Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
With the following information, we would like to provide you, as a ‘data subject,’ with an overview of the processing of your personal data by us and your rights under data protection laws. The use of our websites is generally possible without entering personal data. However, if you wish to use special services of our company via our website, the processing of personal data may become necessary. If the processing of personal data is required and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain your consent. The processing of personal data, such as your name, address, or email address, is always carried out in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to ‘FTAPI Software GmbH’. Through this privacy policy, we aim to inform you about the extent and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most comprehensive protection possible of the personal data processed via this website. Nevertheless, internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transmit personal data to us via alternative means, such as by telephone or by mail. You can also take simple and easy-to-implement measures to protect yourself against unauthorized third-party access to your data. Therefore, we would like to offer you some tips for the safe handling of your data at this point:
- Protect your account (login, user or customer account) and your IT system (computer, laptop, tablet, or mobile device) with secure passwords.
- Only you should have access to these passwords.
- Ensure that you always use your passwords for only one account (login, user, or customer account).
- Do not use the same password for different websites, applications, or online services.
- Especially when using publicly accessible or shared IT systems, it is crucial: You should always log out after each session on a website, application, or online service.
Passwords should be at least 12 characters long and chosen in a way that they cannot be easily guessed. Therefore, they should not contain common everyday words, your own name, or names of relatives, but should include a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters.
2. Responsible Party
The responsible party in the sense of the GDPR is:
FTAPI Software GmbH Steinerstr. 15f,
81369 Munich,
Phone: +49 (0)89 230 6954 0
Email: info@ftapi.com
Representative of the responsible party: Daniel Niesler
3. Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer can be reached as follows:
Carsten Knoop
Phone: 05221 87292-01
Fax: 05221 87292-49
Email: datenschutz-ftapi@audatis.de
You can contact our Data Protection Officer at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.
4. Definitions
The privacy policy is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy is intended to be easy to read and understand for both the public and our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in this privacy policy.
In this privacy policy, we use, among others, the following terms:
4.1 Personal Data
Personal data are all information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person is considered identifiable if they 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 factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
4.2 Data Subject
A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller (our company).
4.3 Processing
Processing refers to any operation or series of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
4.4 Restriction of Processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.
4.5 Profiling
Profiling refers to any type of automated processing of personal data which involves using those data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, especially to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.
4.6 Pseudonymization
Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
4.7 Processor
A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
4.8 Recipient
A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.
4.9 Third party
A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data.
4.10 Consent
Consent is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) of the GDPR (in conjunction with § 25 para. 1 of the TTDSG) serves as the legal basis for processing operations by our company 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 you are a party, as is the case, for example, in processing operations necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, then the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) of the GDPR. The same applies to processing operations that are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, then the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) of the GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary to protect vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for instance, if a visitor were injured in our company and his or her name, age, health insurance data, or other vital information had to be passed on to a doctor, hospital, or other third parties. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d) of the GDPR. Finally, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) of the GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal grounds, if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject. Such processing operations are particularly permissible because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest could be assumed if you are a client of the company (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR). Our offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under 16 years of age may not transmit personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and adolescents, do not collect it, and do not pass it on to third parties.
6. Transfer of Data to Third Parties
We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if:
- the transfer is permissible under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) of the GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
- in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) of the GDPR,
- in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) of the GDPR,
- this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) of the GDPR for the handling of contractual relationships with you.
In order to protect your data and, if necessary, to enable us to transfer data to third countries (outside the EU/EEA), we have concluded data processing agreements based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. This sometimes does not apply to data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR.
7. Technology 7.1 SSL/TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact enquiries that you send to us as the operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser contains “https://” instead of “http://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.
7.2 Data collection when visiting the website
If you only use our website for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (in so-called “server log files”). Our website collects a range of general data and information each time you or an automated system accesses a page. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following can be recorded
- Browser types and versions used,
- the operating system used by the accessing system
- the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer)
- the sub-websites which are accessed via an accessing system on our website
- the date and time of access to the website
- an abbreviated internet protocol address (anonymised IP address) and
- the Internet service provider of the accessing system.
When using this general data and information, we do not draw any conclusions about your person. Rather, this information is required in order to
- to deliver the content of our website correctly,
- optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it,
- to ensure the long-term functionality of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and
- to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyberattack.
