Data protection

General information
The use of our website is possible in a limited form without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address, telephone number or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages or forms, this is always done on a voluntary basis.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible. We have taken technical and operational precautions to protect your data from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress.

We only process the personal data that we voluntarily receive from you when you visit our website or through other information you provide.

Analysis tools & tools from third-party providers

It may happen that third-party content, such as videos from YouTube, Facebook links, maps from Google Maps or graphics from other websites and tools for analysis are integrated into our online offering. This generally requires that the providers of this content (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers") are aware of the user's IP address. However, we have no influence over whether the third-party providers store the IP address, e.g. for statistical purposes. Insofar as we are aware of this, we will inform users of this.

Some of the third-party providers mentioned may be located outside your country or outside the EU or may process your personal data there. The level of data protection in other countries may not be the same as in your country. For example, companies in the USA are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without those affected being able to take legal action against this. However, we only transfer your personal data without your consent to countries within the EU or to countries for which the EU Commission has decided that they have an adequate level of data protection or, where possible, we take measures to ensure that an adequate level of data protection exists. In the event of your express consent to data transfer to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If the data transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract, your data will be processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.



Storage period

In the event that no specific storage periods are specified in this privacy policy, we store your personal data, if necessary, for the duration of the entire business relationship in accordance with the statutory retention periods and documentation obligations or for as long as there is a legitimate interest in processing beyond this. Legally required retention periods may also result from civil or commercial law, for example.

Legal basis for data processing

We process your data to fulfill contractual obligations (Art. 6 para. 1b GDPR), as part of your consent / registration (Art. 6 para. 1a GDPR) and, if necessary, to fulfill legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1c GDPR). Furthermore, we may rocess your data to protect legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1f) GDPR) for advertising or market and opinion research, provided you have not objected to its use in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR. If you have expressly consented to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art 49 (1a) GDPR.

Affected rights

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing / Right to object to data collection (Art. 21) / Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority / Right to data portability Access, rectification & erasure / Right to restriction of processing

Among other things, you are entitled (i) to check whether and which personal data we have stored about you and to receive copies of this data, (ii) to request the correction, addition or deletion of your personal data that is incorrect or is not processed in accordance with the law, (iii) to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, and (iv) in certain circumstances, to object to the processing of your personal data or to withdraw the consent previously given for the processing, (v) to request data portability, (vi) to know the identity of third parties to whom your personal data is transferred and (vii) to lodge a complaint with the competent authority, i.e. the data protection authority responsible for the place of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.

You can contact us at any time at the above contact address if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

SSL and TLS encryption on the website

We use SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content.

You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

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

Encrypted payment transactions on the website

After concluding a chargeable contract, it is usually necessary for you to send us your payment details (e.g. bank details, credit card details), especially as this data is required for payment processing. Payment transactions are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Objection to advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of published contact data for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Cookies & Server

Cookies

Some of our pages use so-called cookies. Cookies are small files that make it possible to store specific, device-related information on the user's access device (PC, smartphone, etc.). Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. On the one hand, they serve the user-friendliness of websites and thus the users (e.g. storage of login data). On the other hand, they are used to collect statistical data on website usage and to analyze it for the purpose of improving the offer. Users can influence the use of cookies.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

If cookies are used by third-party providers or for analysis purposes, you will be informed about this in this privacy policy or separately and asked for your consent if necessary.

The following cookies and their respective storage duration are available:

PHPSESSID – Session – 2 hours

Vc – Statistik – 30 days

wsw-logger-session-id – statistics & Session – 2 hours

wbs_wdiget_session – Session / Forms – 2 hours

Server-Log-Files

Our hosting provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in so-called server log files. These are

Browser type/browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
Host name or anonymized IP address of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.

Contact form, e-mail, telephone, fax, chatbot

If you send us inquiries by e-mail or by other means, your details, including the contact data and file attachments you provide there, will be processed by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and stored by us for 3 months in the event of follow-up questions and then deleted, unless a contractual relationship arises from this or you request us to delete it beforehand or revoke your consent to storage. We also do not pass on this data without your consent.

