Privacy policy
Note: The following text has been translated. The German version is valid and legally binding.
1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Responsible Party
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is DA VINCI 3000 GmbH, Marienbornweg 1, 50354 Hürth (Cologne), Germany, Tel.: 017622741927, E-mail: kontakt@values-academy.de. The person responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing 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 inquiries to the responsible party). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
When using our website for informational purposes only, 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 visit our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the moment of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you came to the page
- Used browser
- Used operating system
- Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Cookies
To make visiting our website 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 again 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 allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values on an individual basis. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can find out the duration of the respective cookie storage in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
Partially, the cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data are also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of granted consent, or according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard 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 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/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
4) Contact
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or e-mail), personal data are collected. Which data are collected in the case of using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are 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 processing these data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
5) Online Appointment Scheduling
Own function for online appointment scheduling
We process your personal data within the framework of the provided online appointment scheduling. Which data we collect for online appointment scheduling can be seen from the respective input form or the appointment query for appointment scheduling. If certain data are necessary to conduct online appointment scheduling, we will indicate this accordingly in the input form or during the appointment query. If we provide you with a free-text field in the input form, you can describe your request in more detail there. You can then also determine which additional data you would like to provide. The data you provide will be stored and used exclusively for the purpose of scheduling an appointment. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. If you have given us consent to process your data, processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time by a message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning of this statement.
6) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Processing
According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide them to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data are collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by a message to the above-mentioned address of the person responsible. We store and use the data you provide for the execution of the contract. After complete execution of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with respect to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further data use has been reserved by our side.
7) Comment Function
In the context of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the commenter's chosen name will be stored and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address will be logged and stored. This logging of the IP address is done for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a submitted comment. We need your e-mail address to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as unlawful. The legal basis for storing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as unlawful by third parties.
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 regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and is 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 to us that you agree to receive newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm by clicking a link that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of subscription to be able to trace any potential misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when you subscribe to the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purposes of promotional communication via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use data that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.
8.2 Newsletter Dispatch 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 from our range by e-mail. For this, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you according to § 7 para. 3 UWG. The data processing is carried out in this respect solely based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, no mail will be sent from our side. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by notifying the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. For this, you only incur transmission costs according to the base rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be immediately stopped.
8.3 Newsletter Dispatch via Sendinblue (also: Brevo)
The dispatch of our e-mail newsletters is carried out via the technical service provider Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, to whom we pass on the data provided by you when you subscribe to the newsletter. This disclosure is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using a promotional, secure, and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g., e-mail address) will be stored on the servers of Sendinblue in the EU.
Sendinblue uses this information for the dispatch and statistical evaluation of the newsletters on our behalf. For the purpose of evaluation, the sent e-mails contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files that are stored on our website. This way, it can be determined whether a newsletter message was opened and which links were clicked on. Moreover, technical information is collected (e.g., the time of retrieval, IP address, browser type, and operating system). The data is collected exclusively pseudonymously and is not linked with your other personal data, thus a direct personal reference is excluded. These data serve exclusively the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to adapt future newsletters better to the interests of the recipients. If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Furthermore, Sendinblue may use this data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for its legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service and for market research purposes, to determine, for example, from which countries the recipients come. However, Sendinblue does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass them on to third parties.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Sendinblue, with which we oblige Sendinblue to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
You can view Sendinblue's privacy policy here: https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/
8.4 Advertising by Mail
Based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, postal address, and - if we have received this additional information from you within the context of the contractual relationship - your title, academic degree, birth year, and your profession, industry, or business designation according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and to use it to send you interesting offers and information about our products by mail.
You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a message to the person responsible.
8.5 Product Availability Notification by E-Mail
If our online shop offers the option to notify you by e-mail about the availability of selected, temporarily unavailable items, you can subscribe to our e-mail availability notification service. If you subscribe to our e-mail availability notification service, we will send you an e-mail once about the availability of the selected item. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally if applicable. For sending this notification, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you a notification if you have expressly confirmed to us that you agree to receive such a message. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm by clicking a link that you wish to receive such a notification.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When subscribing to our e-mail notification service for product availability, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of subscription to be able to trace any potential misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when subscribing to our e-mail notification service for product availability will be used exclusively for the purpose of informing you about the availability of a specific item in our online shop. You can unsubscribe from the e-mail notification service for product availability at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from our e-mail distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use data that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.
9) Data Processing for Order Processing
9.1 - Transmission of Image Files for Order Processing via Upload Function
On our website, we offer customers the possibility to commission the personalization of products by transmitting image files via an upload function. The submitted image motif is used as a template for the personalization of the chosen product.
Using the upload form on the website, the customer can transmit one or more image files directly from the storage of the used end device to us via automated, encrypted data transmission. We collect, store, and use the transmitted files exclusively for the creation of the personalized product according to the respective service description on our website. If the submitted image files are transmitted to specialized service providers for the creation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following sections. There is no further transmission. If the transmitted files or digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all the above-mentioned processing operations are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. After final processing of the order, the submitted image files are automatically and completely deleted.
- Transmission of Image Files for Order Processing via E-Mail
On our website, we offer customers the possibility to commission the personalization of products by transmitting image files via e-mail. The submitted image motif is used as a template for the personalization of the chosen product.
Using the e-mail address provided on the website, the customer can transmit one or more image files from the storage of the used end device to us. We collect, store, and use the transmitted files exclusively for the creation of the personalized product according to the respective service description on our website. If the submitted image files are transmitted to specialized service providers for the creation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following sections. There is no further transmission. If the transmitted files or digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all the above-mentioned processing operations are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. After final processing of the order, the submitted image files are automatically and completely deleted.
9.2 To process your order, we work with the following service providers who support us wholly or partially in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers according to the following information.
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery within the framework of contract processing, as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of the payment processing, as far as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, you will be explicitly informed about this below. The legal basis for the transmission of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
9.3 To fulfill our contractual obligations to our customers, we work with external shipping partners. We pass on your name and delivery address and, if necessary for the delivery, your telephone number exclusively for the purpose of delivering the goods according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR to a selected shipping partner.
9.4 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Services)
- Apple Pay
If you choose the "Apple Pay" payment method of Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment processing is carried out via the "Apple Pay" function of your device operated with iOS, watchOS, or macOS by charging a payment card stored with "Apple Pay". Apple Pay uses security functions built into the hardware and software of your device to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, it is necessary to enter a code set by you and to verify it using the "Face ID" or "Touch ID" function of your device.
