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Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 23, 2025
Table of Contents
Preamble
Controller
Contact Data Protection Officer
Overview of Data Processing
Relevant Legal Bases
Security Measures
Transmission of Personal Data
International Data Transfers
Data Retention and Deletion
Rights of Data Subjects
Provision of Online Services and Web Hosting
Use of Cookies
Contact and Inquiry Management
Web Analysis, Monitoring, and Optimization
Presence on Social Media (Social Media)
Plugins and Embedded Functions and Content
Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy
1. Preamble
With the following privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the types of your personal data (hereinafter also abbreviated as "data") we process, for what purposes, and to what extent in the context of providing our application.
The terms used are not gender-specific.
2. Controller
Die Ermittlung Gesellschaft für Erinnerungs- und Bildungsarbeit gUG Am Schweizer Garten 49 10407 Berlin Email: Info@die-ermittlung.com
3. Contact Data Protection Officer Melanie Whittaker Email: Info@die-ermittlung.com
4. Overview of Data Processing
The following overview summarizes the types of data processed, the purposes of their processing, and refers to the data subjects.
Types of processed data:
Location data
Contact data
Content data
Usage data
Meta/communication and procedural data
Categories of data subjects:
Communication partners
Users
Purposes of processing:
Contact requests and communication
Security measures
Audience measurement
Management and response to inquiries
Feedback
Marketing
Profiles with user-related information
Provision of our online services and user-friendliness
Information technology infrastructure
5. Relevant Legal Bases
Relevant legal bases in the GDPR: Below, you will find an overview of the legal bases of the GDPR on which we base the processing of personal data. Please note that in addition to the provisions of the GDPR, national data protection regulations in your or our country of residence or domicile may apply. Furthermore, if more specific legal bases are relevant in individual cases, we will inform you about them in the privacy policy.
Consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR) - The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes. Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) b GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the data subject's request. Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR) - Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.
National data protection regulations in Germany: In addition to the data protection regulations of the GDPR, national regulations on data protection in Germany apply. This includes, in particular, the Law on the Protection against Misuse of Personal Data in Data Processing (Federal Data Protection Act – BDSG). The BDSG contains special regulations on the right to access, the right to deletion, the right to object, the processing of special categories of personal data, processing for other purposes, and transmission as well as automated decision-making in individual cases including profiling. Furthermore, state data protection laws of the individual federal states may apply.
Note on the applicability of the GDPR and the Swiss DPA: These data protection notes serve both to provide information according to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (Swiss DPA) and according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For this reason, we ask you to note that due to the broader spatial application and comprehensibility, the terms of the GDPR are used. In particular, instead of the terms used in the Swiss DPA, "processing" of "personal data," "legitimate interest," and "special categories of data" are used. The legal meaning of the terms, however, continues to be determined according to the applicability of the Swiss DPA.
6. Security Measures
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation, and the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of processing as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
The measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data as well as access, input, transmission, ensuring availability, and its separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subjects' rights, the deletion of data, and responses to data endangerment. Moreover, we consider the protection of personal data already in the development or selection of hardware, software, and procedures, according to the principle of data protection, through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings.
Securing online connections through TLS/SSL encryption technology (HTTPS): To protect the data of users transmitted via our online services from unauthorized access, we rely on TLS/SSL encryption technology. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) are the cornerstones of secure data transmission on the Internet. These technologies encrypt the information transmitted between the website or app and the user's browser (or between two servers), thus protecting the data from unauthorized access. TLS, as the further developed and more secure version of SSL, ensures that all data transmissions meet the highest security standards. When a website is secured by an SSL/TLS certificate, this is indicated by the display of HTTPS in the URL. This serves as an indicator to users that their data is securely and encrypted transmitted.
7. Transmission of Personal Data
As part of our processing of personal data, it happens that the data is transmitted to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units, or persons, or they are disclosed to them. The recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers tasked with IT tasks or providers of services and content that are integrated into a website. In such a case, we observe legal requirements and conclude corresponding contracts or agreements, which serve the protection of your data, with the recipients of your data.