This collected data and information is therefore analysed by us 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 processed by us. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. 7.3 Encrypted payment transactions If there is an obligation to provide us with your payment data (e.g. the account number when issuing a direct debit authorisation) after the conclusion of a fee-based contract, this data is required for payment processing. Payment transactions via the usual means of payment (Visa/MasterCard or direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognise 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. We use this technology to protect your transmitted data.
7.4 Cloudflare (Content Delivery Network)
Our website uses functions of CloudFlare. The provider is CloudFlare, Inc. 665 3rd St. #200, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. CloudFlare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the transfer of information between your browser and our website is routed via the CloudFlare network. CloudFlare is therefore able to analyse the data traffic between users and our websites in order to detect and ward off attacks on our services, for example. CloudFlare may also store cookies on your computer for optimisation and analysis purposes. You can set 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 this website may be restricted. We have concluded a corresponding agreement with Cloudflare on the basis of the GDPR for order processing or in accordance with EU standard contractual clauses.Cloudflare collects statistical data about visits to this website. The access data includes: Name of the website accessed, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the user’s operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider. Cloudflare uses the log data for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimisation of the website. If you have consented to Cloudflare being used, the legal basis for the processing of personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.We also have a legitimate interest in using Cloudflare to optimise our online offering and make it more secure. The corresponding legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The personal data is stored for as long as it is required to fulfil the purpose of processing. The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose. This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can find more information about CloudFlare at: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.
7.5 Hosting by Hetzner
Our website is hosted by Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (hereinafter referred to as Hetzner). When you visit our website, your personal data (e.g. IP addresses in log files) are processed on Hetzner’s servers. Hetzner is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation, provision and security of our website. We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with Hetzner in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law, which ensures that Hetzner processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR. You can find more information on Hetzner’s data protection provisions at: https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz
7.6 jsDelivr
Components of jsDelivr, operated by Prospect One, Królewska 65A/1, PL-30-081 Kraków, Poland, are integrated on our website. We use the open source service jsDelivr on our website in order to be able to deliver the content of our website to various user devices as quickly and technically flawlessly as possible. jsDelivr is a content delivery network (CDN) that distributes the content on our website via various servers in order to ensure optimum global accessibility. A CDN generally uses servers that are geographically close to the respective website user. It can therefore be assumed that users within the EU are provided with content via servers within the EU. To provide the content, jsDelivr collects user data such as the IP address. According to the provider, jsDelivr does not use cookies or similar tracking technologies, but is only necessary for the technical reasons mentioned above. The data processing takes place on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can view the privacy policy of jsDelivr at: https://www.jsdelivr.com/terms/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net.
8. cookies 8.1 General information about cookies
Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your IT system (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Information is stored in the cookie that results from the connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity. The use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. For example, we use session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognised that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate our offer for you for the purpose of optimisation. These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. The cookies set in this way are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The respective storage duration of the cookies can be found in the settings of the consent tool used.
8.2 Legal basis for the use of cookies
The data processed by the cookies, which are required for the proper functioning of the website, are therefore necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. For all other cookies, you have given your consent to this via our opt-in cookie banner in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
8.3 Borlabs Cookie (Consent Management Tool)
We use the WordPress cookie plugin “Borlabs Cookie” from Borlabs GmbH, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg, Germany. This service enables us to obtain and manage the consent of website users for data processing. Borlabs Cookie uses cookies to collect data generated by end users who use our website. When an end user gives consent, the following data, among others, is automatically logged:
- Cookie runtime,
- Cookie version,
- Domain and path of the WordPress page,
- Selection in the cookie banner,
- UID (a randomly generated ID),
The consent status is also stored in the end user’s browser so that the website can automatically read and follow the end user’s consent in all subsequent page requests and future end user sessions for up to 12 months. The consent data (consent and revocation of consent) is stored for three years. The retention period corresponds to the regular limitation period in accordance with Section 195 of the German Civil Code (BGB). The data will then be deleted immediately. The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without the described processing. The user has no right to object as long as there is a legal obligation to obtain the user’s consent to certain data processing operations, Art. 7 para. 1, 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c) GDPR. The data collected will not be forwarded to Borlabs GmbH, nor will Borlabs GmbH have access to it. You can find more information at: https://de.borlabs.io/borlabs-cookie/.
9. contents of our website 9.1 Contact / contact form
Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted after final processing of your enquiry; this is the case if it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations.
9.2 Application management / job exchange
We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits relevant application documents to us electronically, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If we conclude an employment or service contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If we do not conclude a contract with the applicant, the application documents will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, provided that no other legitimate interests on our part prevent deletion. Another legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG). The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with § Section 26 (1) BDSG.
