Privacy policy

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 inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally.

1.2 The controller in charge of data processing on this website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is VisualMakers UG, Stolberger Str. 90D, 50933 Cologne, Germany. The data protection officer is heyData GmbH, Schützenstraße 5, 10117 Berlin, www.heydata.eu, datenschutz@heydata.eu. The controller responsible for the processing 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

During the mere informational use of our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called "server log files"). When you call up 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 optimization 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 process, just like any other hoster. This is identified and non-identifiable data on the occasion of your visit to our website. This data is either provided 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 from whom the data originates.

The non-personal data is technical and usage information, e.g., browsing and clickstream behavior of visitors and users of services and scrolls, as well as non-identifying data about the user's or visitor's device used, operating system, browser, screen resolution, language and keyboard settings, ISP, referral/exit pages, date/time stamp, etc. As a hoster, however, our website system provider also collects data that can identify an individual with reasonable effort ("personal data"). These personal data are in principle all data that you enter on the occasion of using the website. It may include contact information (such as email address or phone number), billing information (name, billing address, payment method, and bank account information), browser or user session information (IP address, geographic location, and/or unique terminal identifier), information about 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 (such as an ID, driver's license, passport, or official company registration documents), and any other personal information.

As a result, your data will be transferred to the United States. We have entered into a contract with our website system provider in accordance with the standard contractual clauses, in which our provider assures protection of your data in accordance with the GDPR requirements.

Our website system provider takes physical, electronic and procedural security measures to protect personal data. Among other things, Webflow provides only encrypted access to our website.

For more information about 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

When contacting us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. 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 responding to 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 final processing of your request. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned 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. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done 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 expiration of these periods, unless you have expressly consented to a further use of your data or a legally permitted further use of data was reserved by our side.

8) Use of customer data for direct advertising

8.1 Subscription to our e-mail newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you information about our offers on a regular basis. Mandatory information for sending the newsletter is only your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally. For sending the newsletter we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed that you consent to receiving newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter in the 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 for this purpose in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the responsible person named at the beginning. 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 in a manner that goes beyond this, which is 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. In this respect, the data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized 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, no mail will be sent by us. 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. For this, you will only incur transmission costs according to the prime rates. After receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.

8.3 Newsletter dispatch via Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)

Our email newsletter is sent via the technical service provider Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin (hereinafter: Brevo), 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 advertising, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) will be stored on Brevo's servers in Europe.

Brevo uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletters 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, if any, have been clicked on. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed 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 pseudonymously and is not linked to your other personal data, a 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 data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

We have concluded an order processing agreement ("Data ProcessingAgreement") with Brevo, with which we oblige Brevo to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.

You can view Brevo's privacy policy here: https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/

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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.

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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 optimization pursuant to Art.6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO. In the process, your customer data is transferred to Thinkfic.

This transfers your data to Canada.

For more information on Thinkific's privacy policy, please visit https://www.thinkific.com/security-overview/.

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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 optimization pursuant to Art.6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO. In this process, your customer data is transmitted 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

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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:

• Your consent(s) or the revocation of your consent(s)
• Your IP address
• Information about your browser
• Information about your terminal
• Time of your visit to the website

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.

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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/.

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1) Scope

1.1These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter "GTC") of Alexander Sprogis (hereinafter "Provider"), apply to all contracts for participation in online live courses and the delivery of digital content (hereinafter "Services"), which a consumer or entrepreneur (hereinafter "Customer") concludes with the Provider with regard to the Services presented on the Provider's website.

The inclusion of the customer's own terms and conditions is hereby objected to, unless otherwise agreed.

1.2An entrepreneur within the meaning of these GTC is a natural or legal person or a partnership with legal capacity who, when concluding a legal transaction, acts in the exercise of his commercial or independent professional activity. A consumer within the meaning of these GTC is any natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that can predominantly be attributed neither to his commercial nor to his independent professional activity.

1.3For the purposes of these GTC, digital content is all data that is not on a physical data carrier, that is produced in digital form, and that is made available by the Provider under the granting of certain rights of use that are regulated in more detail in these GTC.