Data transmission within the organization: Data transmission within the corporate group: We may transmit personal data to other companies within our corporate group or grant them access to it. If data transmission occurs for administrative purposes, it is based on our legitimate entrepreneurial and business economic interests or takes place, insofar as it is necessary for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations, or if the consent of the data subjects or a legal permission exists.
8. International Data Transfers
Data processing in third countries: If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this occurs in the context of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transmission of data to other persons, bodies, or companies, this only takes place in compliance with the legal requirements. If the data protection level in the third country has been recognized by means of an adequacy decision (Article 45 GDPR), this serves as the basis for the data transfer. Otherwise, data transfers only occur if the data protection level is otherwise secured, in particular through standard contractual clauses (Article 46 (2) c) GDPR), explicit consent, or in the case of contractual or legally required transmission (Article 49 (1) GDPR). Furthermore, we will inform you about the basis of the third-country transfers with the individual providers from the third country, whereby the adequacy decisions are primarily considered as the basis. Information on third-country transfers and existing adequacy decisions can be obtained from the information offer of the EU Commission: https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_en?prefLang=de.
EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework: In the context of the so-called "Data Privacy Framework" (DPF), the EU Commission has also recognized the data protection level as safe for certain companies from the USA as part of the adequacy decision of 10.07.2023. The list of certified companies and further information on the DPF can be found on the website of the US Department of Commerce at https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/ (in English). We inform you within the framework of the data protection notices which of the service providers we use are certified under the Data Privacy Framework.
9. Data Retention and Deletion
We delete personal data that we process according to legal provisions as soon as the underlying consents are revoked or no further legal bases for processing exist. This concerns cases in which the original processing purpose is omitted or the data are no longer needed. Exceptions to this rule exist if legal obligations or special interests require longer retention or archiving of data. In particular, data that must be retained for commercial or tax reasons or whose storage is necessary for legal prosecution or to protect the rights of other natural or legal persons must be archived accordingly. Our data protection notes contain additional information on the retention and deletion of data that specifically apply to certain processing processes. In the case of several statements on the retention period or deletion deadlines of data, the longest period is always relevant. If a period does not explicitly start on a specific date and lasts at least one year, it automatically starts at the end of the calendar year in which the triggering event occurred. Data that is no longer needed for the originally intended purpose but is retained due to legal requirements or other reasons are processed exclusively for the reasons that justify their retention.
Further notes on processing processes, procedures, and services:
Retention and Deletion of Data (Germany): The following general periods apply for retention and archiving according to German law:
10 years - Retention period for books and records, annual financial statements, inventories, management reports, opening balance sheet as well as the instructions necessary for their understanding and other organizational documents, booking receipts, and invoices (§ 147 (3) in conjunction with (1) Nos. 1, 4, and 4a AO, § 14b (1) UStG, § 257 (1) Nos. 1 and 4, (4) HGB).
6 years - Other business documents: received commercial or business letters, reproductions of dispatched commercial or business letters, other documents, as far as they are significant for taxation, e.g., hourly wage slips, business accounting sheets, calculation documents, price tags, but also payroll documents, as far as they are not already booking receipts and cash register strips (§ 147 (3) in conjunction with (1) Nos. 2, 3, 5 AO, § 257 (1) Nos. 2 and 3, (4) HGB).
3 years - Data required to potentially assert warranty and compensation claims or rights of data subjects
10. Rights of Data Subjects under the GDPR:
As a data subject, you have various rights under the GDPR, which arise in particular from Articles 15 to 21 GDPR:
Right to object: You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data which is based on Article 6 (1) (e) or (f) GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling, as far as it is associated with such direct marketing.
Right to withdraw consents: You have the right to withdraw consents at any time. Right of access: You have the right to request confirmation as to whether the data in question is being processed and to be informed of this data and to receive further information and a copy of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
Right to rectification: You have the right, in accordance with the legal requirements, to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of the incorrect data concerning you.
Right to deletion and restriction of processing: You have the right, according to the legal requirements, to demand that data concerning you be deleted immediately, or alternatively, to demand a restriction of the processing of the data in accordance with the legal requirements.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, common, and machine-readable format in accordance with legal requirements, or to request its transmission to another controller.
Complaint to supervisory authority: You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement if you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.
