Privacy Policy

1. An overview of data protection

General information

The follo­wing infor­ma­tion will provide you with an easy to navi­gate over­view of what will happen with your perso­nal data when you visit this website. The term “perso­nal data” compri­ses all data that can be used to perso­nally iden­tify you. For detailed infor­ma­tion about the subject matter of data protec­tion, please consult our Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion, which we have included beneath this copy.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website (i.e., the “controller”)?

The data on this website is proces­sed by the opera­tor of the website, whose cont­act infor­ma­tion is available under section “Infor­ma­tion about the respon­si­ble party (refer­red to as the “control­ler” in the GDPR)” in this Privacy Policy.

How do we record your data?

We coll­ect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be infor­ma­tion you enter into our cont­act form.

Other data shall be recor­ded by our IT systems auto­ma­ti­cally or after you consent to its recor­ding during your website visit. This data compri­ses prima­rily tech­ni­cal infor­ma­tion (e.g., web brow­ser, opera­ting system, or time the site was acces­sed). This infor­ma­tion is recor­ded auto­ma­ti­cally when you access this website.

What are the purposes we use your data for?

A portion of the infor­ma­tion is gene­ra­ted to guaran­tee the error free provi­sion of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?

You have the right to receive infor­ma­tion about the source, reci­pi­ents, and purpo­ses of your archi­ved perso­nal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclo­sures. You also have the right to demand that your data are recti­fied or eradi­ca­ted. If you have consen­ted to data proces­sing, you have the option to revoke this consent at any time, which shall affect all future data proces­sing. Moreo­ver, you have the right to demand that the proces­sing of your data be rest­ric­ted under certain circum­s­tances. Further­more, you have the right to log a complaint with the compe­tent super­vi­sing agency.

Please do not hesi­tate to cont­act us at any time if you have ques­ti­ons about this or any other data protec­tion rela­ted issues.

Analysis tools and tools provided by third parties

There is a possi­bi­lity that your brow­sing patterns will be statis­ti­cally analy­zed when your visit this website. Such analy­ses are perfor­med prima­rily with what we refer to as analy­sis programs.

For detailed infor­ma­tion about these analy­sis programs please consult our Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion below.

2. Hosting

We are hosting the content of our website at the follo­wing provi­der:

IONOS

The provi­der is the IONOS SE, Elgen­dor­fer Str. 57, 56410 Monta­baur, Germany (herein­af­ter refer­red to as: IONOS). When­ever you visit our website, IONOS records various logfiles along with your IP addres­ses. For details, please consult the data privacy policy of IONOS: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

We use IONOS on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. Our company has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in presen­ting a website that is as depen­da­ble as possi­ble. If appro­priate consent has been obtai­ned, the proces­sing is carried out exclu­si­vely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, inso­far the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to infor­ma­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­prin­ting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revo­ked at any time.

Data processing

We have concluded a data proces­sing agree­ment (DPA) for the use of the above-mentio­ned service. This is a contract manda­ted by data privacy laws that guaran­tees that they process perso­nal data of our website visi­tors only based on our instruc­tions and in compli­ance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

The opera­tors of this website and its pages take the protec­tion of your perso­nal data very seriously. Hence, we handle your perso­nal data as confi­den­tial infor­ma­tion and in compli­ance with the statu­tory data protec­tion regu­la­ti­ons and this Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion.

When­ever you use this website, a variety of perso­nal infor­ma­tion will be coll­ec­ted. Perso­nal data compri­ses data that can be used to perso­nally iden­tify you. This Data Protec­tion Decla­ra­tion explains which data we coll­ect as well as the purpo­ses we use this data for. It also explains how, and for which purpose the infor­ma­tion is coll­ec­ted.

We here­with advise you that the trans­mis­sion of data via the Inter­net (i.e., through e‑mail commu­ni­ca­ti­ons) may be prone to secu­rity gaps. It is not possi­ble to comple­tely protect data against third-party access.

