Data protection

Options to object and request removal

The user has the opportunity to withdraw his or her consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us via e-mail, he or she can object to the storage of his or her personal data at any time. In such cases, conversations cannot be continued.

The user also has the opportunity to object to the storage of his or her personal data by mail.

All personal data that are stored while making contact are deleted in such cases.

Google Analytics also uses cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer, and which allow for analyzing your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie based on your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there.

If the IP anonymization function is enabled on this website, your IP address will be abbreviated by Google beforehand within the member states of the European Union or other signatory states of European Economic Area Treaty. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the US and abbreviated there. The IP address sent by your browser within the framework of Google Analytics is not compiled by Google with other data. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website in order to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports about website activities and offer the website operator other services linked with website use and Internet use. Our legitimate interest in data processing is based on these purposes.

The use of Google Analytics is legally permitted under Sect. 15 Para. 3 of TMG or Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) of GDPR. The data sent by us and linked with cookies, user IDs or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data, which have been stored till the end of their retention period, are automatically deleted once a month.

For more detailed information regarding the terms of use and data privacy, please see https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

You may prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings of your browser software; please note, however, that if you do so, you may not be able to make full use of all features of this website. Furthermore, you may prevent the collection of the data (including your IP address) generated by the cookie that is related to your use of the website by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the “Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on“ (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de) provided by Google.

i) Deletion and administration of cookies

Depending on the browser used, you can manage the use of cookies. Below you will find support for common browsers.

Microsoft Explorer:

https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Firefox:

https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen

Google Chrome:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en

Safari:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?locale=de_DE

Opera:

http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/de/cookies.html

j) Rights of the data subject

Right to information

You can ask the controller to confirm whether we process personal data relating to you.

If such a processing takes place, you can ask to be informed by the controller about the following information:

(1) the purposes, for which the personal data are processed;

(2) the categories of personal data that are processed;

(3) the recipients and/or categories of recipients, who have received or will receive personal data relating to you;

(4) the planned duration of storage of personal data relating to you or, if it is possible to provide specific details in this regard, the criteria for determining the period of storage;

(5) the existence of a right to correct or delete the personal data relating to the data subject, a right to restrict the processing of personal data by the controller or a right to object to such processing;

(6) the existence of a right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority:

(7) all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data are not collected from the data subject concerned;

(8) the existence of an automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Art. 22 Para. 1 and 4 of GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information on the logic involved as well as the scope and the desired effects of such processing for the data subject.

You are entitled to be informed about whether the personal data relating to you are transferred to a third country or an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about appropriate guarantees according to Art. 46 of GDPR in connection with the transmission.

Right to correction

You have the right to request correction and/or completion by the controller provided that the processed personal data relate to you and are incorrect or incomplete. The controller must make the correction immediately.

Right to restrict processing

Subject to the following conditions, you can request that the processing of personal data relating to you be restricted:

(1) if you contest the accuracy of the personal data relating to you, which enables to controller to check the accuracy of the personal data;

(2) the processing is unlawful and you refuse the deletion of the personal data and instead demand the limitation of the use of the personal data;

(3) the controller no longer needs the personal data for processing purposes, but you require such information to assert, exercise or defend any legal claims, or

(4) if you have objected to processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 of GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the controller’s legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

If the processing of your personal data was restricted, such data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interests of the European Union or a member state.

If the restriction of processing has been limited in accordance with the aforementioned requirements, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is rescinded.
 

Right to deletion

Obligation to delete

You can request the controller to immediately delete personal data relating to you, and the controller is obligated to immediately delete such data if one of the following reasons applies:

(1) The personal data relating to you are no longer necessary for the purposes, for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

(2) You revoke your consent, on which processing was based in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) of or Art. 9 Para. 2 (a) of GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

(3) You object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 1 of GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 Para. 2 of GDPR.

(4) The personal data relating to you were processed unlawfully.

(5) The deletion of personal data relating to you is necessary for fulfilling a legal obligation under EU law or the law of member states, to which the controller is subject.