11. Provision of Online Services and Web Hosting
We process the data of users to enable them to use our online services. For this purpose, we process the IP address of the user, which is necessary to deliver the content and functions of our online services to the browser or device of the user.
Processed data types: Usage data (e.g., page views and duration of stay, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, used device types and operating systems, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, involved persons).
Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services). Purposes of processing: Provision of our online services and user-friendliness; information technology infrastructure (operation and provision of information systems and technical devices (computers, servers, etc.)). Security measures. Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR).
Further notes on processing processes, procedures, and services: Collection of access data and log files: Access to our online service is logged in the form of so-called "server log files". The server log files can include the address and name of the accessed websites and files, the date and time of access, transferred data volumes, notification of successful retrieval, browser type plus version, the operating system of the user, referrer URL (the previously visited page), and usually IP addresses and the requesting provider. The server log files can be used for security purposes, e.g., to prevent overloading of the servers (in particular in the case of abusive attacks, so-called DDoS attacks), and also to ensure the utilization of the servers and their stability; legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR). Deletion of data: Logfile information is stored for a maximum period of 30 days and then deleted or anonymized. Data whose further retention is required for evidence purposes is exempted from deletion until the final clarification of the respective incident. Hetzner: Services in the field of providing information technology infrastructure and related services (e.g., storage space and/or computing capacities); Service provider: Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR); Website: https://www.hetzner.com; Privacy policy: https://www.hetzner.com/de/rechtliches/datenschutz. Data processing agreement: https://docs.hetzner.com/de/general/general-terms-and-conditions/data-privacy-faq/.
12. Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files or other memory notes that store information on end devices and read information from them. For example, to save the log-in status in a user account, a shopping cart content in an e-shop, the content accessed or functions used of an online offer. Cookies can also be used in relation to different concerns, such as for the functionality, security, and comfort of online offers as well as the creation of analyses of visitor flows.
Notes on consent: We use cookies in accordance with legal provisions. Therefore, we obtain prior consent from users unless it is not required by law. Permission is particularly not necessary if the storage and reading of the information, including cookies, is absolutely necessary to provide the users with a telemedia service (i.e., our online offer) they have explicitly requested. The revocable consent is clearly communicated to them and contains information on the respective cookie use.
Notes on data protection legal bases: Depending on whether we ask users for their consent to use cookies, the legal basis for processing their personal data using cookies is the declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed with the help of cookies are processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., in an economical operation of our online offer and improvement of its usability) or if this occurs in the context of fulfilling our contractual obligations, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations. For what purposes the cookies are used by us, we clarify in the course of this privacy policy or in the context of our consent and processing processes.
Storage duration: With regard to storage duration, the following types of cookies are distinguished: Temporary cookies (also: session or session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offer and closed his end device (e.g., browser or mobile application). Permanent cookies: Permanent cookies remain stored even after the end device is closed. For example, the log-in status can be saved, and preferred content can be displayed directly when the user revisits a website. Similarly, the user data collected by means of cookies can be used for audience measurement. Unless we provide users with explicit information on the type and storage duration of cookies (e.g., in the context of obtaining consent), they should assume that they are permanent, and the storage duration can be up to two years. General notes on revocation and objection (opt-out): Users can revoke their given consents at any time and also declare an objection to the processing in accordance with legal requirements, also by means of the privacy settings of their browser.
Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR). Consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR).
Further notes on processing processes, procedures, and services:
Processing of cookie data based on consent: We use a consent management solution, in which the consent of users for the use of cookies or for the procedures and providers mentioned in the consent management solution is obtained. This procedure serves to obtain, log, manage, and revoke consents, especially concerning the use of cookies and similar technologies that are used to store, read, and process information on the end devices of users. In the context of this procedure, the consents of users for the use of cookies and the associated processing of information, including the specific processing and providers mentioned in the consent management procedure, are obtained. Users also have the opportunity to manage and revoke their consents. The consent statements are stored to avoid a renewed query and to be able to lead the proof of the consent according to the legal requirements. The storage takes place server-side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie) or by means of comparable technologies, to be able to assign the consent to a specific user or its device. If no specific information is provided about the providers of consent management services, the following general notes apply: The duration of the storage of the consent is up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is created, which is stored together with the time of consent, the information on the extent of the consent (e.g., concerning categories of cookies and/or service providers), and information about the browser, the system, and the used end device; Legal bases: Consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR).
