Data Protection

Data Protection.

We are very pleased about your interest in our company. Data protection has a particularly high priority for the management of grandega GmbH. It is generally possible to use the grandega GmbH website without providing any personal data. However, if a data subject wishes to use our company’s special services via our website, processing of personal data may become necessary.

If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject. The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, email address or telephone number of a data subject, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to grandega GmbH. By means of this data protection declaration, our company would like to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process.

Furthermore, data subjects are informed about the rights to which they are entitled using this data protection declaration. As the person responsible for processing, grandega GmbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection possible for the personal data processed via this website. However, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone.

1. DEFINITIONS

The data protection declaration of grandega GmbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator for directives and regulations when issuing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance. We use the following terms, among others, in this data protection declaration:

a) personal data Personal data is all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). A natural person is considered to be identifiable if he or she can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the data controller.

c) Processing Processing is any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures in connection with personal data, such as the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or modification, reading, querying, use, disclosure by transmission, distribution or other form of provision, alignment or combination, restriction, deletion or destruction.

d) Restriction of processing Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting their future processing.

e) Profiling Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data which consists in using these personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to assess aspects relating to work performance, economic situation, Analyze or predict the health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movement of that natural person.

f) Pseudonymization Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be assigned to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that this additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures that ensure that the personal data is not assigned to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) Controller or person responsible for processing Controller or person responsible for processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, institution or other body which, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data. If the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) Processor Processor is a natural or legal person, authority, institution or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to which personal data is disclosed, regardless of whether it is a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients.

j) Third party Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor.

k) Consent Consent is any voluntary, informed and unambiguous expression of wishes given by the data subject for the specific case in the form of a statement or other clear confirmatory act by which the data subject indicates that he or she consents to the processing of data concerning him or her agrees to personal data.

2. NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING

The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the member states of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is:

grandega GmbH

Rahmannstraße 11

65760 Eschborn

Deutschland

Tel.: +49 6196 9213454

E-Mail: info@grandega.de

Website: www.grandega.de

3. NAME AND ADDRESS OF DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

The data protection officer of the data controller is:

Mr. Fischer

grandega GmbH

Rahmannstraße 11

65760 Eschborn

Deutschland

Tel.: +49 6196 9213454

E-Mail: datenschutz@grandega.de

Website: www.grandega.de

Any data subject can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. COOKIES

The grandega GmbH website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser. We try to avoid as many cookies as possible – unfortunately this is not possible completely so that the websites can operate smoothly. The following cookies are used on our pages: catAccCookies We hereby record that you (the visitors to our websites) accept the fact that the website uses cookies.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited websites and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified via the unique cookie ID.

By using cookies, grandega GmbH can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting. Using a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized for the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website because this is done by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system.

Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in the online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie. The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

5. COLLECTION OF GENERAL DATA AND INFORMATION

The grandega GmbH website collects a series of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system. This general data and information is stored in the server’s log files. What can be recorded are the (1) browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system accesses our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites which are accessible via an accessing system on our website is controlled, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information that serves to protect against threats in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, grandega GmbH does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website and ( 4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. These anonymously collected data and information are therefore evaluated by grandega GmbH both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data in the server log files is stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

6. CONTACT OPTIONS VIA THE WEBSITE

Due to legal regulations, the grandega GmbH website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company and direct communication with us, which also includes a general address for so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the person responsible for processing by email or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject will be automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the data controller will be stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

7. ROUTINE DELETION AND BLOCKING OF PERSONAL DATA

The person responsible for processing processes and stores personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or if this is required by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations which the person responsible for processing is subject to.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another responsible legislator expires, the personal data will be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with legal regulations.

8. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

a) Right to confirmation

Every data subject has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning him or her is being processed. If a data subject would like to exercise this right of confirmation, they can contact an employee of the person responsible for processing at any time.

b) Right to information

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to obtain free information from the person responsible for processing at any time about the personal data stored about him and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information: the processing purposes the categories of personal data that are processed the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations if possible, the planned period for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining that period the existence of a right to rectification or deletion of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to this processing the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: all available information about the origin of the data the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 Paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject The data subject also has the right to information as to whether personal data has been transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate guarantees in connection with the transfer. If a data subject would like to exercise this right to information, they can contact an employee of the person responsible for processing at any time.

c) Right to rectification

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request the immediate correction of incorrect personal data concerning them. Furthermore, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement, taking into account the purposes of the processing. If a data subject would like to exercise this right to rectification, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.

d) Right to deletion (right to be forgotten)

