1) Information on the collection of personal data and contact details of the data controller
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we will inform you about how we handle your personal data when you use our website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The controller of data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Alexander Sprogis, VisualMakers UG, c/o PIRATEx GmbH, Stolberger Str. 90D, 50933 Cologne- E-Mail: alex@visualmakers.de . The controller of personal data is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
1.3 This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or enquiries to the person responsible). You can recognise an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data collection when visiting our website
When you use our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you reached the page - Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Hosting (Webflow)
Within the framework of our legitimate interest in a technically flawless online offer and its economically efficient design and optimisation pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO, we have created this website with the website system Webflow of Webflow Inc, 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, California, 94103, USA.
Our website system enables us to create our website and keep it ready for retrieval in the worldwide hosting network of our website system provider. Our website system provider collects usage data in the same way as any other hoster. This is identified and non-identifiable data when you visit our website. This data is either made available to our website system provider or collected automatically through the use of services ("non-personal data"). On the basis of such non-personal data, it is not possible for our website system to trace the origin of the data. The Non-Personal Information is technical and usage information, such as the browsing and clickstream behaviour of visitors and users of Services and Scrolls, as well as non-identifying information about the user's or visitor's device used, operating system, browser, screen resolution, language and keyboard settings, ISP, referring/exit pages, date/time stamp, etc.
As a hoster, however, our website system provider also collects data that can identify a person with manageable effort ("personal data"). In principle, this personal data is all data that you enter when using the website. This may include contact details (for example, email address or telephone number), billing details (name, billing address, payment method and bank details), browser or user session details (IP address, geographical location and/or unique terminal identifier), details of related third party accounts (such as the email address or username for a related PayPal, Google or Facebook account), scanned identification documents provided to us (for example, ID, driving licence, passport or official company registration documents), and any other personal data.
This will transfer your data to the USA. We have entered into a contract with our website system provider in accordance with the standard contractual clauses, in which our provider guarantees protection of your data in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR.
Our website system provider takes physical, electronic and procedural security measures to protect personal data. Among other things, Webflow only provides encrypted access to our website.
For more information on Webflow's data processing, please see Webflow's privacy policy https://webflow.com/legal/eu-privacy-policy. We have also concluded an order processing agreement with Webflow, according to which Webflow has undertaken to process data only in accordance with our instructions.
4) Content Delivery Network
AWS-CloudFront (Amazon)
On our website we use the Content Delivery Network ("CDN") "AWSCloudFront" of the service provider "Amazon" (Amazon EU S.a. r.l., 38 avenue John F.Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg).
A content delivery network is an online service that is used in particular to deliver large media files (such as graphics, page content or scripts) through a network of regionally distributed servers connected via the Internet. The use of Amazon's Content Delivery Network helps us to optimise the loading speeds of our website.
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in the secure and efficient provision and improvement of the stability and functionality of our website.
Further information can be found in Amazon's privacy policy at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/de_de/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/data-protection-summary.html.
5) Cookies
In order to make visiting our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e. after you close your browser (so-called session cookies). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable your browser to be recognised the next time you visit (so-called persistent cookies).If cookies are set, they collect and process certain user information to an individual extent, such as browser and location data as well as IP address values.Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. The duration of the respective cookie storage can be found in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
In some cases, cookies are used to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g. remembering the contents of a virtual shopping basket for a later visit to the website). If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the execution of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. fDSGVO to protect our legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
Please note that you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings.This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:
Internet Explorer:https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en
Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be limited.
6) Contacting
Personal data is collected when contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail). Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed. This is the case when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
7) Data processing when opening a customer account and for contract processing
Pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide it to us for the performance of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data is collected can be seen from the respective input forms. You can delete your customer account at any time by sending a message to the above address of the person responsible. We store and use the data provided by you for the purpose of processing the contract. After complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with regard to tax and commercial storage periods and deleted after expiry of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to a further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data has been reserved on our part.
8) Use of customer data for direct advertising
8.1 Subscription to our e-mail newsletter
If you register for our e-mail newsletter, we will send you information about our offers on a regular basis. Only your e-mail address is required for sending the newsletter. The provision of further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed that you agree to receive the newsletter. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in future by clicking on an appropriate link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent for the use of your personal data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. When you register for the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by your Internet service provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a message to the responsible person mentioned above. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted from our newsletter distribution list immediately, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes that are permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.
8.2 Sending the e-mail newsletter to existing customers
If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services, such as those already purchased, from our range by e-mail. In accordance with Section 7 (3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), we do not need to obtain your separate consent for this. The data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalised direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you any e-mails. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by notifying the responsible person named at the beginning. You will only be charged transmission costs according to the basic rates. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.