For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order will be transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then re-encrypts these data with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to carry out the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment is made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm the success of the payment
.
If personal data are processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Apple stores anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was completed successfully. By anonymizing the data, personal reference is completely excluded. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve "Apple Pay" and other Apple products and services.
If you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase made via Safari on the Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple's servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you personally. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in the settings of your iPhone. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and turn off "Allow Payments on Mac."
Further information on data protection with Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203027
- Google Pay
If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), the payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application of your mobile device operated with at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and having an NFC function by charging a payment card stored with Google Pay or a verified payment system there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment over 25,- € via Google Pay, it is necessary to unlock your mobile device using the verification method set up (such as facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).
For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order will be transmitted to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a unique transaction number to the originating website to verify a completed payment. This transaction number does not contain any real data on your stored payment methods at Google Pay but is created and transmitted as a one-time valid numerical token. In all transactions via Google Pay, Google only acts as an intermediary to carry out the payment process. The transaction is executed exclusively between the user and the originating website by charging the payment method stored with Google Pay.
If personal data are processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Google reserves the right to collect, store, and evaluate certain process-specific information for each transaction made via Google Pay. These include the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the purchased goods or services provided by the merchant, photos attached to the transaction, the names and e-mail addresses of the seller and buyer or sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.
According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and optimization and maintenance of the Google Pay service.
Google also reserves the right to combine the processed transaction data with other information collected and stored during the use of other Google services.
The Google Pay terms of use can be found here: https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=en
Further information on data protection with Google Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=en
- Klarna
When choosing a Klarna payment service, the payment processing is carried out via Klarna Bank AB (publ) [https://www.klarna.com/de], Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter "Klarna"). To enable the processing of the payment, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, gender, e-mail address, telephone number, and IP address) as well as data related to the order (e.g., invoice amount, article, delivery method) will be transmitted to Klarna, provided that you have expressly consented to this according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR during the ordering process. You can view to which credit agencies your data may be forwarded here: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies
The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data are included in the calculation of the score values. Klarna uses the obtained information on the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, execution, or termination of the contractual relationship.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and according to the information in Klarna's data protection regulations for affected persons located in Germany https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy
or for affected persons located in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy
- PayPal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we will pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"), within the scope of payment processing. The data transmission is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be transmitted to credit agencies according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. The result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of a payment default is used by PayPal for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data are included in the calculation of the score values. Further data protection information, including information on the used credit agencies, can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
- SOFORT
When selecting the "SOFORT" payment method, the payment processing is carried out via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we pass on your information provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. SOFORT GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The data transmission is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on SOFORT's privacy policy can be found at the following internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/privacy-policy
- Stripe
If you choose a payment method of the payment service provider Stripe, the payment processing is carried out via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we pass on your information provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency, and transaction number) according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Further information on Stripe's privacy policy can be found at the URL https://stripe.com/privacy
Stripe reserves the right to carry out a credit check based on mathematical-statistical procedures to safeguard the legitimate interest in determining the user's ability to pay. For this purpose, the necessary personal data for a credit check and obtained within the scope of payment processing may be transmitted to selected credit agencies by Stripe, which Stripe will disclose to users on 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, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data are included in the calculation of the score values. The result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of a payment default is used by Stripe for
the purpose of deciding on the authorization for the chosen payment method.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to Stripe or the commissioned credit agencies. However, Stripe may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
10) Contacting for Evaluation Reminder
Own Evaluation Reminder (No Dispatch via a Customer Evaluation System)
We use your e-mail address to remind you once to submit a review of your order for the evaluation system we use, provided that you have given us your explicit consent for this during or after your order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing.
11) Use of Social Media: Videos
11.1 Use of Vimeo Videos
On our website, plugins of the Vimeo video portal from Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA, are embedded. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Vimeo servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by Vimeo and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo can directly associate your visit to our website with your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as pressing the start button of a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.
The described data processing operations are carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Vimeo's legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of the Vimeo service.
If you do not want Vimeo to associate the data collected via our website directly with your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Vimeo, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
For videos from Vimeo embedded on our site, the tracking tool Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, is automatically integrated. This is Vimeo's own tracking, to which we have no access and which cannot be influenced by our side. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," which are text files stored on your computer that enable the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there, which may also involve a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
This processing is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Vimeo's legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 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.
11.2 Use of YouTube Videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos of the provider "YouTube," which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only starts storing user information when the video(s) are played. When the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, "YouTube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to "YouTube," these serve, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want the association with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for non-logged-in users) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google's legitimate interests in displaying personalized 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 to exercise this right. In the course of using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Regardless of the playback of embedded videos, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
Further information on data protection at "YouTube" can be found in the YouTube terms of use at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms as well as in the Google privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 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.
12) Online Marketing
12.1 Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable the analysis of your use of the website. Furthermore, Google AdSense uses so-called "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information, which allows simple actions like visitor traffic on the website to be recorded, collected, and evaluated. 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 a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Google uses this information to evaluate your usage behavior concerning the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google AdSense will not be merged with other data from Google. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if required by law and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
The described data processing is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to target the user with advertising by third parties whose advertisements are displayed on the basis of the evaluated user behavior on this website. This processing also serves our financial interest in exploiting the economic potential of our website by displaying personalized third-party content for a fee.
You can obtain further information about Google's privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by preventing them by adjusting 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=en
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
12.2 Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, within the framework of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use the offer of Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are concerning the data of the advertising campaigns. In doing so, we pursue the goal of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.
The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on a Google Ads advertisement. Cookies are small text files stored on your end device. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the course of using Google Ads, personal data may also
be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
You can obtain further information about Google's privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=en
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 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 or follow the described option to object.
12.3 Google Marketing Platform
This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("GMP").