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request that the person responsible delete the personal data concerning him or her immediately if one of the following reasons applies and if the processing is not necessary: The personal data was collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which it is no longer necessary. The data subject revokes their consent on which the processing was based in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a GDPR or Article 9 Paragraph 2 Letter a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing. The data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing in accordance with Article 21 (2) of the GDPR processing. The personal data was processed unlawfully. The deletion of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject. The personal data was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8 Para. 1 GDPR. If one of the reasons mentioned above applies and a data subject wishes to have personal data stored at grandega GmbH deleted, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of grandega GmbH will ensure that the deletion request is complied with immediately. If the personal data has been made public by grandega GmbH and our company, as the person responsible, is obliged to delete the personal data in accordance with Article 17 Para. 1 GDPR, grandega GmbH will also take appropriate measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs of a technical nature, in order to inform other data controllers who process the published personal data that the data subject requires these other data controllers to delete all links to these personal data or copies or replications of these personal data has requested, provided that processing is not necessary. The employee of grandega GmbH will take the necessary measures in individual cases.

e) Right to restriction of processing

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to request that the controller restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met: The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data. The processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data. The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. The data subject has lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Article 21 Paragraph 1 of the GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the controller outweigh those of the data subject. If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored by grandega GmbH, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of grandega GmbH will arrange for the processing to be restricted.

f) Right to data portability

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which the data subject has provided to a person responsible, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that the processing is based on consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR or Article 9 Paragraph 2 letter a GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR and the processing is carried out using automated procedures, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or is carried out in the exercise of official authority, which has been transferred to the person responsible. Furthermore, when exercising his or her right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 (1) of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one person responsible to another person responsible, to the extent that this is technically feasible and provided that This does not affect the rights and freedoms of other people. To assert the right to data portability, the data subject can contact an employee of grandega GmbH at any time.

g) Right to object

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to object at any time, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her based on Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter e or f GDPR, to lodge an objection. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. grandega GmbH will no longer process the personal data in the event of an objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend of legal claims. If grandega GmbH processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected to such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to grandega GmbH processing for direct advertising purposes, grandega GmbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes. In addition, the data subject has the right, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning him or her that is carried out by grandega GmbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 Para. 1 DS- GMOs take place, unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task carried out in the public interest. To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of grandega GmbH or another employee directly. Furthermore, in connection with the use of information society services, the data subject is free, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his or her right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

h) Automated decisions in individual cases including profiling

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and that legislation appropriates measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as the legitimate interests of the data subject or (3) is carried out with the express consent of the data subject. If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, grandega GmbH shall implement appropriate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms as well as those entitled to protect the interests of the data subject, which includes at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the person responsible, to express one’s own point of view and to challenge the decision. If the data subject would like to assert rights with regard to automated decisions, he or she can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.

i) Right to revoke consent under data protection law

Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the European legislator to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the data subject would like to exercise their right to withdraw consent, they can contact an employee of the data controller at any time.

9. DATA PROTECTION FOR APPLICATIONS AND IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS

The person responsible for processing collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application process. Processing can also take place electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits relevant application documents to the person responsible for processing electronically, for example by email or via a web form on the website. If the person responsible for processing concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with legal regulations. If the person responsible for processing does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after the rejection decision is announced, provided that deletion does not conflict with any other legitimate interests of the person responsible for processing. Other legitimate interests in this sense include, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

10. DATA PROTECTION POLICY FOR THE USE OF FACEBOOK

The person responsible for processing has integrated components of the company Facebook on this website. Facebook is a social network. A social network is a social meeting place operated on the Internet, an online community that usually allows users to communicate with each other and interact in virtual space. A social network can serve as a platform for exchanging opinions and experiences or allows the Internet community to provide personal or company-related information. Facebook allows users of the social network to, among other things, create private profiles, upload photos and network via friend requests. Facebook’s operating company is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. If a data subject lives outside the USA or Canada, the person responsible for processing personal data is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Each time you access one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically activated by the respective Facebook component causes a representation of the corresponding Facebook component to be downloaded from Facebook. A complete overview of all Facebook plug-ins can be accessed at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. As part of this technical process, Facebook becomes aware of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time, Facebook recognizes which specific subpage of our website the data subject is visiting each time the data subject visits our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the Facebook component and assigned by Facebook to the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Facebook buttons integrated on our website, such as the “Like” button, or if the data subject makes a comment, Facebook assigns this information to the data subject’s personal Facebook user account and stores this personal data . Facebook always receives information via the Facebook component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Facebook at the same time as accessing our website; This takes place regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not.