8.3 Newsletter dispatch via ActiveCampaign
Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service providerActiveCampaign, LLC, 150 N. Michigan Ave Suite 1230, Chicago, IL, US, USA ("ActiveCampaign"). Michigan Ave Suite 1230, Chicago, IL, US, USA ("ActiveCampaign"), to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO and serves our legitimate interest in using an effective, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. email address) will be stored on ActiveCampaign servers in the USA.
ActiveCampaign uses this information to send and statistically analyse the newsletter on our behalf. For the evaluation, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files that are stored on our website. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links have been clicked on. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analysed whether a predefined action (e.g. purchase of a product on our website) has taken place after clicking on the link in the newsletter. In addition, technical information is collected (e.g. time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). The data is collected exclusively in pseudonymous form and is not linked to your other personal data; direct personal reference is excluded. This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.
If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
We have entered into a Data Processing Agreement with ActiveCampaign under which we require ActiveCampaign to protect our customers' data and not to disclose it to third parties.
You can view ActiveCampaign's privacy policy here:https://www.activecampaign.com/privacy-policy
9) Data processing for order handling
9.1 In order to process your order, we work together with the following service provider(s), who support us in whole or in part in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers in accordance with the following information.
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery as part of the contract processing, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. We pass on your payment data to the commissioned credit institution within the scope of payment processing, insofar as this is necessary for payment processing. If payment service providers are used, we will inform you explicitly about this below. The legal basis for the transfer of data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO.
9.2 Use of payment service providers (payment services)
- Stripe
If you choose a payment method from the payment service provider Stripe, the payment will be processed via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we will pass on the information you provided during the ordering process, together with information about your order (name, address, account number, bank sort code, credit card number if applicable, invoice amount, currency and transaction number) in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. You can find more information about Stripe's data protection at the URL https://stripe.com/de/privacy#translation.
Stripe reserves the right to carry out a credit check on the basis of mathematical-statistical procedures in order to protect the legitimate interest of determining the solvency of the user. The personal data required for a credit check and obtained in the course of payment processing may be transmitted by Stripe to selected credit agencies, which Stripe will disclose to users upon request. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, these are based on a scientifically recognised mathematical-statistical procedure. Stripe uses the result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of non-payment for the purpose of deciding on the authorisation to use the selected payment method.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to Stripe or the credit agencies commissioned.
However, Stripe may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the processing of payments in accordance with the contract.
9.3 Use of the Thinkific platform for the delivery of learning content and user management.
We use Thinkific, a service of Thinkific Inc. 369 Terminal Avenue Suite 400 Vancouver, BC V6A 4C4 Canada, for the integration of various databases and tools within the scope of our legitimate interest in a technically flawless online offer and its economically efficient design and optimisation pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. In the process, your customer data is transferred to Thinkfic.
As a result, your data is transferred to Canada.
You can find more information about Thinkific's privacy policy at https://www.thinkific.com/security-overview/.
9.4. Quaderno
We use Quaderno, a service of Recrea Systems SLU, Bravo Murillo 34 - 35003 Las Palmas, Spain, for the integration of different payment methods and a flawless tax processing within the framework of our legitimate interest in a technically flawless online offer and its economically efficient design and optimisation in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Your customer data will be transferred to Recrea Systems.
For more information about Thinkific's privacy policy, please visit https://www.quaderno.io/policies/privacy.
9.5 Airtable
Airtable is a data management and processing service provided by Formagrid Inc. which we use in particular to process submissions and store project data.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Formagrid Inc. This is a contract EU standard contractual clauses in which Airtable undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its data protection provisions and in particular not to pass it on to third parties. Airtable processes data on servers outside the EU. You can find more information here: https://airtable.com/privacy.
10) Use of social media: videos
Use of Youtube videos
This website uses the Youtube embedding function to display and play videos from the provider "Youtube", which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only triggers the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. If the playback of embedded Youtube videos is started, the provider "Youtube" uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour. According to information from "Youtube", these are used, among other things, to collect video statistics, to improve user-friendliness and to prevent abusive behaviour. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to have your data associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of Google's legitimate interests in the display of personalised advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube in order to exercise this right.The use of YouTube may also result in the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the U.S.A. Irrespective of the playback of the embedded videos, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is called up, which may trigger further data processing processes without our influence.
Further information on data protection at "YouTube" can be found in the provider's data protection declaration at:https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website.
11) Online marketing
11.1 Facebook Pixel for the creation of Custom Audiences (with Cookie Consent Tool)Within our online offer, the so-called "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook is used, which is operated by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 GrandCanal Quare, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook").