10 Newsletter dispatch 10.1 Newsletter dispatch to existing customers
If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services to those already purchased from our range by e-mail. In accordance with Section 7 (3) UWG, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. In this respect, data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalised direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If you have initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, we will not send you any emails. You are entitled to object to the use of your email address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future by sending a message to the controller named at the beginning. You will only incur transmission costs for this in accordance with the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will be discontinued immediately.
10.2 Advertising newsletter
On our website, you are given the opportunity to subscribe to our company’s newsletter. Which personal data is transmitted to us when you subscribe to the newsletter can be seen from the input mask used for this purpose. We inform our customers and business partners about our offers at regular intervals by means of a newsletter. In principle, you can only receive our company newsletter if
- you have a valid e-mail address and
- you have registered to receive the newsletter.
For legal reasons, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you entered for the first time for the newsletter mailing using the double opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to check whether you, as the owner of the e-mail address, have authorised the receipt of the newsletter. When you register for the newsletter, we also store the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP) to the IT system you are using at the time of registration, as well as the date and time of registration. The collection of this data is necessary in order to be able to trace the (possible) misuse of your e-mail address at a later date and therefore serves our legal protection. The personal data collected when registering for the newsletter is used exclusively for sending our newsletter.Furthermore, subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail if this is necessary for the operation of the newsletter service or a registration in this regard, as could be the case in the event of changes to the newsletter offer or changes to the technical circumstances. The personal data collected as part of the newsletter service will not be passed on to third parties. You can cancel your subscription to our newsletter at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data that you have given us for the newsletter dispatch can be revoked at any time. There is a corresponding link in every newsletter for the purpose of revoking consent. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on our website or to inform us of this in another way. The legal basis for data processing for the purpose of sending the newsletter is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.
10.3 Newsletter tracking
Our newsletters contain so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in emails that are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and log file analysis. This allows the success or failure of online marketing campaigns to be statistically analysed. Based on the embedded tracking pixel, the company can recognise whether and when an email was opened by you and which links in the email were accessed by you. Such personal data collected via the tracking pixels contained in the newsletters are stored and evaluated by us in order to optimise the newsletter dispatch and to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to your interests. This personal data is not passed on to third parties. Data subjects are entitled at any time to revoke the separate declaration of consent given in this regard via the double opt-in procedure. After a cancellation, this personal data will be deleted by us. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is automatically interpreted as a cancellation. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interests in the display of personalised advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of our website.
10.4 Mailchimp
Our email newsletters are sent via the technical service provider Intuit Inc, The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a MailChimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA, to whom we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter. This transfer takes place within the framework of order processing by MailChimp. Please note that your data is usually transferred to a MailChimp server in the USA and stored there. MailChimp uses this information to send and statistically analyse the newsletter on our behalf. For the analysis, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are one-pixel image files that are stored on our website. This allows us to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. Technical information is also collected (e.g. time of access, IP address, browser type and operating system). This data is used exclusively for the statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of the recipients.The dispatch service provider is used on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR and an order processing contract pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in connection with the newsletter is your consent given in the “double opt-in” procedure within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time. Furthermore, MailChimp may use this data itself in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR on the basis of its own legitimate interest in the needs-based design and optimisation of the service as well as for market research purposes, for example to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, MailChimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself or to pass them on to third parties. If you wish to object to the aforementioned data processing, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view MailChimp’s privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
11. Our activities on social networks
So that we can communicate with you on social networks and inform you about our services, we have our own pages there. If you visit one of our social media pages, we are jointly responsible for processing with the provider of the respective social media platform with regard to the processing operations triggered by this, within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR. We are not the original provider of these pages, but only use them within the scope of the options offered to us by the respective providers. As a precaution, we would therefore like to point out that your data may also be processed outside the European Union or the European Economic Area. Use may therefore involve data protection risks for you, as it may be more difficult to protect your rights, e.g. to information, deletion, objection, etc., and the processing in social networks is often carried out directly by the providers for advertising purposes or to analyze user behavior. without us being able to influence this. If the provider creates usage profiles, cookies are often used or the usage behavior is assigned to the social network member profile you have created.The processing operations of personal data described are carried out in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest and the legitimate interest of the respective provider in order to communicate with you in a timely manner or to inform you about our services to be able to. If you have to give your consent to data processing as a user with the respective providers, the legal basis refers to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 7 GDPR. Since we do not have access to the providers’ data, we would like to point out that it is best to exercise your rights (e.g. to information, correction, deletion, etc.) directly with the respective provider. We have provided further information on the processing of your data in the social networks below from the respective social network provider we use:
11.1 Facebook
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland Data protection declaration (data policy): https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
11.2 LinkedIn
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland Data protection declaration: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
11.3X (Twitter)
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe: Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland Data protection declaration: https://twitter.com/de/privacy Information about your data: https:/ /twitter.com/settings/your_twitter_data
11.4 YouTube
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Europe: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland Data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy
11.5 XING (New Work SE)
(Co-)responsible for data processing in Germany: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany Data protection declaration: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung Information requests for XING members: https://www.xing .com/settings/privacy/data/disclosure
12. Web analysis 12.1 Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel)
This website uses the “Facebook Pixel” from Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Meta”). If express consent is given, the behavior of users can be tracked after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook advertisement. This procedure is used to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes and can help to optimize future advertising measures. The data collected is anonymous to us and therefore does not enable us to draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, the data is stored and processed by Meta so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and Meta can use the data for its own advertising purposes in accordance with the Facebook data usage guidelines (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). This enables Meta and its partners to place advertisements on and outside of Facebook. A cookie may also be stored on your computer for these purposes. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures.