Information about the responsible party (referred to as the “controller” in the GDPR)

The data proces­sing control­ler on this website is:

Diet­rich GmbH
An der Sieg­tal­brü­cke 16
57080 Siegen

Phone: 0271–661210
E‑mail: info@dietrich-mobility.de

The control­ler is the natu­ral person or legal entity that single-handedly or jointly with others makes decis­i­ons as to the purpo­ses of and resour­ces for the proces­sing of perso­nal data (e.g., names, e‑mail addres­ses, etc.).

Storage duration

Unless a more speci­fic storage period has been speci­fied in this privacy policy, your perso­nal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was coll­ec­ted no longer applies. If you assert a justi­fied request for dele­tion or revoke your consent to data proces­sing, your data will be dele­ted, unless we have other legally permis­si­ble reasons for storing your perso­nal data (e.g., tax or commer­cial law reten­tion peri­ods); in the latter case, the dele­tion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

General information on the legal basis for the data processing on this website

If you have consen­ted to data proces­sing, we process your perso­nal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9 (2)(a) GDPR, if special cate­go­ries of data are proces­sed accor­ding to Art. 9 (1) DSGVO. In the case of expli­cit consent to the trans­fer of perso­nal data to third count­ries, the data proces­sing is also based on Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR. If you have consen­ted to the storage of cookies or to the access to infor­ma­tion in your end device (e.g., via device finger­prin­ting), the data proces­sing is addi­tio­nally based on § 25 (1) TTDSG. The consent can be revo­ked at any time. If your data is requi­red for the fulfill­ment of a contract or for the imple­men­ta­tion of pre-contrac­tual measu­res, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Further­more, if your data is requi­red for the fulfill­ment of a legal obli­ga­tion, we process it on the basis of Art. 6(1)© GDPR. Further­more, the data proces­sing may be carried out on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest accor­ding to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Infor­ma­tion on the rele­vant legal basis in each indi­vi­dual case is provi­ded in the follo­wing para­graphs of this privacy policy.

Designation of a data protection officer

We have appoin­ted a data protec­tion offi­cer.

Euro­Ex­per­tise GmbH
Daten­schutz­be­auf­trag­ter
Herrn Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Detlef Krebs
Am Stift 4–6
44263 Dort­mund

Phone: +49 231 222 84 — 50
E‑mail: info@euro-expertise.eu

Information on data transfer to the USA and other non-EU countries

Among other things, we use tools of compa­nies domic­i­led in the United States or other from a data protec­tion perspec­tive non-secure non-EU count­ries. If these tools are active, your perso­nal data may poten­ti­ally be trans­fer­red to these non-EU count­ries and may be proces­sed there. We must point out that in these count­ries, a data protec­tion level that is compa­ra­ble to that in the EU cannot be guaran­teed. For instance, U.S. enter­pri­ses are under a mandate to release perso­nal data to the secu­rity agen­cies and you as the data subject do not have any liti­ga­tion opti­ons to defend yours­elf in court. Hence, it cannot be ruled out that U.S. agen­cies (e.g., the Secret Service) may process, analyze, and perma­nently archive your perso­nal data for surveil­lance purpo­ses. We have no control over these proces­sing acti­vi­ties.

Revocation of your consent to the processing of data

A wide range of data proces­sing tran­sac­tions are possi­ble only subject to your express consent. You can also revoke at any time any consent you have alre­ady given us. This shall be without preju­dice to the lawful­ness of any data coll­ec­tion that occur­red prior to your revo­ca­tion.