13. Contact and Inquiry Management
When contacting us (e.g., by mail, contact form, email, telephone, or via social media) and in the context of existing user and business relationships, the details of the requesting persons are processed, as far as this is necessary to answer the contact requests and any requested measures.
Processed data types: Contact data (e.g., mail and email addresses or phone numbers); Content data (e.g., textual or visual messages and contributions and the information concerning them, such as information about authorship or time of creation); Usage data (e.g., page views and duration of stay, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, used device types and operating systems, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, involved persons).
Affected persons: Communication partners.
Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; Management and response to inquiries; Feedback (e.g., collecting feedback via online form). Provision of our online services and user-friendliness.
Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR). Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) b GDPR).
Further notes on processing processes, procedures, and services: Contact form: When users contact us via our contact form, email, or other communication channels, we process the data communicated to us in this context to handle the concern communicated; Legal bases: Contract performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Article 6 (1) b GDPR), Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR).
14. Web Analysis, Monitoring, and Optimization
Web analysis (also referred to as "reach measurement") serves the evaluation of the visitor flows of our online offer and can include behavior, interests, or demographic information about the visitors, such as age or gender, as pseudonymous values. With the help of the reach analysis, we can, for example, recognize at what time our online offer or its functions or contents are used most frequently, or invite to reuse. Similarly, it is possible for us to understand which areas need optimization.
In addition to web analysis, we can also use test procedures to test and optimize different versions of our online offer or its components.
Unless otherwise specified below, profiles, i.e., data combined into a usage process, can be created for these purposes, and information can be stored in a browser or an end device and then read out. The collected data includes, in particular, visited websites and used elements as well as technical information, such as the used browser, the used computer system, and information about usage times. If users have consented to the collection of their location data vis-à-vis us or the providers of the services we use, the processing of location data is possible.
Furthermore, the IP addresses of users are stored. However, we use an IP masking procedure (i.e., pseudonymization by shortening the IP address) to protect users. In general, no clear data of users (such as email addresses or names) are stored in the context of web analysis, A/B testing, and optimization, but pseudonyms. That is, neither we nor the providers of the used software know the actual identity of the users, but only the information stored in their profiles for the purpose of the respective procedures.
Notes on legal bases: If we ask users for their consent to the use of third-party providers, the legal basis for the data processing is consent. Otherwise, the user data is processed based on our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in efficient, economical, and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to refer to the information on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.
Processed data types: Usage data (e.g., page views and duration of stay, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, used device types and operating systems, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, involved persons).
Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
Purposes of processing: Reach measurement (e.g., access statistics, recognition of returning visitors); Profiles with user-related information (creating user profiles). Provision of our online services and user-friendliness.
Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address).
Legal bases: Consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR).
Further notes on processing processes, procedures, and services: Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to measure and analyze the use of our online offer based on a pseudonymous user identification number. This identification number does not contain unique data, such as names or email addresses. It serves to assign analysis information to a device to recognize which content the users have accessed within one or several usage processes, which search terms they used, called them up again, or interacted with our online offer. Likewise, the time of use and its duration are stored, as well as the sources of the users who refer to our online offer and technical aspects of their devices and browsers. Profiles of users with information from the use of different devices are created, whereby cookies can be used. Google Analytics does not log and store individual IP addresses for EU users. However, Analytics provides rough geographic location data by deriving the following metadata from IP addresses: city (and the derived latitude and longitude of the city), continent, country, region, subcontinent (and ID-based counterparts). In the case of EU traffic, the IP address data is exclusively used for this derivation of geolocation data before it is immediately deleted. They are not logged, are not accessible, and are not used for further purposes. When Google Analytics collects measurement data, all IP queries are carried out on EU-based servers before the traffic is forwarded to Analytics servers for processing; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal bases: Consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR); Website: https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/de/about/analytics/; Security measures: IP masking (pseudonymization of the IP address); Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Data processing agreement: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/; Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Possibility to object (opt-out): Opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de, Settings for the display of advertisements: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff. Further information: https://business.safety.google/adsservices/ (types of processing and processed data).