12.2 Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
On our websites we use Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web analysis service from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see point “Cookies”) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website may include:
- a short-term collection of the IP address without permanent storage
- Location data
- Browser type/version
- operating system used
- Referrer URL (previously visited page)
- Time of server request
The pseudonymized data can be transferred by Google to a server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage for the purposes of market research and needs-based design of these websites. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of you. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. Further information on data protection when using GA4 can be found at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362?hl=de.
12.3 Google Analytics Universal
On our websites we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see point “Cookies”) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as
- the browser type/version,
- the operating system used,
- the referrer URL (the previously visited page),
- the host name of the accessing computer (IP address) and
- time of server request,
are transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website and internet usage for the purposes of market research and the needs-based design of these websites. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of you. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that assignment is not possible (IP masking). You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser software accordingly; However, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website may be able to be used to their full extent.These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https: //tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view the data protection regulations of Google Analytics at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
12.4 Google Analytics Remarketing
We have integrated Google Remarketing services on this website. The operating company for the Google Remarketing services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Remarketing is a function of Google AdWords that enables a company to display advertising to Internet users who have previously visited the company’s website. The integration of Google Remarketing allows a company to create user-related advertising and therefore display interest-relevant advertisements to the Internet user. The purpose of Google Remarketing is to display interest-relevant advertising. Google Remarketing enables us to display advertisements via the Google advertising network or on other websites that are tailored to the individual needs and interests of Internet users. Google Remarketing sets a cookie on the IT system of the data subject. By setting the cookie, Google is able to recognize visitors to our website when they subsequently visit websites that are also members of the Google advertising network.Every time you visit a website on which the Google Remarketing service has been integrated, your internet browser automatically identifies itself to Google. As part of this technical process, Google gains knowledge of personal data, such as your IP address or surfing behavior, which Google uses, among other things, to display interest-relevant advertising. The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Every time you visit our website, personal data, including your IP address, 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. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view the data protection regulations of Google analytics Remarketing at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
12.5 LinkedIn Analytics
On this website we use the retargeting tool and conversion tracking from LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (LinkedIn). For this purpose, the LinkedIn Insight Tag is integrated into our website, which enables LinkedIn to collect statistical data about your visit and use of our website and to provide us with corresponding aggregated statistics on this basis. The service also serves to show you interest-specific and relevant offers and recommendations after you have found out about certain services, information and offers on the website. The relevant information is stored in a cookie. The following data is usually collected and processed:
- IP address
- Device information
- Browser information
- Referrer URL and
- Timestamp
These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. Your data will be stored until you withdraw your consent. You can set 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 you close the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted. The personal data will be retained for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the processing. The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose. As part of processing via LinkedIn, data can be transferred to the USA and Singapore. The security of the transmission is regularly secured via so-called standard contractual clauses, which ensure that the processing of personal data is subject to a level of security that corresponds to that of the GDPR. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to create an adequate level of security, consent will be obtained from you in accordance with Article 49 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. Further information about LinkedIn’s data protection regulations can be found at: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
12.6 Pardot
Our website uses the Pardot Marketing Automation System (Pardot MAS). Pardot MAS is software supported by Salesforce from Pardot LLC, 950 E Paces Ferry Rd. Suite 3300 Atlanta, GA 30326, USA. It is used to record and evaluate the movement profiles of website visitors. Pardot MAS processes personal data exclusively on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. Pardot MAS uses cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on the user’s device to help the website analyze how the website is used. You can set 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 you close the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted. When you visit our website, Pardot MAS records your click path and creates an individual usage profile using a pseudonym. For this purpose, cookies are used that enable your browser to be recognized. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. Further information about Pardot can be found at: https://www.salesforce.com/de/company/privacy/.