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases; right to object to direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR)

IN THE EVENT THAT DATA ARE PROCESSED ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(E) OR (F) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AT ANY TIME OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA BASED ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR UNIQUE SITUATION. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL BASIS, ON WHICH ANY PROCESSING OF DATA IS BASED, PLEASE CONSULT THIS DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION. IF YOU LOG AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PRESENT COMPELLING PROTECTION WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA, THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OR IF THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCESSING IS THE CLAIMING, EXERCISING OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS BEING PROCESSED IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH ADVERTISING AT ANY TIME. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING PURPOSES (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right to log a complaint with the competent supervisory agency

In the event of viola­ti­ons of the GDPR, data subjects are entit­led to log a complaint with a super­vi­sory agency, in parti­cu­lar in the member state where they usually main­tain their domic­ile, place of work or at the place where the alle­ged viola­tion occur­red. The right to log a complaint is in effect regard­less of any other admi­nis­tra­tive or court procee­dings available as legal recour­ses.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process auto­ma­ti­cally on the basis of your consent or in fulfill­ment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-reada­ble format. If you should demand the direct trans­fer of the data to another control­ler, this will be done only if it is tech­ni­cally feasi­ble.

Information about, rectification and eradication of data

Within the scope of the appli­ca­ble statu­tory provi­si­ons, you have the right to demand infor­ma­tion about your archi­ved perso­nal data, their source and reci­pi­ents as well as the purpose of the proces­sing of your data at any time. You may also have a right to have your data recti­fied or eradi­ca­ted. If you have ques­ti­ons about this subject matter or any other ques­ti­ons about perso­nal data, please do not hesi­tate to cont­act us at any time.

Right to demand processing restrictions

You have the right to demand the impo­si­tion of rest­ric­tions as far as the proces­sing of your perso­nal data is concer­ned. To do so, you may cont­act us at any time. The right to demand rest­ric­tion of proces­sing applies in the follo­wing cases:

• In the event that you should dispute the correct­ness of your data archi­ved by us, we will usually need some time to verify this claim. During the time that this inves­ti­ga­tion is ongo­ing, you have the right to demand that we rest­rict the proces­sing of your perso­nal data.
• If the proces­sing of your perso­nal data was/is conduc­ted in an unlawful manner, you have the option to demand the rest­ric­tion of the proces­sing of your data instead of deman­ding the eradi­ca­tion of this data.
• If we do not need your perso­nal data any longer and you need it to exer­cise, defend or claim legal entit­le­ments, you have the right to demand the rest­ric­tion of the proces­sing of your perso­nal data instead of its eradi­ca­tion.
• If you have raised an objec­tion pursu­ant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, your rights and our rights will have to be weig­hed against each other. As long as it has not been deter­mi­ned whose inte­rests prevail, you have the right to demand a rest­ric­tion of the proces­sing of your perso­nal data.

If you have rest­ric­ted the proces­sing of your perso­nal data, these data – with the excep­tion of their archi­ving – may be proces­sed only subject to your consent or to claim, exer­cise or defend legal entit­le­ments or to protect the rights of other natu­ral persons or legal enti­ties or for important public inte­rest reasons cited by the Euro­pean Union or a member state of the EU.

SSL and/or TLS encryption

For secu­rity reasons and to protect the trans­mis­sion of confi­den­tial content, such as purchase orders or inqui­ries you submit to us as the website opera­tor, this website uses either an SSL or a TLS encryp­tion program. You can reco­gnize an encrypted connec­tion by checking whether the address line of the brow­ser swit­ches from “http://” to “https://” and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the brow­ser line.

If the SSL or TLS encryp­tion is acti­va­ted, data you trans­mit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Rejection of unsolicited e‑mails

We here­with object to the use of cont­act infor­ma­tion published in conjunc­tion with the manda­tory infor­ma­tion to be provi­ded in our Site Notice to send us promo­tio­nal and infor­ma­tion mate­rial that we have not expressly reques­ted. The opera­tors of this website and its pages reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unso­li­ci­ted sending of promo­tio­nal infor­ma­tion, for instance via SPAM messa­ges.