(6) The personal data relating to you were collected with regard to offered services of the information society in accordance with Art. 8 Para. 1 of GDPR.
 

Information to third parties

If the controller has made available or disclosed your personal data and if he is obligated to delete them in accordance with Art. 17 Para. 1 of GDPR, then the controller shall undertake appropriate measures, including those of a technical nature, while taking into account the available technology and implementation costs, in order to inform other controllers who are processing the disclosed personal data that you as data subject have requested them to delete all links to the personal data or copies or replications of the relevant personal data.
 

Exceptions

The right to deletion does not exist if the processing is necessary

(1) for exercising the right to freedom of speech and information;

(2) for fulfilling a legal obligation that requires the processing under EU law or the laws of member states, to which the controller is subject, or for fulfilling a duty that is in the interest of the general public or is part of exercising official authority, which was transferred to the controller;

(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health according to Art. 9 Para. 2 (h) and (i) and Art. 9 Para. 3 of GDPR;

(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes according to Art. 89 Para. 1 of GDPR, insofar as the right cited under “Right to deletion > Obligation to delete” presumably renders the fulfillment of the objectives of processing impossible or seriously impairs it, or

(5) for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
 

Right to information

If you have the right to correct, delete or restrict the processing of your data vis-a-vis the controller, the latter is obligated to inform every recipient to whom your personal data were or are being disclosed about this correction or deletion of data or restriction of processing, unless this proves to be impossible or involves a disproportionate expenditure.

You are entitled to be informed by the controller about such recipients.
 

Right to portability of personal data

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to the controller in a structured, standard and machine-readable format. You moreover has the right to transfer such personal data to another controller without any hindrance on part of the controller, who had received the personal data, provided that

(1) the processing is based on consent under Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) of GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 (a) of GDPR or a contract in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) of GDPR and

(2) the processing is carried out with the aid of automated processes.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible. This may not adversely affect freedoms and rights of other persons.

The right to portability of personal data does not apply to the processing of personal data, which are necessary for performing a task that is in the interest of the general public or in exercising official authority, which was transferred to the controller.
 

Right to object

You are entitled for reasons arising in connection with your particular situation to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which takes place on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 (e) or (f) of GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The controller will no longer process the personal data relating to you, unless he is able to provide compelling legitimate grounds for such processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms or the processing serves the assertion, exercising and defense of legal claims.

If the personal data relating to you are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling, provided that it is associated with such direct advertising.

If you object to processing carried out for direct advertising purposes, your personal data will no longer be processed for such purposes.

You moreover have the option of exercising your right to object in connection with the use of services of the information society using automated procedures subject to technical specifications, regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC.

Right of revoke the declaration of consent under data privacy laws

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data privacy laws at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of data processing carried out on the basis of consent until revocation.
 

Automated decision in individual cases including profiling

You have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling, which has a legal effect on you or similarly has a significant impact on you. This does not apply if the decision

(1) is necessary for forming or fulfilling an agreement between you and the controller,

(2) is admissible as a result of statutory provisions of the European Union or the member states, which the controller is subject to and these statutory provisions contain appropriate measures for safeguarding your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests or

(3) is carried out with your express consent.

These decisions, however, may not be based on special categories of personal data according to Art. 9 Para. 1 of GDPR, unless Art. 9 Para. 2 (a) or (g) of GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

With regard to the cases cited in (1) and (3), the controller takes appropriate measures for safeguarding your rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests, which at least includes the right to obtain the involvement of a person on part of the controller, to present one’s own position and to contest the decision.

 
Right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority

If you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the GDPR, you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the location of the alleged infringement without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

The supervisory authority, to whom the complaint was submitted, shall inform the complainant about the status and the results of the complaint, including the possibility of any judicial remedy in accordance with Art. 78 of GDPR.
 

k) Updating of privacy policy

This privacy policy shall be constantly adapted to the current functions, technologies and the applicable law. This will take place at irregular intervals. The privacy policy provided on the website applies.