12.7 Hotjar
We use Hotjar to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experiences (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, what links they click, what users like and don’t like, etc.) and that helps us in enables us to build and maintain our service based on user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data about the behavior of our users and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (which is processed during your session and stored in an anonymized form), the device’s screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographical location (country only) and preferred language in which our website is displayed. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually prohibited from selling the data collected on our behalf. For more details, see the ‘About Hotjar’ section on the Hotjar support page
13. Advertising 13.1 Google Ads (AdWords) Remarketing/Retargeting
We have integrated Google Ads on this website. The operating company of the Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). We use this to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. For this purpose, Google places a cookie in the browser of your device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. Any further data processing will only take place if you have agreed to Google that your internet and app browser history will be linked by Google to your Google account and that information from your Google account will be used to personalize ads that you view on the web . In this case, if you are logged in to Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To do this, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data to form target groups. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view the data protection regulations and further information from Google Ads at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
13.2 Google AdSense
We have integrated Google AdSense on this website. The operating company of the Google AdSense component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google AdSense is an online service that enables advertising to be placed on third-party sites. Google AdSense is based on an algorithm that selects the advertisements displayed on third-party sites to match the content of the respective third-party site. Google AdSense allows interest-based targeting of the Internet user, which is implemented by generating individual user profiles. The purpose of the Google AdSense component is to integrate advertisements on our website. Google AdSense sets a cookie on your IT system. Setting the cookie enables Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA, to analyze the use of our website. Every time you access one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and into which a Google AdSense component has been integrated, the Internet browser on your IT system is automatically prompted by the respective Google AdSense component to collect data for online purposes -Advertising and billing commissions to Alphabet Inc. As part of this technical process, Alphabet Inc. obtains knowledge of personal data, such as your IP address, which serves Alphabet Inc., among other things, to track the origin of visitors and clicks and subsequently enable commission billing. Google AdSense also uses so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature graphic that is embedded in Internet pages to enable log file recording and log file analysis, which allows statistical evaluation to be carried out. Using the embedded tracking pixel, Alphabet Inc. can recognize whether and when a website was opened by your IT system and which links you clicked on. Web beacons are used, among other things, to evaluate the flow of visitors to a website. Through Google AdSense, personal data and information, which also includes the IP address and is necessary for the collection and billing of the displayed advertisements, is transmitted to Alphabet Inc. in the United States of America. This personal data is stored and processed in the United States of America. Alphabet Inc. may pass on the personal data collected via the technical process to third parties. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view the data protection regulations and further information from Google AdSense at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/adsense/start/ and at https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
13.3 Google Ads with conversion tracking
We have integrated Google Ads on this website. The operating company of the Google Ads services is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ads is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to display ads in both Google’s search engine results and the Google advertising network. Google Ads 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 purpose of Google Ads 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 you reach our website via a Google ad, Google will store a so-called conversion cookie on your IT system. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify you. 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 user 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 Ads advertisements, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective Ads advertisement and to optimize our Ads advertisements for the future . Neither our company nor other Google Ads advertising customers receive information from Google that could identify you. The conversion cookie is used to store personal information, such as the websites you visit. Every time you visit our website, personal data, including the IP address of the Internet connection you use, 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. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view the data protection regulations and further information from Google AdSense at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
14. Partner and affiliate programs
14.1 DoubleClick
This website contains components from DoubleClick by Google. DoubleClick is a trademark of Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland), under which special online marketing solutions are marketed to advertising agencies and publishers. DoubleClick by Google transfers data to the DoubleClick server with each impression as well as with clicks or other activities. Each of these data transfers triggers a cookie request to your browser. If the browser accepts this request, DoubleClick sets a cookie on your IT system. The purpose of the cookie is to optimize and display advertising. The cookie is used, among other things, to place and display user-relevant advertising and to create reports on or improve advertising campaigns. The cookie also serves to avoid multiple displays of the same advertisement. DoubleClick uses a cookie ID that is necessary to process the technical process. The cookie ID is required, for example, to display an advertisement in a browser. DoubleClick can also use the cookie ID to record which advertisements have already been displayed in a browser in order to avoid double placement. The cookie ID also enables DoubleClick to record conversions. A DoubleClick cookie does not contain any personal data. However, a DoubleClick cookie can contain additional campaign identifiers. A campaign identifier is used to identify the campaigns with which you have already been in contact. Every time you access one of the individual pages of this website, which is operated by us and into which a DoubleClick component has been integrated, the Internet browser on your IT system is prompted by the respective DoubleClick component to collect data for the purposes of online advertising and billing of commissions to Google. As part of this technical process, Google receives knowledge of data that Google also uses to create commission statements. Among other things, Google can understand that you have clicked on certain links on our website. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view the data protection regulations of DoubleClick by Google at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/.