If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Facebook in this way, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Facebook account before accessing our website. The data policy published by Facebook, which is available at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/, provides information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Facebook. It also explains what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the person concerned. There are also various applications available that make it possible to suppress data transmission to Facebook. Such applications can be used by the data subject to suppress data transmission to Facebook.

11. PRIVACY POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

The person responsible for processing has integrated the Google Analytics component (with anonymization function) on this website. Google Analytics is a web analysis service. Web analysis is the collection, collection and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, among other things, data about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which sub-pages of the website were accessed or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analysis is primarily used to optimize a website and to analyze the cost-benefit of internet advertising. The operating company of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA. The person responsible for processing uses the addition “_gat._anonymizeIp” for web analysis via Google Analytics. Using this addition, the IP address of the data subject’s Internet connection is shortened and anonymized by Google if our website is accessed from a member state of the European Union or from another state party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the flow of visitors to our website. Google uses the data and information obtained, among other things, to evaluate the use of our website, to compile online reports for us that show the activities on our website, and to provide other services related to the use of our website.

Google Analytics sets a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. What cookies are has already been explained above. By setting the cookie, Google is able to analyze the use of our website. Each time you access one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component has been integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject is automatically triggered by the respective Google Analytics component to transmit data to Google for online analysis purposes. As part of this technical process, Google gains knowledge of personal data, such as the IP address of the data subject, which Google uses, among other things, to track the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission billing. The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which access was made and the frequency of visits to our website by the data subject. Each time you visit our website, this personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on the personal data collected via the technical process to third parties. The person concerned can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as already described above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google Analytics can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs.

The data subject also has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data generated by Google Analytics relating to the use of this website as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to prevent such. To do this, the data subject must download and install a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics via JavaScript that no data or information about website visits may be transmitted to Google Analytics. Installing the browser add-on is viewed by Google as a contradiction. If the information technology system of the data subject is deleted, formatted or reinstalled at a later date, the data subject must reinstall the browser add-on in order to deactivate Google Analytics. If the browser add-on is uninstalled or deactivated by the data subject or another person within their sphere of control, it is possible to reinstall or reactivate the browser add-on. Further information and Google’s applicable data protection regulations can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. Google Analytics is explained in more detail at this link https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/analytics/.

12. DATA PROTECTION POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF GOOGLE ADWORDS

The person responsible for processing has integrated Google AdWords on this website. Google AdWords is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads in both Google’s search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google AdWords allows an advertiser to define specific keywords in advance, using which an ad will only be displayed in Google’s search engine results if the user uses the search engine to retrieve a keyword-relevant search result. In the Google advertising network, the advertisements are distributed on relevant websites using an automatic algorithm and taking into account the previously defined keywords. The operating company for the Google AdWords services is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.

The purpose of Google AdWords is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertising on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of the Google search engine and to display third-party advertising on our website. If a data subject reaches our website via a Google ad, Google will store a so-called conversion cookie on the data subject’s information technology system. What cookies are has already been explained above. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the person concerned. If the cookie has not yet expired, the conversion cookie is used to track whether certain sub-pages, such as the shopping cart from an online shop system, were accessed on our website. The conversion cookie allows both us and Google to understand whether a data subject who reached our website via an AdWords ad generated sales, i.e. completed or canceled a purchase of goods.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. We in turn use these visit statistics to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via AdWords ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective AdWords ad and to optimize our AdWords ads for the future . Neither our company nor other Google AdWords advertising customers receive information from Google that could be used to identify the data subject. The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites visited by the data subject.

Each time you visit our website, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the United States of America. This personal data is stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass on the personal data collected via the technical process to third parties. The person concerned can prevent the setting of cookies through our website, as already described above, at any time by means of a corresponding setting in the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Such a setting of the Internet browser used would also prevent Google from setting a conversion cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, a cookie already set by Google AdWords can be deleted at any time via the Internet browser or other software programs. The data subject also has the option of objecting to interest-based advertising by Google.

To do this, the data subject must access the link www.google.de/settings/ads from each of the Internet browsers they use and make the desired settings there. Further information and Google’s applicable data protection regulations can be found at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

13. DATA PROTECTION POLICY ON THE USE OF LINKEDIN

The person responsible for processing has integrated components of LinkedIn Corporation on this website. LinkedIn is an Internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts and make new business contacts. Over 400 million registered people use LinkedIn in more than 200 countries. This makes LinkedIn currently the largest platform for business contacts and one of the most visited websites in the world. The operating company of LinkedIn is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for data protection matters outside the USA.