GMP uses cookies to display relevant ads to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to track which ads are shown in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Furthermore, GMP can use cookie IDs to track conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later visits the advertiser's website using the same browser and makes a purchase. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google using this tool and therefore inform you according to our knowledge: Through the integration of GMP, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our internet presence or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider may find out and store your IP address. In the course of using GMP, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
If you wish to object to participation in this tracking process, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com (see https://www.google.com/settings/ads), with this setting being deleted if you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can visit the Digital Advertising Alliance website at www.aboutads.info to learn about setting cookies and adjust your preferences accordingly. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
You can obtain further information about Google's privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
12.4 Use of Affiliate Programs
- Own Affiliate Program
In connection with the product presentations on our website, we maintain our own affiliate program, under which we provide interested third-party operators with partner links for placement on their websites that lead to our offers. Cookies are used for the affiliate program, which are generally set on the partner site after clicking on a corresponding partner link and for which we are not responsible for data protection purposes. Cookies are small text files stored on your end device to track the origin of transactions (e.g., "sales leads") generated via such links. In doing so, we can recognize, among other things, that you have clicked on the partner link and have been redirected to our website. This information is required to process payments between us and the affiliate partners. If the information also contains personal data, the described processing is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If you wish to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
- Amazon Partner Program (AmazonPartnerNet)
We participate in the "AmazonPartnerNet" partner program of Amazon EU S.a.r.l., 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter "Amazon"). In this context, we have placed advertisements on our website as links to offers on various Amazon websites. Amazon uses cookies. These are small text files stored on your end device to track the origin of orders generated via such links. In doing so, Amazon can recognize, among other things, that you have clicked on the partner link on our website. This information is required to process payments between us and Amazon. If the information also contains personal data, the described processing is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with Amazon according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information on Amazon's data usage can be found in Amazon.de's privacy policy at https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401
If you wish to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. You can also deactivate interest-based ads on Amazon via the link https://www.amazon.de/gp/dra/info.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
13) Web Analytics Services
PayPal Marketing Solutions
This offer uses the web analytics service "PayPal Marketing Solutions," a web analytics service of PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. Using PayPal Marketing Solutions, pseudonymized data of customers who have used the payment service "PayPal" for payment are collected, evaluated, and stored based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Pseudonymized user profiles can be created and evaluated from these data for the same purpose. PayPal Marketing Solutions uses so-called cookies, which are small text files stored locally in the cache of the internet browser of the site visitor. The information generated by the cookies, such as browser type/version, operating system, device used, previously visited page (so-called referrer URL), and time of the server request, is transmitted to a PayPal Marketing Solutions server and stored there.
PayPal Marketing Solutions will not merge this information with other data stored about you by PayPal.
If you do not agree with the storage and evaluation of these data from your visit to our website and wish to deactivate them for the future, you can prevent the use of cookies and thus participation in tracking. If you wish to object to the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
PayPal's privacy policy can be accessed at the following internet address: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
14) Tools and Miscellaneous
14.1 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website, we also use the reCAPTCHA function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function primarily serves to distinguish whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively through automated and automated processing. The service includes the transmission of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in determining the individual responsibility on the internet and the avoidance of misuse and spam. In the course of using Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Further information on Google reCAPTCHA as well as Google's privacy policy can be viewed at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
14.2 Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Certified Merchant Program)
We cooperate with Google within the framework of the "Google Customer Reviews" program. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This program gives us the opportunity to obtain customer
reviews from users of our website. After a purchase on our website, you will be asked if you would like to participate in a Google e-mail survey. If you give your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will transmit your e-mail address to Google. You will receive an e-mail from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate the purchase experience on our website. The review you provide will be combined with our other reviews and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo and our Merchant Center dashboard. Additionally, your review will be used for Google seller ratings. In the course of using Google Customer Reviews, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Google.
Further information on Google's data protection in connection with the Google Customer Reviews program can be found at: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7188525?hl=en
Further information on Google's data protection in connection with seller ratings can be found at: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375474
14.3 Applications for Job Advertisements by E-Mail
On our website, we advertise current job vacancies in a separate section, for which interested parties can apply by e-mail to the provided contact address.
To be included in the application process, applicants must provide us with all personal data required for a comprehensive and informed assessment and selection together with their application by e-mail. The required data includes general information about the person (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact method) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. In certain circumstances, health-related information may also be necessary, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the applicant's person.
Which components an application must contain in individual cases and in which form these components are to be sent by e-mail can be seen from 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 any questions that arise during processing, we may choose to use either the e-mail address provided by the applicant or a specified telephone number.
The legal basis for these processing operations, including contacting for queries, is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany), within the meaning of which the application process is considered a contract initiation.
If special categories of personal data in the sense of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data such as information on the severe disability status) are requested from applicants within the application process, the processing is carried out according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, so that we can exercise the rights arising from labor law and the law of social security and social protection and fulfill our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR if it is carried out for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the applicant, for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment in the health or social sector, or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector.
If no selection of the applicant takes place during the above-described evaluation or if an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the applicant's data transmitted by e-mail as well as all electronic correspondence including the original application e-mail will be deleted after a corresponding notification no later than 6 months. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, to fulfill our obligation to provide evidence of equal treatment of applicants.
In the case of a successful application, the provided data will be processed based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany) for the purpose of executing the employment relationship.
14.4 Online Applications via a Form
On our website, we offer job seekers the opportunity to apply online via a corresponding form. To be included in the application process, applicants must provide us with all personal data required for a comprehensive and informed assessment and selection via the form.
The required data includes general information about the person (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact method) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. In certain circumstances, health-related information may also be necessary, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the applicant's person.
When submitting the form, the applicant data will be transmitted to us in encrypted form according to the state of the art, stored by us, and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application.
The legal basis for these processing operations is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany), within the meaning of which the application process is considered a contract initiation.
If special categories of personal data in the sense of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data such as information on the severe disability status) are requested from applicants within the application process, the processing is carried out according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, so that we can exercise the rights arising from labor law and the law of social security and social protection and fulfill our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR if it is carried out for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the applicant, for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment in the health or social sector, or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector.
If no selection of the applicant takes place during the above-described evaluation or if an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the applicant's form data will be deleted after a corresponding notification no later than 6 months. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, to fulfill our obligation to provide evidence of equal treatment of applicants.
In the case of a successful application, the provided data will be processed based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany) for the purpose of executing the employment relationship.
14.5 Google Maps
On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographical information. By using this service, our location will be shown to you, and a potential approach will be easier for you.
When calling up the subpages in which the map from Google Maps is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there, which may also involve a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish the association with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for non-logged-in users) as usage profiles and evaluates them. The collection, storage, and evaluation are carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, market research, and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree with the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of using Google Maps, it is also possible to completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot be used.
The terms of use of Google can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html, the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/help/terms_maps.html
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website ("Google Privacy Policy"): https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
14.6 Zoom
We use the service "Zoom" of Zoom Video Communications Inc., 55 Almaden Blvd, Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95113, USA (hereinafter "Zoom") to conduct online meetings, video conferences, and/or webinars.