1.4Depending on the Provider's service description, the subject matter of the contract may be both the one-time purchase of services and the purchase of services by way of recurring service provision (hereinafter "subscription contract"). In the case of a subscription contract, the Provider undertakes to provide the Customer with the contractually owed service for the duration of the agreed contract term at the contractually owed time intervals.

2) Services of the provider

2.1On the one hand, the Provider shall hold live online courses and, on the other hand, shall deliver digital content via its website. The contents of the online live courses and the subject matter of the digital content result from the respective service description on the website of the Provider.

2.2Insofar as the Provider holds online live courses, it shall provide its services exclusively in electronic form via online video conference using appropriate technical means. For this purpose, the Provider shall provide the Customer with suitable application software prior to the start of a video conference. For error-free participation in the online video conference, the Customer's system must meet certain minimum requirements, which are communicated to the Customer on the Provider's website. The customer is responsible for compliance with the system requirements. The provider is not liable for technical problems that are due to inadequate system requirements at the customer.

2.3The Provider shall provide its services through qualified personnel selected by it. In doing so, the Provider may also make use of the services of third parties (subcontractors) acting on its behalf. Unless otherwise stated in the descriptions of the Provider, the Customer shall not be entitled to the selection of a specific person for the provision of the commissioned service.

2.4The Provider shall provide its services with the greatest care and to the best of its knowledge and belief. However, the Provider does not owe a certain success. In particular, the Provider does not guarantee that the Customer will achieve a certain learning success or that the Customer will reach a certain performance target. This depends not least on the personal commitment and will of the customer, on which the provider has no influence.

2.5Insofar as the Provider delivers digital content, delivery shall be made exclusively via the provision of an online video stream using appropriate technical means. For the proper reproduction of the stream, the Customer's system must meet certain minimum requirements, which will be communicated to the Customer on the Provider's website. The customer is responsible for compliance with the system requirements. The provider is not liable for technical problems that are due to inadequate system requirements at the customer.

3) Conclusion of contract

3.1The services described on the website of the Provider do not constitute binding offers on the part of the Provider, but serve for the submission of a binding offer by the Customer.

3.2The Customer may submit its offer via the online form provided on the Provider's website. In doing so, the Customer, after having entered his data in the form, submits a legally binding contractual offer with regard to the selected service by clicking the button concluding the registration process.

3.3The Provider may accept the Customer's offer within five days,

• by sending the customer a written confirmation of registration or a confirmation of registration in text form (fax or e-mail), in which case the receipt of the confirmation of registration by the customer is decisive, or
• by requesting payment from the customer after the customer's contractual declaration has been made

If several of the aforementioned alternatives exist, the contract shall be concluded at the time when one of the aforementioned alternatives occurs first. If the Provider does not accept the Customer's offer within the aforementioned period, this shall be deemed to be a rejection of the offer with the consequence that the Customer shall no longer be bound by his declaration of intent. In the event that a live online course is held, the same shall apply in the event that the course selected by the customer begins before expiry of the acceptance period and the provider does not accept the customer's offer at the latest 24 hours before the start of the course, unless otherwise agreed between the parties.

3.4When submitting an offer via the Provider's online form, the text of the contract shall be stored by the Provider after the conclusion of the contract and transmitted to the Customer in text form (e.g. e-mail, fax or letter) after the Customer's offer has been sent. The Provider shall not make the text of the contract accessible beyond this. If the customer has set up a user account on the website of the provider before sending the offer, the data on the ordered service will be archived on the website of the provider and can be accessed free of charge by the customer via his password-protected user account by providing the corresponding login data.

3.5Before the binding submission of the offer via the online form, the customer can continuously correct his entries using the usual keyboard and mouse functions. In addition, all entries shall be displayed once again in a confirmation window before the binding submission of the offer and can also be corrected there using the usual keyboard and mouse functions.

3.6Only the German language is available for the conclusion of the contract.

3.7As a rule, the Provider shall contact the Customer by e-mail in order to process the contract. The Customer shall ensure that the e-mail address provided by it when submitting the offer is correct so that e-mails sent by the Provider can be received at this address. In particular, when using SPAM filters, the customer must ensure that all e-mails sent by the provider or by third parties commissioned by the provider to process the contract can be delivered.