If a user clicks on an advertisement placed by us and displayed on Facebook, an addition is added to the URL of our linked page by Facebook Pixel. If our site allows data to be shared with Facebook via pixels, this URL parameter is written to the user's browser via a cookie that our linked site sets itself. This cookie is then read by Facebook Pixel and enables the data to be forwarded to Facebook.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, it is possible for Facebook to determine the visitors to our online offer as a target group for the display of advertisements (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook pixel in order to display the Facebook ads that are not switched on only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products that are determined on the basis of the websites visited), which we transmit to Facebook (so-called "Custom Audiences"). With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and are not annoying. This also allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of the Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by tracking whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called "conversion").
The data collected is anonymous for us, i.e. it does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). The data may enable Facebook and its partners to serve ads on and off Facebook.
The data processing associated with the use of the Facebook Pixel is only carried out with your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. aDSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, remove the checkmark next to the setting for the "Facebook Pixel" in the "Cookie Consent Tool" integrated on the website.
11.2 Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google IrelandLimited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google AdSense uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. Google AdSense also uses "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information about your use of the website by recording, aggregating and analysing simple actions such as website traffic. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there. This may also involve transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Google uses the information obtained in this way to evaluate your usage behaviour with regard to the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense will not be merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if this is required by law and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
The processing of data described above is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO for the purpose of targeting the user with advertising by advertising third parties whose advertisements are displayed on this website on the basis of the evaluated user behaviour. This processing also serves our financial interest in exploiting the economic potential of our website by displaying personalised third-party advertising content against payment.
You can find more information about Google's privacy policy at the following Internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
You can permanently deactivate cookies for advertising preferences by preventing them by setting your browser software accordingly or you can download and install the browser plug-in available under the following link:https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de
Please note that you may not be able to use certain functions of this website if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.
11.3 Use of affiliate programmes
- AWIN Performance Advertising Network
We participate in the performance advertising network of AWIN AG, Eichhornstraße 3, 10785 Berlin (hereinafter "AWIN"). As part of its tracking services, AWIN stores cookies for the documentation of transactions (e.g. of "sales leads") on end devices of users who visit or use websites or other online offers of its customers (e.g. register subscription to a newsletter or submit an online order). These cookies are used solely for the purpose of correctly allocating the success of an advertising medium and the corresponding billing within the framework of its network.
Only the information about when a particular advertising medium was clicked on by a terminal device is placed in a cookie. In the AWIN tracking cookies, an individual sequence of numbers is stored, which cannot be assigned to the individual user, with which the partner programme of an advertiser, the publisher and the time of the user's action (click or view) are documented. AWIN also collects information about the end device from which a transaction is carried out, e.g. the operating system and the calling browser. Insofar as the information also contains personal data, the described data is collected by AWIN.
Processing based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with AWIN pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
If you do not wish cookies to be stored in your browser, you can do this by changing the relevant browser settings. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser under Extras/Internet options, restrict them to certain websites or set your browser to notify you as soon as a cookie is sent. Please note, however, that in this case you must expect a restricted display of the online offers and a restricted user guidance. You can also delete cookies at any time. In this case, the information stored in them will be removed from your end device.
Further information on the use of data by AWIN can be found in the company's data protection declaration: https://www.awin.com/de/rechtliches
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent to the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.
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12) Web analytics services
Google (Universal) Analytics
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google(Universal) Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()", which ensures anonymisation of the IP address through shortening and excludes direct personal reference. This extension means that your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google LLC server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google Analytics also enables the creation of statistics with statements about the age, gender and interests of visitors to the website on the basis of an evaluation of interest-related advertising and with the aid of information from third-party providers. This allows the definition and differentiation of user groups on the website for the purpose of target-group-optimised marketing measures. However, data records collected via the "demographic characteristics" cannot be assigned to a specific person.
All of the processing described above, in particular the setting of Google Analytics cookies for the reading of information on the end device used, will only be carried out if you have given us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. Without this consent, Google Analytics will not be used during your visit to the website.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please deactivate this service in the "Cookie Consent Tool" provided on the website. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics, which obliges Google to protect the data of our site visitors and not to pass it on to third parties.
For the transfer of data from the EU to the USA, Google refers to the so-called standard data protection clauses of the European Commission, which are intended to ensure compliance with the European level of data protection in the USA.
Further information on Google (Universal) Analytics can be found here:https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de
Smartlook
This site uses the tracking tool Smartlook of Smartsupp.com, s.r.o. Lidicka 20, Brno, 602 00, Czech Republic ("Smartlook") to record randomly selected individual visits with anonymised IP addresses only. This tracking tool uses cookies to analyse how you use the website (e.g. which content is clicked on). For this purpose, a usage profile is visually displayed. Only usage profiles are created when using pseudonyms. The legal basis for the processing of your data is your declared consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO).
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future via the cookie settings. Further information on data protection at Smartlook can be found at https://www.smartlook.com/help/privacy-statement/.
13 Tools and miscellaneous
14 Cookie Consent Management with usercentrics
This website uses the cookie consent technology of Usercentrics to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in a data protection compliant manner. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Rosental 4, 80331 Munich, website: https://usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter "Usercentrics").