When using Zoom, different data are processed. The extent of the processed data depends on which data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference, or webinar. In the course of using Zoom, data of the communication participants are processed and stored on Zoom servers. This data can include, in particular, your registration data (name, e-mail address, phone (optional), and password) and meeting data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)). Furthermore, visual and auditory contributions of the participants, as well as speech
inputs in chats, can be processed.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfillment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations necessary for pre-contractual measures) is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. If you have given us consent to process your data, processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Furthermore, the legal basis for data processing during online meetings, video conferences, or webinars is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the effective execution of the online meeting, webinar, or video conference. Further information on data usage by Zoom can be found in the Zoom privacy policy at https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/privacy-and-legal.html
15) Rights of the Data Subject
15.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) towards the person responsible regarding the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:
- Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of processed personal data, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the source of your data if not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, 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 according to Art. 46 GDPR when your data are transferred to third countries;
- Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate rectification of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
- Right to deletion according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply, in particular, if the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims;
- Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: 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 being verified, if you refuse the deletion of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data, if you need your data for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims after we no longer need these data after the purpose has been achieved, or if you have lodged an objection for reasons of your particular situation, as long as it is not yet determined whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
- Right to notification according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, deletion, or restriction of processing against the responsible party, the latter is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or deletion of the data or restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
- Right to data portability according to Art. 20 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 the transmission to another responsible party, as far as this is technically feasible;
- Right to revoke consent given according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to revoke a consent once given to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will immediately delete the affected data, provided that further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for consent-free processing. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out based on the consent until the revocation;
- Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence, your workplace, or the place of the alleged violation, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
15.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH ADVERTISING PURPOSES. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
16) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing, and – if applicable – additionally based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data based on explicit consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, these data are stored until the data subject revokes their consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data that are processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, these data are routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided they are no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or there is no legitimate interest in further storage on our part.
When processing personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data are stored until the data subject exercises their right to object according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data are stored until the data subject exercises their right to object according to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data are otherwise deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
1) Information on the Collection of Personal Data and Contact Details of the Responsible Party
1.1 We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. Below we inform you about the handling of your personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data with which you can be personally identified.
1.2 The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is DA VINCI 3000 GmbH, Marienbornweg 1, 50354 Hürth (Cologne), Germany, Tel.: 017622741927, E-mail: kontakt@values-academy.de. The person responsible for processing personal data is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing 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 inquiries to the responsible party). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the string "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line.
2) Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
When using our website for informational purposes only, 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 visit our website, we collect the following data, which are technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
- Our visited website
- Date and time at the moment of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you came to the page
- Used browser
- Used operating system
- Used IP address (if applicable: in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to check the server log files subsequently if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
3) Cookies
To make visiting our website 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 again 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 allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit (so-called persistent cookies). If cookies are set, they collect and process specific user information such as browser and location data as well as IP address values on an individual basis. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can find out the duration of the respective cookie storage in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
Partially, the cookies serve to simplify the ordering process by storing settings (e.g., remembering the contents of a virtual shopping cart for a later visit to the website). If personal data are also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR either for the execution of the contract, according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR in the case of granted consent, or according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard 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 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/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
4) Contact
When contacting us (e.g., via contact form or e-mail), personal data are collected. Which data are collected in the case of using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. These data are 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 processing these data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If your contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, then additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your inquiry. This is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
5) Online Appointment Scheduling
Own function for online appointment scheduling
We process your personal data within the framework of the provided online appointment scheduling. Which data we collect for online appointment scheduling can be seen from the respective input form or the appointment query for appointment scheduling. If certain data are necessary to conduct online appointment scheduling, we will indicate this accordingly in the input form or during the appointment query. If we provide you with a free-text field in the input form, you can describe your request in more detail there. You can then also determine which additional data you would like to provide. The data you provide will be stored and used exclusively for the purpose of scheduling an appointment. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. If you have given us consent to process your data, processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time by a message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning of this statement.
6) Data Processing When Opening a Customer Account and for Contract Processing
According to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, personal data will continue to be collected and processed if you provide them to us for the execution of a contract or when opening a customer account. Which data are collected can be seen from the respective input forms. Deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done by a message to the above-mentioned address of the person responsible. We store and use the data you provide for the execution of the contract. After complete execution of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be blocked with respect to tax and commercial retention periods and deleted after these periods have expired, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or a legally permitted further data use has been reserved by our side.
7) Comment Function
In the context of the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information about the time the comment was created and the commenter's chosen name will be stored and published on this website. Furthermore, your IP address will be logged and stored. This logging of the IP address is done for security reasons and in the event that the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a submitted comment. We need your e-mail address to contact you if a third party objects to your published content as unlawful. The legal basis for storing your data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b and f GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are objected to as unlawful by third parties.
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 regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and is 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 to us that you agree to receive newsletters. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm by clicking a link that you wish to receive the newsletter in the future.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of subscription to be able to trace any potential misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when you subscribe to the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purposes of promotional communication via the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from our newsletter distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use data that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.
8.2 Newsletter Dispatch 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 from our range by e-mail. For this, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you according to § 7 para. 3 UWG. The data processing is carried out in this respect solely based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, no mail will be sent from our side. You are entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purposes at any time with effect for the future by notifying the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. For this, you only incur transmission costs according to the base rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be immediately stopped.
8.3 Newsletter Dispatch via Sendinblue (also: Brevo)
The dispatch of our e-mail newsletters is carried out via the technical service provider Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, to whom we pass on the data provided by you when you subscribe to the newsletter. This disclosure is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using a promotional, secure, and user-friendly newsletter system. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter (e.g., e-mail address) will be stored on the servers of Sendinblue in the EU.
Sendinblue uses this information for the dispatch and statistical evaluation of the newsletters on our behalf. For the purpose of evaluation, the sent e-mails contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files that are stored on our website. This way, it can be determined whether a newsletter message was opened and which links were clicked on. Moreover, technical information is collected (e.g., the time of retrieval, IP address, browser type, and operating system). The data is collected exclusively pseudonymously and is not linked with your other personal data, thus a direct personal reference is excluded. These data serve exclusively the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to adapt future newsletters better to the interests of the recipients. If you wish to object to the data analysis for statistical evaluation purposes, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter.
Furthermore, Sendinblue may use this data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for its legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimization of the service and for market research purposes, to determine, for example, from which countries the recipients come. However, Sendinblue does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass them on to third parties.