15. Presence on Social Media (Social Media)
We maintain online presences within social networks and process user data in this context to communicate with users active there or to offer information about us.
We point out that user data may be processed outside the European Union. This can pose risks to users because, for example, enforcing user rights could be made more difficult.
Furthermore, user data is generally processed for market research and advertising purposes within social networks. For example, user profiles can be created based on user behavior and resulting interests. The user profiles can in turn be used, for example, to place advertisements within and outside the networks that presumably correspond to the interests of users. Therefore, cookies are generally stored on the computers of users, in which the user behavior and the interests of users are stored. Furthermore, data can be stored in the usage profiles regardless of the devices used by the users (especially if they are members of the respective platforms and logged in there).
For a detailed presentation of the respective processing forms and the opt-out options, we refer to the privacy statements and information provided by the operators of the respective networks.
Also, in the case of requests for information and the assertion of data subject rights, we note that these can be most effectively asserted with the providers. Only the providers have access to the data of the users and can directly take appropriate measures and provide information. If you still need help, then you can contact us.
Processed data types: Contact data (e.g., mail and email addresses or phone numbers); Content data (e.g., textual or visual messages and contributions and the information concerning them, such as information about authorship or time of creation); Usage data (e.g., page views and duration of stay, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, used device types and operating systems, interactions with content and functions). Meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, involved persons).
Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
Purposes of processing: Contact requests and communication; Feedback (e.g., collecting feedback via online form). Marketing.
Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR).
Further notes on processing processes, procedures, and services: Instagram: Social network; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com; Privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy. Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Facebook pages: Profiles within the social network Facebook; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR); Website: https://www.facebook.com; Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy; Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF); Further information: We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for collecting (however not further processing) data of visitors to our Facebook page (so-called "Fanpage"). This data includes information on the types of content users view or interact with, or the actions they take (see under "Things you and others do and provide" in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy), as well as information on the devices used by users (e.g., IP addresses, operating system, browser type, language settings, cookie data; see under "Device information" in the Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy). As explained in the Facebook Data Policy under "How do we use this information?", Facebook also collects and uses information to provide analytical services, called "Page Insights", to page operators so that they can gain insights about how people interact with their Pages and with the content connected with them. We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook ("Information about Page Insights", https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum), which in particular regulates what security measures Facebook must observe and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the data subject rights (i.e., users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection, and complaint to the competent supervisory authority), are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook. Further information can be found in the "Information about Page Insights" (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data). The joint responsibility is limited to the collection by and transmission of data to Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, a company based in the EU. The further processing of the data is the sole responsibility of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, which in particular includes the transmission of the data to the parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA.
16. Plugins and Embedded Functions and Content
We integrate functional and content elements into our online offer, which are obtained from the servers of their respective providers (hereinafter referred to as "third-party providers"). This may, for example, be graphics, videos, or city maps (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content").
The integration always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content process the IP address of the users, since they could not send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is thus necessary for the presentation of this content or functions. We endeavor to use only those contents whose respective providers use the IP address only to deliver the contents. Third-party providers can also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information, such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information can furthermore be stored in cookies on the device of the users and may include, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit time, and other information on the use of our online offer, as well as being connected with such information from other sources.
Notes on legal bases: If we ask the users for their consent to the use of third-party providers, the legal basis of the data processing is consent. Otherwise, the user data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e., interest in efficient, economical, and recipient-friendly services). In this context, we would also like to refer to the information on the use of cookies in this privacy policy.
Processed data types: Usage data (e.g., page views and duration of stay, click paths, usage intensity and frequency, used device types and operating systems, interactions with content and functions); Meta, communication, and procedural data (e.g., IP addresses, timestamps, identification numbers, involved persons). Location data (information on the geographical position of a device or a person).
Affected persons: Users (e.g., website visitors, users of online services).
Purposes of processing: Provision of our online services and user-friendliness; Marketing. Profiles with user-related information (creating user profiles).
Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR). Consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR).