Registration on the website

If personal data (e.g. name, address, telephone number or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages or forms or if you register, this is always done on a voluntary basis.

The data entered electronically or physically when contacting us or collected in the course of initiating or conducting our business relationship is used for the purposes of using the offer. These are usually, for example

First and last name
e-mail address
Telephone number
Other contact details

Social Media

Linkedin

The LinkedIn service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland is integrated on our pages.

When you use the service, LinkedIn collects, among other things, your IP address and possibly other information that is stored on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us, as the operator of the LinkedIn pages, with statistical information about the use of the LinkedIn page.

You can find more information on this at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv.

The data collected about you in this context is processed by LinkedIn Inc. and may be transferred to countries outside the EU. The data usage guidelines are available at the following link:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

When you access a LinkedIn page, the IP address assigned to your end device is transmitted to LinkedIn. According to LinkedIn, this IP address is anonymized and deleted after 90 days.

If you are currently logged in to LinkedIn as a user, a cookie with your identifier is stored on your device. This enables LinkedIn to track that you have visited this page and how you have used it.

If you want to avoid this, you should log out of LinkedIn in advance or deactivate the "stay logged in" function, delete the cookies on your device and restart your browser.

The data collected by this service may be transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

You have the option of withdrawing your consent to dataprocessing at any time.

Information on how you can delete or manage information stored about you can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Xing

We use the services of New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany ("Xing") on our website.

By using Xing, your personal data will be collected, transferred, stored, disclosed and used by New Work SE and, regardless of your place of residence, may be transferred to third countries and stored and used there. New Work SE also processes any data you voluntarily enter, such as your name and user name, e-mail address and telephone number.

New Work SE may use analysis tools for evaluation purposes. We have no influence on the use of such tools by New Work SE. You have the option of restricting the processing of your data in the general settings of your Xing account and under "Privacy".

The data collected by this service may be transferred to a third country, e.g. (USA). Your express consent forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

You have the option of withdrawing your consent to data processing at any time.

Further information can be found in Xing's privacy policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

Ads & Conversion

Google Ads

These pages use Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) as an online marketing measure to advertise our products and services. As part of our advertising measures through Google Ads, we use the conversion tracking of Google Inc. on our pages. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. With the help of this tracking tool, we can better adapt our advertising offer to your interests and needs.

Our pages have integrated a conversion tracking tag or code snippet to better analyze user actions. When you click on a Google Ads ad, the "conversion" cookie from a Google domain is stored on your computer (usually in the browser) or mobile device. Cookies are small text files that store information on your computer.

As soon as you complete an action on our website, Google recognizes the cookie and saves your action as a so-called conversion. As long as you are browsing our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google will recognize that you have found us via our Google Ads ad. The cookie is read and sent back to Google Ads with the conversion data. It is also possible that other cookies are used to measure conversions.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

If you deactivate the Google conversion tracking cookie via your browser, you block conversion tracking. In this case, you will not be included in the statistics of the tracking tool. You can change the cookie settings in your browser at any time. Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Adsense

These pages use Google AdSense. This is a service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, for the integration of advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies. These are files that Google can store on your PC to analyze the data of your use of our pages. Google AdSense also uses web beacons, invisible graphics that enable Google to analyze clicks on this website, traffic on this website and similar information.

The information obtained via cookies and web beacons, your IP address and the delivery of advertising formats are transmitted to a Google server located in the USA and stored there. Google may pass this collected information on to third parties if this is required by law or if Google commissions third parties to process the data.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR)invalid.

You can prevent the aforementioned cookies from being stored on your PC by making the appropriate settings in your Internet browser. However, this may mean that the content of this website can no longer be used to the same extent.

Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Remarketing

The remarketing function of Google Inc, 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA is also integrated on our pages due to our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements to visitors to the website as part of the Google advertising network. The website visitor's browser stores so-called "cookies", text files which are stored on your omputer and which make it possible to recognize the visitor when he or she visits websites that belong to the Google advertising network. On these pages, the visitor can then be presented with advertisements that relate to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use Google's remarketing function. According to its own information, Google does not collect any personal data during this process. However, if you do not wish to use Google's remarketing function, you can always deactivate it by making the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads.

Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies for interest-based advertising via the advertising network initiative by following the instructions at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.D

Google Conversion-Tracking

These pages use the Google Ads service and, in this context, conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Inc, 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When you click on an advertisement placed by Google, a cookie for conversion tracking is stored on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can recognize that you have clicked on the ad and have been redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. It is therefore not possible for cookies to be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers.

The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate technical settings in your browser software. However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.

You can also deactivate personalized advertising for you in the Google advertising settings. You can find instructions on how to do this at https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=de. In addition, you can deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the further information on opting out mentioned there.

Further information and Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

Newsletter & Video

Newsletter data

With your voluntary registration for the newsletter, which must be obtained separately, you consent to your personal data being processed by the controller for marketing purposes with regard to its goods and services and agree to being contacted by email for this purpose. Your data in this regard will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can revoke your consent at any time at the contact address given above. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

YouTube

Functions of the video service YouTube are integrated on our pages. The provider is Google Inc, 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

When you visit one of our websites on which YouTube is integrated, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

Furthermore, YouTube can store various cookies on your device or use comparable technologies to recognize you (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This nformation is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an optimal presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent also forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice II has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

You have the option of withdrawing your consent to data processing at any time.

You can find further information on this at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Google Maps

Our pages use the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Inc, 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Web Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. When you access Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent also forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here:

https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and

https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

E-commerce & payment providers

Processing of customer and contract data

Within our company, those employees receive your data who need it to fulfill contractual, consented and legal obligations or legitimate interests. In addition, processors, partner companies and partners commissioned by us receive your data if they require the data to fulfill their respective contractual services. All processors and partners are contractually obliged to treat your data confidentially and to process it only within the agreed scope.

Some of the recipients mentioned (e.g. partners, processors) may be located outside your country or the EU or may process your personal data there. The level of data protection in other countries may not be the same as in your country. For example, companies in the USA are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without those affected being able to take legal action against this. We only transfer your personal data to such recipients in order to fulfill the contract. In the event of your express consent to data transfer to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If the data transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract, your data will be processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

If there is a legal or regulatory obligation, public bodies and institutions may be recipients of your personal data.

Data may be used to analyze or predict the behavior of users of our services. However, the data is not used for automated decision-making.

Data transmission when concluding contracts for online stores, retailers and shipping goods

Processors commissioned by us (e.g. other IT and back office service providers) and partners (e.g. online stores, retailers, shipping service providers) receive your data if they require the data to fulfill their respective contractually agreed service. All processors and partners are contractually obliged to treat your data confidentially and to process it only within the scope of providing the service.

Data transfer upon conclusion of a contract for services and digital content

Processors commissioned by us (e.g. other IT and back-office service providers) and partners (e.g. service providers, providers of digital content) receive your data if they require the data to fulfill their respective contractually agreed service. All processors and partners are contractually obliged to treat your data confidentially and to process it only within the scope of providing the service.

Cloud data

OneDrive

Our pages use the OneDrive service. The provider is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA.

When you upload content using OneDrive, it is stored on the OneDrive servers.

The use of OneDrive is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in an upload service on its website.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent also forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

You have the option of withdrawing your consent to data processing at any time.

Google Drive

We have integrated Google Drive on this website. The provider is Google Inc, 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").

Google Drive enables us to integrate an upload area on our website where you can upload content. When you upload content, it is stored on the Google Drive servers. When you enter our website, a connection to Google Drive is also established so that Google Drive can determine that you have visited our website.

The use of Google Drive is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in an upload service on its website.

The data collected by this service is transferred to a third country (USA). Your express consent also forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets EU standards. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR) invalid.

You have the option of withdrawing your consent to data processing at any time.