When you enter our website, the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:
Furthermore, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to allocate the consents granted to you or their revocation. The data collected in this way is stored until you request us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory legal storage obligations remain unaffected.
Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DSGVO.
15 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website we also use the reCAPTCHA function of Google IrelandLimited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function is primarily used to distinguish whether an entry is made by a natural person or is misused by machine and automated processing. The service includes the sending of the IP address and, if applicable, further data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. fDSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in determining individual responsibility on the Internet and the prevention of misuse and spam. The use of Google reCAPTCHA may also result in the transmission of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent for the processing of your data as described above in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for making an objection.
16 Applications to job advertisements by e-mail
We advertise current vacancies on our website in a separate section, for which interested parties can apply by e-mail to the contact address provided.
In order to be included in the application process, applicants must provide us with all the personal data required for a sound and informed assessment and selection together with their application by e-mail.
The required information includes general personal information (name, address, telephone or electronic contact details) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. Health-related information may also be required, which must be given special consideration under labour and social law in the interest of social protection in the person of the applicant.
The components that an application must contain in order to be considered and the form in which these components are to be sent by e-mail can be found in the respective job advertisement.
After receipt of the application sent using the specified e-mail contact address, the applicant data will be stored by us and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application. For queries arising in the course of processing, we use either the e-mail address provided by the applicant with his/her application or a telephone number provided, at our discretion.
The legal basis for this processing, including contacting us for queries, is generally Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (for processing in Germany in conjunction with § 26 Para. 1 BDSG), in the sense of which the application process is considered to be the initiation of an employment contract.
Insofar as special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9 (1) of the Data Protection Regulation (e.g. health data such as information on the severely disabled status) are requested from applicants as part of the application process, the processing is carried out in accordance with Article 9 (2) b. of the Data Protection Regulation. DSGVO so that we can exercise the rights arising from labour law and social security and social protection law and fulfil our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of special categories of data may also be based on Article 9(1)(h) of the GDPR if it is carried out for the purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the applicant's fitness for work, for medical diagnosis, health or social care or treatment or for the management of health or social care systems and services.
If the applicant is not selected in the course of the evaluation described above or if an applicant withdraws his or her application prematurely, his or her data transmitted by e-mail and all electronic correspondence, including the original application e-mail, will be deleted at the latest after 6 months following a corresponding notification. This period is calculated on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, to be able to comply with our obligations to provide evidence under the regulations on equal treatment of applicants.
In the event of a successful application, the data provided will be further processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (for processing in Germany in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG) for the purposes of implementing the employment relationship.
17 Rights of the data subject
17.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, which we inform you about below:
- Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 of the GDPR: In particular, you have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data processed, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if this is not the case. the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about the data subject. We will also provide you with meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing, as well as your right to be informed about the guarantees in accordance with Article 46 of the GDPR in the event that your data is transferred to third countries;
- Right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 of the GDPR: You have the right to the immediate rectification of incorrect data and/or the completion of incomplete data stored by us;
- Right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 of the GDPR: You have the right to demand the erasure of your personal data if the requirements of Article 17 (1) of the GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply in particular if the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to comply with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
- Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data as long as the accuracy of your data, which you dispute, is verified, if you refuse the deletion of your data due to unauthorised data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data, if you require your data for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims, after we no longer need this data after the purpose has been achieved or if you have lodged an objection for reasons relating to your particular situation, as long as it has not yet been established whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
- Right to information pursuant to Article 19 of the GDPR: If you have exercised the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, the controller is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
- Right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR: You have the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller, insofar as this is technically feasible;
- Right to revoke consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 (3) DSGVO: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will delete the data concerned without delay unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation;
- Right to lodge a complaint under Article 77 of the GDPR: If you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, workplace or the place of the alleged infringement, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
17.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
18) Duration of the storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined on the basis of the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and - if relevant - additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a DSGVO, this data is stored until the person concerned revokes his/her consent.
If there are legal retention periods for data that is processed within the framework of legal business or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, this data will be routinely deleted after expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfilment of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or there is no further justified interest on our part in its continued storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) of the GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Art. 6 (1) f DSGVO, this data is stored until the data subject exercises his or her right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (2) DSGVO.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration on specific processing situations, stored personal data are deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
19) Zapier
We use Zapier, a service of Zapier Inc., 548 Market St #62411, San Francisco, California 94104, USA, for the integration of various databases and tools within the scope of our legitimate interest in a technically flawless online offer and its economically efficient design and optimisation pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO. In the process, your customer data (but not your payment data) is transmitted to Zapier.
This means that your data is transferred to the USA.
You can find more information about Zapier's privacy policy at https://zapier.com/privacy/.