4) Right of withdrawal

Further information on the right of withdrawal can be found in the provider's withdrawal policy.

5) Prices and terms of payment

5.1Unless otherwise stated in the Provider's service descriptions, the prices quoted are total prices that include the statutory value-added tax.

5.2Various payment options are available to the Customer, which are indicated on the Provider's website.

5.3In the case of payments in countries outside the European Union, additional costs may be incurred in individual cases for which the Provider is not responsible and which shall be borne by the Customer. These include, for example, costs for the transfer of funds by credit institutions (e.g. transfer fees, exchange rate fees).

6) Falling short of the minimum number of participants for online live courses

6.1The provider may determine a minimum number of participants for its online live courses. If a minimum number of participants is stipulated, the provider shall expressly indicate this in the course description.

6.2If the minimum number of participants is not reached, the provider may withdraw from the contract by declaring this to the customer no later than seven days before the start of the course. If several services are the subject of the contract, the withdrawal by the provider in the aforementioned cases is limited to the service affected by the shortfall in the minimum number of participants ("partial withdrawal"). The partial withdrawal has no effect on the other agreed services. The provider shall send the customer his notice of withdrawal immediately after becoming aware that the number of participants has not been reached, but no later than seven days before the start of the course.

6.3If the Provider makes use of its right of withdrawal in accordance with the above section, the Customer may demand participation in another online live course of at least equal value if the Provider is able to offer such a course from its range at no extra charge to the Customer. The customer shall assert his demand against the provider immediately after receipt of the provider's declaration.

6.4If the customer does not exercise his right under the above clause, the provider shall immediately refund to the customer any fee already paid for participation in the online live course concerned. In doing so, the Provider shall use the same means of payment that the Customer used for the original transaction, unless expressly agreed otherwise.

7) Changes or cancellation of online live courses

7.1The Provider reserves the right to change the time, instructor and/or content of the online live courses, provided that the change is reasonable for the Customer, taking into account the interests of the Provider. Reasonable are only insignificant service changes that become necessary after the conclusion of the contract and were not brought about by the provider against good faith. The provider will inform the customer in a timely manner in the event of a change of time, course instructor and/or course content.

7.2In the event of a significant change in performance, the customer may withdraw from the contract free of charge or instead request participation in another online live course of at least equal value if the provider is able to offer such a course from its range at no extra charge to the customer.

7.3If several services are the subject of the contract, the withdrawal by the customer in the aforementioned cases shall be limited to the service affected by the change ("partial withdrawal"). The partial withdrawal shall have no effect on the other agreed services. The customer may only withdraw from the entire contract if he has no interest in the remaining agreed services.

7.4The Customer shall assert the rights pursuant to the above clause against the Provider without undue delay after the Provider has been informed of the change in performance.

7.5The provider is entitled to cancel online live courses at short notice for important reasons, such as force majeure or illness of the course instructor, against full reimbursement of any participation fee already paid. In the event of cancellation of the online live course, the provider will endeavor to find a replacement date.

8) Content of the services and teaching material

8.1The Provider shall be the owner of all rights of use required for the provision of the Services. This shall also apply with regard to teaching materials that may be provided to the Customer in connection with the provision of the Services.

8.2Any teaching material accompanying the performance (e.g. teaching documents) shall be made available to the customer exclusively in electronic form by e-mail or for download. Unless otherwise agreed, the customer shall not be entitled to receive the teaching material in physical form.

8.3The Customer may use the contents of the Services, including any teaching materials provided, only to the extent required in accordance with the purpose of the contract as agreed by both parties. Without separate permission of the Provider, the Customer shall in particular not be entitled to record contents of the Services or parts thereof or to reproduce, distribute or make publicly available teaching materials.

9) Granting of rights of use to digital content and transfer

9.1Digital content shall be made available exclusively via the provision of an online video stream using appropriate technical means.

9.2Unless otherwise stated in the content descriptions on the Provider's website, the Provider grants the Customer the non-exclusive right, unlimited in time and place, to use the provided digital content exclusively for private purposes.

9.3The granting of rights shall only become effective when the Customer has paid the contractually owed remuneration in full. The Provider may provisionally permit the use of the contractual content even before this point in time. A transfer of rights does not take place through such provisional permission.