15. Plugins and other services
15.1 Scheduling appointments with Calendly
To make booking appointments easier, we use the online appointment calendar “Calendly”, provided by Calendly LLC, 3423 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1754, USA. When you press the corresponding booking button, you will automatically be connected to our appointment account at Calendly. After choosing your appointment, confirming it and entering your contact details and concerns, you will receive an email from Calendly confirming your appointment. Your information from the Calendly form, including the data you provided there, will be stored by us in order to process the request and in case of follow-up questions. This data will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. appointment has been made). Mandatory legal provisions? especially retention periods? stay untouched. Calendly also inevitably receives knowledge of your data. We have concluded an order processing agreement with Calendly. Calendly transmits personal data from the log files (e.g. IP addresses) to the USA for every data processing, as certain servers for processing the log files are only located in the USA. The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. a ) GDPR, which you gave us before entering the appointment. Detailed information about Calendly can be found at: https://calendly.com/privacy. As an alternative, appointments can also be made by email or telephone.
15.2 Getty Images Images
Components from Getty Images have been integrated into this website. The operating company for the Getty Images components is Getty Images International, 1st Floor, The Herbert Building, The Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18, Ireland. Getty Images International is part of the Getty Images group of companies with headquarters at 605 5th Avenue South Suite 400 Seattle, Washington 98104, USA. Getty Images is an American stock agency that offers images and other visual material. Through a picture agency, various customers, in particular website operators, editorial teams of print and TV media and advertising agencies, license the images they use. Getty Images allows you to embed images (possibly free of charge). Embedding is the integration of certain external content (text, video or image data) that is provided by another website and then appears on your own website. A so-called embedding code is used for embedding. If an embedding code has been integrated by a website operator, the external content of the other website is displayed by default as soon as a website is visited. Getty Images provides further information about embedding content at the link https://www.gettyimages.de/resources/embed. Your IP address is transferred to Getty Images via the technical implementation of the embed code that enables the image display of Getty Images images. Getty Images also records our website, the browser type used, the browser language, the time and length of access. In addition, Getty Images may collect information about which of our subpages you have visited and which links you have clicked on, as well as other interactions you have carried out while visiting our site. This data can be stored and evaluated by Getty Images. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view Getty Images’ privacy policy at: https://www.gettyimages.de/enterprise/privacy-policy.