4. Recording of data on this website

Cookies

Our websites and pages use what the indus­try refers to as “cookies.” Cookies are small data packa­ges that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either stored tempo­r­a­rily for the dura­tion of a session (session cookies) or they are perma­nently archi­ved on your device (perma­nent cookies). Session cookies are auto­ma­ti­cally dele­ted once you termi­nate your visit. Perma­nent cookies remain archi­ved on your device until you actively delete them, or they are auto­ma­ti­cally eradi­ca­ted by your web brow­ser.

Cookies can be issued by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party compa­nies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the inte­gra­tion of certain services of third-party compa­nies into websites (e.g., cookies for hand­ling payment services).

Cookies have a variety of func­tions. Many cookies are tech­ni­cally essen­tial since certain website func­tions would not work in the absence of these cookies (e.g., the shop­ping cart func­tion or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user beha­vior or for promo­tio­nal purpo­ses.

Cookies, which are requi­red for the perfor­mance of elec­tro­nic commu­ni­ca­tion tran­sac­tions, for the provi­sion of certain func­tions you want to use (e.g., for the shop­ping cart func­tion) or those that are neces­sary for the opti­miza­tion (requi­red cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measura­ble insights into the web audi­ence), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless a diffe­rent legal basis is cited. The opera­tor of the website has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the storage of requi­red cookies to ensure the tech­ni­cally error-free and opti­mi­zed provi­sion of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies and simi­lar reco­gni­tion tech­no­lo­gies has been reques­ted, the proces­sing occurs exclu­si­vely on the basis of the consent obtai­ned (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG); this consent may be revo­ked at any time.

You have the option to set up your brow­ser in such a manner that you will be noti­fied any time cookies are placed and to permit the accep­tance of cookies only in speci­fic cases. You may also exclude the accep­tance of cookies in certain cases or in gene­ral or acti­vate the delete-func­tion for the auto­ma­tic eradi­ca­tion of cookies when the brow­ser closes. If cookies are deac­ti­va­ted, the func­tions of this website may be limi­ted.

Which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.

Consent with Borlabs Cookie

Our website uses the Borlabs consent tech­no­logy to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies in your brow­ser or for the use of certain tech­no­lo­gies and for their data privacy protec­tion compli­ant docu­men­ta­tion. The provi­der of this tech­no­logy is Borlabs GmbH, Rüben­kamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany (herein­af­ter refer­red to as Borlabs).

When­ever you visit our website, a Borlabs cookie will be stored in your brow­ser, which archi­ves any decla­ra­ti­ons or revo­ca­ti­ons of consent you have ente­red. These data are not shared with the provi­der of the Borlabs tech­no­logy.

The recor­ded data shall remain archi­ved until you ask us to eradi­cate them, delete the Borlabs cookie on your own or the purpose of storing the data no longer exists. This shall be without preju­dice to any reten­tion obli­ga­ti­ons manda­ted by law. To review the details of Borlabs’ data proces­sing poli­cies, please visit https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/

We use the Borlabs cookie consent tech­no­logy to obtain the decla­ra­ti­ons of consent manda­ted by law for the use of cookies. The legal basis for the use of such cookies is Art. 6(1)© GDPR.

Contact form

If you submit inqui­ries to us via our cont­act form, the infor­ma­tion provi­ded in the cont­act form as well as any cont­act infor­ma­tion provi­ded ther­ein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further ques­ti­ons. We will not share this infor­ma­tion without your consent.

The proces­sing of these data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, if your request is rela­ted to the execu­tion of a contract or if it is neces­sary to carry out pre-contrac­tual measu­res. In all other cases the proces­sing is based on our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the effec­tive proces­sing of the requests addres­sed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your agree­ment (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been reques­ted; the consent can be revo­ked at any time.

The infor­ma­tion you have ente­red into the cont­act form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradi­cate the data, revoke your consent to the archi­ving of data or if the purpose for which the infor­ma­tion is being archi­ved no longer exists (e.g., after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without preju­dice to any manda­tory legal provi­si­ons, in parti­cu­lar reten­tion peri­ods.