We have concluded an order processing contract with Sendinblue, with which we oblige Sendinblue to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
You can view Sendinblue's privacy policy here: https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/
8.4 Advertising by Mail
Based on our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising, we reserve the right to store your first and last name, postal address, and - if we have received this additional information from you within the context of the contractual relationship - your title, academic degree, birth year, and your profession, industry, or business designation according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and to use it to send you interesting offers and information about our products by mail.
You can object to the storage and use of your data for this purpose at any time by sending a message to the person responsible.
8.5 Product Availability Notification by E-Mail
If our online shop offers the option to notify you by e-mail about the availability of selected, temporarily unavailable items, you can subscribe to our e-mail availability notification service. If you subscribe to our e-mail availability notification service, we will send you an e-mail once about the availability of the selected item. The only mandatory information for sending this notification is your e-mail address. Providing further data is voluntary and will be used to address you personally if applicable. For sending this notification, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means that we will only send you a notification if you have expressly confirmed to us that you agree to receive such a message. We will then send you a confirmation e-mail asking you to confirm by clicking a link that you wish to receive such a notification.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. When subscribing to our e-mail notification service for product availability, we store your IP address entered by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of subscription to be able to trace any potential misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. The data collected by us when subscribing to our e-mail notification service for product availability will be used exclusively for the purpose of informing you about the availability of a specific item in our online shop. You can unsubscribe from the e-mail notification service for product availability at any time by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible mentioned at the beginning. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be immediately deleted from our e-mail distribution list unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to further use data that is legally permitted and about which we inform you in this declaration.
9) Data Processing for Order Processing
9.1 - Transmission of Image Files for Order Processing via Upload Function
On our website, we offer customers the possibility to commission the personalization of products by transmitting image files via an upload function. The submitted image motif is used as a template for the personalization of the chosen product.
Using the upload form on the website, the customer can transmit one or more image files directly from the storage of the used end device to us via automated, encrypted data transmission. We collect, store, and use the transmitted files exclusively for the creation of the personalized product according to the respective service description on our website. If the submitted image files are transmitted to specialized service providers for the creation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following sections. There is no further transmission. If the transmitted files or digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all the above-mentioned processing operations are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. After final processing of the order, the submitted image files are automatically and completely deleted.
- Transmission of Image Files for Order Processing via E-Mail
On our website, we offer customers the possibility to commission the personalization of products by transmitting image files via e-mail. The submitted image motif is used as a template for the personalization of the chosen product.
Using the e-mail address provided on the website, the customer can transmit one or more image files from the storage of the used end device to us. We collect, store, and use the transmitted files exclusively for the creation of the personalized product according to the respective service description on our website. If the submitted image files are transmitted to specialized service providers for the creation and processing of the order, you will be explicitly informed about this in the following sections. There is no further transmission. If the transmitted files or digital motifs contain personal data (in particular images of identifiable persons), all the above-mentioned processing operations are carried out exclusively for the purpose of processing your online order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. After final processing of the order, the submitted image files are automatically and completely deleted.
9.2 To process your order, we work with the following service providers who support us wholly or partially in the execution of concluded contracts. Certain personal data will be transmitted to these service providers according to the following information.
The personal data collected by us will be passed on to the transport company commissioned with the delivery within the framework of contract processing, as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the goods. Your payment data will be passed on to the commissioned credit institution within the framework of the payment processing, as far as this is necessary for the payment processing. If payment service providers are used, you will be explicitly informed about this below. The legal basis for the transmission of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
9.3 To fulfill our contractual obligations to our customers, we work with external shipping partners. We pass on your name and delivery address and, if necessary for the delivery, your telephone number exclusively for the purpose of delivering the goods according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR to a selected shipping partner.
9.4 Use of Payment Service Providers (Payment Services)
- Apple Pay
If you choose the "Apple Pay" payment method of Apple Distribution International (Apple), Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland, the payment processing is carried out via the "Apple Pay" function of your device operated with iOS, watchOS, or macOS by charging a payment card stored with "Apple Pay". Apple Pay uses security functions built into the hardware and software of your device to protect your transactions. To authorize a payment, it is necessary to enter a code set by you and to verify it using the "Face ID" or "Touch ID" function of your device.
For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order will be transmitted to Apple in encrypted form. Apple then re-encrypts these data with a developer-specific key before the data is transmitted to the payment service provider of the payment card stored in Apple Pay to carry out the payment. The encryption ensures that only the website through which the purchase was made can access the payment data. After the payment is made, Apple sends your device account number and a transaction-specific dynamic security code to the originating website to confirm the success of the payment
.
If personal data are processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Apple stores anonymized transaction data, including the approximate purchase amount, the approximate date and time, and whether the transaction was completed successfully. By anonymizing the data, personal reference is completely excluded. Apple uses the anonymized data to improve "Apple Pay" and other Apple products and services.
If you use Apple Pay on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete a purchase made via Safari on the Mac, the Mac and the authorization device communicate over an encrypted channel on Apple's servers. Apple does not process or store any of this information in a format that can identify you personally. You can disable the ability to use Apple Pay on your Mac in the settings of your iPhone. Go to "Wallet & Apple Pay" and turn off "Allow Payments on Mac."
Further information on data protection with Apple Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203027
- Google Pay
If you choose the "Google Pay" payment method of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"), the payment processing is carried out via the "Google Pay" application of your mobile device operated with at least Android 4.4 ("KitKat") and having an NFC function by charging a payment card stored with Google Pay or a verified payment system there (e.g., PayPal). To authorize a payment over 25,- € via Google Pay, it is necessary to unlock your mobile device using the verification method set up (such as facial recognition, password, fingerprint, or pattern).
For the purpose of payment processing, your information provided during the ordering process along with the information about your order will be transmitted to Google. Google then transmits your payment information stored in Google Pay in the form of a unique transaction number to the originating website to verify a completed payment. This transaction number does not contain any real data on your stored payment methods at Google Pay but is created and transmitted as a one-time valid numerical token. In all transactions via Google Pay, Google only acts as an intermediary to carry out the payment process. The transaction is executed exclusively between the user and the originating website by charging the payment method stored with Google Pay.
If personal data are processed during the described transmissions, the processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
Google reserves the right to collect, store, and evaluate certain process-specific information for each transaction made via Google Pay. These include the date, time, and amount of the transaction, merchant location and description, a description of the purchased goods or services provided by the merchant, photos attached to the transaction, the names and e-mail addresses of the seller and buyer or sender and recipient, the payment method used, your description of the reason for the transaction, and, if applicable, the offer associated with the transaction.