15.3 Google Maps
We use Google Maps (API) on our website. The operating company of Google Maps is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive (land) maps to visually display geographical information. By using this service, for example, our location can be shown to you and any journey can be made easier. When you access the sub-pages in which the Google Maps map is integrated, information about your use of our website (such as your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers in the USA and stored there provided you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. In addition, Google Maps reloads the Google Web Fonts and Google Photos as well as Google stats. The service provider is also Google Ireland Limited. When you access a page that integrates Google Maps, your browser loads the web fonts and photos required to display Google Maps into your browser cache. For this purpose too, the browser you use establishes a connection to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not want your profile to be associated with Google, you must log out of your Google user account. Google saves your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles and evaluates them. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this you must contact Google. If you do not agree to the future transmission of your data to Google when using Google Maps, you also have the option of completely deactivating the Google Maps web service by turning off the JavaScript application in your browser. Google Maps and therefore the map display on this website cannot then be used. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. You can view Google’s terms of use at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html; you can find the additional terms of use for Google Maps at https://www.google.com/intl /de_US/help/terms_maps.html. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view the data protection regulations of Google Maps at: (“Google Privacy Policy”): https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
15.4 Google Photos
We use the Google Photos service from Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, to store images that are embedded on our homepage. Embedding is the integration of certain external content (text, video or image data) that is provided by another website (Google Photos) and then appears on your own website (our website). A so-called embedding code is used for embedding. If we have integrated an embedding code, the external content of Google Photos will be displayed by default as soon as one of our websites is visited. Your IP address is transferred to Google Photos via the technical implementation of the embedding code, which enables the images from Google Photos to be displayed. Google Photos also records our website, the browser type used, the browser language, the time and length of access. In addition, Google Photos may collect information about which of our subpages you visited and which links were clicked, as well as other interactions you carried out when visiting our site. This data can be stored and evaluated by Google Photos. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view Google’s data protection regulations at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
15.5 Google reCAPTCHA
On this website we use the reCAPTCHA function. The operating company of Google reCAPTCHA is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. The reCAPTCHA function is primarily used to distinguish whether an entry is made by a natural person or whether it is improperly processed through machine and automated processing. The service also includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
15.6 Google Tag Manager
On this website we use the Google Tag Manager service. The operating company of Google Tag Manager is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. With this tool, “website tags” (i.e. keywords that are integrated into HTML elements) can be implemented and managed via an interface. By using Google Tag Manager, we can automatically track which button, link or personalized image you have actively clicked and can then record which content on our website is particularly interesting to you. The tool also triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If you have made a deactivation at the domain or cookie level, this will remain in effect for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. Further information about Google Tag Manager and Google’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
15.7 Google WebFonts
Our website uses so-called web fonts to display fonts uniformly. The Google WebFonts are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ireland Limited is part of the Google group of companies with headquarters at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. These processing operations only take place if express consent is given in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR. The parent company Google LLC is certified as a US company under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view further information about Google WebFonts and Google’s privacy policy at: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq; https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
15.8 YouTube videos in extended data protection mode (YouTube-NoCookies)
Some subpages of our website contain links or shortcuts to the YouTube offering. In general, we are not responsible for the content of websites linked to. However, if you follow a link on YouTube, we would like to point out that YouTube stores its users’ data (e.g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with its own data usage guidelines and uses it for business purposes. YouTube’s operating company is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. We also directly embed videos stored on YouTube on some subpages of our websites. With this integration, content from the YouTube website is displayed in parts of a browser window. If you access a (sub)page of our website on which YouTube videos are embedded, a connection will be established to the YouTube servers and the content will be displayed on the website by notifying your browser. The integration of YouTube content only takes place in “extended data protection mode”. YouTube provides this itself and thereby ensures that YouTube does not initially store any cookies on your device. However, when you access the pages in question, the IP address and, if necessary, other data are transmitted and, in particular, you are informed which of our websites you have visited. However, this information cannot be assigned to you unless you have logged in to YouTube or another Google service before accessing the page or are logged in permanently. As soon as you start playing an embedded video by clicking on it, YouTube uses the extended data protection mode to only save cookies on your device that do not contain any personally identifiable data, unless you are currently logged in to a Google service. These cookies can be prevented using appropriate browser settings and extensions. Requesting the video also represents your consent to the placement of the corresponding cookie (Art. 6 Para. 1 Sentence 1 Letter a) GDPR). This US company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This constitutes an adequacy decision in accordance with Article 45 of the GDPR, meaning that personal data may be transferred without further guarantees or additional measures. You can view YouTube’s data protection regulations at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
15.9 Reddit Conversion Tracking
Our website also uses the “Reddit Conversion Pixel”, an analysis service provided by Reddit Inc., 520 Third Street, Suite 305, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (“Reddit”). For this tool, so-called tracking pixels are integrated on our pages. When you visit our pages, this tracking pixel establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Reddit server. Reddit thereby receives information from your browser, among other things, that our site was accessed from your device. We would like to point out that we have no influence on the extent of the data transmitted and its further use by Reddit and therefore inform you according to our current knowledge: By integrating Reddit Conversion Pixels, Reddit receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page on our website or have clicked on an advert from us. If you are registered with a Reddit service, Reddit can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Reddit or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will find out and store your IP address and other identifying features. Further information on data protection and your related setting options can be found at https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy.
15.10 Use of WebProspector technology
On this homepage, data is collected and stored using technologies from WebProspector GmbH (www.webprospector.de) for marketing purposes and to identify interested parties. The WebProspector technology carries out an address determination based on this data, but only in the case in which it can ensure that it is a company and not an individual person as a visitor. The WebProspector technology can also receive movement characteristics. Furthermore, the WebProspector technology may use cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the website visitor’s Internet browser. Cookies enable recognition of the Internet browser. The collection and storage of data can be objected to at any time with effect for the future at www.webprospector.de/widerscheid.