Each time our website is accessed, which is equipped with a LinkedIn component (LinkedIn plug-in), this component causes the browser used by the data subject to download a corresponding representation of the LinkedIn component. Further information about the LinkedIn plug-ins can be found at https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins. As part of this technical process, LinkedIn gains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time, LinkedIn recognizes which specific subpage of our website the data subject visits each time the data subject visits our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by the LinkedIn component and assigned by LinkedIn to the respective LinkedIn account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on a LinkedIn button integrated on our website, LinkedIn assigns this information to the data subject’s personal LinkedIn user account and stores this personal data. LinkedIn always receives information via the LinkedIn component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to LinkedIn at the same time as accessing our website; This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the LinkedIn component or not.

If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to LinkedIn, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their LinkedIn account before accessing our website. LinkedIn offers the option to unsubscribe from email messages, SMS messages and targeted ads and to manage ad settings at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame, who can set cookies. Such cookies can be rejected at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. LinkedIn’s applicable data protection regulations are available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

LinkedIn’s cookie policy is available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.

14. DATA PROTECTION POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF SLIDESHARE

The person responsible for processing has integrated SlideShare components on this website. As a file hosting service, LinkedIn SlideShare enables the exchange and archiving of presentations and other documents such as PDF files, videos and webinars. The file hosting service allows users to upload media content in all common formats, and the documents can either be made publicly available or marked private. SlideShare’s operating company is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. LinkedIn Ireland, Privacy Policy Issues, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for data protection matters outside the USA. LinkedIn SlideShare provides so-called embed codes for the media content stored there (presentations, PDF files, videos, photos, etc.). Embed codes are program codes that are embedded into websites with the aim of displaying external content on your own website. Embed codes make it possible to reproduce content on your own website without storing it on your own server and thereby possibly violating the reproduction right of the respective author of the content. Another advantage of using an embed code is that the respective operator of a website does not use its own storage space and this reduces the load on its own server. An embed code can be integrated anywhere on another website, so that external content can also be inserted within your own text. The purpose of using LinkedIn SlideShare is to reduce the load on our server and to avoid copyright infringements while simultaneously using third-party content.

Every time you access our website, which is equipped with a SlideShare component (embed code), this component causes the browser you are using to download the corresponding embedded data from SlideShare. As part of this technical process, LinkedIn gains knowledge of which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject. If the data subject is logged in to SlideShare at the same time, SlideShare recognizes which specific subpage the data subject visits each time the data subject visits our website and for the entire duration of their stay on our website. This information is collected by SlideShare and assigned to the respective SlideShare account of the data subject by LinkedIn. LinkedIn always receives information via the SlideShare component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to SlideShare at the same time as accessing our website; This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the integrated media data or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to LinkedIn, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their SlideShare account before accessing our website. LinkedIn also uses partners such as Quantcast, Google Analytics, BlueKai, DoubleClick, Nielsen, Comscore, Eloqua and Lotame, who can set cookies. Such cookies can be rejected at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy. LinkedIn’s applicable data protection regulations are available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

15. DATA PROTECTION POLICY FOR THE USE OF XING

The person responsible for processing has integrated components from Xing on this website. Xing is an Internet-based social network that enables users to connect with existing business contacts and make new business contacts. Individual users can create a personal profile of themselves on Xing. Companies can, for example, create company profiles or publish job offers on Xing. The operating company of Xing is XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you access one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by the controller and on which a Xing component (Xing plug-in) has been integrated, the Internet browser on the data subject’s information technology system is automatically activated by the respective Xing component causes a representation of the corresponding Xing component to be downloaded from Xing. Further information about the Xing plug-ins can be found at https://dev.xing.com/plugins. As part of this technical process, Xing receives information about which specific subpage of our website is visited by the data subject.

If the data subject is logged in to This information is collected by the Xing component and assigned by Xing to the respective Xing account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Xing buttons integrated on our website, for example the “Share” button, Xing assigns this information to the data subject’s personal Xing user account and stores this personal data. Xing always receives information via the Xing component that the data subject has visited our website if the data subject is logged in to Xing at the same time as accessing our website; This takes place regardless of whether the person concerned clicks on the Xing component or not. If the data subject does not want this information to be transmitted to Xing, they can prevent the transmission by logging out of their Xing account before accessing our website. The data protection regulations published by Xing, which are available at https://www.xing.com/privacy, provide information about the collection, processing and use of personal data by Xing. Xing has also published data protection information for the XING share button at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.