Request by e‑mail, telephone, or fax

If you cont­act us by e‑mail, tele­phone or fax, your request, inclu­ding all resul­ting perso­nal data (name, request) will be stored and proces­sed by us for the purpose of proces­sing your request. We do not pass these data on without your consent.

These data are proces­sed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR if your inquiry is rela­ted to the fulfill­ment of a contract or is requi­red for the perfor­mance of pre-contrac­tual measu­res. In all other cases, the data are proces­sed on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in the effec­tive hand­ling of inqui­ries submit­ted to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if it has been obtai­ned; the consent can be revo­ked at any time.

The data sent by you to us via cont­act requests remain with us until you request us to delete, revoke your consent to the storage or the purpose for the data storage lapses (e.g. after comple­tion of your request). Manda­tory statu­tory provi­si­ons — in parti­cu­lar statu­tory reten­tion peri­ods — remain unaf­fec­ted.

5. Social media

Instagram

We have inte­gra­ted func­tions of the public media plat­form Insta­gram into this website. These func­tions are being offe­red by Meta Plat­forms Ireland Limi­ted, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If the social media element has been acti­va­ted, a direct connec­tion between your device and Instagram’s server will be estab­lished. As a result, Insta­gram will receive infor­ma­tion on your visit to this website.

If you are logged into your Insta­gram account, you may click the Insta­gram button to link contents from this website to your Insta­gram profile. This enables Insta­gram to allo­cate your visit to this website to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provi­der of the website and its pages do not have any know­ledge of the content of the data trans­fer­red and its use by Insta­gram.

If your appr­oval (consent) has been obtai­ned the use of the above­men­tio­ned service shall occur on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 TTDSG (German Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons Act). Such consent may be revo­ked at any time. If your consent was not obtai­ned, the use of the service will occur on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in making our infor­ma­tion as compre­hen­si­vely visi­ble as possi­ble on social media.

Inso­far as perso­nal data is coll­ec­ted on our website with the help of the tool descri­bed here and forwarded to Face­book or Insta­gram, we and Meta Plat­forms Ireland Limi­ted, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland are jointly respon­si­ble for this data proces­sing (Art. 26 DSGVO). The joint respon­si­bi­lity is limi­ted exclu­si­vely to the coll­ec­tion of the data and its forwar­ding to Face­book or Insta­gram. The proces­sing by Face­book or Insta­gram that takes place after the onward trans­fer is not part of the joint respon­si­bi­lity. The obli­ga­ti­ons incum­bent on us jointly have been set out in a joint proces­sing agree­ment. The wording of the agree­ment can be found under: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Accor­ding to this agree­ment, we are respon­si­ble for provi­ding the privacy infor­ma­tion when using the Face­book or Insta­gram tool and for the privacy-secure imple­men­ta­tion of the tool on our website. Face­book is respon­si­ble for the data secu­rity of Face­book or Insta­gram products. You can assert data subject rights (e.g., requests for infor­ma­tion) regar­ding data proces­sed by Face­book or Insta­gram directly with Face­book. If you assert the data subject rights with us, we are obli­ged to forward them to Face­book.

Data trans­mis­sion to the US is based on the Stan­dard Contrac­tual Clau­ses (SCC) of the Euro­pean Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For more infor­ma­tion on this subject, please consult Instagram’s Data Privacy Decla­ra­tion at: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

LinkedIn

This website uses elements of the Linke­dIn network. The provi­der is Linke­dIn Ireland Unli­mi­ted Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Any time you access a page of this website that conta­ins elements of Linke­dIn, a connec­tion to LinkedIn’s servers is estab­lished. Linke­dIn is noti­fied that you have visi­ted this website with your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn’s “Recom­mend” button and are logged into your Linke­dIn account at the time, Linke­dIn will be in a posi­tion to allo­cate your visit to this website to your user account. We have to point out that we as the provi­der of the websites do not have any know­ledge of the content of the trans­fer­red data and its use by Linke­dIn.

