target group formation: Target group formation (or "Custom Audiences") is the term used when target groups are determined for advertising purposes, e.g. insertion of advertisements. For example, it can be concluded from a user's interest in certain products or topics on the Internet that this user is interested in advertisements for similar products or the online shop in which he viewed the products. Lookalike audiences" (or similar target audiences) are those content that is considered appropriate is displayed to users whose profiles or interests are believed to match the users for whom the profiles were created. Cookies and web beacons are usually used to create custom audiences and lookalike audiences.

          Created with Datenschutz-Generator.de by Dr. jur. Thomas Schwenke , translated with DeepL Translator