Further notes on processing processes, procedures, and services: Google Fonts (reference from the Google server): Reference of fonts (and symbols) for the purpose of a technically secure, maintenance-free and efficient use of fonts and symbols in terms of actuality and loading times, their uniform representation, and consideration of possible licensing restrictions. The provider of the font types is informed of the user's IP address so that the font types can be made available in the user's browser. Furthermore, technical data (language settings, screen resolution, operating system, used hardware) are transmitted, which are necessary for the provision of the fonts depending on the used devices and the technical environment. This data can be processed on a server of the provider of the font types in the USA - When visiting our online offer, the browsers of the users send their browser HTTP requests to the Google Fonts Web API (i.e., a software interface for retrieving the fonts). The Google Fonts Web API provides the users with the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) of Google Fonts and then the fonts specified in the CSS. These HTTP requests include (1) the IP address used by the respective user to access the Internet, (2) the requested URL on the Google server, and (3) the HTTP headers, including the User-Agent that describes the browser and operating system versions of the website visitors, as well as the referrer URL (i.e., the webpage on which the Google font is to be displayed). IP addresses are neither logged nor stored on Google servers and are not analyzed. The Google Fonts Web API logs details of the HTTP requests (requested URL, User-Agent, and referrer URL). Access to this data is restricted and strictly controlled. The requested URL identifies the font families for which the user wants to load fonts. This data is logged so that Google can determine how often a specific font family is requested. In the case of the Google Fonts Web API, the User-Agent needs to adjust the font generated for the respective browser type. The User-Agent is primarily logged for debugging and used to generate aggregated usage statistics to measure the popularity of font families. These aggregated usage statistics are published on the "Analytics" page of Google Fonts. Finally, the referrer URL is logged so that the data can be used for the maintenance of production and generate an aggregated report on the top integrations based on the number of font requests. According to its own statement, Google does not use any of the information captured by Google Fonts to create profiles of end-users or target advertisements; Service provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR); Website: https://fonts.google.com/; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further information: https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq/privacy?hl=de. Google Maps: We integrate the maps of the service "Google Maps" of the provider Google. The processed data may include, in particular, IP addresses and location data of users; Service provider: Google Cloud EMEA Limited, 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland; Legal bases: Consent (Article 6 (1) a GDPR); Website: https://mapsplatform.google.com/; Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. Basis for third-country transfers: Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Instagram plugins and content: Instagram plugins and content - This can include, for example, content such as images, videos, or texts and buttons, which users can use to share content of this online offer within Instagram. - We are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for the collection or receipt during a transmission (however not the further processing) of "event data" that Facebook collects or receives for the following purposes via functions of Instagram (e.g., embedding functions for content) that are executed on our online offer: a) Display of content as well as advertising information that presumably corresponds to the interests of the users; b) Delivery of commercial and transaction-related messages (e.g., addressing users via Facebook Messenger); c) Improvement of the ad delivery and personalization of functions and content (e.g., improvement of the detection, which content or advertising information presumably corresponds to the interests of the users). We have concluded a special agreement with Facebook ("Addendum for Controllers", https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum), which in particular regulates what security measures Facebook must observe (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms) and in which Facebook has agreed to fulfill the data subject rights (i.e., users can, for example, send information or deletion requests directly to Facebook). Note: When Facebook provides us with measurements, analyses, and reports (which are aggregated, i.e., do not contain information about individual users and are anonymous for us), then this processing is not carried out in the context of joint responsibility, but based on a data processing contract ("Data Processing Conditions", https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing), the "Data Security Conditions" (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/data_security_terms) and with regard to processing in the USA based on standard contractual clauses ("Facebook EU Data Transfer Addendum, https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum). The rights of users (in particular to information, deletion, objection, and complaint to the competent supervisory authority), are not restricted by the agreements with Facebook; Service provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland; Legal bases: Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) f GDPR); Website: https://www.instagram.com. Privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
17. Changes and Updates to the Privacy Policy
We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy. We adapt the privacy policy as soon as the changes in the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an act of cooperation on your part (e.g., consent) or another individual notification.
Insofar as we provide addresses and contact information of companies and organizations in this privacy policy, please note that the addresses can change over time, and please check the information before contacting us.