15.11 Amplitude
Our software uses the Amplitude analysis service to anonymously analyze usage behavior. The provider is Amplitude Inc., 631 Howard St 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, US. For this purpose, anonymized information about your usage behavior within the software is transmitted via a proxy server hosted by us in Germany to an Amplitude server hosted in Germany. There is no transfer of data that allows conclusions to be drawn about an individual user. The IP address is also anonymized on our proxy server within the EU and is not transmitted to a third country. The function can generally be deactivated in the settings of our software. These processing operations are carried out on the basis of the legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f of the GDPR. We have concluded a contract with Amplitude for order data processing in accordance with the EU standard contractual clauses and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Amplitude. You can view Amplitude’s privacy policy at: https://amplitude.com/privacy.
15.12 Status page
We use the “Statuspage” service from Atlassian, Atlassian Inc., 350 Bush Street Floor 13, San Francisco, CA 94104 USA. This service allows us to inform our users about the current status of our systems. This particularly concerns information about maintenance work or malfunctions, with the aim of reducing the number of support requests and enabling a faster flow of information. The status page is hosted by Atlassian. This is technically independent of our website and our actual software. In the event of a disruption, information about the reasons for the disruption and the cleanup status is provided on the status page. When you access the status page, the IP address and other browser data, among other things, are processed on Atlassian’s servers. The processing of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable the website to be delivered to the user’s device. For this purpose, the user’s IP address is stored for the duration of the session. The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data is used to optimize the website and to ensure the security of the information technology systems. The data will not be evaluated for marketing purposes in this context. The data is processed on the legal basis of legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to proactively inform users about failures in our systems using the “Statuspage” service. If you sign up for notifications on the status page, your email address or phone number will also be processed, depending on the method selected. The legal basis for processing the email address or telephone number is the user’s consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of the GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time with future effect. Further information about Atlassian’s “Statuspage” service and Atlassian’s data protection policy can be found at: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/privacy-policy.
16. Your rights as a data subject
16.1 Right to Confirmation
You have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed.
16.2 Right to information Art. 15 GDPR
You have the right to receive free information from us at any time about the personal data stored about you as well as a copy of this data in accordance with the statutory provisions.
16.3 Right to correction Art. 16 GDPR
You have the right to request that inaccurate personal data concerning you be corrected. You also have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, taking into account the purposes of the processing.
16.4 Deletion Art. 17 GDPR
You have the right to request that the personal data concerning you be deleted immediately if one of the reasons provided for by law applies and if processing or storage is not necessary.
16.5 Restriction of processing Art. 18 GDPR
You have the right to request that we restrict processing if one of the legal requirements is met.
16.6 Data portability Art. 20 GDPR
You have the right to receive the personal data relating to you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another person responsible without hindrance from us to whom the personal data has been provided, provided that the processing is based on consent in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a) GDPR or Article 9 Paragraph 2 lit. a) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Article 6 para. 1 lit is in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us. Furthermore, when exercising your right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 Para. 1 GDPR, you have 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 to the extent that this is not the case the rights and freedoms of other people are impaired.
16.7 Objection to Art. 21 GDPR
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you on the basis of Article 6 Para. 1 lit. e) (data processing in the public interest) or f (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) DS-GVO to lodge an objection. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions within the meaning of Article 4 No. 4 GDPR. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims . In individual cases we process personal data in order to conduct direct advertising. You can object to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising at any time. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is connected to such direct advertising. If you object to us processing it for direct advertising purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes. In addition, you have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 (1) GDPR unless such processing is necessary to fulfill a task carried out in the public interest. In connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you are free to exercise your right to object using automated procedures using technical specifications.
16.8 Revocation of data protection consent
You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time with future effect.
16.9 Complaint to a supervisory authority
You have the right to complain about our processing of personal data to a supervisory authority responsible for data protection.
17. Routine storage, deletion and blocking of personal data
We process and store your personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if this is provided for by the legal regulations to which our company is subject. If the storage purpose no longer applies or a prescribed storage period expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with legal regulations.
18. Duration of storage of personal data
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.
19. Currentness and changes to the data protection declaration
This data protection declaration is currently valid and is dated: December 2023. Due to the further development of our websites and offers or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at “https://www.ftapi.com/Datenschutz”. This data protection declaration was created with the support of the data protection software: audatis MANAGER.