According to Google, this processing is carried out exclusively according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on the legitimate interest in proper accounting, verification of transaction data, and optimization and maintenance of the Google Pay service.
Google also reserves the right to combine the processed transaction data with other information collected and stored during the use of other Google services.
The Google Pay terms of use can be found here: https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=googlepaytos&ldl=en
Further information on data protection with Google Pay can be found at the following internet address: https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=en
- Klarna
When choosing a Klarna payment service, the payment processing is carried out via Klarna Bank AB (publ) [https://www.klarna.com/de], Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden (hereinafter "Klarna"). To enable the processing of the payment, your personal data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, city, gender, e-mail address, telephone number, and IP address) as well as data related to the order (e.g., invoice amount, article, delivery method) will be transmitted to Klarna, provided that you have expressly consented to this according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR during the ordering process. You can view to which credit agencies your data may be forwarded here: https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/credit_rating_agencies
The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data are included in the calculation of the score values. Klarna uses the obtained information on the statistical probability of a payment default for a balanced decision on the establishment, execution, or termination of the contractual relationship.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Klarna. However, Klarna may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
Your personal information will be handled in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and according to the information in Klarna's data protection regulations for affected persons located in Germany https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_de/privacy
or for affected persons located in Austria https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/de_at/privacy
- PayPal
When paying via PayPal, credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal, we will pass on your payment data to PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (hereinafter "PayPal"), within the scope of payment processing. The data transmission is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and only to the extent necessary for the payment processing.
PayPal reserves the right to carry out a credit check for the payment methods credit card via PayPal, direct debit via PayPal, or - if offered - "purchase on account" or "installment payment" via PayPal. For this purpose, your payment data may be transmitted to credit agencies according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on PayPal's legitimate interest in determining your creditworthiness. The result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of a payment default is used by PayPal for the purpose of deciding on the provision of the respective payment method. The credit report may contain probability values (so-called score values). Insofar as score values are included in the result of the credit report, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data are included in the calculation of the score values. Further data protection information, including information on the used credit agencies, can be found in PayPal's privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to PayPal. However, PayPal may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
- SOFORT
When selecting the "SOFORT" payment method, the payment processing is carried out via the payment service provider SOFORT GmbH, Theresienhöhe 12, 80339 Munich, Germany (hereinafter "SOFORT"), to whom we pass on your information provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. SOFORT GmbH is part of the Klarna Group (Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 11134 Stockholm, Sweden). The data transmission is carried out exclusively for the purpose of payment processing with the payment service provider SOFORT and only to the extent necessary for this purpose. Further information on SOFORT's privacy policy can be found at the following internet address: https://www.klarna.com/sofort/privacy-policy
- Stripe
If you choose a payment method of the payment service provider Stripe, the payment processing is carried out via the payment service provider Stripe Payments Europe Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland, to whom we pass on your information provided during the ordering process together with the information about your order (name, address, account number, bank code, possibly credit card number, invoice amount, currency, and transaction number) according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Further information on Stripe's privacy policy can be found at the URL https://stripe.com/privacy
Stripe reserves the right to carry out a credit check based on mathematical-statistical procedures to safeguard the legitimate interest in determining the user's ability to pay. For this purpose, the necessary personal data for a credit check and obtained within the scope of payment processing may be transmitted to selected credit agencies by Stripe, which Stripe will disclose to users on 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, they are based on a scientifically recognized mathematical-statistical procedure. Among other things, but not exclusively, address data are included in the calculation of the score values. The result of the credit check in relation to the statistical probability of a payment default is used by Stripe for
the purpose of deciding on the authorization for the chosen payment method.
You can object to this processing of your data at any time by sending a message to Stripe or the commissioned credit agencies. However, Stripe may still be entitled to process your personal data if this is necessary for the contractual payment processing.
10) Contacting for Evaluation Reminder
Own Evaluation Reminder (No Dispatch via a Customer Evaluation System)
We use your e-mail address to remind you once to submit a review of your order for the evaluation system we use, provided that you have given us your explicit consent for this during or after your order according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing.
11) Use of Social Media: Videos
11.1 Use of Vimeo Videos
On our website, plugins of the Vimeo video portal from Vimeo, LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA, are embedded. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Vimeo servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly to your browser by Vimeo and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Vimeo receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Vimeo account or are not currently logged in to Vimeo. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Vimeo server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo can directly associate your visit to our website with your Vimeo account. If you interact with the plugins (such as pressing the start button of a video), this information is also transmitted directly to a Vimeo server and stored there.
The described data processing operations are carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Vimeo's legitimate interest in market research and the needs-based design of the Vimeo service.
If you do not want Vimeo to associate the data collected via our website directly with your Vimeo account, you must log out of Vimeo before visiting our website.
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Vimeo, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
For videos from Vimeo embedded on our site, the tracking tool Google Analytics from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, is automatically integrated. This is Vimeo's own tracking, to which we have no access and which cannot be influenced by our side. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," which are text files stored on your computer that enable the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server and stored there, which may also involve a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
This processing is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Vimeo's legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 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.
11.2 Use of YouTube Videos
This website uses the YouTube embedding function to display and play videos of the provider "YouTube," which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").
The extended data protection mode is used here, which, according to the provider, only starts storing user information when the video(s) are played. When the playback of embedded YouTube videos is started, "YouTube" uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. According to "YouTube," these serve, among other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness, and prevent abusive behavior. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account when you click on a video. If you do not want the association with your profile on YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for non-logged-in users) as usage profiles and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google's legitimate interests in displaying personalized 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 to exercise this right. In the course of using YouTube, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Regardless of the playback of embedded videos, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which can trigger further data processing operations without our influence.
Further information on data protection at "YouTube" can be found in the YouTube terms of use at https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms as well as in the Google privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 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.
12) Online Marketing
12.1 Google AdSense
This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google AdSense uses so-called cookies, which are text files stored on your computer that enable the analysis of your use of the website. Furthermore, Google AdSense uses so-called "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information, which allows simple actions like visitor traffic on the website to be recorded, collected, and evaluated. 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 a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Google uses this information to evaluate your usage behavior concerning the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Google AdSense will not be merged with other data from Google. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties if required by law and/or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google.
The described data processing is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to target the user with advertising by third parties whose advertisements are displayed on the basis of the evaluated user behavior on this website. This processing also serves our financial interest in exploiting the economic potential of our website by displaying personalized third-party content for a fee.