10) Liability for defects

The statutory liability for defects shall apply.

11) Liability

The provider is liable to the customer for all contractual, quasi-contractual and statutory, including tortious, claims for damages and reimbursement of expenses as follows:

11.1The Provider shall be liable for any legal reason without limitation

• in the event of intent or gross negligence,
• in the event of intentional or negligent injury to life, limb or health,
• on the basis of a guarantee promise, unless otherwise regulated in this respect,
• on the basis of mandatory liability such as under the Product Liability Act.

11.2If the Provider negligently breaches a material contractual obligation, liability shall be limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract, unless liability is unlimited in accordance with the above section. Material contractual obligations are obligations which the contract imposes on the Provider according to its content in order to achieve the purpose of the contract, the fulfillment of which makes the proper execution of the contract possible in the first place and compliance with which the Customer may regularly rely on.

11.3In all other respects, any liability on the part of the Provider shall be excluded.

11.4The above liability provisions shall also apply with regard to the liability of the Provider for its vicarious agents and legal representatives.

12) Applicable law

12.1The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply to all legal relationships between the parties to the exclusion of the laws on the international purchase of movable goods. In the case of consumers, this choice of law shall only apply to the extent that the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has his habitual residence.

12.2Furthermore, this choice of law with regard to the statutory right of withdrawal shall not apply to consumers who do not belong to a Member State of the European Union at the time of conclusion of the contract and whose sole place of residence and delivery address are outside the European Union at the time of conclusion of the contract.

13) Alternative dispute resolution

13.1The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution on the Internet at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr

This platform serves as a contact point for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online purchase or service contracts involving a consumer.

13.2The Seller is neither obliged nor willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

14) Lifetime access

The access will remain as long as your account with VisualMakers exists.

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 optimization 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 process, just like any other hoster. This is identified and non-identifiable data on the occasion of your visit to our website. This data is either provided 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 from whom the data originates.

The non-personal data is technical and usage information, e.g., browsing and clickstream behavior of visitors and users of services and scrolls, as well as non-identifying data about the user's or visitor's device used, operating system, browser, screen resolution, language and keyboard settings, ISP, referral/exit pages, date/time stamp, etc. As a hoster, however, our website system provider also collects data that can identify an individual with reasonable effort ("personal data"). These personal data are in principle all data that you enter on the occasion of using the website. It may include contact information (such as email address or phone number), billing information (name, billing address, payment method, and bank account information), browser or user session information (IP address, geographic location, and/or unique terminal identifier), information about 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 (such as an ID, driver's license, passport, or official company registration documents), and any other personal information.

As a result, your data will be transferred to the United States. We have entered into a contract with our website system provider in accordance with the standard contractual clauses, in which our provider assures protection of your data in accordance with the GDPR requirements.

Our website system provider takes physical, electronic and procedural security measures to protect personal data. Among other things, Webflow provides only encrypted access to our website.

For more information about 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 Brevo (Formerly Sendinblue)

Our email newsletter is sent via the technical service provider Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin (hereinafter: Brevo), 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 advertising, secure and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you provide for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g. e-mail address) will be stored on Brevo's servers in Europe.

Brevo uses this information to send and statistically evaluate the newsletters 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, if any, have been clicked on. With the help of so-called conversion tracking, it can also be analyzed 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 pseudonymously and is not linked to your other personal data, a 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 data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.

We have concluded an order processing agreement ("Data ProcessingAgreement") with Brevo, with which we oblige Brevo to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.

You can view Brevo's privacy policy here: https://www.brevo.com/de/legal/privacypolicy/

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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.

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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 optimization pursuant to Art.6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO. In the process, your customer data is transferred to Thinkfic.

This transfers your data to Canada.

For more information on Thinkific's privacy policy, please visit https://www.thinkific.com/security-overview/.

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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 optimization pursuant to Art.6 para. 1 lit.f DSGVO. In this process, your customer data is transmitted 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

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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:

• Your consent(s) or the revocation of your consent(s)
• Your IP address
• Information about your browser
• Information about your terminal
• Time of your visit to the website

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.

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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/.

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