If your appr­oval (consent) has been obtai­ned the use of the above­men­tio­ned service shall occur on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 TTDSG (German Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons Act). Such consent may be revo­ked at any time. If your consent was not obtai­ned, the use of the service will occur on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rest in making our infor­ma­tion as compre­hen­si­vely visi­ble as possi­ble on social media.

Data trans­mis­sion to the US is based on the Stan­dard Contrac­tual Clau­ses (SCC) of the Euro­pean Commis­sion. Details can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=en.

For further infor­ma­tion on this subject, please consult LinkedIn’s Data Privacy Decla­ra­tion at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

6. Plug-ins and Tools

YouTube with expanded data protection integration

Our website embeds videos of the website YouTube. The website opera­tor is Google Ireland Limi­ted (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube in the expan­ded data protec­tion mode. Accor­ding to YouTube, this mode ensu­res that YouTube does not store any infor­ma­tion about visi­tors to this website before they watch the video. Nevert­hel­ess, this does not neces­s­a­rily mean that the sharing of data with YouTube part­ners can be ruled out as a result of the expan­ded data protec­tion mode. For instance, regard­less of whether you are watching a video, YouTube will always estab­lish a connec­tion with the Google Double­Click network.

As soon as you start to play a YouTube video on this website, a connec­tion to YouTube’s servers will be estab­lished. As a result, the YouTube server will be noti­fied, which of our pages you have visi­ted. If you are logged into your YouTube account while you visit our site, you enable YouTube to directly allo­cate your brow­sing patterns to your perso­nal profile. You have the option to prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further­more, after you have star­ted to play a video, YouTube will be able to place various cookies on your device or compa­ra­ble tech­no­lo­gies for reco­gni­tion (e.g. device finger­prin­ting). In this way YouTube will be able to obtain infor­ma­tion about this website’s visi­tors. Among other things, this infor­ma­tion will be used to gene­rate video statis­tics with the aim of impro­ving the user friend­li­ness of the site and to prevent attempts to commit fraud.

Under certain circum­s­tances, addi­tio­nal data proces­sing tran­sac­tions may be trig­ge­red after you have star­ted to play a YouTube video, which are beyond our control.

The use of YouTube is based on our inte­rest in presen­ting our online content in an appe­al­ing manner. Pursu­ant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, this is a legi­ti­mate inte­rest. If appro­priate consent has been obtai­ned, the proces­sing is carried out exclu­si­vely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG, inso­far the consent includes the storage of cookies or the access to infor­ma­tion in the user’s end device (e.g., device finger­prin­ting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. This consent can be revo­ked at any time.

For more infor­ma­tion on how YouTube hand­les user data, please consult the YouTube Data Privacy Policy under: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

CleanTalk

This website uses the anti-spam plug­ins of CleanT­alk. The provi­der is CleanT­alk Inc, 711 S Carson Street, Suite 4, Carson City, NV, 89701, USA (herein­af­ter refer­red to as “CleanT­alk”).

The purpose of using CleanT­alk is to protect our website against spam acti­vi­ties (such as unso­li­ci­ted ads, messa­ges, or comm­ents). To achieve this, CleanT­alk records a variety of perso­nal data, such as the IP address, email address, nick­name of the senders of messa­ges, infor­ma­tion about the tech­no­logy of Java­Script in the sender’s brow­ser and any text copy ente­red.

Such infor­ma­tion is, as a rule, trans­mit­ted to a server of CleanT­alk in the United States and archi­ved there.

For secu­rity reasons and to fend off spam, your data will be proces­sed by the CleanT­alk Cloud Service and will be archi­ved for a maxi­mum of 31 days in log files. Once this period ends, the data will be dele­ted enti­rely.