You can obtain further information about Google's privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
You can permanently deactivate cookies for ad preferences by preventing them by adjusting 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=en
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
12.2 Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking
This website uses the online advertising program "Google Ads" and, within the framework of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). We use the offer of Google Ads to draw attention to our attractive offers with the help of advertising materials (so-called Google Adwords) on external websites. We can determine how successful the individual advertising measures are concerning the data of the advertising campaigns. In doing so, we pursue the goal of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you, and achieving a fair calculation of advertising costs.
The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on a Google Ads advertisement. Cookies are small text files stored on your end device. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked via the websites of Google Ads customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In the course of using Google Ads, personal data may also
be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
You can obtain further information about Google's privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
You can permanently object to the setting of cookies by Google Ads conversion tracking by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=en
Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 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 or follow the described option to object.
12.3 Google Marketing Platform
This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("GMP").
GMP uses cookies to display relevant ads to users, improve campaign performance reports, or prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to track which ads are shown in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Furthermore, GMP can use cookie IDs to track conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later visits the advertiser's website using the same browser and makes a purchase. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information.
Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google using this tool and therefore inform you according to our knowledge: Through the integration of GMP, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our internet presence or clicked on an ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider may find out and store your IP address. In the course of using GMP, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
If you wish to object to participation in this tracking process, you can disable cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com (see https://www.google.com/settings/ads), with this setting being deleted if you delete your cookies. Alternatively, you can visit the Digital Advertising Alliance website at www.aboutads.info to learn about setting cookies and adjust your preferences accordingly. Finally, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.
You can obtain further information about Google's privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
12.4 Use of Affiliate Programs
- Own Affiliate Program
In connection with the product presentations on our website, we maintain our own affiliate program, under which we provide interested third-party operators with partner links for placement on their websites that lead to our offers. Cookies are used for the affiliate program, which are generally set on the partner site after clicking on a corresponding partner link and for which we are not responsible for data protection purposes. Cookies are small text files stored on your end device to track the origin of transactions (e.g., "sales leads") generated via such links. In doing so, we can recognize, among other things, that you have clicked on the partner link and have been redirected to our website. This information is required to process payments between us and the affiliate partners. If the information also contains personal data, the described processing is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
If you wish to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
- Amazon Partner Program (AmazonPartnerNet)
We participate in the "AmazonPartnerNet" partner program of Amazon EU S.a.r.l., 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg (hereinafter "Amazon"). In this context, we have placed advertisements on our website as links to offers on various Amazon websites. Amazon uses cookies. These are small text files stored on your end device to track the origin of orders generated via such links. In doing so, Amazon can recognize, among other things, that you have clicked on the partner link on our website. This information is required to process payments between us and Amazon. If the information also contains personal data, the described processing is based on our legitimate financial interest in processing commission payments with Amazon according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information on Amazon's data usage can be found in Amazon.de's privacy policy at https://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=3312401
If you wish to block the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. You can also deactivate interest-based ads on Amazon via the link https://www.amazon.de/gp/dra/info.
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
13) Web Analytics Services
PayPal Marketing Solutions
This offer uses the web analytics service "PayPal Marketing Solutions," a web analytics service of PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg. Using PayPal Marketing Solutions, pseudonymized data of customers who have used the payment service "PayPal" for payment are collected, evaluated, and stored based on our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behavior for optimization and marketing purposes according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Pseudonymized user profiles can be created and evaluated from these data for the same purpose. PayPal Marketing Solutions uses so-called cookies, which are small text files stored locally in the cache of the internet browser of the site visitor. The information generated by the cookies, such as browser type/version, operating system, device used, previously visited page (so-called referrer URL), and time of the server request, is transmitted to a PayPal Marketing Solutions server and stored there.
PayPal Marketing Solutions will not merge this information with other data stored about you by PayPal.
If you do not agree with the storage and evaluation of these data from your visit to our website and wish to deactivate them for the future, you can prevent the use of cookies and thus participation in tracking. If you wish to object to the evaluation of user behavior via cookies, you can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and decide individually about their acceptance or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
PayPal's privacy policy can be accessed at the following internet address: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
14) Tools and Miscellaneous
14.1 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website, we also use the reCAPTCHA function of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This function primarily serves to distinguish whether an input is made by a natural person or abusively through automated and automated processing. The service includes the transmission of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google and is carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on our legitimate interest in determining the individual responsibility on the internet and the avoidance of misuse and spam. In the course of using Google reCAPTCHA, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
Further information on Google reCAPTCHA as well as Google's privacy policy can be viewed at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
14.2 Google Customer Reviews (formerly Google Certified Merchant Program)
We cooperate with Google within the framework of the "Google Customer Reviews" program. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). This program gives us the opportunity to obtain customer
reviews from users of our website. After a purchase on our website, you will be asked if you would like to participate in a Google e-mail survey. If you give your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, we will transmit your e-mail address to Google. You will receive an e-mail from Google Customer Reviews asking you to rate the purchase experience on our website. The review you provide will be combined with our other reviews and displayed in our Google Customer Reviews logo and our Merchant Center dashboard. Additionally, your review will be used for Google seller ratings. In the course of using Google Customer Reviews, personal data may also be transmitted to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.
You can revoke your consent at any time by sending a message to the person responsible for data processing or to Google.
Further information on Google's data protection in connection with the Google Customer Reviews program can be found at: https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/7188525?hl=en
Further information on Google's data protection in connection with seller ratings can be found at: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2375474
14.3 Applications for Job Advertisements by E-Mail
On our website, we advertise current job vacancies in a separate section, for which interested parties can apply by e-mail to the provided contact address.
To be included in the application process, applicants must provide us with all personal data required for a comprehensive and informed assessment and selection together with their application by e-mail. The required data includes general information about the person (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact method) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. In certain circumstances, health-related information may also be necessary, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the applicant's person.
Which components an application must contain in individual cases and in which form these components are to be sent by e-mail can be seen from 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 any questions that arise during processing, we may choose to use either the e-mail address provided by the applicant or a specified telephone number.
The legal basis for these processing operations, including contacting for queries, is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany), within the meaning of which the application process is considered a contract initiation.
If special categories of personal data in the sense of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data such as information on the severe disability status) are requested from applicants within the application process, the processing is carried out according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, so that we can exercise the rights arising from labor law and the law of social security and social protection and fulfill our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR if it is carried out for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the applicant, for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment in the health or social sector, or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector.