16. PRIVACY POLICY REGARDING THE USE OF KUNUNU

Our websites use the “Kununu” button from the Kununu social network, which is operated by Kununu GmbH, Fischhof 3 Top 7, A – 1010 Vienna, Austria. If you access a page on our website that contains such a button, your browser establishes a direct connection to Kununu’s servers. Kununu transmits the content of the button directly to your browser and integrates it into the website. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Kununu. We have no influence on the amount of data that Kununu collects with the button. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Kununu as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Kununu’s data protection information: http://www.kununu.com/info/agb If you do not want Kununu to be able to assign your visit to our pages to your user account, please log out of your Kununu user account beforehand.

17. SCIAL MEDIA BUTTONS

This website uses Sassy Social Share to share content via social buttons. Sassy Social Share is GDPR (DS-GVO) compliant (data protection declaration). (Description). “Sassy Social Share” replaces the native share buttons of social networks and thereby protects your anonymity. “Sassy Social Share” only integrates social network share buttons on our website as a graphic that contains a link to the corresponding social network. By clicking on the corresponding graphic you will be redirected to the service of the respective network. The respective button only establishes direct contact between the social network and you when you actively click on the share button. Only then will your data be transmitted to the respective social network. However, if the button is not clicked, no data exchange will take place between you and the social networks

18. LIKEBTN WIDGET

A plugin from the provider LIKEBTN is integrated on this website. The Like Button Widget is fully GDPR compliant. The widget does not store personal data, but only uses IDs generated by a one-way hash function (based on the end user’s IP address and browser information), which are not considered personal data by the GDPR. LikeBtn does not share collected statistical information with third parties. LikeBtn stores information securely on DigitalOcean servers located in Europe and protected by the CloudFlare firewall.

19. USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics to analyze website usage. The data obtained from this is used to optimize our website and advertising measures. Google Analytics is a web analytics service operated and provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States).

Google processes website usage data on our behalf and is contractually obliged to take measures to ensure the confidentiality of the processed data. During your website visit, the following data, among others, is recorded:

Pages viewed
Orders including sales and the products ordered
The achievement of “website goals” (e.g. contact inquiries and newsletter registrations)
Your behavior on the pages (e.g. clicks, scrolling behavior and length of stay)
Your approximate location (country and city)
Your IP address (in shortened form so that no clear assignment is possible)
Technical information such as browser, internet provider, device and screen resolution Source of origin of your visit (i.e. which website or advertising medium you came to us from)
This data is transferred to a Google server in the USA. Google observes the data protection regulations of the “EU-US Privacy Shield” agreement.

Google Analytics stores cookies in your web browser for a period of two years since your last visit. These cookies contain a randomly generated user ID that can be used to recognize you on future website visits. The recorded data is stored together with the randomly generated user ID, which enables the evaluation of pseudonymous user profiles. This user-related data is automatically deleted after 14 months. Other data remains stored in aggregated form indefinitely. If you do not agree to the recording, you can prevent it by clicking on this link: [ga-optout text=”Disable Google Analytics”]

20. LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING

Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as to fulfill tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age, health insurance details or other vital information would then have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 I lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the above-mentioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not prevail. We are permitted to carry out such processing operations in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. In this respect, he was of the opinion that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).

21. LEGITIMATE INTERESTS IN THE PROCESSING PURSUED BY THE CONTROLLER OR A THIRD PARTY

If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 I lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is to carry out our business activities for the benefit of the well-being of all our employees and our shareholders.

22. DURATION FOR WHICH PERSONAL DATA WILL BE STORED

The criterion for the duration of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period. After the deadline has expired, the relevant data will be routinely deleted unless it is no longer required to fulfill the contract or initiate a contract.

23. LEGAL OR CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF PERSONAL DATA; NECESSITY FOR CONCLUSION OF THE CONTRACT; OBLIGATION OF THE DATA SUBJECT TO PROVIDE THE PERSONAL DATA; POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO PROVIDE

We would like to clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). In order to conclude a contract, it may sometimes be necessary for a data subject to provide us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company enters into a contract with them. Failure to provide the personal data would mean that the contract with the person concerned could not be concluded. Before the data subject provides personal data, the data subject must contact one of our employees. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and what consequences the non-provision of the personal data would have.

24. EXISTENCE OF AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING

As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

This data protection declaration was created by the data protection declaration generator of DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as external data protection officer Rosenheim, in cooperation with RC GmbH, which recycles used computers and the data protection lawyers of the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Lawyers created.