Our company uses CleanT­alk on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR. The website opera­tor has a legi­ti­mate inte­rest in protec­ting the operator’s website from spam acti­vi­ties as effec­tively as possi­ble. If perti­nent consent has been reques­ted from you, proces­sing will occur exclu­si­vely on the basis of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG if the consent includes the archi­ving of cookies or access to infor­ma­tion the user’s device as defi­ned in the TTDSG. Such consent may be revo­ked at any time.

The data trans­fer to the United States is based on the stan­dard contract clau­ses of the EU Commis­si­ons. For details, please visit: https://cleantalk.org/my/session?back_url=profile#scc_agreement.

7. eCommerce and payment service providers

Processing of Customer and Contract Data

We coll­ect, process, and use perso­nal custo­mer and contract data for the estab­lish­ment, content arran­ge­ment and modi­fi­ca­tion of our contrac­tual rela­ti­onships. Data with perso­nal refe­ren­ces to the use of this website (usage data) will be coll­ec­ted, proces­sed, and used only if this is neces­sary to enable the user to use our services or requi­red for billing purpo­ses. The legal basis for these proces­ses is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

The coll­ec­ted custo­mer data shall be dele­ted upon comple­tion of the order or termi­na­tion of the busi­ness rela­ti­onship and upon expi­ra­tion of any exis­ting statu­tory archi­ving peri­ods. This shall be without preju­dice to any statu­tory archi­ving peri­ods.

8. Custom Services

Handling applicant data

We offer website visi­tors the oppor­tu­nity to submit job appli­ca­ti­ons to us (e.g., via e‑mail, via postal services on by submit­ting the online job appli­ca­tion form). Below, we will brief you on the scope, purpose and use of the perso­nal data coll­ec­ted from you in conjunc­tion with the appli­ca­tion process. We assure you that the coll­ec­tion, proces­sing, and use of your data will occur in compli­ance with the appli­ca­ble data privacy rights and all other statu­tory provi­si­ons and that your data will always be trea­ted as strictly confi­den­tial.

Scope and purpose of the collection of data

If you submit a job appli­ca­tion to us, we will process any affi­lia­ted perso­nal data (e.g., cont­act and commu­ni­ca­ti­ons data, appli­ca­tion docu­ments, notes taken during job inter­views, etc.), if they are requi­red to make a decis­ion concer­ning the estab­lish­ment or an employ­ment rela­ti­onship. The legal grounds for the afore­men­tio­ned are § 26 BDSG accor­ding to German Law (Nego­tia­tion of an Employ­ment Rela­ti­onship), Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (Gene­ral Contract Nego­tia­ti­ons) and – provi­ded you have given us your consent – Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke any consent given at any time. Within our company, your perso­nal data will only be shared with indi­vi­du­als who are invol­ved in the proces­sing of your job appli­ca­tion.

If your job appli­ca­tion should result in your recruit­ment, the data you have submit­ted will be archi­ved on the grounds of § 26 BDSG and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the purpose of imple­men­ting the employ­ment rela­ti­onship in our data proces­sing system.

Data Archiving Period

If we are unable to make you a job offer or you reject a job offer or with­draw your appli­ca­tion, we reserve the right to retain the data you have submit­ted on the basis of our legi­ti­mate inte­rests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for up to 6 months from the end of the appli­ca­tion proce­dure (rejec­tion or with­dra­wal of the appli­ca­tion). After­wards the data will be dele­ted, and the physi­cal appli­ca­tion docu­ments will be destroyed. The storage serves in parti­cu­lar as evidence in the event of a legal dispute. If it is evident that the data will be requi­red after the expiry of the 6‑month period (e.g., due to an impen­ding or pending legal dispute), dele­tion will only take place when the purpose for further storage no longer applies.

Longer storage may also take place if you have given your agree­ment (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) or if statu­tory data reten­tion requi­re­ments preclude the dele­tion.