If no selection of the applicant takes place during the above-described evaluation or if an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the applicant's data transmitted by e-mail as well as all electronic correspondence including the original application e-mail will be deleted after a corresponding notification no later than 6 months. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, to fulfill our obligation to provide evidence of equal treatment of applicants.
In the case of a successful application, the provided data will be processed based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany) for the purpose of executing the employment relationship.
14.4 Online Applications via a Form
On our website, we offer job seekers the opportunity to apply online via a corresponding form. To be included in the application process, applicants must provide us with all personal data required for a comprehensive and informed assessment and selection via the form.
The required data includes general information about the person (name, address, a telephone or electronic contact method) as well as performance-specific evidence of the qualifications required for a position. In certain circumstances, health-related information may also be necessary, which must be taken into account in the interest of social protection in the applicant's person.
When submitting the form, the applicant data will be transmitted to us in encrypted form according to the state of the art, stored by us, and evaluated exclusively for the purpose of processing the application.
The legal basis for these processing operations is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany), within the meaning of which the application process is considered a contract initiation.
If special categories of personal data in the sense of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR (e.g., health data such as information on the severe disability status) are requested from applicants within the application process, the processing is carried out according to Art. 9 para. 2 lit. b GDPR, so that we can exercise the rights arising from labor law and the law of social security and social protection and fulfill our obligations in this regard.
Cumulatively or alternatively, the processing of the special data categories may also be based on Art. 9 para. 1 lit. h GDPR if it is carried out for purposes of health care or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the applicant, for medical diagnosis, care, or treatment in the health or social sector, or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector.
If no selection of the applicant takes place during the above-described evaluation or if an applicant withdraws their application prematurely, the applicant's form data will be deleted after a corresponding notification no later than 6 months. This period is based on our legitimate interest in being able to answer any follow-up questions about the application and, if necessary, to fulfill our obligation to provide evidence of equal treatment of applicants.
In the case of a successful application, the provided data will be processed based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 BDSG for processing in Germany) for the purpose of executing the employment relationship.
14.5 Google Maps
On our website, we use Google Maps (API) from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google"). Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographical information. By using this service, our location will be shown to you, and a potential approach will be easier for you.
When calling up the subpages in which the map from Google Maps is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there, which may also involve a transmission to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether a user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish the association with your profile on Google, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data (even for non-logged-in users) as usage profiles and evaluates them. The collection, storage, and evaluation are carried out according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR based on Google's legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, market research, and/or the needs-based design of Google websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right. If you do not agree with the future transmission of your data to Google in the context of using Google Maps, it is also possible to completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and thus also the map display on this website cannot be used.
The terms of use of Google can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html, the additional terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/help/terms_maps.html
Detailed information on data protection in connection with the use of Google Maps can be found on the Google website ("Google Privacy Policy"): https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
If legally required, we have obtained your consent for the described processing of your data according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, please follow the described option to object.
14.6 Zoom
We use the service "Zoom" of Zoom Video Communications Inc., 55 Almaden Blvd, Suite 600, San Jose, CA 95113, USA (hereinafter "Zoom") to conduct online meetings, video conferences, and/or webinars.
When using Zoom, different data are processed. The extent of the processed data depends on which data you provide before or during participation in an online meeting, video conference, or webinar. In the course of using Zoom, data of the communication participants are processed and stored on Zoom servers. This data can include, in particular, your registration data (name, e-mail address, phone (optional), and password) and meeting data (topic, participant IP address, device information, description (optional)). Furthermore, visual and auditory contributions of the participants, as well as speech
inputs in chats, can be processed.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data required for the fulfillment of a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations necessary for pre-contractual measures) is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. If you have given us consent to process your data, processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future.
Furthermore, the legal basis for data processing during online meetings, video conferences, or webinars is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in the effective execution of the online meeting, webinar, or video conference. Further information on data usage by Zoom can be found in the Zoom privacy policy at https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/privacy-and-legal.html
15) Rights of the Data Subject
15.1 The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) towards the person responsible regarding the processing of your personal data, about which we inform you below:
- Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR: You have the right to obtain information about your personal data processed by us, the processing purposes, the categories of processed personal data, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period or the criteria for determining the storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, objection to processing, complaint to a supervisory authority, the source of your data if not collected by us from you, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, 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 according to Art. 46 GDPR when your data are transferred to third countries;
- Right to rectification according to Art. 16 GDPR: You have the right to immediate rectification of incorrect data concerning you and/or completion of your incomplete data stored by us;
- Right to deletion according to Art. 17 GDPR: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data if the requirements of Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR are met. However, this right does not apply, in particular, if the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims;
- Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR: 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 being verified, if you refuse the deletion of your data due to unlawful data processing and instead request the restriction of the processing of your data, if you need your data for asserting, exercising, or defending legal claims after we no longer need these data after the purpose has been achieved, or if you have lodged an objection for reasons of your particular situation, as long as it is not yet determined whether our legitimate reasons prevail;
- Right to notification according to Art. 19 GDPR: If you have asserted the right to rectification, deletion, or restriction of processing against the responsible party, the latter is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or deletion of the data or restriction of processing unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients.
- Right to data portability according to Art. 20 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 the transmission to another responsible party, as far as this is technically feasible;
- Right to revoke consent given according to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to revoke a consent once given to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will immediately delete the affected data, provided that further processing cannot be based on a legal basis for consent-free processing. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out based on the consent until the revocation;
- Right to lodge a complaint according to Art. 77 GDPR: If you consider that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your place of residence, your workplace, or the place of the alleged violation, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.
15.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON OUR PREDOMINANT LEGITIMATE INTEREST IN THE CONTEXT OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING IS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH ADVERTISING PURPOSES. YOU CAN EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
16) Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data is determined based on the respective legal basis, the purpose of the processing, and – if applicable – additionally based on the respective statutory retention period (e.g., commercial and tax retention periods).
When processing personal data based on explicit consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, these data are stored until the data subject revokes their consent.
If statutory retention periods exist for data that are processed within the framework of legal or similar obligations based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, these data are routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided they are no longer necessary for contract fulfillment or contract initiation and/or there is no legitimate interest in further storage on our part.
When processing personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data are stored until the data subject exercises their right to object according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
When processing personal data for direct marketing purposes based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, these data are stored until the data subject exercises their right to object according to Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this declaration about specific processing situations, stored personal data are otherwise deleted when they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.